1868 Republican National Convention

1868 Republican National Convention
Convention
1868 presidential election
Nominees Grant and Colfax
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

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

↑ Candidate ages listed as they were during the convention in 1932

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

Preceded by 1864 Baltimore	Republican National Conventions	Succeeded by 1872 Philadelphia

Republican Party Platform of 1868 at The American Presidency Project

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

Republican Party
Convention

Nominee	Ulysses S. Grant
VP nominee	Schuyler Colfax

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Ulysses S. Grant
18th President of the United States (1869–1877) Commanding General of the United States Army 1865-1869
Life and politics	Early life and career Birth Place Boyhood home Grant Schoolhouse Point Pleasant, Ohio White Haven home farm Galena home
Military Career	Military Service Commanding General of the United States Army American Civil War Battle of Shiloh Battle of Appomattox Court House Campaigns Vicksburg Campaign Chattanooga Campaign Overland Campaign Petersburg Campaign Appomattox Campaign General of the Army Reconstruction Era
Presidency	First inauguration Second inauguration Scandals Reforms Peace Policy Department of Justice Fifteenth Amendment Treaty of Washington Korean Expedition Comstock Laws Panic of 1873 1875 Civil Rights Act Modoc War Great Sioux War Pardons Cabinet Judicial appointments State of the Union addresses 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876
Elections	Republican National Convention, 1868 1872 United States presidential election, 1868 1872
Post-presidency	Later life Bid for a Third Term
Legacy	Bibliography Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Grant's Tomb Grant Park Grant Memorial Presidential library Grantism General Grant ship General Grant tree grove Grant Cottage State Historic Site Lee and Grant at Appomattox The Peacemakers Cultural depictions U.S. Postage stamps Currency $50 Bill Grant High School U.S. Grant Hotel
Family	Julia Grant (wife) Frederick Dent Grant (son) Ulysses S. Grant Jr. (son) Jesse Root Grant (son) Nellie Grant (daughter) Ulysses S. Grant III (grandson) Chapman Grant (grandson) Ulysses S. Grant IV (grandson) Julia Dent Cantacuzène Spiransky-Grant (granddaughter) Cincinnati (horse)
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