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x None Blank 2004 Democratic National Convention 26 1968 Democratic National Convention
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x Dennis Kucinich Dennis Kucinich 2004 Democratic National Convention 43  
Dennis John Kucinich (pronounced /kuːˈsɪnɪtʃ/; born October 8, 1946) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2004 and 2008...
x John Kerry John Kerry 2004 Democratic National Convention 4,253  
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, and is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, he was defeated by 34 electoral votes...
x George Wallace George Wallace 1968 Democratic National Convention 0.5 1972 Democratic National Convention
George Corley Wallace, Jr. (August 25, 1919–September 13, 1998), was a governor of Alabama for four terms; 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987. "The most influential loser" in 20th-century U.S. politics, according to biographers Dan T. Carter and...
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x Hubert Humphrey H Humphrey 1968 Democratic National Convention 1,759.25  
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic...
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x Eugene McCarthy EugeneMcCarthy 1968 Democratic National Convention 601 1968 Democratic National Convention
Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy (March 29, 1916–December 10, 2005) was an American politician, poet, and a long-time member of the United States Congress from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the U.S....
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x George McGovern George McGovern bioguide 1968 Democratic National Convention 146.5 1968 Democratic National Convention
George Stanley McGovern (born July 19, 1922) is a former United States Representative, Senator, and Democratic presidential nominee. McGovern lost the 1972 presidential election in a landslide to Richard Nixon. As a decorated World War II combat...
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x Channing Phillips   1968 Democratic National Convention 67.5  
Rev. Channing E. Phillips led the delegation from the District of Columbia to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Members of the District's Delegation were originally pledged to Robert F. Kennedy. Following Senator Kennedy's death, the...
x Dan K. Moore   1968 Democratic National Convention 17.5  
Daniel Killian Moore (April 2, 1906 – September 7, 1986) was the Democratic governor of the state of North Carolina from 1965 to 1969. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Moore earned undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North...
x Ted Kennedy Ted Kennedy 1968 Democratic National Convention 12.75 1968 Democratic National Convention
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected in November 1962, he was elected nine times and served for 46 years in the U.S....
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x Bear Bryant The Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to him by Ronald Reagan 1968 Democratic National Convention 1.5  
Paul William "Bear" Bryant (September 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was an American college football coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his twenty-five year tenure as Alabama's head...
x James H. Gray   1968 Democratic National Convention 0.5    
x Edmund Muskie Edmund Muskie 1976 Democratic National Convention 1 1968 Democratic National Convention
Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie (March 28, 1914–March 26, 1996) was an American Democratic politician from Maine. He served as Governor of Maine, as U.S. Senator, and as U.S. Secretary of State. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1968,...
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x Julian Bond Julian Bond (2004)   48.5 1968 Democratic National Convention
Horace Julian Bond, known as Julian Bond, (born January 14, 1940) is an American social activist and leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, politician, professor and writer. While a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the...
1972 Democratic National Convention
x David Hoeh     4    
x Al Gore Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 1992 Democratic National Convention 1  
Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., is an American environmental activist, author, businessperson, former politician and former journalist. He served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. ...
x Bill Clinton Bill Clinton 1992 Democratic National Convention 3,372  
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when...
x Jerry Brown E brownjr 1992 Democratic National Convention 596  
Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American politician. He is a former governor of the State of California and the current Attorney General. Brown has had a lengthy political career spanning terms on the Los Angeles...
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x Paul Tsongas Paul Tsongas 1992 Democratic National Convention 289  
Paul Efthemios Tsongas (pronounced /ˈsɒŋɡəs/; February 14, 1941–January 18, 1997) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a one-time candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Previously he also served as a U.S. Representative...
x Robert P. Casey Robert P. Casey 1992 Democratic National Convention 10  
Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey, Sr. (January 9, 1932 – May 30, 2000) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served Pennsylvania in several capacities, most notably as its 42nd Governor from 1987 to 1995. He is best known for...
x Patricia Schroeder Pat Schroeder 1992 Democratic National Convention 5  
Patricia Nell Scott "Pat" Schroeder (born July 30, 1940), American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado, serving from 1973 to 1997. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Colorado....
x Larry Agran   1992 Democratic National Convention 3  
Larry Agran (born 2 February 1945 in Chicago) is a former mayor of Irvine, California, Orange County's noted planned city. Agran currently serves as Mayor Pro Tem on the City Council. Agran graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California,...
x Hugh Carey Hugh Carey 1980 Democratic National Convention 16  
Hugh Leo Carey (born April 11, 1919) is an attorney and former governor of New York (1975–1982), and a former seven-term United States Representative (1961–1974). Carey was born in Brooklyn, New York. Carey joined the U.S. Army as an enlisted man...
