American Presidential Conventions

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K-12 TLC Guide to Politics, Elections & Voting K-12 TLC Guide to the American Presidency K-12 TLC Guide to Famous Americans in Politics & Government K-12 TLC Guide to United States Government

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Democratic Conventions, Republican Conventions
Third Party Conventions

American
Presidential
Conventions

K-12 TLC Guide to Famous American Politicians.
K-12 TLC Guide to Politics and Latin Americans.
K-12 TLC Guide to Politics and Religion.
K-12 TLC Guide to Politics in the Movies.

NewsHour 1996.
NewsHour 2000.

Republican Party.

American
Presidential
Conventions

Democratic Party

Democratic Party: K-12 TLC Guide.

CNN.
Nationmaster.

1832: Baltimore, MD (May 21-23):
- Andrew Jackson: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1835: Baltimore, MD (May 20-22):
- Martin Van Buren: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1840: Baltimore, MD (May 5-6):
- Martin Van Buren: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1844: Baltimore, MD (May 27-29):
- James K. Polk: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1848: Baltimore, MD (May 22-25):
- Political Graveyard.
1852: Baltimore, MD (Jun 1-5):
- Franklin Pierce: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1856: Cincinnati, OH (Jun 2):
- James Buchanan: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1860: Charleston, SC (Apr 23 - May 3) & Baltimore, MD (Jun 18 -23):
- Steven Douglas: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1864: Chicago, IL (Aug 29-31):
- George McClellan: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1868: New York, NY (Jul 4-9):
- Political Graveyard.
1872: Baltimore, MD (Jul 9-10):
- Horace Greeley: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1876: St. Louis, MO (Jun 27-29):
- Political Graveyard:
1880: Cincinnati, OH (Jun 23):
- Political Graveyard:
1884: Chicago, IL (Jul 8-11):
- Grover Cleveland: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1888: St. Louis, MO (Jun 5-7):
- Grover Cleveland: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1892: Chicago, IL (Jun 21-23):
- Grover Cleveland: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1896: Chicago, IL (Jul 7-11):
- William Jennings Bryan: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1900: Kansas City, MO: K-12 TLC Guide.

1904: St. Louis, MO (Jul 6-9):
- Political Graveyard:
1908: Denver, CO (Jul 7-10):
- Denver, Colorado: K-12 TLC Guide.
- William Jennings Bryan: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1912: Baltimore, MD (Jun 25 - July 2):
- Woodrow Wilson: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1916: St. Louis, MO (Jun 14-16):
- Woodrow Wilson: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1920: San Francisco, CA (Jun 28 - Jul 6):
- Franklin Roosevelt: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard:
1924: New York, NY (Jun 24 - Jul 9):
- Political Graveyard:
1928: Houston, TX (Jun 26-28):
- Houston, Texas: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard:
- Texas State Historical Association.
1932: Chicago, IL (Jun 27 - Jul 2):
- Franklin Roosevelt: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1936: Philadelphia, PA (Jun 23-27):
- Franklin Roosevelt: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1940: Chicago, IL (Jul 15-18):
- Franklin Roosevelt: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1944: Chicago, IL (Jul 19-21):
- Franklin Roosevelt: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Harry Truman: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1948: Philadelphia, PA (Jul 12-14):
- Harry Truman: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Dixiecrats, Alabama State Archives.
- Political Graveyard.
1952: Chicago, IL (Jul 21-26):
- Chicago: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Stevenson, Adlai:
- Sparkman, John.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard:
1956: Chicago, IL (Aug 13-17):
- Chicago: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Stevenson, Adlai:
- Chicago Historical Society.
1960: Los Angeles, CA (Jul 11-15):
- John F. Kennedy: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1964: Atlantic City, NJ (Aug 24-27):
- Lyndon Johnson: K-12 TLC Guide.
- 1964 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- History Channel.
- Political Graveyard.
1968: Chicago, IL (Aug 26-29):
- Hubert Humphrey: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Robert F. Kennedy: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: K-12 TLC Guide.
- 1968 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- The Chicago 7: K-12 TLC Guide.
- CBS Chicago.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Chicago Tribune.
- CNN.
- The Guardian.
- History Channel.
- Museum of Broadcast Communication.
- National Public Radio:
- New York University.
- Pacifica Radio Archives.
- PBS:
- Political Graveyard.
- Smithsonian Magazine.
- U.S. Department of State.
- Vanity Fair.
- YouTube.com:
1972: Miami Beach, FL (Jul 10-13):
- George McGovern: K-12 TLC Guide.
- 1972 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
1976: New York, NY (Jul 12):
- Jimmy Carter: K-12 TLC Guide.
- 1976 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- American Rhetoric.
- History Central.
- Political Graveyard.
1980: New York, NY (Aug 11-13):

Jimmy Carter: K-12 TLC Guide.

1980 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.

History Central.
Political Graveyard.

1984: San Francisco, CA (Jul 16):
- 1984 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard:
1988: Atlanta, GA (July 18-21):
- Atlanta, Georgia: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard:
1992: New York, NY (Jul 13):
- Bill Clinton: K-12 TLC Guide.
- 1992 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1996: San Diego, CA (Aug 10):
- Bill Clinton: K-12 TLC Guide.
- 1996 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
2000: Los Angeles, CA (Aug 14 - 17):
- CNN.
- Political Graveyard:
2004: Boston, MA (Jul 26):
- National Public Radio.
2008: Denver, CO: K-12 TLC Guide (Aug 25 - 28).

