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List of Democratic National Conventions

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This is a list of Democratic National Conventions. These conventions are the presidential nominating conventions of the Democratic Party of the United States of America.

List of Democratic National Conventions

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{{Update|part=section|date=August 2024|reason=Needs updated information related to the 2024 DNC}}

  • Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent presidential election are tinted in light blue.
  • Four other conventions — in 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016 — which nominated candidates who won the popular vote, but not the Electoral College, are tinted in pale yellow.

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Dates{{cite book |editor-last=Thompson |editor-first=Margaret C. |title=Presidential Elections Since 1789 |publisher=Congressional Quarterly |year=1983 |location=Washington, D.C. |page=[https://archive.org/details/presidentialelec00cong/page/65 65] |isbn=0-87187-268-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/presidentialelec00cong/page/65 }}

!Year

!style=width:20%; |Location

!State

! style="width:18%;" |Temporary Chair

!style=width:18%; |Permanent Chair

!Platform
American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara, at http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/platforms.php (retrieved February 3, 2012)

!style=width:4%; |Ballots

!Presidential Nominee

!Vice Presidential Nominee

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|{{Date table sorting

5|21}}–23

|1832

|The Athenaeum and Warfield's Church, Baltimore

| rowspan="2" |Maryland

| rowspan="2" |{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Robert Lucas of Ohio

| rowspan="2" |–

| rowspan="2" |{{center|1}}

|Andrew Jackson of Tennessee1

|Martin Van Buren of New York

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|{{Date table sorting

5|20}}–22

|1835

|Fourth Presbyterian Church, Baltimore

|Andrew Stevenson of Virginia

|Martin Van Buren of New York

|Richard Johnson of Kentucky

{{Date table sorting5|5}}–6

|1840

|The Assembly Rooms, Baltimore

|Maryland

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|William Carroll of Tennessee

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29572 1840
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Martin Van Buren of New York

|–2

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|{{Date table sorting

5|27}}–29

|1844

|Odd Fellows Hall, Baltimore

|Maryland

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Hendrick Bradley Wright of Pennsylvania

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29573 1844
platform]

|{{center|9}}

|James K. Polk of Tennessee

|George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania3

{{Date table sorting5|22}}–25

|1848

|Universalist Church, Baltimore

|Maryland

|J. S. Bryce of Louisiana

|Andrew Stevenson of Virginia

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29574 1848
platform]

|{{center|4}}

|Lewis Cass of Michigan

|William O. Butler of Kentucky

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|{{Date table sorting

6|1}}–5

|1852

|Maryland Institute, Baltimore

|Maryland

|Romulus M. Saunders of North Carolina

|John Davis of Indiana

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29575 1852
platform]

|{{center|49}}

|Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire

|William R. King of Alabama

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|{{Date table sorting

6|2}}–6

|1856

|Smith and Nixon's Hall, Cincinnati

|Ohio

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|John Elliot Ward of Georgia

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29576 1856
platform]

|{{center|17}}

|James Buchanan of Pennsylvania

|John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky

{{Date table sorting4|23}}–May 3

|1860

|South Carolina Institute Hall, Charleston

|South Carolina

| rowspan="3" |{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Caleb Cushing of Massachusetts

|See below

|{{center|57}}

| colspan="2" |Deadlocked

{{Date table sorting6|18}}–23

|1860

|Front Street Theater, Baltimore

|Maryland

|Caleb Cushing of Massachusetts4
David Tod of Ohio

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29577 1860 N.D.
platform]

|{{center|2}}

|Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois5

|Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia5,6

{{Date table sorting8|29}}–31

|1864

|The Amphitheatre, Chicago

|Illinois

|Horatio Seymour of New York

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29578 1864
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|George B. McClellan of New Jersey

|George H. Pendleton of Ohio

{{Date table sorting7|4}}–9

|1868

|Tammany Hall, New York City

|New York

|Henry L. Palmer of Wisconsin

|Horatio Seymour of New York

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29579 1868
platform]

|{{center|22}}

|Horatio Seymour of New York

|Francis P. Blair Jr. of Missouri

{{Date table sorting7|9}}–10

|data-sort-value="1872"|18727

|Ford's Grand Opera House, Baltimore

|Maryland

|Thomas Jefferson Randolph of Virginia

|James R. Doolittle of Wisconsin

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29580 1872
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Horace Greeley of New York7

|B. Gratz Brown of Missouri7

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|{{Date table sorting

6|27}}–29

|1876

|Merchant's Exchange Building, St. Louis

|Missouri

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|John A. McClernand of Illinois

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29581 1876
platform]

|{{center|2}}

|Samuel J. Tilden of New York

|Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana

{{Date table sorting6|22}}–24

|1880

|Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati

|Ohio

|George Hoadly of Ohio

|John W. Stevenson of Kentucky

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29582 1880
platform]

|{{center|2}}

|Winfield S. Hancock of Pennsylvania

|William H. English of Indiana

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|{{Date table sorting

7|8}}–11

|1884

|Interstate Exposition Building, Chicago

|Illinois

|Richard B. Hubbard of Texas

|William F. Vilas of Wisconsin

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29583 1884
platform]

|{{center|2}}

|Grover Cleveland of New York

|Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana

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|{{Date table sorting

6|5}}–7

|1888

|Exposition Building, St. Louis

|Missouri

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Patrick Collins of Massachusetts

