This is a list of Democratic National Conventions. These conventions are the presidential nominating conventions of the Democratic Party of the United States. Click on the year to take you to the corresponding article about the convention. (Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent presidential election are tinted in light blue.)
Date[1] | Location | Permanent Chairman | Ballots[1] | Presidential Nominee[2] | Vice Presidential Nominee |
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May 21–23, 1832 | The Athenaeum and Warfield's Church, Baltimore | Robert Lucas of Ohio |
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Pres. Andrew Jackson of Tennessee1 | Martin Van Buren of New York |
May 20–22, 1835 | Fourth Presbyterian Church, Baltimore | Andrew Stevenson of Virginia |
1
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Vice Pres. Martin Van Buren of New York | Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky |
May 5–6, 1840 | The Assembly Rooms, Baltimore | William Carroll of Tennessee |
1
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Pres. Martin Van Buren of New York | None2 |
May 27–29, 1844 | Odd Fellows Hall, Baltimore | Hendrick Bradley Wright of Pennsylvania |
9
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James K. Polk of Tennessee | George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania3 |
May 22–25, 1848 | Universalist Church, Baltimore | Andrew Stevenson of Virginia |
4
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Lewis Cass of Michigan | William O. Butler of Kentucky |
June 1–5, 1852 | Maryland Institute, Baltimore | John W. Davis of Indiana |
49
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Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire | William R. King of Alabama |
June 2–6, 1856 | Smith and Nixon's Hall, Cincinnati | John Elliot Ward of Georgia |
17
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James Buchanan of Pennsylvania | John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky |
April 23–May 3, 1860 | South Carolina Institute Hall, Charleston | Caleb Cushing of Massachusetts |
57
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none (deadlocked) | none (deadlocked) |
June 18–23, 1860 | Front Street Theater, Baltimore | Caleb Cushing 4 David Tod of Ohio |
2
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Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois5 | Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia5 6 |
August 29–31, 1864 | The Amphitheatre, Chicago | Horatio Seymour of New York |
1
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George B. McClellan of New Jersey | George H. Pendleton of Ohio |
July 4–9, 1868 | Tammany Hall, New York | Horatio Seymour of New York |
22
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Horatio Seymour of New York | Francis P. Blair, Jr. of Missouri |
July 9–10, 1872 7 | Ford's Grand Opera House, Baltimore | James R. Doolittle of Wisconsin |
1
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Horace Greeley of New York 7 |
B. Gratz Brown of Missouri 7 |
June 27–29, 1876 | Merchant's Exchange Building, St. Louis | John A. McClernand of Illinois |
2
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Samuel J. Tilden of New York | Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana |
June 22–24, 1880 | Cincinnati Music Hall | John W. Stevenson of Kentucky |
2
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Winfield S. Hancock of Pennsylvania | William H. English of Indiana |
July 8–11, 1884 | Interstate Exposition Building, Chicago | William F. Vilas of Wisconsin |
2
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Grover Cleveland of New York | Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana |
June 5–7, 1888 | Exposition Building, St. Louis | Patrick A. Collins of Massachusetts |
1
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Pres. Grover Cleveland of New York | Allen G. Thurman of Ohio |
June 21–23, 1892 | Wigwam, Chicago | William Lyne Wilson of West Virginia |
1
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ex-Pres. Grover Cleveland of New York | Adlai E. Stevenson I of Illinois |
July 7–11, 1896 8 | Chicago Coliseum | Stephen M. White of California | about 5 | William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska 9 | Arthur Sewall of Maine |
July 4–6, 1900 | Convention Hall, Kansas City | James D. Richardson of Tennessee |
1
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William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska | ex-Vice Pres. Adlai E. Stevenson I of Illinois |
July 6–9, 1904 | St. Louis Coliseum | Champ Clark of Missouri |
1
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Alton B. Parker of New York | Henry G. Davis of West Virginia |
July 7–10, 1908 | Denver Arena Auditorium | Henry D. Clayton of Alabama |
1
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William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska | John W. Kern of Indiana |
June 25–July 2, 1912 | Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore | Ollie M. James of Kentucky |
46
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Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey | Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana |
June 14–16, 1916 | Convention Hall, St. Louis | Ollie M. James of Kentucky |
1
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Pres. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey | Vice Pres. Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana |
