1856 Republican National Convention
The 1856 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention that met from June 17 to June 19, 1856, at Musical Fund Hall at 808 Locust Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first national nominating convention of the Republican Party, founded two years earlier in 1854. It was held to nominate the party's candidates for president and vice president in the 1856 election. The convention selected former John C. Frémont, a United States Senator from California, for president, and former Senator William L. Dayton of New Jersey for vice president. The convention also appointed members of the newly established Republican National Committee.
Woodcut illustrating the crowd outside Musical Fund Hall at the 1856 Republican National Convention venue in Philadelphia
First Republican National Convention Historical Marker at 810 Locust Street in Philadelphia, the site of Musical Fund Hall, where the first Republican National Convention was held between June 17 and June 19, 1856
Speaker Nathaniel P. Banks from Massachusetts (Declined Nomination)
Associate Justice John McLean of Ohio
Locust Street is a major historic street in Center City Philadelphia. The street is the location of several prominent Philadelphia-based buildings, historic sights, and high-rise residential locations. It is an east–west street throughout Center City Philadelphia and runs largely parallel to Chestnut Street, another major Center City Philadelphia street.
12–13th & Locust station on Locust Street in April 2017
Musical Fund Hall at 808 Locust Street, where the first Republican nominating convention for president and vice president was held from June 17 to 19, 1856
Curtis Institute of Music at 1726 Locust Street, one of the nation's most elite conservatories
