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Other candidates at the convention included former New York Governor William Seward , U.S. Senator Salmon P. Chase of Ohio , former U.S. Representative Edward Bates of Missouri , and U.S. Senator Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania . Seward had been the favorite going into the convention, and led on the first ballots. His lead soon melted away to the Dark Horse Lincoln, who captured the nomination. Lincoln-Hamlin went on to defeat three other major tickets that year, including Democratic nominee Stephen A. Douglas , U.S. Senator from Illinois. The 1860 Convention was held in a building known as "The Wigwam." Based on reports in the then-fairly-new '' Chicago Tribune ,'' the building was located at the corner of Lake and Wacker, just south of the current site of 333 Wacker. |
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