1868 Republican National Convention

1868 Republican National Convention
1868 presidential election
Nominees
Grant and Colfax
Convention
Date(s) May 20–21, 1868
City Chicago, Illinois
Venue Crosby's Opera House
Candidates
Presidential nominee Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois
Vice Presidential nominee Schuyler Colfax of Indiana

The 1868 Republican National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in Crosby's Opera House, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, on May 20 to May 21, 1868.

General Ulysses S. Grant had emerged as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination after being the Union commander in the Civil War. He was nominated for President unopposed on the first ballot. To balance Grant, a former Democrat and a hard drinker, the convention chose House Speaker Schuyler Colfax, a former Whig and temperance man, for Vice President. In Grant's acceptance telegram he said "Let us have peace", which captured the imagination of the American people.

Presidential candidates

Candidate Born[1] Office Held State Delegates

Ulysses S. Grant		 April 27, 1822
(age 46)
Point Pleasant, Ohio		 6th
Commanding General
of the United States Army
(1864–1869)
Ohio		 650

Withdrew before convention

Presidential balloting

Presidential Ballot
Ballot1st
Ulysses S. Grant650

Candidates for the vice-presidential nomination

Vice Presidential Ballot
Ballot1st2nd3rd4th5th Before Shifts5th After Shifts
Schuyler Colfax115145165186226541
Benjamin Wade14717017820620738
Reuben E. Fenton12614413914413969
Henry Wilson11911410187560
Andrew G. Curtin514540000
Hannibal Hamlin28302525200
James Speed2200000
James Harlan1600000
John A.J. Creswell1400000
Samuel C. Pomeroy600000
William D. Kelley400000

See also

References

  1. ↑ Candidate ages listed as they were during the convention in 1932
Preceded by
1864
Baltimore		 Republican National Conventions Succeeded by
1872
Philadelphia
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