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| x 1900 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Kansas City |
The 1900 Democratic National Convention was a United States presidential nominating convention that took place the week of July 4, 1900 at Convention Hall in Kansas City, Missouri.
The convention nominated William Jennings Bryan for President and...
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| x 1904 Democratic National Convention | Democratic Party |
The 1904 Democratic National Convention was a United States presidential nominating convention that took place during the 1904 World's Fair and the 1904 Summer Olympics in the Coliseum of the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall in St. Louis,...
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| x 1908 Democratic National Convention | Democratic Party | Denver | Jul 7, 1908 |
The 1908 Democratic National Convention was the quadrennial Democratic National Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party. It took place from July 7 to July 10, 1908 at Denver Auditorium Arena in Denver, Colorado....
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| x 1912 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Baltimore |
The 1912 Democratic National Convention was held at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore from June 25 to July 2, 1912. The primary candidates were House Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri and Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey. Clark entered the...
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| x 1916 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | St. Louis |
The 1916 Democratic National Convention was held at the St. Louis Coliseum in St. Louis, Missouri from June 14 - June 16, 1916. It resulted in the nomination of President Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey for President and Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana...
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| x 1920 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | San Francisco |
The 1920 Democratic National Convention was held at the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California from June 28 - July 6, 1920. It resulted in the nomination of Governor James Cox of Ohio for President and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin...
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| x 1924 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | New York City |
The 1924 Democratic National Convention, also called the Klanbake, held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City from June 24 to July 9, took a record 103 ballots to nominate a presidential candidate. It was the longest continuously running...
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| x 1928 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Houston |
The 1928 Democratic National Convention was held at Sam Houston Hall in Houston, Texas from June 26 - June 28, 1928. The convention resulted in the nomination of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York for President and Senator Joseph T. Robinson of...
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| x 1932 Democratic National Convention | Democratic Party | Chicago |
The 1932 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois from June 27 - July 2, 1932. The convention resulted in the nomination of Governor Franklin Roosevelt of New York for President and Speaker of the House John Nance Garner of Texas...
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| x 1936 Democratic National Convention | Democratic Party | Philadelphia |
The 1936 Democratic National Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from June 23 - June 27, 1936. The convention resulted in the re-nomination of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President John Nance Garner.
Prior to 1936,...
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| x 1940 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Chicago | Jul 15, 1940 |
The 1940 Democratic National Convention was held at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois from July 15 - July 18, 1940. The convention resulted in the re-nomination of President Franklin Roosevelt as the Democratic Party candidate for an...
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| x 1944 Democratic National Convention | Democratic Party | Chicago |
The 1944 Democratic National Convention was held at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois from July 19 - July 21, 1944. The convention resulted in the re-nomination of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt for an unprecedented fourth term. Senator...
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| x 1948 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Philadelphia |
The 1948 Democratic National Convention was held at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 12 to July 14, and resulted in the nominations of incumbent Harry S Truman for President and U.S. Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky for...
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| x 1952 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Chicago |
The 1952 Democratic National Convention was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois from July 21 to July 26, 1952, which was the same arena the Republicans had gathered in a few weeks earlier for their national convention. Four...
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| x 1956 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Chicago |
The 1956 National Convention of the Democratic Party nominated former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois for President and Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee for Vice President. It was held in the International Amphitheatre on the South Side of...
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| x 1960 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Los Angeles |
The 1960 Democratic National Convention was held in Los Angeles. In the end, the Kennedy-Johnson ticket was assembled and went on to secure an electoral college victory and a narrow popular vote plurality (slightly over 110,000 nationally) in the...
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| x 1964 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Atlantic City |
The 1964 National Convention of the Democratic Party of the United States took place at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 24 - 27, 1964. It resulted in the nomination of the incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson (who had...
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| x 1968 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Chicago |
The 1968 Democratic National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, from August 26 to August 29, 1968. Because Democratic President Lyndon Johnson had announced he would not seek a...
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| x 1972 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Miami |
The 1972 Democratic National Convention was the presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party for the 1972 presidential election. It was held at Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida on July 10-13, 1972.
It nominated...
