Timeline (Enduring Schism)



1860s

 * 1864 November: Horatio Seymour (Democratic Party) is elected President of the United States.
 * 1865: Armistice signed
 * 1866/7: Treaty of Washington signed.
 * 1867 November: Robert E. Lee is elected President of the Confederate States.
 * 1868 November: Salmon P. Chase (National Party) is elected President of the United States.
 * 1869: Nebraska admitted to the Union.

1870s

 * 1870: Colorado admitted to the Union.
 * 1870 October: Robert E. Lee dies in office and is replaced by James Longstreet.
 * 1872 November: Salmon P. Chase (National Party) is re-elected President of the United States.
 * 1873 May: Salmon P. Chase dies in office and is replaced by James G. Blaine.
 * 1873: Nevada admitted to the Union.
 * 1873 November: John C. Breckinridge (National League) is elected President of the Confederate States.
 * 1875 May: John C. Breckinridge dies in office and is replaced by Zebulon B. Vance.
 * 1876 November: James G. Blaine (National Party) is elected to a full term as President of the United States.
 * 1879 November: P. G. T. Beauregard (National League) is elected President of the Confederate States.

1880s

 * 1880 November: Thomas F. Bayard (Democratic Party) is elected President of the United States.
 * 1881: Columbia admitted to the Union.
 * 1884 November: John Sherman (National Party) is elected President of the United States.
 * 1885: Idaho admitted to the Union.
 * 1887: Wyoming admitted to the Union.
 * 1885 November: John H. Reagan (Reform League) is elected President of the Confederate States.
 * 1888 November: John Sherman (National Party) is re-elected President of the United States.

1890s

 * 1891 November: John B. Gordon (Citizens Party) is elected President of the Confederate States.
 * 1892 November: Benjamin Harrison (National Party) is elected President of the United States.
 * 1895: Dakota and Washington? admitted to the Union.
 * 1896 November: Benjamin Harrison (National Party) is re-elected President of the United States.
 * 1897ish: Legislation is passed to make Chicago the permanent capital of the United States.
 * 1897 November: Benjamin Tillman (Citizens Party) is elected President of the Confederate States.

1900s

 * 1900 November: William J. Bryan (Union Party) is elected President of the United States.
 * 1904 November: William J. Bryan (Union Party) is re-elected President of the United States.
 * 1907: Montana admitted to the Union.
 * 1908 November: Charles E. Hughes (Union Party) is elected President of the United States.