ALL THE REPUBLICAN National Conventions FROM PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 17, 1856. Proceedings, Platforms, and Candidates, WITH TABLES SHOWING CONVENTION, POPULAR, AND ELECTORAL VOTES. COMPILED AND EDITED BY HENRY H. SMITH, EX-JOURNAL CLERK, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND AUTHOR OF THE DIGEST AND MANUAL WASHINGTON, D. C. : 495 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE N.W. 1896. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. INTRODUCTORY.-A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, FIRST CONVENTION-Philadelphia, Pa., June 17, 19, 1856-FREMONT AND DAYTON,. 11 SECOND CONVENTION-Chicago, Ill., May 16-18, 1860-LINCOLN AND HAMLIN, THIRD CONVENTION-Baltimore, Md., June 7, 1864-LINCOLN AND JOHNSON, FOURTH CONVENTION-Chicago, Ill., May 20-21, 1868—Grant and Colfax, FIFTH CONVENTION-Philadelphia, Pa., June 5-6, 1872-Grant and WILSON, SIXTH CONVENTION-Cincinnati, Ohio, June 14-16, 1876-HAYES AND WHEELER, SEVENTH CONVENTION-Chicago, Ill., June 2–8, 1880—GarfielD AND ARTHUR, EIGHTH CONVENTION—Chicago, Ill., June 3-6, 1884–Blaine and Logan, NINTH CONVENTION-Chicago, Ill., June 19-25, 1888-HARRISON AND MORTON, TENTH CONVENTION-Minneapolis, Minn., June 7-10, 1892-HARRISON AND REID, . 92 PREFACE. The purpose of this work is to give in as brief and compact form as possible, the important or leading events of the ten National Conventions of the Republican party. The publication in the Minneapolis Tribune of June 5, 1892, of a history of the nine preceding Republican National Conventions, and in the Chicago Tribune of June 14, 1892, of a history of the fifteen preceding Democratic National Conventions, prepared by the writer, which histories were subsequently put in pamphlet form and had an extensive circulation, justifies the belief that their republication in a separate and enlarged form would meet with greater favor. In accordance with that belief, based, it may be said, on numerous requests from prominent members of both these parties, the writer has revised that publication, adding details and proceedings of an important character, especially relating to cases of contested seats, important rulings by such distinguished parliamentarians as Senator Hoar and the late Edward McPherson, and like matters, omitted in the hurried preparation of the articles named. Several corrections, typographical and otherwise, have been made, and a full and comprehensive index, individual and subject, prepared; special attention being given to the several platforms adopted by all the National Conventions of the Republican party, so as to bring out every subject or topic on which the party has declared its views. Great pains have been taken to verify these details, especially the platforms, by comparison with the official publications-in which, however, several errors were found-and it is confidently believed the substantial accuracy of this publication can be relied on. Some miscellaneous data, such as tables of convention, popular and electoral votes, officers of the various campaign committees, &c., has been added, and though it is not claimed that this little publication includes all of the interesting convention events, it is given to the public with the confident assertion that it contains most of the important or essential details and proceedings of the "Ten National Conventions of the Republican Party." This will be followed by a similar publication giving the convention history of the Democratic party. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15, 1896. HENRY H. SMITH. |