June 28–July 6, 1920 | Civic Auditorium, San Francisco | Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas |
43
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James M. Cox of Ohio | Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York |
June 24–July 9, 1924 | Madison Square Garden, New York | Thomas J. Walsh of Montana |
103
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John W. Davis of New York | Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska |
June 26–29, 1928 | Sam Houston Hall, Houston | Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas |
1
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Alfred E. Smith of New York | Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas |
June 27–July 2, 1932 | Chicago Stadium | Thomas J. Walsh of Montana |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York | John Nance Garner of Texas |
June 23–27, 1936 | Convention Hall and Franklin Field, Philadelphia | Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas | Acclamation | Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York | Vice Pres. John Nance Garner of Texas |
July 15–18, 1940 | Chicago Stadium | Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky |
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Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York | Henry A. Wallace of Iowa |
July 19–21, 1944 | Chicago Stadium | Samuel D. Jackson of Indiana |
1
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Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York | Harry S. Truman of Missouri |
July 12–14, 1948 10 | Convention Hall, Philadelphia | Sam Rayburn of Texas |
1
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Pres. Harry S. Truman of Missouri | Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky |
July 21–26, 1952 | International Amphitheatre, Chicago | Sam Rayburn of Texas |
3
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Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois | John J. Sparkman of Alabama |
August 13–17, 1956 | International Amphitheatre, Chicago | Sam Rayburn of Texas |
1
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Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois | Estes Kefauver of Tennessee |
July 11–15, 1960 | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena and Memorial Coliseum | Leroy Collins of Florida |
1
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John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts | Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas |
August 24–27, 1964 | Convention Center, Atlantic City | John W. McCormack of Massachusetts | Acclamation | Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas | Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota |
August 26–29, 1968 | International Amphitheatre, Chicago | Carl Albert of Oklahoma |
1
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V.P. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota | Edmund S. Muskie of Maine |
July 10–13, 1972 | Miami Beach Convention Center | Lawrence F. O'Brien of Massachusetts |
1
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George S. McGovern of South Dakota | Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri 11 |
July 12–15, 1976 | Madison Square Garden, New York | Lindy Boggs of Louisiana |
1
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Jimmy Carter of Georgia | Walter Mondale of Minnesota |
August 11–14, 1980 | Madison Square Garden, New York | Tip O'Neill of Massachusetts |
1
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Pres. Jimmy Carter of Georgia | Vice Pres. Walter Mondale of Minnesota |
July 16–19, 1984 | Moscone Center, San Francisco | Martha Layne Collins of Kentucky |
1
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ex-V.P. Walter Mondale of Minnesota | Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York |
July 18–21, 1988 | The Omni, Atlanta | James C. Wright of Texas |
1
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Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts | Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. of Texas |
July 13–16, 1992 | Madison Square Garden, New York | Ann Richards of Texas |
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William J. Clinton of Arkansas | Albert A. Gore, Jr. of Tennessee |
August 26–29, 1996 | United Center, Chicago | Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Tom Daschle of South Dakota | Acclamation | Pres. William J. Clinton of Arkansas | Vice Pres. Albert A. Gore, Jr. of Tennessee |
August 14–17, 2000 | Staples Center, Los Angeles | Terry McAuliffe of New York | Acclamation | Vice Pres. Albert A. Gore, Jr. of Tennessee | Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut |
July 26–29, 2004 | FleetCenter, Boston | Bill Richardson of New Mexico |
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John F. Kerry of Massachusetts | John R. Edwards of North Carolina |
August 25–28, 2008 | Pepsi Center and Invesco Field, Denver | Nancy Pelosi of California | 1/Acclamation | Barack H. Obama of Illinois | Joseph R. Biden of Delaware |
September 4–6, 2012 | Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte | Antonio Villaraigosa of California | 1/Acclamation | Pres. Barack H. Obama of Illinois | Vice Pres. Joseph R. Biden of Delaware |
July 25-28, 2016 | Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia | TBD | N/A | TBD | TBD |
Footnotes
1 [1832] A resolution endorsing "the repeated nominations which he [Jackson] has received in various parts of the Union" was passed by the convention.
