and which called the first Republican National Convention at Philadelphia, in June, 1856, where Fremont was nominated for the Presidency, has formally accepted an invitation extended by Senator ...
that the nomination by the Chicago Convention of any man for the Presidency who acted against us in 1856, would inevitably insure the defeat of the Republican Party; and we believe, too ...
The first national convention of the new party was held in Pittsburgh on Feb. 22, 1856," said the Wisconsin Republican Party in its online history. The party held its first nominating convention ...