In 1884 , Hanna sought election as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in support of the presidential bid of Senator Sherman ( as he was by then ) — President Chester A. Arthur , Garfield 's successor , was seeking re-nomination , but was opposed by a number of other Republicans Hanna supported Sherman as the candidate favored the gold standard and worked to solve the problems of business , and because he was from Ohio . The industrialist was successfully opposed by Cowles at the local convention but was elected a delegate-at-large from Ohio at the state convention . At the national convention , Hanna joined forces in support of Sherman with another delegate-at-large from Ohio , former Cincinnati judge Joseph B. Foraker , whose rise in state and national politics over the next 20 years would parallel Hanna 's . The Ohio delegation proved bitterly divided between supporters of Sherman and those supporting Maine Senator James G. Blaine . Foraker gained national acclaim with his speech nominating Sherman , and Hanna worked for the senator 's nomination , but Blaine won easily . With a non-Ohioan , the nominee , Hanna worked less energetically for the Republicans than he had in 1880 . Blaine lost to the Democratic candidate , New York Governor Grover Cleveland
Republican National Convention
1884 Republican National Convention
Mark Hanna