page_title: 1868 Republican National Convention
hierarchical_section_title: 1868 Republican National Convention
caption_attribution_description: English: Oval portrait of Speaker Schuyler Colfax of Indiana
context_page_description: The 1868 Republican National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in Crosby's Opera House, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, on May 20 to May 21, 1868.
  Commanding General of the U.S. Army Ulysses S. Grant was the unanimous choice of the Republicans for present. At the convention he was unopposed and chosen by acclamation on the first ballot. For vice president the delegates chose Speaker Schuyler Colfax, who was Grant's choice. In Grant's acceptance telegram he said "Let us have peace", which captured the imagination of the American people.
context_section_description: The 1868 Republican National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in Crosby's Opera House, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, on May 20 to May 21, 1868.
  Commanding General of the U.S. Army Ulysses S. Grant was the unanimous choice of the Republicans for present. At the convention he was unopposed and chosen by acclamation on the first ballot. For vice president the delegates chose Speaker Schuyler Colfax, who was Grant's choice. In Grant's acceptance telegram he said "Let us have peace", which captured the imagination of the American people.
caption: Nominees 
   Grant and Colfax
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