2 [1840] A resolution stating "that the convention deem it expedient at the present time not to choose between the individuals in nomination, but to leave the decision to their Republican fellow-citizens in the several states" was passed by the convention. Most Van Buren electors voted for Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky for the vice presidency; others voted for Littleton Waller Tazewell of Virginia and James K. Polk of Tennessee in the election of 1840.
3 [1844] Silas Wright of New York was first nominated and he declined the nomination.
4 [1860 June] Caleb Cushing resigned as permanent chairman.
5 [1860 June] Douglas and Johnson were chosen as the candidates of the Front Street Theater convention after most of the Southern delegations walked out. The convention bolters soon formed their own convention, located at the Maryland Institute, also in Baltimore, on June 28, 1860. At their convention Caleb Cushing again served as permanent chairman and John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky was nominated for the presidency and Joseph Lane of Oregon was nominated for the vice presidency. (1860 Southern Democratic platform)
6 [1860 June] Benjamin Fitzpatrick of Alabama was first nominated but he declined the nomination.
7 [1872] Greeley and B. Gratz Brown had already been endorsed by the Liberal Republican Party, meeting on May 1 in Cincinnati. A dissident group of Straight-Out Democrats, meeting in Louisville, Kentucky on September 3, nominated Charles O'Conor of New York for President and John Quincy Adams II of Massachusetts for Vice President, but both men declined the nomination.[3]
8 [1896] "Gold" Democrats opposed to the Free Silver plank of the 1896 platform and to Wm J. Bryan's candidacy convened as the National Democratic Party in Indianapolis on September 2, and nominated John M. Palmer of Illinois for President and former Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky for Vice President.
9 [1896] Bryan was later nominated for President in St. Louis, together with Thomas E. Watson of Georgia for Vice President, by the National Silver Republican Party meeting on July 22, and by the People's Party (Populists) meeting on July 25.[4]
10 [1948] Breakaway delegations left the Philadelphia Convention for conventions of the Progressive and States Rights Democratic Parties. The Progressives, meeting on July 23, also in Philadelphia, nominated former Vice President Henry A. Wallace of Iowa for President and Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho for Vice President. (1948 Progressive Party platform)
The States' Rights Democrats (or "Dixiecrats"), meeting in Birmingham, Alabama on July 17, nominated Governors J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for President and Fielding Wright of Mississippi for Vice President. (1948 States' Rights Democratic platform)[5]
11 [1972] Eagleton withdrew his candidacy after the convention and was replaced by R. Sargent Shriver, Jr. of Maryland.
