The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-02

stood: Douglas, 1911 Guthrie, 684
Hunter, Is; Dickinson, 4 Lane, IA
Davis, ]. The convention then ad-
journed to meet in Baltimore on the 18th
Of June. The meeting took place as
ordered, and on the second ballot
Stephen A. Douglas was declared the
choice of the convention for President.
and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, of Alabama,
was nominated for Vice President. He
subsequently declined, and Herschel V.
Johnson, of Georgia, was put in his
place. The delegates who withdrew
from the Charleston Convention imme-
diately assembled at st. Andrews Hall,
in that city, and, after adopting series
Of resolutions, adjourned to meet
in Richmond, Va, on the second
Monday in June. This body, after a
number of meetings, finally indorsed
the nomination of Breckenridge and
Lane. On the 28th Of June the dele
gates who did not participate in the
convention which nominated Douglas
and johnson assembled in Baltimore,
and proceeded to ballot for a candidate
for President, and John @. Breckenridge,
of Kentucky, received the unanimous
vote Of the delegates present, being 105
from the twenty States represented.
For Vice President, Gen. Joseph Lane,
of Oregon, received the unanimous vote
of the convention Q05) on the first
ballot.
THE CONVENTIONS OF 1864.
On the LIST of June, 1864, a conven-
ton under the name Of the " Radical
Democracy met at Cleveland, Ohio,
President and Gen. Cochrane, of New
York, for Vice President The Repub-
lican National Convention of 1864 as
sembled in Baltimore on the 9TH of
June. Hon. William Dennison, of
Ohio, was President. Abraham Lincoln
was renominated on the first ballot by
unanimous vote, with the exception of
Missouri, which was cast for Grant.
For Vice President Andrew Johnson was
nominated on the first ballot. The Ma
tional Democratic Convention of 1854
convened at Chicago on the Goth of Au-
gust. Ex-Gov. Seymour, Of New York,
was appointed permanent Chairman.
The vote was For Mcclellan, 2O21 !;
for Seymour, 49,. George Ell. Pendle-
ton, of Ohio, was selected for Vice Pres
ident on the second ballot.
The Republican National Convention
met at Chicago on the Dist of May,
1868. Gen. Joseph r. Hawley, of Con
necticut, was selected as President of
that body. A ballot was taken, and the
President announced that 610 votes had
been cast, all for Gen. U. S. Grant. On
the fifth ballot for Vice President Schuy-
ler Colfax, of Indiana, received 522
votes, and was placed upon the ticket as
a candidate for Vice President. On the
Fourth of July, 1868, the delegates of
the Democratic party met in New York
to nominate candidates for President
and Vice President. Horatio Seymour
was selected as President of the conven-
ton. The first ballot resulted Pen
dleton, 105; Hancock, 49, Church, 81 !;
English, Is; Parker, 26; Johnson, IS !;
Doolittle, 10; Hendricks, %; Blair, J.
On the twenty-first ballot the vote was !:
Hancock, 1861; English, 10; johnson,
5; Doolittle, -, and Hendricks, 1872.
On the twenty-second ballot all the
States voted for Horatio Seymour, of
New York, and he was declared the
nominee of the convention for Presi-
dent. Gen. Frank P. Blair, of Mis-
souri,. was unanimously nominated for
Vice President.
The National Convention of the Lib
eral Republican party of the United
States met in Cincinnati on the 1st of
May, 1872, and opened the Presidential
campaign of that year. Six ballots were
taken. On the first Horace Greeley re-
ceived LAT votes c. F. Adams, 203;
Trumbull, 10; Davis, 921 :; Brown, 95;
Curtin, 81; Chase, q. On the fifth
ballot Greeley had 258, and Adams 300,
but on the sixth ballot Horace Greeley
was declared the nominee of the con-
vention for President. On the second
ballot B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, was
selected for Vice President by vote Of
435 to 261. The Republican National
Convention Of 1872 assembled in the
city of Philadelphia on the 9Th of June.
Hon. Morton McMichael was chosen as
temporary Chairman, and Hon. Tho mas
Settle, of North Carolina, as permanent
President. On the first vote Ulysses S.
OISMb foc6lVGU En6 enUlF0 vote OF ALI the
States and Territories in the Union. For
Vice President Hon. Henry WILSON,, Of
Massachusetts,, was nominated over
Hon Schuyler Colfax on the second
ballot. The record of the year was
completed by the meeting Of the Ma
tional Democratic Convention at Balti-
more, Nd, on the 9th of July, 1872.
Upon the States being called all the bal
lots but IS were east for Greeley, who
was declared the candidate Of the party.
B. Gratz Brown was nominated for Viee
President.
THE CONVERSATIONS, OFF 1876.
The convention of the Republican,
party For 1876 met at Cincinnati on the
18th OF June. tt consisted of 752 mem
bers. Edward Mcpherson, of Pennsyl-
vania, was permanent Chairman. On
the fiEst ballot Blaine had 285 votes
Morton, 1875; Bristow, 113; Gonkling, 90;
Hayes, 81; Hartranft, So; Jewell, Ii ).
Wheeler, 3. The seventh ballot result
ed Elaine, 351 Bristow, 21, and Hayes,