In 1860, on the cusp of the Civil War, the Republican National Convention in Chicago not only took a chance on a one-term congressman named Abraham Lincoln, but introduced the nation to one of the ...

Lincoln Home National Historic Site's superintendent said "there was an amazing set of events that occurred" on May 17-18, 1860 at the Republican Convention that propelled Abraham Lincoln from ...

The Wheeling Republican Convention.; ... May 5, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 5, 1860, Page 8 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

Chicago is no stranger to hosting the Democratic National Convention. Between 1860 and 1996, the city hosted 25 Republican and Democratic conventions. No other city has hosted nearly as many, with ...

The Republican convention of 1952 was a slugfest between Ohio Sen. Robert A. Taft, head of the GOP’s conservative, isolationist wing and popular WWII leader Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Rhode Island Republican Convention. Share full article. Sept. 21, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from September 21, 1860, Page 1 Buy Reprints.

At the hotly-contested 1860 Republican convention held at Chicago’s “Wig Wam” pavilion, for example, the party adopted a Free Soil platform and nominated Abraham Lincoln as its presidential ...

“The Republican National Committee chose Chicago because they thought it was neutral ground,” said Ed Achorn, author of The Lincoln Miracle about the 1860 convention. ”No serious ...

At the 1860 Republican convention, Abraham Lincoln was not the favored candidate heading into the event — it was only after the third round that he won his party’s favor.