Ohio Republicans meet in Columbus and select Senator Chase as their choice for President
The Ohio Republican Convention gathered in Columbus with more than five hundred delegates attending. By a vote of six to one, the gathering voted for Senator Salmon Chase as their preferred candidate for President of the United States. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Francis Vincent, Vincent's Semi-Annual United States Register.... 1st of January and 1st of July, 1860 (Philadelphia: Francis Vincent, 1860)