Confederate Election of 1872 (Confederacy wins Antietam)

The Confederate election of 1872 was the second Confederate Presidential election following the end of the Civil War. Only three of the six parties put candidates forward, though the Conservative Party agreed to vote for Democrat John C. Breckinridge in return for their choice of Vice President. The three main candidates were Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Liberal Howell Cobb, and Confederate Nationalist Leroy P. Walker.

Tickets

 * John C. Breckinridge-James Chestnut (Democratic Party)
 * Howell Cobb-Robert Woodward Barnwell (Liberal Party)
 * Leroy Pope Walker-Francis Lubbock (Confederate Nationalist Party)