1876 Greenback National Convention

American political convention January 2025 1876 Greenback Peter Cooper Photograph.jpg Newton_Booth_-_Brady-Handy.jpg Nominees Cooper and Booth May 28–29, 1876 Indianapolis, Indiana Peter Cooper New York Newton Booth California 1880 The 1876 Greenback National Convention was held in Indianapolis in the spring of 1876. The Greenback Party had been organized by agricultural interests in Indianapolis in 1874 to urge the federal government to inflate the economy through the mass issuance of paper money called greenbacks. Peter Cooper was nominated for president with 352 votes to 119 for three other contenders. The convention nominated anti-monopolist Senator Newton Booth of California for vice-president; after Booth declined to run, the national committee chose Samuel Fenton Cary as his replacement on the ticket.III Harris M. Lentz https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Government_Leaders/H9c5EQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=1876+Greenback+%22Samuel+Fenton+Cary%22&pg=PA106&printsec=frontcover American Government Leaders: Major Elected and Appointed Officials, Federal, State and Local, 1776-2005 2024-12-19 McFarland 978-1-4766-0306-3 en Cooper was 85 years old at the time of his nomination, thus the oldest person ever nominated by a political party to serve as President of the United States. Candidates: Peter Cooper, U.S. philanthropist from New York Andrew Curtin, former governor of Pennsylvania William Allen, former governor of Ohio Alexander Campbell, U.S. representative from Illinois Candidates gallery The Greenback Party had been organized by agricultural interests in Indianapolis in 1874 to urge the federal government to inflate the economy through the mass issuance of paper money called greenbacks. Their first national nominating convention was held in Indianapolis in the spring of 1876. Peter Cooper was nominated for president with 352 votes to 119 for three other contenders. The convention nominated anti-monopolist Senator Newton Booth of California for vice-president; after Booth declined to run, the national committee chose Samuel Fenton Cary as his replacement on the ticket. Cooper was 85 years old at the time of his nomination, thus the oldest person ever nominated by a political party to serve as President of the United States. Presidential Ballot Ballot1stPeter Cooper 352Andrew Curtin 58William Allen 31Alexander Campbell 30 Source: US President - G Convention. Our Campaigns. (February 10, 2012). References Category:1876 in Indiana Category:1876 United States presidential election Category:Greenback Party Category:1876 conferences Category:19th-century political conferences Category:May 1876 in the United States