1868 Republican National Convention

1868 Republican National Convention
Convention
1868 Presidential Election
Nominees Grant and Colfax
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

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 1
- Withdrew before convention 1.1
- presidential balloting 1.2
Candidates for the vice-presidential nomination 2
See also 3
References 4

Presidential candidates

General Ulysses S. Grant Commanding General of the U.S. Army from Illinois

Withdrew before convention

Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase of Ohio
Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio

presidential balloting

Ballot	1st
Presidential Ballot
Ulysses S. Grant	650

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)

Ballot	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th Before Shifts	5th After Shifts
Vice Presidential Ballot
Schuyler Colfax	115	145	165	186	226	541
Benjamin Wade	147	170	178	206	207	38
Reuben E. Fenton	126	144	139	144	139	69
Henry Wilson	119	114	101	87	56	0
Andrew G. Curtin	51	45	40	0	0	0
Hannibal Hamlin	28	30	25	25	20	0
James Speed	22	0	0	0	0	0
James Harlan	16	0	0	0	0	0
John A.J. Creswell	14	0	0	0	0	0
Samuel C. Pomeroy	6	0	0	0	0	0
William D. Kelley	4	0	0	0	0	0

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.

United States presidential election, 1868

Democratic Party
Convention

Nominee	Horatio Seymour

VP nominee	Francis P. Blair, Jr.

Candidates	George H. Pendleton Thomas A. Hendricks Winfield S. Hancock Andrew Johnson Sanford E. Church Asa Packer James E. English Joel Parker James R. Doolittle Stephen J. Field Francis P. Blair, Jr. Salmon P. Chase John T. Hoffman

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Nominee	Ulysses S. Grant

VP nominee	Schuyler Colfax

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