Candidates For The Vice-Presidential Nomination
- Benjamin F. Wade (Ohio)
- John A. J. Creswell (Maryland)
- Andrew G. Curtin (Pennsylvania)
- Reuben E. Fenton (New York)
- Hannibal Hamlin (Maine)
- James Harlan (Iowa)
- William D. Kelley (Pennsylvania)
- Samuel C. Pomeroy (Kansas)
- James Speed (Kentucky)
- Henry Wilson (Massachusetts)
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