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Did Custer Aspire to Be President in 1866 Cleveland
The piece argues George Armstrong Custer helped promote the Johnson Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Convention in Cleveland in 1866 as a bridge to politics and possibly the presidency. It details tribune coverage, internal factional choices, and Custer’s ambitions, including whispers he hoped a victorious campaign might propel him to Washington, with later hints from Arikara scouts about his presidential dreams.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Cleveland
Ohio
Andrew Johnson
Thaddeus Stevens
George Armstrong Custer
Custer
United States
Johnson Soldiers' and Sailors
Horace
New York Tribune
Johnson
Dix
Copperhead
The
Tribune
Cocqutlin
Custar
Cartinn
Lian Colonul
Granger
Rousseau
Steedman
Doolittle
Wisconsin
John E. Wovil
Woel
Gordon Granger
Georgie
Thance
Apps
Memphis
Tenn
N. B. Forrest
Fort Pillow
Chalmers
Hood
Col. Galloway
Memphis Avalanche
Ibune
Lloyd Paul Sinker
Souther
Thaddeus
Stevens
Sumner
Sonnsea
Confed
Blaine
George A. Custer
Frederick Whittaker
Cusi
Heinz
Fort Riley
Whitaker
Fon
Belknap
Congressional Committee
A. H. Terry
Seventh Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Terry
Troversy
Washington, D. C
White House
Bloody Knife
Black Hills
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Dakota Territory
Red Star
O. G. Libby
North Dakota Historical Society
Washington
Eni
Old Hickory