This is a list of Republican National Conventions. The quadrennial convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States. (Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent presidential election are tinted in light red.)
Dates[1] | Location | Temporary Chairman | Permanent Chairman | # of Ballots | Presidential Nominee | Vice Presidential Nominee | |
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June 17–19, 1856 | Musical Fund Hall; Philadelphia | Robert Emmett of New York | Henry S. Lane of Indiana | 2 | John C. Frémont of California | William L. Dayton of New Jersey | |
May 16–18, 1860 | The Wigwam; Chicago | David Wilmot of Pennsylvania | George Ashmun of Massachusetts | 3 | Abraham Lincoln of Illinois | Hannibal Hamlin of Maine | |
June 7–8, 18641 | Front Street Theatre; Baltimore | Robert J. Breckinridge of Kentucky | William Dennison of Ohio | 1 | Pres. Abraham Lincoln of Illinois | Andrew Johnson of Tennessee | |
May 20–21, 18682 | Crosby's Opera House; Chicago | Carl Schurz of Missouri | Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut | 1 | Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Schuyler Colfax of Indiana | |
June 5–6, 18722 | Academy of Music; Philadelphia | Morton McMichael of Pennsylvania | Thomas Settle of North Carolina | 1 | Pres. Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Henry Wilson of Massachusetts | |
June 14–16, 1876 | Exposition Hall; Cincinnati | Theodore M. Pomeroy of New York | Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania | 7 | Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio | William A. Wheeler of New York | |
June 2–8, 1880 | Interstate Exposition Building; Chicago | George F. Hoar of Massachusetts | 36 | James A. Garfield of Ohio | Chester A. Arthur of New York | ||
June 3–6, 1884 | Exposition Hall; Chicago | John R. Lynch of Mississippi | John B. Henderson of Missouri | 4 | James G. Blaine of Maine | John A. Logan of Illinois | |
June 19–25, 1888 | Auditorium Theatre; Chicago | John M. Thurston of Nebraska | Morris M. Estee of California | 8 | Benjamin Harrison of Indiana | Levi P. Morton of New York | |
June 7–10, 1892 | Industrial Exposition Building; Minneapolis | J. Sloat Fassett of New York | William McKinley of Ohio | 1 | Pres. Benjamin Harrison of Indiana | Whitelaw Reid of New York | |
June 16–18, 1896 | St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall | Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana | John M. Thurston of Nebraska | 1 | William McKinley of Ohio | Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey | |
June 19–21, 1900 | Convention Hall; Philadelphia | Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado | Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts | 1 | Pres. William McKinley of Ohio | Theodore Roosevelt of New York | |
June 21–23, 1904 | Chicago Coliseum | Elihu Root of New York | Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois | 1 | Pres. Theodore Roosevelt of New York | Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana | |
June 16–19, 1908 | Julius C. Burrows of Michigan | Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts | 1 | William Howard Taft of Ohio | James S. Sherman of New York | ||
June 18–22, 1912 | Elihu Root of New York | 1 | Pres. William Howard Taft of Ohio | V.P. James S. Sherman of New York3 | |||
June 7–10, 1916 | Warren G. Harding of Ohio | 3 | Charles Evans Hughes of New York | Ex-V.P. Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana | |||
June 8–12, 1920 | Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts | 10 | Warren G. Harding of Ohio | Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts | |||
June 10–12, 1924 | Public Auditorium; Cleveland | Theodore E. Burton of Ohio | Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming | 1 | Pres. Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts | Charles G. Dawes of Illinois | |
June 12–15, 1928 | Convention Hall; Kansas City |
Simeon D. Fess of Ohio | George H. Moses of New Hampshire | 1 | Herbert C. Hoover of California | Charles Curtis of Kansas | |
June 14–16, 1932 | Chicago Stadium | Lester J. Dickinson of Iowa | Bertrand Snell of New York | 1 | Pres. Herbert C. Hoover of California | V.P. Charles Curtis of Kansas | |
June 9–12, 1936 | Public Auditorium; Cleveland | Frederick Steiwer of Oregon | 1 | Alfred M. Landon of Kansas | Frank Knox of Illinois | ||
June 24–28, 1940 | Convention Hall; Philadelphia | Harold Stassen of Minnesota | Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts | 6 | Wendell L. Willkie of New York | Charles L. McNary of Oregon | |
June 26–28, 1944 | Chicago Stadium | Earl Warren of California | 1 | Thomas E. Dewey of New York | John W. Bricker of Ohio | ||
June 21–25, 1948 | Convention Hall; Philadelphia | Dwight Green of Illinois | 3 | Thomas E. Dewey of New York | Earl Warren of California | ||
July 7–11, 1952 | International Amphitheatre; Chicago | Walter S. Hallanan of West Virginia | 1 | Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York | Richard M. Nixon of California | ||
August 20–23, 1956 | Cow Palace; Daly City (San Francisco) | William F. Knowland of California | 1 | Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower of Pennsylvania | V.P. Richard M. Nixon of California | ||
