1872 Prohibition National Convention

American political convention January 2025 1872 Prohibition James Black (Prohibitionist).jpg 150x150px John Russell (prohibitionist).png 150x150px Nominees Black and Russell February 22, 1872 Comstock's Opera House Columbus, Ohio James Black Pennsylvania John Russell Michigan 1876 194 acclamation acclamation 1 The 1872 Prohibition National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at Comstock's Opera House, in Columbus, Ohio on February 22, 1872, to select the presidential ticket for the 1872 presidential election. It was the first presidential nominating convention of the newly organized Prohibition Party and would continue nominating presidential candidates in every presidential election leading it to become the longest continuous third party in the United States. Party formation At meetings in 1868 and 1869, the International Organisation of Good Templars resolved to establish an affiliated political party.https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0007/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg Page Five of Brief history of prohibition and of the prohibition reform party live https://web.archive.org/web/20200318012352/https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0007/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg March 18, 2020 5 On September 1, 1869, almost five hundred delegates from twenty states and Washington, D.C., met at Farwell Hall in Chicago, and John Russell was selected to serve as the new party's temporary chairman and James Black as president of the convention.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40595153/lancaster_intelligencer/ Hon. James Black Dead December 20, 1893 Lancaster Intelligencer https://web.archive.org/web/20191215070201/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40595153/lancaster_intelligencer/ December 15, 2019 live 3 Newspapers.comNational Prohibition Party Forms https://www.annenbergclassroom.org/timeline_event/national-prohibition-party-forms/ Annenberg Classroom June 16, 2026 The party was the first to accept women as members and gave those who attended full delegate rights."Give the Ladies a Chance: Gender and Partisanship in the Prohibition Party, 1869–1912". Journal of Women's History 2: 137Gillespie, J. David. Challengers to Duopoly: Why Third Parties Matter in the American Two-Party System. 2012. p. 47 Former anti-slavery activist Gerrit Smith, who had served in the House of Representatives from 1853 to 1854 and had run for president in 1848, 1856, and 1860 with the Liberty Party nomination, served as a delegate from New York and gave a speech at the convention. At that time, the party was referred to as either the "National Prohibition Party" or the "Prohibition Reform Party".https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0008/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg Page Six of Brief history of prohibition and of the prohibition reform party live https://web.archive.org/web/20200318013033/https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0008/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg March 18, 2020 6https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0011/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg Page Nine of Brief history of prohibition and of the prohibition reform party live https://web.archive.org/web/20200318014001/https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0011/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg March 18, 2020 9 Logistics On December 9, 1871, a national convention was called to occur on February 22, 1872, by the National Prohibition Committee and was attended by 194 delegates.https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0020/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg Page Eighteen of Brief history of prohibition and of the prohibition reform party live https://web.archive.org/web/20200318015008/https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0020/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg March 18, 2020 18McKee Thomas Hudson The National Conventions and Platforms of All Political Parties 1789 to 1905; Convention, Popular, and Electoral Vote; Also the Political Complexion of Both Houses of Congress at Each Biennial Period; Sixth Edition Revised and Enlarged https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:California_Digital_Library_(IA_nationalconventi00mckeiala).pdf 153–157 The Friedenwald Company July 10, 2026 1906 The convention overlapped with the 1872 Labor Reform National Convention also held in the city. Simeon B. Chase was selected as the chairman of the party after being introduced by incumbent Chairman John Russell.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46889719/pittsburgh-weekly-gazette/ National Prohibition Convention February 23, 1872 The Pittsburgh Gazette live https://web.archive.org/web/20200318130738/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46889719/pittsburgh-weekly-gazette/ March 18, 2020 1 Newspapers.com Presidential nomination The delegates at the convention proposed Chairman Simeon B. Chase, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, former Liberty Party presidential nominee Gerrit Smith, former Portland Mayor Neal Dow, Major general Benjamin Butler, Justice David Davis, James Black, Horace Greeley, and John Russell as presidential nominees and Henry Fish, James Black, John Blackman, Secretary Gideon T. Stewart, Julius A. Spencer, John Russell, and Stephen B. Ransom for the vice presidential nomination.https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0025/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg Page Twenty Three of Brief history of prohibition and of the prohibition reform party live https://web.archive.org/web/20200318021022/https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0025/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg March 18, 2020 23 The candidates were sent to a special committee and it chose James Black for the presidential nomination and former Chairman John Russell for the vice presidential nomination. The committee rejected Greeley, who had won the nominations of both the Liberal Republican and Democratic parties, for not being supportive of women's suffrage and Butler for his stances on alcoholic prohibition; Black and Russell were sent back to the delegates and approved by acclamation.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46889734/new-york-daily-herald/ Prohibition Convention February 24, 1872 The New York Herald live https://web.archive.org/web/20200318130937/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46889734/new-york-daily-herald/ March 18, 2020 4 Newspapers.com Presidential Ballot Unanimous Vice Presidential Ballot UnanimousJames Black 194 John Russell 194 References Category:Prohibition National Conventions Prohibition Category:United States presidential nominating conventions in Ohio Category:19th century in Columbus, Ohio Prohibition National Convention