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POLITICAL CONVENTK \ s 



Michigan, for President and Thomas Morris, of Ohio, 

 for Vice-president 



The national Whig convention of 1848 was held in 

 Philadelphia. June 7-10, (Jen /.u-liurv Taylor being 

 nominated for President on (In- 4th ballot and Millard 

 Fillmore. of New Vork. lor Vle*-PrMMMBt Turlor'l 



principal competitor was Chy. Tin- national Demo 

 cratic convention MMnbbd at Baltimore. .May :."_'. 

 1848 ; Lewis Cass was selected a.- the candidate (or UM 

 -iicy on tlu- Jlli ballot ; and William < ). Butler, of 

 Kentucky. for Vi.-e-Pre-idcut. The Free Soil Demo 

 cratic convention a.ssemlile.1 on June 22, ISMS. at I'tica. 

 N. V. hut only 3 Slates wore represented. It placed 

 in noininatioii Martin \"an Biiren for President ami 

 Honry Dodge for Vi<v President. The latter Milc 

 nuciitly declined. On Am;. 9 a larger convention of 

 those holding Free Soil view* met in Buffalo, 17 



U'inil repre-cntcd liy 'lei. -nates. This body 

 nominate*! naitin Van Biiren for President and (,'harles 

 Francis Adams for Viee President (See FltKK Soil. 

 PARTV.) 



Tlie national Whig convention of 1852 MHBMed 

 on Juno lii. in Baltimore, and was in session days, 

 durinir which time .".:! hallots were taken, oommencug 

 with 1.51 for (Jen. Wlnfidd Scott, 133 for l-'illmore, 

 an 1 _'.' for Webster : and continuing, with ve.rr little 

 variation, until the last, when Scottnad 159, billtnore 

 112. ami WefarterSl. In the same city the national 

 convention of the Democratic party met on June 1, 

 and on the 4 l Jth ballot selected (Jen Franklin Pieree. 

 of New Hampshire, as its candidate lor the Presi- 

 dency. The 1st ballot stood : ('ass. IK>; Buchanan, 

 93; I)oiigla>. _.'": Marey. 27; Lane, 13; Houston, B; 

 Dodge, .'i : Butler, 2 : and Dickinson. 1. Cass rose to 

 131 on the 3">th ballot, when the name of Pierce was 

 presented, and on the 49th ballot the vote stood : 

 Pierce, 282 ; Cass, 2 ; Buchanan. -2 : Butler, 2. W. It. 

 Kin^r. of Alabama, was then nominated for the Vice 

 Presidency. Tic i Damoontt held a national 



conventional Pittslmrg on Aug. 11, 1852, and nomi- 

 nated John P. Hale, of New Hampshire, for the 

 Presidency, and George W. Julian, of Indiana, for 

 Vice-President. 



The first national Repablioan convention was held 

 on June 17. 1856, at Philadelphia. (See R.EPrBI.1- 

 CAN PARTY.) After an informal ballot which re- 

 sulted as follows, Fremont. '. McLean, 196, John 

 C. Fremont was declared nominated. Upon the 

 same ticket was placed William L. Dayton, of New 

 Jersey, as Vice- President The American national 

 council met in Philadelphia Feb. I'.i. is/ifi, and 

 nominated Millurd Fillmore for President and An- 

 drew Jackson Donelson for Vice-President, The 

 Democratic convention of 1856 met at Cincinnati on 

 June 2, and cast 17 ballots. The 1st ballot stood: 

 Buchanan, 1 35 ; Pierce, 1 22 ; Douglas, 33 ; Cass, 5. 

 Pierce's votes were given to Douglas on the 15th bal- 

 lot. but without effect ; and on the 17th Buchanan was 

 nominated. 



The national Republican convention met in Chicago 

 May 16, 1860, with delegates in attendance from all 

 the free States, and also from Delaware. Maryland, 

 Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, and the Terri- 

 tories of Kansas and Nebraska, and the District of 

 Columbia. Three ballots were taken for President. 

 each delegate casting a half-vote ; on the last the vote 

 was: Lincoln, 231} ; Seward, 180; Chase, 24} ; Bates. 

 McLean, 5; Dayton, 1 ; C. M. Clay, 1. As this 

 ir.u'e Lincoln within 2j of a nomination, several dele- 

 gations changed their ballots and gave him 354 votes. 

 Hannibal Hamlin was nominated for Viee-President. 

 A convention of the ( 'on-titiitional Union party met 

 in Baltimore on May 9. and nominated John Bell, of 

 Tennessee, for President, and Edward Everett, of 

 Massachusetts, for Viee-President. The national 

 Democratic convention of I860 met in Charleston. S 

 1 delegates being present from all the 



bt*u. The Territories are not allowed a 



Democratic conventions. After a stormy debate upom 

 a platform a part of the delegates loft the con von 

 tion. and those th.it remained proceeded to ballot. 



