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National Convention Preview and Historic Moments Across Years
A long retrospective outlines Republican national conventions from 1856 to 1900, naming nominees such as Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Blaine, McKinley, and Roosevelt. It notes key chairs, venues like Chicago and Philadelphia, voting majorities, and notable moments including the 1860 Lincoln nomination and 1896 McKinley era shifts. Also included are local notices about visitors and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Chicago
United States
Joseph G. Cannon
Charles W. Fairbanks
Joseph B. Foraker
Charles E. Hughes
Philander C. Knox
Robert M. la Follette
William H. Taft
Harry S. New
Republican National Committee
Philadelphia
Robert Emmet
New York
Musical Fund Hall
Locust Street
Henry S. Lane
Indiana
Rockies
John C. Fremont
California
William L. Dayton
New Jersey
Dayton
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Willam H. Seward
William M. Evarts
Norman Judd
Illinois
Carl Schurz
Wisconsin
Seward
de Jano
Ohio
Rails
Lincoln
Drew Johnson
Johnson
Towe
Crosby Opera House
John A. Logan
Grant
Schuyler Colfax
National House of Representatives
Collag
Henry Wilson
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
Theodore M. Pomeroy
Edward McPherson
Pennsylvania
Exposition
Rutherford B. Hayes
William A. Wheeler
Samuel J. Tilden
Thomas A. Hendricks
Hayes
Wheeler
James G. Blaine
Maine
Robert G. Ingersoll
Ilinois
Blaine
House of Representatives
Ingersoll
American Congress
Roscoe Conkling
Conkling
Garfield
John Sherman
James F. Joy
Michigan
James H
James G
Chester Alan Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
George William Curtis
Mr. Roosevelt
John R. Lynch
Chauncey M. Depew
Colonel Ingersoll
Knight
Europe
Walter Q. Gresham
Imnois
Depew
McKinley
Benjamin Harrison
Levi P. Morton
William McKinley
J. Sloat Fassett
Minneapolis
Wyoming
Thomas B. Reed
Exposition Hall
Falls of St. Anthony
Mississippi River
Napoleon
Harrison
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
Vdepen
Reid
Cleveland
Adlai E. Stevenson
St. Louis
Senator Voorhees
Thurston
Nebraska
Garret A. Hobart
Eller
Colorado
Walcott
Senator Lodge
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Cannon
Cullom