The 1872 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at Ford's Opera House in Baltimore, Maryland on July 9 and 10, 1872. It resulted in the nomination of Horace Greeley of New York and B. Gratz Brown of Missouri for President and Vice President, a ticket first nominated by the Liberal Republican Party.
The convention was called to order by Democratic National Committee chairman August Belmont. Thomas Jefferson Randolph served as the convention's temporary chairman and James R. Doolittle served as permanent president. At six hours in length, stretched over two days, the convention was the shortest major political party convention in history.
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