1860 Republican National Convention

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The 1860 Republican National Convention was the party gathering in Chicago where Abraham Lincoln secured the presidential nomination that would propel him to the White House on the eve of the American Civil War.

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instanceOf United States political convention ⓘ
adopted 1860 Republican Party platform ⓘ
ballotsRequiredForPresidentialNomination 3 ⓘ
category 1860 in American politics ⓘ
Political conventions in Chicago ⓘ
Republican Party presidential nominating conventions ⓘ
city Chicago ⓘ
closingDate 1860-05-18 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
delegatesRepresented free states and some border states ⓘ
endDate 1860-05-18 ⓘ
followedBy 1864 National Union National Convention ⓘ
heldDuring 1860 United States presidential election ⓘ
hostBuildingName The Wigwam ⓘ
hostBuildingType convention hall ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Chicago
mainEvent nomination of the 1860 Republican presidential ticket ⓘ
nominatedForPresident Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
nominatedForVicePresident Hannibal Hamlin ⓘ
notableCandidate Edward Bates ⓘ
Salmon P. Chase ⓘ
Simon Cameron ⓘ
William H. Seward ⓘ
openingDate 1860-05-16 ⓘ
organizedBy Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
platformPosition opposition to the expansion of slavery into the territories ⓘ
support for a protective tariff ⓘ
support for homestead legislation ⓘ
support for internal improvements ⓘ
politicalContext sectional crisis over slavery in the United States ⓘ
precededBy 1856 Republican National Convention ⓘ
presidentialBallotWinner Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
presidentialNominee Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
relatedEvent 1860 Democratic National Convention ⓘ
relatedTo Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Hannibal Hamlin ⓘ
Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
resultedIn Abraham Lincoln 1860 presidential campaign ⓘ
Republican ticket of Lincoln–Hamlin ⓘ
significance helped propel the Republican Party to national power ⓘ
secured Abraham Lincoln’s nomination for President of the United States ⓘ
startDate 1860-05-16 ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
tookPlaceBefore American Civil War ⓘ
venue Wigwam (Chicago) ⓘ
vicePresidentialNominee Hannibal Hamlin ⓘ
year 1860 ⓘ

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Edward Bates → candidateIn → 1860 Republican National Convention ⓘ