The 1864 Republican National Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the Republican 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. Fr mont for the Presidency on May 31, 1864, adopting the name Radical Democracy Party.^[1] This 1864 frisson in the Republican Party divided the party into two factions: the anti-Lincoln Radical Republicans, who nominated Fr mont, and the pro-Lincoln Republicans. Fr mont 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 renominated the incumbent Abraham Lincoln for the presidency, and nominated War Democrat Military Governor Andrew Johnson of Tennessee for the vice presidency. 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

References

External links

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