Major Party Conventions
The two right-hand columns 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.
- Presidential winner in bold.
M "Middle of the Road" faction of the People's Party, who opposed fusing with the Democrats after 1896.
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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 | Martin Van Buren | Harrisburg, Pa. (Whig) | William Henry Harrison | ||
| 1844 | Baltimore | James K. Polk | Baltimore (Whig) | Henry Clay | ||
| 1848 | Baltimore | Lewis Cass | Baltimore (Whig) | Zachary Taylor | ||
| 1852 | Baltimore | Franklin Pierce | Baltimore (Whig) | Winfield Scott | ||
| 1856 | Cincinnati | James Buchanan | Philadelphia | John C. Frémont | Baltimore (Whig) | Millard Fillmore |
| 1860 | Charleston and Baltimore (Democratic & Southern Democratic) |
Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Dem.) and John C. Breckinridge (Southern Dem.) |
Chicago | Abraham Lincoln | Baltimore (Constitutional Union) |
John Bell |
| 1864 | Chicago | George B. McClellan | Baltimore (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 | S. Grover Cleveland | Chicago | James G. Blaine | Indianapolis (Greenback) | Benjamin F. Butler |
| 1888 | St. Louis | S. Grover Cleveland | Chicago | Benjamin Harrison | Cincinnati (Union Labor) | Alson Streeter |
| 1892 | Chicago | S. Grover Cleveland | Minneapolis | Benjamin Harrison | Omaha, Nebraska (People's) | James B. Weaver |
| 1896 | Chicago | William Jennings Bryan | St. Louis | William McKinley | St. Louis (People's) | William 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 | T. Woodrow Wilson | Chicago | William H. Taft | Chicago (Progressive) | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1916 | St. Louis | T. Woodrow Wilson | Chicago | Charles E. 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 | J. Calvin Coolidge | Cincinnati (Progressive) | Robert La Follette |
| 1928 | Houston | Alfred E. Smith | Kansas City | Herbert C. Hoover | ||
| 1932 | Chicago | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Chicago | Herbert C. Hoover | ||
| 1936 | Philadelphia | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Cleveland | Alfred M. Landon | Cleveland (Union Party) | William Lemke |
| 1940 | Chicago | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Philadelphia | Wendell L. Willkie | ||
| 1944 | Chicago | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Chicago | Thomas E. Dewey | ||
| 1948 | Philadelphia | Harry S. Truman | Philadelphia | Thomas E. Dewey | Philadelphia (Progressive); Birmingham, Alabama (States' Rights Dem.) |
Henry A. Wallace (Progressive); J. Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Dem.) |
| 1952 | Chicago | Adlai E. Stevenson II | Chicago | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Chicago (Progressive) | Vincent Hallinan |
| 1956 | Chicago | Adlai E. Stevenson II | San Francisco | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Richmond, Virginia (States' Rights) |
T. Coleman Andrews |
| 1960 | Los Angeles | John F. Kennedy | Chicago | Richard M. Nixon | Dayton, Ohio (National States' Rights) |
Orval Faubus |
| 1964 | Atlantic City | Lyndon B. Johnson | San Francisco | Barry M. Goldwater | ||
| 1968 | Chicago | Hubert H. Humphrey | Miami Beach | Richard M. Nixon | ||
| 1972 | Miami Beach | George S. McGovern | Miami Beach | Richard M. Nixon | Louisville, KY (American) | John G. Schmitz |
| 1976 | New York City | James E. Carter | Kansas City | Gerald R. Ford | ||
| 1980 | New York City | James E. Carter | Detroit | Ronald W. Reagan | ||
| 1984 | San Francisco | Walter F. Mondale | Dallas | Ronald W. Reagan | ||
| 1988 | Atlanta | Michael S. Dukakis | New Orleans | George H.W. Bush | ||
| 1992 | New York City | William J. Clinton | Houston | George H.W. Bush | ||
| 1996 | Chicago | William J. Clinton | San Diego | Robert J. Dole | Long Beach & Valley Forge, Pa. (Reform) | H. Ross Perot |
| 2000 | Los Angeles | Albert A. Gore, Jr. | Philadelphia | George W. Bush | Long Beach (Reform) | Patrick J. Buchanan |
| 2004 | Boston | John F. Kerry | New York City | George W. Bush | ||
| 2008 | Denver | Barack H. Obama | St. Paul, Minn. | John S. McCain | ||
| 2012 | Charlotte | Barack H. Obama | Tampa | W. Mitt Romney |
Read more about this topic: United States Presidential Nominating Conventions, Lists of Political Party Conventions
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