Clay Cane took to the air and told his listeners that Abraham Lincoln dropped his vice president Hannibal Hamlin in the 1864 Election and picked Andrew Johnson.

THIS IS FALSE!!!

In 1804 the 12th amendment saw a change. Vice Presidents would receive their own electoral votes

In 1864, Vice Presidents had to be elected. In fact, Andrew Johnson would receive 200 votes to Hamlin's 150 before the shift of votes where Johnson would receive 492 electoral votes to Hamlin's 9.

It would be 103 years later in 1967 with the 25th amendment that would allow for the President to pick his V.P.

You can read the VP Election process here at the Senate.

https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/vice-president/overview.htm#:~:text=In%201967%20the%20ratification%20of,of%20both%20houses%20of%20Congress.

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Author and Radio host Clay Cane took to his show and denoted that Lincoln was a racist.

In this episode, you will hear what Lincolns opponent said about that exact quote Clay Cane used.

You can read the debate here https://nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debate5.htm

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