Major party conventions

edit
Presidential winner in bold.

The two right-hand columnd show nominations by notable conventions not shown elsewhere. Some of the nominees (e.g. the Whigs before 1860 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1912) received very large votes, while others who received less than 1% of the total national popular vote are listed to show historical continuity or transition. Many important candidates are not shown here because they were never endorsed by a national party convention (e.g. William Henry Harrison in 1836, George C. Wallace in 1968, John B. Anderson in 1980 and Ross Perot in 1992).

Note that there is no organizational continuity between the American Parties of 1856 and 1972, the Union Parties of 1860, 1864 and 1936, or the Progressive Parties of 1912-16, 1924 and 1948-52.

M "Middle of the Road" faction of the People's Party, who opposed fusing with the Democrats after 1896.

Elec-
tion
Democratic
convention
Democratic
nominee
Republican
convention
Republican
nominee
Other
conventions
Other conventions'
nominations
1832 Baltimore Andrew Jackson Baltimore (National Rep.) Henry Clay
1836 Baltimore Martin Van Buren
1840 Baltimore [1] Martin Van Buren Harrisburg, Pa. (Whig) Wm Henry Harrison
1844 Baltimore [2] James K. Polk Baltimore (Whig) [3] Henry Clay
1848 Baltimore [4] Lewis Cass Baltimore (Whig) [5] Zachary Taylor
1852 Baltimore [6] Franklin Pierce Baltimore (Whig) [7] Winfield Scott
1856 Cincinnati [8] James Buchanan Philadelphia [9] John C. Frémont Baltimore (Whig) [10] Millard Fillmore
1860 Charleston and Baltimore (Dem.[11]
& Southern Dem.[12] )
Stephen Douglas (Northern Dem.)
and
John C. Breckinridge (Southern Dem.)
Chicago [13] Abraham Lincoln Baltimore
(Constitutional Union) [14]
John Bell
1864 Chicago [15] George B. McClellan Baltimore [16]
(Nat'l Union)
Abraham Lincoln Cleveland
(Radical Democracy)
John C. Frémont — withdrew in Sept.
1868 New York City Horatio Seymour Chicago Ulysses S. Grant
1872 Baltimore Horace Greeley Philadelphia Ulysses S. Grant Cincinnati (Liberal Rep.) Horace Greeley
1876 St. Louis Samuel J. Tilden Cincinnati Rutherford B. Hayes Indianapolis (Greenback) Peter Cooper
1880 Cincinnati Winfield S. Hancock Chicago James A. Garfield Chicago (Greenback) James B. Weaver
1884 Chicago Grover Cleveland Chicago James G. Blaine Indianapolis (Greenback) Benjamin F. Butler
1888 St. Louis Grover Cleveland Chicago Benjamin Harrison Cincinnati (Union Labor) Alson Streeter
1892 Chicago Grover Cleveland Minneapolis Benjamin Harrison Omaha (People's) James B. Weaver
1896 Chicago William Jennings Bryan St. Louis William McKinley St. Louis (People's) Wm Jennings Bryan
1900 Kansas City William Jennings Bryan Philadelphia William McKinley Cincinnati (People's) M Wharton Barker
1904 St. Louis Alton B. Parker Chicago Theodore Roosevelt Indianapolis (People's) M Thomas E. Watson
1908 Denver William Jennings Bryan Chicago William Howard Taft Chicago (Independence) Thomas Hisgen
1912 Baltimore Woodrow Wilson Chicago William Howard Taft Chicago (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt
1916 St. Louis Woodrow Wilson Chicago Charles Evans Hughes Chicago (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt — declined
1920 San Francisco James M. Cox Chicago Warren G. Harding Chicago (Farmer-Labor) Parley P. Christensen
1924 New York City John W. Davis Cleveland Calvin Coolidge Cincinnati (Progressive) Robert La Follette
1928 Houston Alfred E. Smith Kansas City Herbert Hoover
1932 Chicago Franklin D. Roosevelt Chicago Herbert Hoover
1936 Philadelphia Franklin D. Roosevelt Cleveland Alfred Landon Cleveland (Union Party) William Lemke
1940 Chicago Franklin D. Roosevelt Philadelphia Wendell Willkie
1944 Chicago Franklin D. Roosevelt Chicago Thomas Dewey
1948 Philadelphia Harry S. Truman Philadelphia Thomas Dewey Philadelphia (Progressive);
Birmingham, Alabama (States' Rights Dem.)
Henry A. Wallace (Progressive);
Strom Thurmond
(States' Rights)
1952 Chicago Adlai Stevenson Chicago Dwight Eisenhower Chicago (Progressive) Vincent Hallinan
1956 Chicago Adlai Stevenson San Francisco Dwight Eisenhower Richmond, Virginia
(States' Rights)
T. Coleman Andrews
1960 Los Angeles John F. Kennedy Chicago Richard Nixon Dayton, Ohio
(National States' Rights)
Orval Faubus
1964 Atlantic City Lyndon B. Johnson San Francisco Barry Goldwater
1968 Chicago Hubert Humphrey Miami Beach Richard Nixon
1972 Miami Beach George McGovern Miami Beach Richard Nixon Louisville, Ky (American) John G. Schmitz
1976 New York City Jimmy Carter Kansas City Gerald Ford
1980 New York City Jimmy Carter Detroit Ronald Reagan
1984 San Francisco Walter Mondale Dallas Ronald Reagan
1988 Atlanta Michael S. Dukakis New Orleans George H. W. Bush
1992 New York City Bill Clinton Houston George H. W. Bush
1996 Chicago Bill Clinton San Diego Bob Dole Long Beach & Valley Forge, Pa. (Reform) H. Ross Perot
2000 Los Angeles Al Gore Philadelphia George W. Bush Long Beach (Reform) Patrick Buchanan
2004 Boston John Kerry New York City George W. Bush
2008 Denver Barack Obama St. Paul, Minn. John McCain

References

edit