The split in the Democratic Party across the country continued when the Ohio Democratic State Convention met in Columbus on Independence Day, 1860. The meeting voted to endorse the Douglas- Johnson ticket and large numbers of Breckinridge supporters immediately withdrew. They met that same day at a city hotel and called for another state-wide nominating convention to be held in August in Columbus. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"The Ohio State Democratic Convention," New York Times, July 6, 1860, p. 1.
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