1864 Republican National Convention

1864 Republican National Convention

1864 Presidential Election
Nominees Lincoln and Johnson
Convention
Date(s)	National Union June 7-June 8, 1864
City	Baltimore, Maryland Front Street Theatre Independent Republican May 31, 1864 in Cleveland, Ohio
Candidates
Presidential Nominee	Abraham Lincoln of Illinois (National Union) John C. Frémont of California (Independent Republican)
Vice Presidential Nominee	Andrew Johnson of Tennessee (National Union) John Cochrane of New York (Independent Republican)
‹ 1860  ·  1868 ›

The 1864 National Union Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the National Union Party of the United States, took place from June 7 to June 8, 1864 in Baltimore, Maryland.

There were two rival Republican conventions in 1864. The first was by a group of radicals upset with Lincoln's position on the issues of slavery and post-war reconciliation with the southern states. They met in Cleveland, Ohio and nominated John C. Frémont for President on May 31, 1864, adopting the name Radical Democracy Party. This 1864 fission in the Republican Party divided the party into two factions: the anti-Lincoln Radical Republicans, who nominated Frémont, and the pro-Lincoln Republicans. Frémont abandoned his political campaign in September 1864, after he brokered a political deal in which Lincoln removed U.S. Postmaster General Montgomery Blair from office.

The 1864 National Union Convention was held in Baltimore, Maryland, from June 7 to June 8, 1864. It nominated President Abraham Lincoln for reelection, and nominated a War Democrat, Military Governor Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, for Vice President. The ticket was successful in the election of 1864.

See also

• History of the United States Republican Party
• National Union Party (United States)
• 1866 National Union Convention
• U.S. presidential election, 1864

External links

• Proceedings of the first three Republican national conventions of 1856, 1860 and 1864