Thursday, November 8, 2012

United States Presidential Candidates who were Veterans of the Civil War

Major General George B. McClellan
1864
Democratic Party
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
1880
Democratic Party
Brigadier General John W. Phelps
1880
Anti-Masonic Party
Brigadier General Neal Dow
1880
Prohibition Party
Brevet Brigadier General James B. Weaver
1880
Greenback-Labor Party
Major General Benjamin F. Butler
1884
Greenback Party
Brigadier General Clinton B. Fisk
1888
Prohibition Party
Brevet Brigadier General James B. Weaver
1892
People’s Party
Major General John McAuley Palmer1
1896
National Democratic Party

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1Confederate Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner was his running mate for Vice President.

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