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x William Proxmire William Proxmire 1980 Democratic National Convention 10  
Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989. Proxmire graduated from The Hill School (in Pottstown,...
x Jimmy Carter Picture 10.png 1980 Democratic National Convention 2,129.02 1972 Democratic National Convention
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office....
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x Walter Mondale Walter Mondale   2,428.7 1976 Democratic National Convention
Walter Frederick Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. He was the 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977–81) under President Jimmy Carter, a two-term United States Senator...
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x Mo Udall Morris Udall 1976 Democratic National Convention 330  
Morris King "Mo" Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961 to May 4, 1991. A former professional basketball player with the old National Basketball League...
x Ellen McCormack   1976 Democratic National Convention 22  
Ellen Cullen McCormack (born circa 1926) was a candidate for the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination in 1976. McCormack was one of the first serious female candidates for President, alongside women like Shirley Chisholm. McCormack, generally...
x Frank Church Frank Church 1976 Democratic National Convention 19 1972 Democratic National Convention
Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was a United States Senator from Idaho, serving four terms from 1957 to 1981. Church was a member of the Idaho Democratic Party. Frank Church was raised in Boise, Idaho. In his youth, Church...
x Henry M. Jackson Henry M. Jackson 1976 Democratic National Convention 10 1972 Democratic National Convention
Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was a U.S. Congressman and Senator from the state of Washington from 1941 until his death. Jackson was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972 and...
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x Fred R. Harris FredRoyHarris 1976 Democratic National Convention 9 1972 Democratic National Convention
Fred Roy Harris (born November 13, 1930) was a Democratic United States Senator from the state of Oklahoma from 1964 until 1973. Harris was born in Cotton County, Oklahoma. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1952 and its law school in...
x Milton Shapp Milton Shapp 1976 Democratic National Convention 2  
Milton Jerrold Shapp (June 25, 1912 - November 24, 1994) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1979 and was the first Jewish governor of Pennsylvania. Shapp was born Milton Jerrold Shapiro in Cleveland, Ohio to...
x Robert Byrd Robert Byrd official portrait 1976 Democratic National Convention 2  
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia, and a member and former Senate Leader of the Democratic Party. Byrd has been a Senator since January 3, 1959 and is the longest-serving member in...
x César Chávez Cesar E 1976 Democratic National Convention 1 1972 Democratic National Convention
César Estrada Chávez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was a Mexican American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers...
x Leon Jaworski Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski on the cover of Time magazine. 1976 Democratic National Convention 1  
Leonidas "Leon" Jaworski (September 19, 1905, in Waco, Texas - December 9, 1982 near Wimberly, Texas) was the Special Prosecutor during the Watergate Scandal. Jaworski was appointed to that position on November 1, 1973, soon after the Saturday Night...
x Barbara Jordan Barbara Jordan 1976 Democratic National Convention 1 1976 Democratic National Convention
Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936–January 17, 1996) was an American politician from Texas. She served as a congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979. Jordan campaigned for the Texas House of...
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x Jennings Randolph Jennings Randolph 1976 Democratic National Convention 1  
Jennings Randolph (March 8, 1902–May 8, 1998) was an American politician from West Virginia. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was the last surviving member of the United States Congress to have served during the first 100 days of Franklin...
x Fred Stover   1976 Democratic National Convention 1    
x Carl Albert Carl Albert   36 1976 Democratic National Convention
Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was a lawyer and a Democratic American politician from Oklahoma. Albert represented the southeastern portion of Oklahoma (Congressional District 3) as a Democrat for 30 years, starting in 1947. He...
x Ron Dellums Dellums   20 1972 Democratic National Convention
Ronald Vernie "Ron" Dellums (born November 24, 1935 in Oakland, California) serves as Oakland's third African-American mayor. From 1971-1998, he was elected to thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Northern California...
