Republican party's first Presidential candidate...

Item # 705477

June 21, 1856

NEW-YORK DAILY TIMES, June 21, 1856

* Republican Party is formed
* John C. Fremont nomination
* 1st nominated for United States president

A very historic issue for the Republican party as it reports their first Presidential nominee, John Fremont.
The report shown is of the North American Party, nominating Fremont & Johnston for President & Vice President. This party would soon join the recently created Republican Party (its nominating convention was a bit earlier in Phila.) for the general election with nominees Fremont and Dayton with the prohibition of slavery as the principal issue of their platform.
The top of the front page begins with column heads: "North American Convention" "Sixth and Last Day" "Banks Withdrawn" "The Convention Declares for Fremont and Johnston".
The article takes just over the entire first column.
Complete with 8 pages, nice condition.

AI notes: John C. Frémont, famously known as “The Pathfinder” for his explorations of the American West, became the first Republican presidential candidate in 1856. The newly formed Republican Party, founded in 1854, united anti-slavery Whigs, Free Soilers, and anti-Nebraska Democrats around opposition to the expansion of slavery into western territories. Frémont, a national hero from his expeditions and his service in the Mexican-American War, was chosen as the party’s standard-bearer because he had broad appeal and a reputation for courage and integrity. His campaign emphasized halting the spread of slavery, promoting free labor, and supporting internal improvements like railroads and infrastructure in the West. Despite winning 11 of the 16 free states, he lost the election to Democrat James Buchanan, but his strong showing established the Republican Party as a major political force, setting the stage for Abraham Lincoln’s victory just four years later.