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J.C.U. Niedermann
Johann Conrad Ulrich Niedermann (8 July 1810 – 8 October 1892) was a German-America brickmaker who served one year as a National Union Party (United States), National Union Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 5th Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County assembly district (the 5th wards of the United States, Ward of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin) in 1864, succeeding Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Peter V. Deuster. He also served as a constable, and on the Milwaukee Common Council and the Milwaukee County board of supervisors at various times in the late 1850s and early 1860s. He was born in Bavaria. At the time of his election he was 54 years old and had been in Wisconsin for 28 years. He was assigned to the standing committee on Cost contingency, contingent expenditures.Stewart, Frank M.; Dean, John S., eds''The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin; Comprising Jefferson's Manual, Rules, Forms and Laws, for the Regulation of Business: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Union Party (United States)
The National Union Party was the temporary name used by the Republican Party and elements of other parties for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election that was held during the Civil War. For the most part, state Republican parties did not change their name. The temporary name was used to attract War Democrats, border state voters, Unconditional Unionist, and Unionist Party members who might otherwise have not voted for the Republican Party. The party nominated incumbent Republican President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois with life-long Democrat Andrew Johnson of Tennessee for Vice President. They won the electoral college 212–21. Establishment The National Union Party was created just before the general election of November 1864, when the Civil War was still in progress. A faction of anti-Lincoln Radical Republicans believed that Lincoln was incompetent and could not be reelected. A number of Radical Republicans formed a party called the Radical Democracy Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