1976 Democratic National Convention
x Fritz Efaw     12 1976 Democratic National Convention  
x Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren   208  
Martin Van Buren (pronounced /væn ˈbjʊərɨn/ or /væn ˈbjɜrɨn/; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the eighth Vice President (1833–1837) and the 10th...
x Richard Mentor Johnson Richard Mentor Johnson   26  
Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 or 1781 – November 19, 1850) was the ninth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren. He was the only vice-president ever elected by the United States Senate under...
x Philip Pendleton Barbour Philip Pendleton Barbour   49  
Philip Pendleton Barbour (May 25, 1783 – February 25, 1841) was a U.S. Congressman from Virginia and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the brother of Virginia governor and U.S. Secretary of War James Barbour as...
x Cordell Hull Cordell Hull 1940 Democratic National Convention 5  
Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871–July 23, 1955) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best-known as the longest-serving Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President...
x Franklin D. Roosevelt Picture 14.png 1940 Democratic National Convention 946  
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), the 32nd President of the United States, was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world...
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x James Farley James Farley 1940 Democratic National Convention 72  
James "Jim" Aloysius Farley (May 30, 1888–June 9, 1976) was an American politician, business executive, and dignitary who served as head of the Democratic National Committee and as Postmaster General. Farley was known as a political "kingmaker", and...
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x John Nance Garner John Nance Garner 1940 Democratic National Convention 61  
John Nance Garner IV nicknamed "Cactus Jack" (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967) was the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1931–33) and the 32nd Vice President of the United States (1933–41). Garner was born near Detroit...
x Millard Tydings Millardetydings 1940 Democratic National Convention 9  
Millard Evelyn Tydings (April 6, 1890–February 9, 1961) was an attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland. Tydings was born in Havre de Grace,...
x Harry F. Byrd Harry F 1944 Democratic National Convention 89  
Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. (June 10, 1887–October 20, 1966) of Berryville in Clarke County, Virginia was an American newspaper publisher, farmer and politician. He was a descendant of one of the First Families of Virginia. His ancestors included William...
x David C. Hoeh       1968 Democratic National Convention  
x Richard J. Daley Richard J. Daley     1968 Democratic National Convention
Richard Joseph Daley (May 15, 1902 – December 20, 1976) served for 21 years as the undisputed Democratic boss of Chicago and is considered by historians to be the "last of the big city bosses." He played a major role in the history of the Democratic...
1972 Democratic National Convention
x Don Edwards       1968 Democratic National Convention
William Donlon Edwards, (born January 6, 1915), usually known as Don Edwards, is an American politician of the Democratic Party, formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives from California. Born in San Jose, California, he...
x Robert Evander McNair       1968 Democratic National Convention
Robert Evander McNair (December 14, 1923 – November 17, 2007) was governor of the state of South Carolina from 1965 to 1971. McNair was born in Cades, a town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina. He married Josephine Robinson of Allendale, South...
x Abraham A. Ribicoff Abraham ribicoff     1968 Democratic National Convention
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9, 1910 – February 22, 1998) was an American United States Democratic Party politician. He served in the United States Congress, as governor of Connecticut and as President John F. Kennedy's Secretary of Health,...
1972 Democratic National Convention
x James Hugh Joseph Tate       1968 Democratic National Convention
James Hugh Joseph Tate (10 April 1910 – 27 May 1983) was a U.S. political figure. He served as the mayor of Philadelphia between 1962 and 1972, having reached that office (moving up from president of City Council) when Richardson Dilworth resigned...
x Allard K. Lowenstein Al Lowenstein     1968 Democratic National Convention
Allard Kenneth Lowenstein, (January 16, 1929 – March 14, 1980), was a liberal Democratic politician, a one-term congressman representing the 5th District in Nassau County, New York from 1969 until 1971. His work on civil rights and the antiwar...
1972 Democratic National Convention
x Paul O'Dwyer       1968 Democratic National Convention
Paul O'Dwyer (June 29, 1907 - June 23, 1998) was an American politician and lawyer, and brother of Mayor William O'Dwyer. O'Dwyer was born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland, and later emigrated to Brooklyn, New York. During World War II he was a...
x Henry S. Reuss Henry S     1968 Democratic National Convention
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss (February 22, 1912 - January 12, 2002) was a liberal Democrat U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up in that city's German section. Reuss earned his A.B. from Cornell University in...
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