The first Republican candidate for president was

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John C. Frémont was the first official candidate of the newly-formed Republican Party in the US presidential election of 1856. The other options were not Republican candidates for president. James Buchanan was a Democrat who won the 1856 election, Stephen Douglas was a Democrat who ran in the 1860 election, Abraham Lincoln was a Republican who won the 1860 and 1864 elections, and Millard Fillmore was a member of the defunct Whig Party who ran as a member of the Know-Nothing Party in 1856.

The First Republican Candidate for President Was