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1856 Republican National Convention

held at Musical Fund Hall
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
June 17 to 19, 1856

resulting in the nomination of:

JOHN CHARLES FREMONT
of California, for President

and

WILLIAM L. DAYTON
of New Jersey, for Vice-President

Convention officers Convention committees Convention speakers

Other candidates for the presidential nomination, before or during this convention:
Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio; John McLean; William H. Seward, of New York

Other candidates for the vice-presidential nomination, before or during this convention:
Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois

State Delegations (may be incomplete!)
California - Connecticut - Delaware - Illinois - Indiana - Iowa - Kansas - Kentucky - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - New Hampshire - New Jersey - New York - Ohio - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - Vermont - Wisconsin

Other Delegations (incomplete!)
District of Columbia

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
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