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1872 Republican National Convention

The 1872 Republican National Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 5–6, 1872. President Ulysses S. Grant was unanimously nominated for reelection by the convention's 752 delegates. Massachusetts Senator Henry Wilson replaced sitting Vice President Schuyler Colfax as the Republican vice presidential nominee.

Convention

June 5–6, 1872

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Academy of Music

Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois

Henry Wilson of Massachusetts

President
Ulysses S. Grant
of Illinois

Senator
Henry Wilson
of Massachusetts

Vice President
Schuyler Colfax
of Indiana

Representative
Horace Maynard
of Tennessee

Senator
John F. Lewis
of Virginia

Governor
Edmund J. Davis
of Texas

History of the United States Republican Party

U.S. presidential nomination convention

List of Republican National Conventions

U.S. presidential election, 1872

1872 Democratic National Convention

Temperance movement

Hermann Raster

Presidential election, 1872.: Proceedings of the National union Republican convention held at Philadelphia, June 5 and 6, 1872 .../ Reported by Francis H. Smith, Official reporter.

at The American Presidency Project

Republican Party Platform of 1872