George Hunt Pendleton (July 19, 1825 - November 24, 1889) was a Representative and a Senator from Ohio. Nicknamed "Gentleman George" for his demeanor, he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States during the Civil War in 1864, running alongside George B. McClellan, who lost to Abraham Lincoln. Pendleton was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the son of Nathanael Greene Pendleton and attended the local schools and Cincinnati College and the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Pendleton studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Cincinnati
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It was Stephen Douglass and John C. Breckenridge who he was going against.
Presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln won the state of Michigan during the 1860 presidential election. Lincoln won most of the Midwest and northern states.
yes Abraham Lincoln did run for the re-election
Lincoln's Democratic opponent in the election of 1864 was General George McClellan.
Lincoln greatest victory was his election as President followed by his re-election.