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1856. Edwin D. Morgan, New York.

1860. Edwin D. Morgan, New York.

1864. Marcus L. Ward, New Jersey.

1868. William Claflin, Ma.s.sachusetts.

1872. Edwin D. Morgan, New York.

1876. { Zachariah Chandler, Michigan.

{ J. Donald Cameron, Pennsylvania.

1880. { M. Jewell, Connecticut.

{ Dwight M. Sabin, Minnesota.

1884. B. F. Jones, Pennsylvania.

1888. M. S. Quay, Pennsylvania.

1892. Thomas H. Carter, Montana.

1896. Marcus A. Hanna, Ohio.

1900. Marcus A. Hanna, Ohio.

THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.

The National Republican League, an organization of the greatest help to the party in National and State Campaigns, was organized in Chickering Hall, New York City, December 15-17, 1887. It is made up of the active Republican Clubs of the country, which are first organized into a State League, and then joined in the National League. It now has a members.h.i.+p of fully 500,000. The first President of the League was Jas. P. Foster, of New York, who was most active in the founding of the organization.

National Conventions of the League have been held as follows: Baltimore, 1889; Nashville, 1890; Cincinnati, 1891; Buffalo, 1892; Louisville, 1893; Denver, 1894; Cleveland, 1895; Milwaukee, 1896; Detroit, 1897; Omaha, 1898; St. Paul, 1900; Chicago, 1902. The Conventions have been held biennially since 1898. The 1904 Convention will be held at Indianapolis. The following have served as Presidents of the National Republican League:

1889-1890. Jas. P. Foster, New York.

1890-1892. John M. Thurston, Nebraska.

1892-1893. John S. Clarkson, Iowa.

1893-1895. W. W. Tracy, Illinois.

1895-1896. E. A. McAlpin, New York.

1896-1897. D. D. Woodmansee, Ohio.

1897-1898. L. J. Crawford, Kentucky.

1898-1900. Wm. Stone, California.

1900-1902. I. N. Hamilton, Illinois.

1902. J. Hampton Moore, Pennsylvania.

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.

TIME. PLACE. NOMINEES.

June 17-18, 1856. Philadelphia, Pa. { John C. Fremont, Cal.

{ Wm. L. Dayton, N. J.

May 16-18, 1860. Chicago, Ill. { Abraham Lincoln, Ill.

{ Hannibal Hamlin, Me.

June 7-8, 1864. Baltimore, Md. { Abraham Lincoln, Ill.

{ Andrew Johnson, Tenn.

May 20-22, 1868. Chicago, Ill. { Ulysses S. Grant, Ill.

{ Schuyler Colfax, Ind.

June 5-6, 1872. Philadelphia, Pa. { Ulysses S. Grant, Ill.

{ Henry Wilson, Ma.s.s.