PA-091 First Republican National Convention


Marker text: FIRST REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

In the Musical Fund Hall here in June 1856, John C. Fremont was nominated for President of the U.S. He lost the election to James Buchanan. Formed in 1854 the Republican Party opposed the extension of slavery; Lincoln was its first nominee elected President (1860).

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 2000

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