American
Presidential
Conventions

Republican Party

Republican Party: K-12 TLC Guide.

1831: Baltimore, MD (Dec):
- Henry Clay: K-12 TLC Guide.
- United States Senate.
1856: Philadelphia, PA (Jun 17-19):
- John C. Fremont: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1860: Chicago, IL (May 16-18):
- Abraham Lincoln: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1864: Baltimore, MD (Jun 7-8):
- Abraham Lincoln: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1868: Chicago, IL (May 20-21):
- Ulysses S. Grant: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Schyler Colfax: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1872: Philadelphia, PA (Jun 5-6):
- Ulysses S. Grant: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1876: Cincinnati, OH (Jun 14-16):
- Rutherford B. Hayes: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1880: Chicago, IL (Jun 2-8):
- James A. Garfield: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chester A. Arthur: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1884: Chicago, IL (Jun 3-6):
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard:
1888: Chicago, IL (Jun 19-25):
- Benjamin Harrison: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1892: Minneapolis, MN (Jun 7-10):
- Benjamin Harrison: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1896: St. Louis, MO (Jun 16-18):
- William McKinley: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1900: Philadelphia, PA (Jun 19):
- William McKinley: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Theodore Roosevelt: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1904: Chicago, IL (Jun 21-23):
- Theodore Roosevelt: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1908: Chicago, IL (Jun 16-19):
- William Howard Taft: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1912: Chicago, IL (Jun 18-22):
- Theodore Roosevelt: K-12 TLC Guide.
- William Howard Taft: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1916: Chicago, IL (Jun 7-10):
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard:
1920: Chicago, IL (Jun 8-12):
- Warren G. Harding: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Calvin Coolidge: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1924: Cleveland, OH (Jun 10-12):
- Calvin Coolidge: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1928: Kansas City: K-12 TLC Guide.

1932: Chicago, IL (Jun 14-16):
- Herbert Hoover: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1936: Cleveland, OH (Jun 9):
- Alf Landon: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1940: Philadelphia, PA (Jun 24):
- Wendell Wilkie: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1944: Chicago, IL (Jun 26):
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard:
1948: Philadelphia, PA (Jun 21-25):
- Earl Warren: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard:
1952: Chicago, IL (Jul 7-11):
- Dwight Eisenhower: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1956: Chicago, IL (Aug 20-23):
- Dwight Eisenhower: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Richard Nixon: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
1960: Chicago, IL (Jul 25-28):
- Richard Nixon: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Chicago Historical Society.
- Political Graveyard.
- West Virginia State Archive.
1964: San Francisco, CA (Jul 13-16):
- 1964 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard:
1968: Miami Beach, FL (Aug 5-8):
- Richard Nixon: K-12 TLC Guide.
- 1968 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Florida, Department of State.
- Political Graveyard.
1972: Miami Beach (Aug 21-23):
- Richard Nixon: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Spiro T. Agnew: K-12 TLC Guide.
- 1972 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- History Channel.
- Political Graveyard.
1976: K-12 TLC Guide: Kansas City (Aug 16).

1980: Detroit, MI (Jul 14):
- Ronald Reagan: K-12 TLC Guide.
- 1980 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- History Central.
- Michigan Historical Center.
- Political Graveyard.
1984: Dallas, TX (Aug 20):
- Ronald Reagan: K-12 TLC Guide.
- 1984 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1988: New Orleans, LA (Aug 15):
- George Bush: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1992: Houston, TX (Aug 17):
- George Bush: K-12 TLC Guide.
- 1992 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard.
1996: San Diego, CA (Aug 12-15):
- 1996 Presidential Election: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Political Graveyard:
2000: Philadelphia, PA (Jul 31 - Aug 3):
- George W. Bush: K-12 TLC Guide.
- CNN.
- PBS.
- Political Graveyard.
2004: New York, NY (Aug 30 - Sep 2):
- George W. Bush: K-12 TLC Guide.
- New York City Host Committee.
- National Public Radio.
2008: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN: K-12 TLC Guide (Sept 1-4).

American
Presidential
Conventions

Third Party

Third Party Politics: K-12 TLC Guide.

PresidentsUSA.

1831: Anti-Masonic Party ( ):
- Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon.
- Ohio History Central.
- PBS.
- U.S.History.com.
1880: Greenback Labor Party: Chicago, IL ( ):
- NationMaster.
1884: Anti-Monopoly Party: Chicago, IL ( ):
- NationMaster.
1912: Progressive Party: Chicago, IL ( ):
- Chicago Historical Society.
1912: Bull Moose Party: Chicago, IL ( ):
- NationMaster.
1916: Progressive Party: Chicago, IL ( ):
- Chicago Historical Society.
1948: Dixiecrats: Birmingham, AL (Jul 17):

Strom Thurmond: K-12 TLC Guide.

Alabama State Archives.

1948: Progressive Party: Philadelphia, PA (Jul 22):
1972: Black Political Convention: Gary, IN (Mar 10):
- African American Registry.

American
Political
Conventions

Teacher Resources

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

01/15/1870: The Donkey Is First Used to Represent the Democratic Party.

05/21/1832: The First Presidential Convention Begins in Baltimore, MD.


U.S. Presidents

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This guide last edited 12/18/2009
This guide last revised 08/29/2008
This guide created 05/12/2004