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Lincoln nominated by Third Ballot at Chicago Convention
A special dispatch reports the Republican National Convention in Chicago nominating Abraham Lincoln on the third ballot. Votes shifted from Pennsylvania New Jersey Vermont and Massachusetts to Lincoln. The final tally reached 854 votes with Lincoln declared the nominee and the convention adjourned amid cheers.
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