The 1st ballot stood: Douglas. !4. r . ; Guthric, 35 ; 

 Hunter. 12: Dickinson. 7; II. V. Johnson, 12; I^ane, 

 li ; Jefferson Davis. 1] ; Toucey. 2} . Pierce. I. The 

 :.7lh ballot stood: Douglas, l.'ilj. (Juthrie. 68}; 

 Hunter. Hi ; Dickinson, ; l^ane, 14. Davis, }. The 

 convention then adjourncil to meet in Baltimore June 

 13, and there on the 2d ballot Stephen A. Douglas 

 was declared the choice of the convention for President. 

 and Benjamin Kit /.)>at rick, of Alabama, was nomi- 

 nate'! for Vice President. When he declined Her- 

 sehel V. Johnson, of (ieoix-ia. was put in his place. 

 The delegates who had Withdrawn from the Charles- 

 ton convention immediately a.->emMed at St \n 

 drew's Hal), in (hat citv. and. alter ndonting a wries 

 of resolutions, adjourned to meet in Riclimond. Va., 

 on June in. Tin- Ixxly. after a ninnW of inectings. 

 finally indorsed ihe noininatioii of Brcckinridge and 

 l.ane On June 2S the >\> li^aie- who did not par- 

 'icipate in the convention that nominated Douglas 

 and Johnson assemKled iii Baltimore, and proceeded 

 to ballot for a candidate for President. John C. 

 Bnrkinridge. of Kentucky, reveived the unanimous 

 vote of the HI", <lclc-al. - pieMiit. relirest'iiting 2(1 

 States. For Vicc-Presidcnt (ten. Joseph Lane, of 

 < )vei;on, was in uninatecl. 



On Ma\ i;i. iM'it. a i-oiivention to organize anew 

 party under the name of ilie " Radical 1'cmocracy 

 met at. Cleveland. isMied an address to the people, 

 and nominated John C Fremont for President, and 

 John Cochianc i..' New York, for Vice-President. 

 The-e candidates were subsequently withdrawn. The 

 national Republican convention of 1M ; 4 assembled in 

 Baltimore on June 7 : Hubert J. BreckhnidgB, of Ken- 

 tucky, was its president. Abraham Lincoln was renomi- 

 nated on the 1st ballot by a unanimous vote, with 

 the exception of the vote of Missouri, which was 

 east for Grant. For Vice- President Andrew John- 

 son was nominated on the 1st ballot. The national 

 Democratic convention of ISi', J met at Chicago. Aug. 

 2<>. Horatio Seymour, of New Vurk. was appointed 

 pi nnanent chairman. The vote was: George B. Mc- 

 Clellan, 202J ; Horatio Seymour. L'3}. George H. 

 Pendleton was nominated for Vice-President on the 

 d ballot. 



The national Republican convention met at Chicago 

 May 21, 1868. Gen. Joseph R. Hawley. of Con- 

 lurticnt. was selected as President. A ballot was 

 taken, and the president announced that 610 votes 

 had been cast, all for Ulysses S. (Jrant. On the ftth 

 ballot for Vice-President Schnyler Colfax, of Indi- 

 ana, reeei\ed .'c'^ vutes and was nominated. On 

 July 4, ISHfc, tbe national Democratic convention met 

 in New Voii. Horatio Seyinoiir presiding. The l.-t 

 ballot reuulti'tl : Pendleton, 105: Hancock. 33*; 

 Church, 34; Kngli.-h. 16; Parker, 13; Packer. _'.: 

 .lohns..n. 65; Doolittl.-. 13; llendricks. : Blair. 

 . On the L'lst ballot the vote was : Hancock. 136j ; 

 English, 19; Johnwm, 5; Doolittle. 12; and Hen- 

 dricks. 132. On the 22d ballot all the States voted 

 tor Horatio Seymour, and be w a- declared the nomi- 

 nee. Gen. Frank P. Blair, of Missouri, was unani- 

 mously nominated for Vice- President. 



The national convention of the Liberal Republican 

 party met in Cincinnati on Muv 1, 1872, ana opened 

 the Presidential campaign of that year. Six ballots 

 were taken. On the 1-t Horace Greeley received 147 

 votes; C. F. Adams. 203; Tnmibull, 110; Davis. 

 92}; Brown. 95; Curtin. 62 : Chase. 2}. On the 5th 

 ballot Greeley had 2J8. and- Adams 309 ; but on the 

 6th ballot Horace (J MM ley was declared the nominee 

 of the convention for President. On the 2d ballot 

 B. Grata Brown, of Missouri, was selected for Vice- 

 president by a vote of 435 to 261. The national 

 Republican convention of 1>,72 assembled in' Phila- 

 delphia on June .'. Morton MeMiehael was ,-h--. u 



