About this episode

The episode discusses Lincoln's challenging midterm election in 1862 during the Civil War.

From 2010, but still spot on...Lincoln had just one miderm in his Presidency, and it didn't go well. He very nearly lost control of Congress during a war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Bruce Carlson

Topics covered

• Lincoln
• midterm elections
• Congress
• Civil War
• political history

Keywords

• Lincoln
• midterm elections
• Congress
• Civil War
• politics
• history

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