| 1876 presidential election | |
  Nominees Cooper and Booth | |
| Convention | |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | May 28–29, 1876 |
| City | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | Peter Cooper ofNew York |
| Vice-presidential nominee | Newton Booth ofCalifornia |
| 1880 › | |
The1876 Greenback National Convention was held in Indianapolis in the spring of 1876. TheGreenback Party had been organized by agricultural interests inIndianapolis in 1874 to urge the federal government to inflate the economy through the mass issuance of paper money calledgreenbacks.Peter Cooper was nominated for president with 352 votes to 119 for three other contenders. The convention nominatedanti-monopolist SenatorNewton Booth of California for vice-president; after Booth declined to run, the national committee choseSamuel Fenton Cary as his replacement on the ticket.[1] 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.
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TheGreenback Party had been organized by agricultural interests inIndianapolis in 1874 to urge the federal government to inflate the economy through the mass issuance of paper money calledgreenbacks. 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 nominatedanti-monopolist SenatorNewton Booth of California for vice-president; after Booth declined to run, the national committee choseSamuel Fenton Cary as his replacement on the ticket.[1] 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 | |
| Ballot | 1st |
|---|---|
| Peter Cooper | 352 |
| Andrew Curtin | 58 |
| William Allen | 31 |
| Alexander Campbell | 30 |
Source:US President - G Convention.Our Campaigns. (February 10, 2012).