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| x 1976 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | New York City | Jul 12, 2008 |
The 1976 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party met at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from July 12 to July 15, 1976. The convention nominated Jimmy Carter of Georgia for President and Walter Mondale of Minnesota for Vice-President...
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| x 1980 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | New York City |
The 1980 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party nominated President Jimmy Carter for President and Vice President Walter Mondale for Vice President. The convention was held in Madison Square Garden in New York City from August 11 to August...
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| x 1984 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | San Francisco |
The 1984 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California from July 16 to July 19, 1984, to select a candidate for the 1984 United States presidential election. At the convention Walter...
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| x 1988 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Atlanta |
The 1988 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia from July 18–July 21, 1988 to select a candidate for the 1988 United States presidential election. At the convention Gov. Michael Dukakis of...
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| x 1992 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | New York City | Jul 13, 1992 |
The 1992 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party nominated Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas for President and Senator Al Gore of Tennessee for Vice President; Clinton announced Gore as his running-mate on July 9, 1992. The convention was...
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| x 1996 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Chicago |
The 1996 Democratic National Convention of the was held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois from August 26 to August 29, 1996. Incumbent Democrat Bill Clinton was renominated for President of United States.
Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans,...
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| x 2000 Democratic National Convention | Democratic Party | Los Angeles | Aug 14, 2000 |
The 2000 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention the Democratic Party. The convention nominated Vice President Al Gore as its candidate for President and Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman as its candidate...
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| x 2004 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Boston | Jul 26, 2004 |
The 2004 Democratic National Convention was a United States presidential nominating convention that took place from July 26 to July 29, 2004 at the FleetCenter (now the TD Banknorth Garden), in Boston, Massachusetts. The convention was one of a...
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| x 2008 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Denver | Aug 25, 2008 |
The United States 2008 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party where it adopted its national platform and officially nominated its candidates for President and Vice President of the...
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| x 1900 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | Philadelphia |
The 1900 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held June 19 to June 21 in the Exposition Auditorium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Exposition Auditorium was located south of the University of Pennsylvania, and the...
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| x 1904 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | Chicago |
The 1904 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, on June 21 to June 23, 1904.
The popular President Theodore Roosevelt had easily ensured himself of the...
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| x 1908 Republican National Convention | Republican Party | Chicago |
The 1908 Republican National Convention, the fourteenth presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States, was held in Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois on June 16 to June 19, 1908. It convened to nominate a successor...
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| x 1912 Republican National Convention |
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The 1912 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, from June 18 to June 22, 1912. The party nominated William Howard Taft from Ohio for re-election as President of the...
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| x 1916 Republican National Convention | Republican Party |
The 1916 Republican National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois at the Chicago Coliseum, from June 7 to June 10, 1916. It nominated Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York for president and former Vice President Charles...
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| x 1920 Republican National Convention | Republican Party |
The 1920 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States nominated Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding for President and Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge for Vice President. The convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, at the...
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| x 1924 Republican National Convention | Republican Party |
The 1924 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in Cleveland, Ohio at the Public Auditorium from 10 June to 12 June. For this convention the method of allocating delegates changed in order to reduce the...
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| x 1928 Republican National Convention |
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The 1928 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held at Convention Hall in Kansas City, Missouri, from June 12 to June 15, 1928.
Because President Coolidge had announced unexpectedly he would not run for re-election in...
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| x 1932 Republican National Convention | Republican Party |
The 1932 Republican National Convention was held at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, from June 14 to June 16, 1932. It renominated President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis for their respective positions.
Hoover was unopposed...
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| x 1936 Republican National Convention |
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The 1936 Republican National Convention was held in Cleveland, Ohio at the Public Auditorium, from June 9 to June 12, 1936. It nominated Governor Alfred Landon of Kansas for President and Frank Knox of Illinois for Vice-President.
The convention...
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| x 1940 Republican National Convention |
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The 1940 Republican National Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from June 24 to June 28, 1940. It nominated Wendell Willkie of Indiana for President and Senator Charles McNary of Oregon for Vice-President.
The contest for the 1940...
