| 1876 presidential election | |
  Nominees Hayes and Wheeler | |
| Convention | |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | June 14–16, 1876 |
| City | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Venue | Exposition Hall |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio |
| Vice-presidential nominee | William A. Wheeler of New York |
| Other candidates | James G. Blaine Benjamin H. Bristow |
The 1876 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at the Exposition Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 14–16, 1876. President Ulysses S. Grant had considered seeking a third term, but with various scandals, a poor economy and heavy Democratic gains in the House of Representatives that led many Republicans to repudiate him, he declined to run.[1][2] The convention resulted in the nomination of Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio for president and Representative William A. Wheeler of New York for vice president.
The Republican ticket of Hayes and Wheeler went on to lose the popular vote to Democrats Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks in the election of 1876, but won the electoral vote after a controversy which was resolved by the Compromise of 1877.
- ^ McFeely, William S. (1981). Grant: A Biography. Norton. pp. 440–441. ISBN 0-393-01372-3.
- ^ Patrick, Rembert W. (1968). The Reconstruction of the Nation. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 255. ISBN 0-195-01016-7.