Keynote speakers
- 1896 - Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia, temporary convention chairman[6]
- 1900 - Governor Charles S. Thomas of Colorado[7]
- 1904 - Representative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi[7]
- 1908 - Theodore Bell of California, former congressman, temporary convention chairman [8]
- 1912 - Former Chief Judge and 1904 Presidential nominee Alton B. Parker of New York
- 1916 - Former Governor Martin Glynn of New York[9]
- 1920 - Homer Cummings, Connecticut, Democratic National Committee chairman, state's attorney for Fairfield County, Connecticut, temporary convention chairman [10]
- 1924 - Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi[11]
- 1928 - Claude Bowers, New York, historian, political commentator and temporary convention chairman[12]
- 1932 - Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky, temporary convention chairman [13]
- 1936 - Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky, and Senator Joseph Robinson of Arkansas[14]
- 1940 - Speaker of the House of Representatives William Bankhead of Alabama, temporary convention chairman[15]
- 1944 - Governor Robert Kerr of Oklahoma, temporary convention chairman[16]
- 1948 - Senate Minority Leader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky (also V.P. nominee)[17]
- 1952 - Governor Paul Dever of Massachusetts[18]
- 1956 - Governor Frank Clement of Tennessee [19]
- 1960 - Senator Frank Church of Idaho
- 1964 - Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island[20]
- 1968 - Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii
- 1972 - Governor Reubin Askew of Florida[21]
- 1976 - Representative Barbara Jordan of Texas and Senator John Glenn of Ohio [22]
- 1980 - Congressman Mo Udall of Arizona
- 1984 - Governor Mario Cuomo of New York[17]
- 1988 - Texas State Treasurer Ann Richards
- 1992 - Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, former Representative Barbara Jordan of Texas, Governor Zell Miller of Georgia (only time with three keynote speakers)[17]
- 1996 - Governor Evan Bayh of Indiana
- 2000 - Representative Harold Ford, Jr. of Tennessee
- 2004 - State Senator Barack Obama of Illinois
- 2008 - Former Governor Mark Warner of Virginia
- 2012 - Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio, Texas
See also
- List of United States Democratic Party presidential tickets
- List of Republican National Conventions
- List of Whig National Conventions
- U.S. presidential election
- U.S. presidential primary
- 2012 Democratic National Convention
- 2016 Democratic National Convention
References
- ^ a b Thompson (ed.), Margaret C. (1983). Presidential Elections Since 1789. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly. p. 65. ISBN 0-87187-268-4.
- ^ American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara, at http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/platforms.php (retrieved February 3, 2012)
- ^ Tim Taylor, The Book of Presidents, Arno Press, New York, 1972, page 215. ISBN 0-405-00226-2
- ^ Tim Taylor, The Book of Presidents, Arno Press, New York, 1972, page 283.
- ^ Tim Taylor, The Book of Presidents, Arno Press, New York, 1972, page 470.
- ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58112
- ^ a b "Past Democratic Keynote Speakers". The Washington Post.
- ^ The Washington Post. April 30, 2012 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp--rv/politics/documents/Past_Democratic_Keynote_Speakers.html. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58234
- ^ "Democrats Wildly Acclaim Wilson, Tammany Alone Silent; Chairman Puts League to the Fore and Delegates Cheer; With 21 Candidates, it is Now the Field Against M'Adoo". The New York Times. July 1, 2000.
- ^ Hail to the Chief
- ^ "Bowers in Democratic Keynote Scores Corruption; Smith Certain on First Ballot as Convention Opens, Picks Robinson as Running Mate, Dictates Platform". The New York Times. June 26, 2000.
- ^ "Roosevelt Orders Two-Thirds Rule Fight End, But Backers in Committee Take Issue to Floor; Delegates Wildly Cheer Barkley's Repeal Plea". The New York Times. June 24, 2000.
- ^ "Robinson Rallies Democrats With Defense of New Deal; Committee Considers Platform Supplied by President; Roosevelt Expected to Draft Lehman After Convention". The New York Times. July 10, 2000.
- ^ "Democrats Are Not 'War Party', Convention's Keynote Declares; Roosevelt 'Draft' Move Growing". The New York Times. July 6, 2000.
- ^ "Democrats Press 'War Chief' Issue; Second Place Open". The New York Times. July 10, 2000.
- ^ a b c http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/democratic_conventions.pdf
- ^ "Barkley Quits Race, Blasts Union Chiefs; Move to Draft Stevenson Is Increasing; Southerners Lose Loyalty Pledge Fight". The New York Times. July 11, 2000.
- ^ "Democratic Keynote Talk Assails Nixon as 'Hatchet Man' of G.O.P.; Lays 'Indifference' to President". The New York Times. July 10, 2000.
- ^ Goldstein, Richard (July 17, 2000). "John Pastore, Prominent Figure in Rhode Island Politics for Three Decades, Dies at 93". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ^ Time magazine, "200 Faces for the Future," 1974
- ^ "http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/760713convention-dem-ra.html"