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
‹ 1864  ·  1872 ›

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.Ulysses S. Grant won the election and became the 18th president of the united states.

Commanding General of the U.S. Army Ulysses S. Grant was the unanimous choice of the Republicans for president. At the convention he was unopposed and chosen by acclamation on the first ballot. For vice president the delegates chose Speaker Schuyler Colfax, who was Grant's choice. 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[]

• 

  Chief Justice
  Salmon P. Chase
  of Ohio
• 

  Senator
  Benjamin Wade
  of Ohio

Presidential balloting[]

Vice Presidential candidates[]

• Benjamin F. Wade (Ohio)
• John A. J. Creswell (Maryland)
• Andrew G. Curtin (Pennsylvania)
• Reuben E. Fenton (New York)
• Hannibal Hamlin (Maine)
• James Harlan (Iowa)
• William D. Kelley (Pennsylvania)
• Samuel C. Pomeroy (Kansas)
• James Speed (Kentucky)
• Henry Wilson (Massachusetts)

See also[]

• 1868 United States presidential election
• 1868 Democratic National Convention
• History of the United States Republican Party
• List of Republican National Conventions
• U.S. presidential nomination convention

References[]

• Presidential election, 1868.: Proceedings of the National union Republican convention, held at Chicago, May 20 and 21, 1868./ reported by Ely, Burnham & Bartlett, Chicago, official reporters of the convention.

External links[]

• Republican Party Platform of 1868 at The American Presidency Project