Republicans choose Horace Greeley as their presidential candidate

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

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Changes of government, elections and reigns
Political Parties

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Date of occurrence 1872-05

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At the Cincinnati Convention, Liberal Republicans form a party in order to support the election of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New York Tribune, as a rival presidential candidate to the incumbent President, radical Republican Ulysses S. Grant.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Republicans choose Horace Greeley as their presidential candidate". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=18615, accessed 06 May 2024.]

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