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| x 1944 Republican National Convention | Republican Party |
The 1944 Republican National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, from June 26 to June 28, 1944. It nominated Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York for President and Governor John Bricker of Ohio for Vice-President.
When the convention opened,...
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| x 1948 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party |
The 1948 Republican National Convention was held at the Municipal Auditorium, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from June 21 to June 25, 1948.
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey had paved the way to win the Republican presidential nomination in the...
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| x 1952 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | Chicago |
The 1952 Republican National Convention was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois from July 7 to July 11, 1952 and nominated the popular general and war hero Dwight D. Eisenhower of Kansas, also known as "Ike," for...
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| x 1956 Republican National Convention |
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The 1956 Republican National Convention was held by the Republican Party of the United States at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California, from August 20 to August 23, 1956. U.S. Senator William F. Knowland was temporary chairman and former...
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| x 1960 Republican National Convention | Republican Party |
The 1960 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in Chicago, Illinois, from July 25 to July 28, 1960, at the International Amphitheatre.
The convention nominated Vice President Richard M. Nixon of California for...
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| x 1964 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party |
The 1964 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States took place in the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, on July 13 to July 16, 1964. Before 1964, there had only been one (1956) national Republican convention on the West...
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| x 1968 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | Miami Beach |
The 1968 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida, from August 5 to August 8, 1968.
Richard M. Nixon, former Vice President of the United...
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| x 1972 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | Miami Beach |
The 1972 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held from August 21 to August 23, 1972 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida. It nominated the incumbents Richard M. Nixon of California for...
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| x 1976 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | Kansas City |
The 1976 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States met at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, from August 16 to August 19, 1976. The convention nominated incumbent Gerald Ford for President, but only after narrowly...
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| x 1980 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | Detroit |
The 1980 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States convened at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, from July 14 to July 17, 1980. The 32nd Republican National Convention nominated former Governor Ronald W. Reagan of...
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| x 1984 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | Dallas |
The 1984 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States convened on August 20 to August 23, 1984, at Reunion Arena in downtown Dallas, Texas. The convention nominated the incumbent Ronald Reagan of California for President of the...
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| x 1988 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | New Orleans |
The 1988 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana from August 15 to August 18, 1988. It was the second time that a major party held its conclave in one of the five...
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| x 1992 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | Houston |
The 1992 National Convention of the Republican Party (GOP) of the United States was held in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, from August 17 to August 20, 1992. The convention re-nominated President George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Vice President Dan...
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| x 1996 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | San Diego |
The 1996 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States convened at the San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) in San Diego, California, from August 12 to August 15, 1996. The convention nominated Bob Dole, former Senator from Kansas,...
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| x 2000 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | Philadelphia |
The 2000 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States convened at the Wachovia Center (then the First Union Center) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 31 to August 3, 2000. The 2066 delegates assembled at the convention...
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| x 2004 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | New York City |
The 2004 Republican National Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States, took place from August 30 to September 2, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The convention is one...
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| x 2008 Republican National Convention |
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Republican Party | Saint Paul | Sep 1, 2008 |
The United States 2008 Republican National Convention took place at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from September 1, through September 4, 2008. The first day of the Republican Party's convention fell on Labor Day, the last day of...
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| x 1835 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Baltimore |
The 1835 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention that was held from May 20th to the 22nd, in Baltimore, Maryland. This was the second national convention of the Democratic Party of the United States. The delegates...
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| x 1848 Democratic National Convention | Democratic Party | Baltimore | May 22, 1848 |
The 1848 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention of United States Democratic Party delegates representing all thirty states in the union at the time, met in Baltimore on May 22, 1848. Former Speaker of the House...
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| x 1852 Democratic National Convention |
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Democratic Party | Baltimore |
The 1852 Democratic National Convention was held at Maryland Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. This convention is notable for the hostility between groups of the party, divided over the Compromise of 1850. The convention was called to order by...
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| x 1856 Democratic National Convention | Democratic Party | Cincinnati |
The 1856 Democratic National Convention, held at Smith & Nixon's Hall in Cincinnati was the first national party nominating convention to be held outside the original thirteen states. Called to order at Noon on Monday June 2 by National Committee...
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