July 25–28, 1960 | International Amphitheatre; Chicago | Cecil Underwood of West Virginia | Charles Halleck of Indiana | 1 | V.P. Richard M. Nixon of California | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. of Massachusetts | |
July 13–16, 1964 | Cow Palace; San Francisco | Mark Hatfield of Oregon | Thruston Morton of Kentucky | 1 | Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona | William E. Miller of New York | |
August 5–8, 1968 | Miami Beach Convention Center | Edward Brooke of Massachusetts | Gerald Ford of Michigan | 1 | Ex-V.P. Richard M. Nixon of New York | Spiro T. Agnew of Maryland | |
August 21–23, 1972 | Miami Beach Convention Center | Ronald Reagan of California | 1 | Pres. Richard M. Nixon of California | V.P. Spiro T. Agnew of Maryland | ||
August 16–19, 1976 | Kemper Arena; Kansas City | Robert J. Dole of Kansas | John J. Rhodes of Arizona | 1 | Pres. Gerald R. Ford of Michigan | Robert J. Dole of Kansas | |
July 14–17, 1980 | Joe Louis Arena; Detroit | Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas | 1 | Ronald W. Reagan of California | George H. W. Bush of Texas | ||
August 20–23, 1984 | Reunion Arena; Dallas | Howard Baker of Tennessee | Robert Michel of Illinois | 1 | Pres. Ronald W. Reagan of California | V.P. George H. W. Bush of Texas | |
August 15–18, 1988 | Louisiana Superdome; New Orleans | Elizabeth Dole of Kansas | 1 | V.P. George H. W. Bush of Texas | Dan Quayle of Indiana | ||
August 17–20, 1992 | Astrodome; Houston | Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas | 1 | Pres. George H. W. Bush of Texas | V.P. Dan Quayle of Indiana | ||
August 12–15, 1996 | San Diego Convention Center | George W. Bush of Texas and Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey |
Newt Gingrich of Georgia | 1 | Robert J. Dole of Kansas | Jack Kemp of Maryland | |
July 31–August 3, 2000 | First Union Center; Philadelphia | Trent Lott of Mississippi | Dennis Hastert of Illinois | 1 | George W. Bush of Texas | Richard B. Cheney of Wyoming | |
August 30–September 2, 2004 | Madison Square Garden; New York | Linda Lingle of Hawaii | 1 | Pres. George W. Bush of Texas | V.P. Richard B. Cheney of Wyoming | ||
September 1–4, 2008 | Xcel Energy Center; St. Paul |
Mitch McConnell of Kentucky | John Boehner of Ohio | 1 | John McCain of Arizona | Sarah L. Palin of Alaska | |
August 27–30, 2012 | Tampa Bay Times Forum; Tampa | 1 | Mitt Romney of Massachusetts | Paul Ryan of Wisconsin | |||
July 18–21, 2016 | Quicken Loans Arena; Cleveland |
1 This convention was known as the National Union Convention.
2 This convention was known as the National Union Republican Convention.
3 Sherman died days before the election, and was replaced as Republican vice presidential nominee by Nicholas M. Butler of New York.
Keynote speakers
- 1884 - U.S. Rep. John R. Lynch, Mississippi (thought to be the first keynote speaker)
- 1916 - U.S. Sen. Warren G. Harding, Ohio[2]
- 1920 - U.S. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts[3]
- 1924 - U.S. Rep. Theodore Burton, Ohio[4]
- 1928 - U.S. Sen. Simeon Fess, Ohio
- 1932 - U.S. Sen. Lester Dickinson, Iowa
- 1936 - U.S. Sen. Frederick Steiwer, Oregon
- 1940 - Gov. Harold Stassen, Minnesota
- 1944 - Gov. Earl Warren, California
- 1948 - Gov. Dwight Green, Illinois
- 1952 - Douglas MacArthur, Wisconsin, retired U.S. Army general
- 1956 - Gov. Arthur Langlie, Washington
- 1960 - U.S. Rep. Walter Judd, Minnesota
- 1964 - Gov. Mark Hatfield, Oregon
- 1968 - Gov. Daniel Evans, Washington
- 1972 - Anne Armstrong, Texas, co-chair of the Republican National Committee
- 1976 - U.S. Sen. Howard Baker, Tennessee
- 1980 - U.S. Rep. Guy Vander Jagt, Michigan
- 1984 - U.S. Treasurer Katherine Ortega, New Mexico
- 1988 - Gov. Thomas Kean, New Jersey
- 1992 - U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm, Texas
- 1996 - U.S. Rep. Susan Molinari, New York
- 2000 - No officially-designated keynote speaker; U.S. Sen. John McCain, Arizona and Colin Powell, Virginia, retired U.S. Army general, were featured speakers.
- 2004 - U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, D-Georgia. (first speaker from the opposite party to address a national convention as keynoter)
- 2008 - Rudy Giuliani, New York, former Mayor of New York City
- 2012 - Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey
See also
- Bibliography of the Republican Party
- U.S. presidential election
- U.S. presidential primary
- List of Democratic National Conventions
- List of Whig National Conventions
- 2012 Republican National Convention
References
- ^ Thompson (ed.), Margaret C. (1983). Presidential Elections Since 1789. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly. p. 65. ISBN 0-87187-268-4.
- ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=57975
- ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=57976
- ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=57977
External links
- Republican Party platforms at The American Presidency Project
- Republican Party candidate nomination speeches at The American Presidency Project