. Golden jubilee of the Republican Party; the celebration in Philadelphia, June 17, 18 and 19, 1906. lham Green, L. Cox Jonathan ParkhurstChalkley GilHngham Evan LewisEdwin A. AtleeRobert PurvisJas. McCrummillThomas ShipleyBarthw FussellDavid JonesEnoch Mack Rhode Island. Ray Potter Connecticut. Simeon S. JocelynRobert B. Hall Aeiv York. William GoodellElizur Wright, W. DenisonJohn Frost New Jersey. ■^:^ John McCulloughJames White Pennsylvania. James McKimAaron VickersJames LongheadEdwin P. AtleeThomas WhitsonJohn R. SleeperJohn vSharp, Mott Ohio. Levi vSutliff. Jo
. Golden jubilee of the Republican Party; the celebration in Philadelphia, June 17, 18 and 19, 1906. lham Green, L. Cox Jonathan ParkhurstChalkley GilHngham Evan LewisEdwin A. AtleeRobert PurvisJas. McCrummillThomas ShipleyBarthw FussellDavid JonesEnoch Mack Rhode Island. Ray Potter Connecticut. Simeon S. JocelynRobert B. Hall Aeiv York. William GoodellElizur Wright, W. DenisonJohn Frost New Jersey. ■^:^ John McCulloughJames White Pennsylvania. James McKimAaron VickersJames LongheadEdwin P. AtleeThomas WhitsonJohn R. SleeperJohn vSharp, Mott Ohio. Levi vSutliff. John M. SterlingMilton Sutliflf One will notice in this Roll of Honor the well-known namesof John G. Whittier, Samuel J. May, Beriah Green, Jr., LewisTappan, William Goodell and Elizur Wright, Jr. The descendants of these men should revere and honor thesacred memory of their fathers who signed this Second Declara-tion of Independence. Chronologically, the next important event in Republican his-tory was the organization in 1840-1844 of the Liberty Party. 54 GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE REPUBLICAN The Liberty December, 1839, The Liberty Party on the initiative ofGerrit Smith, held a convention at Warsaw, N. Y., and nomi-nated James G. Birney for President. A National Convention was calledto meet at Albany, April 1, 1840,and. bv a vote of 43 yeas to 33 nays,nominated James G. Birney for Presi-dent and Thomas Earle for Vice-President. Among those in attendance wereCharles J. Torrey, EUzur Wright. P. Noble, Myron Holley,W^illiam Goodell, Alvan Stewart, Green, Jr., Daniel Cushman,and Joshua Leavitt. Approving letters were read,among others, from John G. Whittierand Gerrit Smith. Birney received at the election of1840,-7,069 popular votes. In August, 1843. the Liberty Party Convention met at Buffaloand again nominated James Gillespie Birney for President andThomas Morris of Ohio for Vice-President. One hundred andforty-eight delegates were present from
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