Birth of the Ohio Republican Party and Fusion Convention
A detailed retrospective on Ohio's emergence of the Republican Party born from the 1855 Fusion Convention in Columbus. It notes figures such as Chase, Sherman, Brinkerhoff, and Giddings, the platform opposing the spread of slavery, and the early statewide contest outcomes shaping party growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
United States
General Scott
Union
Whig Party
Kansas
Nebraska
Free Soil
Columbus
Town-street
Joshua R. Giddings
Free Soil Or
Anti-Slavery Party
B.S. Cowan
Belmont County
W. B. Allison
Ashland
W. Merrick
Ravenna
L.D. Campbell
Committee On Resolutions
Republican Party
Lewis D. Campbell
Giddings
The
Enquirer
Friends of Freedom
Slavery
Salmon P. Chase
Jacob Brinkerhoff
Europa
Europe
Ohio Fusion Convention Nominates Chase and Ford for State Tickets
The Ohio Fusion Convention selects S. P. Chase for Governor and Thomas H. Ford for Lieutenant Governor on the first ballots. Jacob Brinkerhoff later withdraws, with Griswold and Swan also receiving votes. The ticket includes C. C. Convers and J. D. Kimball among others, while delegates to the Republican National Convention are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. Chase
Hamilton County
Jacob Brinkerhoff
Richland
J. R. Swan
Franklin
H. Griswold
Cuyahoga
Campbell
Brinkerhoff
Chase
Swan
Griswold
Thos. H. Ford
F. T. Backus
C. N. Olds
W. Lawrence
C. C
F. M. Wright
J. H. Baker
W. H. Gibson
J. D. Kimball
A. @. Conover
Board of Public Works
Medill
Ford
Trimble
Fremont
Mr. Fillmore
John K. Green
Alphonso Taft
Chas. E. Cist
Medard Fels
Thos. G. Mitchell
George Hoadly
Ohio
Judge McLe
John C. Fremont
William Dennison
D. K. Cartter
Robert C. Kirk
Knox
W.y.gholson
Hamilton
Robert W. Taylor
Mahoning County
A. P. Stone
A. P. Russell
John B. Gregory
Anson Smyth
John A. Bingham
Committee
Tom Corwin
Giddings
Cartier
Dennison
State House
Corwin
Ben Stanton
Chicago
D. K. Carter
Thomas Spooner
Broadbeck
W.B. Horton
J. M. Palmer
Hancock County
FE. R. Eckley
Carroll County
Levi Sargent
James Murray
Wood County
Frederick Hassaurek
Joseph M. Root
Erie
Benjamin Eggieston
William M. Dickson
George M. Parsons
W. T. Bascom
St. P. L. Baker
Samuel Galloway
Theodore Comstock
J. H. Coulter
John Miller
Cam
T.G. Miten
Bf County
Thomas Ewing
Hocking H. Hunter
David Tod
Mumeber
Volney Dorsey
Josiah Scott
J. H. Riley
B. R. Cowen
J. Torrence
Ohio GOP History Through 1862 Union Shift
A dense historical summary traces Ohio Republican conventions from 1857 to 1862, highlighting Salmon P. Chase and Ben Wade, Dennison and Todd nominations, early Garfield prominence, and the 1861 Union shift amid Civil War mobilization, with state votes and key figures like Wade, Dennison, Tod, and Corwin.
Union Party Caucus Sees Long Balloting for U S Senator
The Ohio Union caucus of March 1862 shows a protracted struggle between Conservative and anti slavery wings over a U S Senator candidate. Ballots swing 40 to 23, adjournments follow, Wade leads then Delano ahead, and the caucus adjourns sine die after new positions at the Union State Convention in Columbus with Stanton presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Nebraska
Mr. Chase
Henry B. Payne
United States
Ohio
Welker
House of Representatives
Party of Freedom
James M. Ashley
Toledo
Samuel Craighead
Dayton
Ben Wade
W. V. Peck
Scioto County
Ben Eggleston
Hamilton County
Henry 8. Lane
Indiana
Mr. Dennison
Rufus P. Ranney
William
Chase
Dennison
Schenck
Sherman
Horton
Harlan
Rush Sloan
Sandusky City
Washington
Sloan
Buckeye
H. J. Jewett
Samuel Galloway
Groesbeck
Wade
Delano
Ewing
Odlin
Galloway
Spaulding
Blank
Od~lin
Mr. Wade
Mr. Delano
Monroe
Lorsin
Naughton
State House
Sbas
Major Armestron
Curklidate
Gebdél
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ohio History
Chase, Stanton
Brough, Tod, Dennison, Garfield and
Ulysses S. Grant
W. Wilson
Richland County
Free Soilers
Tom Ford
Lew Campbell
Free Soilors
Chase Gor
Mah
J. H. Patton
A. Moore
S. Pardes
J. Williamson
D. White
G. W. King
J. H. Dunlevy
H. Gatch
D. Robey
A. Hedges
E. Florence
J. Parrish
General Spinck
R. P. Spaulding
C.K. Watson
J. R. Giddings
E. Nich
Dr. J. Robertson
L. A. Thompson
Edward Smith
Smith
Bull County
A. R. Stone
Clinton
J. Blickensderfer
Capitol
Javia Bisher
O. P. Brown
Por
P. Chase
Abraham Lincoln
Stanton
Mr. Smith
Mr. Giddings
Spalding
Bingham
O. Bowen
Anson Smythe
John Waddle
Philadelphia
John Paul
Defiance
Wm. Dennison
F. D. Kimball
Central Committee
C. P. Walcott
Summit County
Republican State Central Committee
Ohio State Journal
David Heaton
Butler County
Blut
Caleb B. Smith
Martin Welker
Muron Sullidf
Arum
Locofoco
Supreme Judge
W. B. Thrall
O. P. Wolcott
John T. Martin
Congress
C. L. Vallandigham
William Allen
William Howard
Charles O. Martin
S. S. Cox
John Sherman
Licking County
Noble
Belmont
Guernsey
Theaker
Puis
Feild
Atrone
Tiffin
Judge Ranney
Democratic Committee
Ranney
James A. Garfield
Senate
Richard C. Parsons
Cleveland
George E. Pugh
Thomas Corwin
United States Senate
Columbus Delano
Lincoln
Abe
Parign
Bell
Everett
Douglas
Breckinridge
David Todd
Union Convention
Tod
Union Party
R. B. Hayes
Union State Convention
Backus
Cuyahoga County
Kennon
Sud W. D. Henkle
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