The 1876 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at the Exposition Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 14–16, 1876. President Ulysses S. Grant had considered seeking
Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio
Former Speaker James G. Blaine of Maine
Treasury Secretary Benjamin Bristow of Kentucky
Senator Oliver P. Morton of Indiana
The 1880 Republican National Convention was held from June 2 to June 8, 1880, at the Interstate Exposition Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Delegates nominated James A. Garfield of Ohio a
1876 Republican National Convention
…Cincinnati, Ohio, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, June 14, 15, and 16, 1876 Preceded by 1872 Philadelphia Republican National Conventions Succeeded by 1880 Chicago…
President Ulysses S. Grant, c. 1880
James G. Blaine, c. 1870s
John Sherman as treasury secretary
James A. Garfield as brigadier general during the Civil War