In 1875 , White was candidate for governor , of the Prohibition Party ; and he had a vast number of friends in the Republican party , with which he was most closely identified , who wished to secure his nomination for the highest honor within the gift of a state , by the Republican party . In 1876 , he was sent as a delegate to the Republican National Convention , which nominated Rutherford B. Hayes for president . During the summer of 1880 , he was placed by his party at the head of the list of candidates for presidential electors
Republican National Convention
1876 Republican National Convention
Nathaniel White (businessman)