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> United States > U.S. Executive

Office

President

Honorific

President - Abbr: President

Type

Republican Primary Election

Filing Deadline

January 01, 1864 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

June 07, 1864 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

June 08, 1864 - 08:00pm Central

Term Start

March 04, 1865 - 12:00pm

Term End

March 04, 1869 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Thomas Walker

Last Modified

Thomas Walker January 18, 2008 03:43pm

Data Sources

Convention Decisions and Voting Records - Bain & Parris

Description

The 3d Republican Party National Convention (technically the National Union Party National Convention) assembled in the Front Street Theatre in Baltimore. It re-nominated President Lincoln on the first ballot as shown here (Lincoln 494, Grant 22, Not Voting 3). VP Hamlin was defeated for re-nomination by Andrew Johnson.

Delegates appeared at the convention from six States which had seceded. The Credentials Committee considered the southern delegates and recommended that they be allowed to sit in the convention but not vote. After a heated debate, the convention voted to allow full privileges to all delegates except for Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida.

This was the last Republican National Convention in which the roll call was conducted in the original pattern, beginning in New England and proceeding down the Atlantic seaboard and then zigzagging through the remaining states towards California.

Temporary Chairman: Robert J. Breckinridge (KY)
Permanent Chairman: William Dennison (OH)

2d Republican National Convention (1860): [Link]

4th Republican National Convention (1868): [Link]