1868 Republican National Convention
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1868 Republican National Convention
| 1868 Presidential Election | |
|---|---|
  Nominees Grant and Colfax |
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| Convention | |
| Date(s) | May 20-May 21 |
| 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 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 had emerged as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination after being the Union commander in the Civil War. He was nominated 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. In Grant's acceptance telegram he said "Let us have peace", which captured the imagination of the American people.
Candidates for the Vice-Presidential nomination
- 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)
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