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.
Commanding General Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois
Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase of Ohio (Speculated)
President pro tempore Benjamin Wade of Ohio (Speculated)
Speaker Schuyler Colfax of Indiana
The 1864 National Union National Convention was the United States presidential nominating convention of the National Union Party, which met in Baltimore, Maryland on June 7 and 8, 1864. National Union
1868 Republican National Convention
…Republican Party and the South, 1855-1877: The First Southern Strategy. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807816809. External links Preceded by 1864 Baltimore Republican National Conventions Succeeded by 1872 Philadelphia Republican Party Platform of 1868 at The American Presidency Project…
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President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois
Commanding General Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois (No Political Intentions)
Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase of Ohio (Declined Consideration)