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29584 1888
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Grover Cleveland of New York

|Allen G. Thurman of Ohio

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|{{Date table sorting

6|21}}–23

|1892

|Wigwam, Chicago

|Illinois

|William Claiborne Owens of Kentucky

|William Lyne Wilson of West Virginia

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29585 1892
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Grover Cleveland of New York

|Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois

{{Date table sorting7|7}}–11

|data-sort-value="1896"|18968

|Chicago Coliseum, Chicago

|Illinois

|John W. Daniel of Virginia

|Stephen M. White of California

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29586 1896
platform]

|{{center|5}}

|William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska9

|Arthur Sewall of Maine

{{Date table sorting7|4}}–6

|1900

|Convention Hall, Kansas City

| rowspan="2" |Missouri

|Charles Thomas of Colorado{{Cite book |last=Democratic party. National convention |first=Kansas City |url=http://archive.org/details/official00demo |title=Official proceedings of the Democratic national convention held in Kansas City, Mo., July 4th, 5th and 6th, 1900 |date=1900 |publisher=Chicago, Ill., McLellan printing co. |others=The Library of Congress |pages=29}}

|James D. Richardson of Tennessee

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29587 1900
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska

|Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois

{{Date table sorting7|6}}–9

|1904

|St. Louis Coliseum, St. Louis

|John Sharp Williams of Mississippi{{Cite book |last=Blumenberg |first=Milton W. |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001749471 |title=Official report of the proceedings of the Democratic national convention held in St. Louis, Mo., July 6, 7, 8, and 9, 1904, resulting in the nomination of Hon. Alton B. Parker (of New York) for president and Hon. Henry G. Davis (of West Virginia) for vice-president. |date=1904 |publisher=Press of the Publishers' printing company |location=New York |pages=15}}

|Champ Clark of Missouri

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29588 1904
platform]

| rowspan="2" |{{center|1}}

|Alton B. Parker of New York

|Henry G. Davis of West Virginia

{{Date table sorting7|7}}–10

|1908

|Denver Auditorium Arena, Denver

|Colorado

|Theodore Bell of California{{Cite book |last=Blumenberg |first=Milton W. |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008909412 |title=Official report of the proceedings of the Democratic national convention held in Denver, Colorado, July 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1908, resulting in the nomination of Hon. William Jennings Bryan (of Nebraska) for president and Hon. John Worth Kern (of Indiana) for vice-president |date=1908 |publisher=Press of Western Newspaper Union |location=Chicago |pages=13}}

|Henry D. Clayton of Alabama

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29589 1908
platform]

|William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska

|John W. Kern of Indiana

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|{{Date table sorting

6|25}}–July 2

|1912

|Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore

|Maryland

|Alton B. Parker of New York{{Cite book |last=Democratic National Convention. (1912 : Baltimore |first=Md ) |url=http://archive.org/details/officialreportof00demoiala |title=Official report of the proceedings of the Democratic national convention, held in Baltimore, Maryland, June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and July 1 and 2, 1912, resulting in the nomination of Hon. Woodrow Wilson (of New Jersey) for president and Hon. Thomas Riley Marshall (of Indiana) for vice-president |last2=Blumenberg |first2=Milton W. |last3=Woodson |first3=Urey |date=1912 |publisher=[Chicago : The Peterson linotyping co. |others=University of California Libraries}}

|Ollie M. James of Kentucky

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29590 1912
platform]

|{{center|46}}

|Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey

| rowspan="2" |Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana

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|{{Date table sorting

6|14}}–16

|1916

|Convention Hall, St. Louis

|Missouri

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Ollie M. James of Kentucky

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29591 1916
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=65393 speech])

{{Date table sorting6|28}}–July 6

|1920

|Civic Auditorium, San Francisco

|California

|Homer Stille Cummings of Connecticut{{Cite web |title=Democrats Wildly Acclaim Wilson, Tammany Alone Silent; Chairman Puts League to the Fore and Delegates Cheer; With 21 Candidates, it is Now the Field Against M'Adoo |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/200629convention-dem-ra.html |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=archive.nytimes.com}}

|Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29592 1920
platform]

|{{center|44}}

|James M. Cox of Ohio

|Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York

{{Date table sorting6|24}}–July 9

|1924

|Madison Square Garden, New York

|New York

|Martin H. Glynn of New York{{Cite book |last=Granat |first=Louis |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001143344 |title=Official report of the proceedings of the Democratic national convention, held at Saint Louis, Missouri, June 14, 15 and 16th, 1916 |last2=Kremer |first2=J. Bruce |date=1916 |location=Chicago}}

|Thomas J. Walsh of Montana

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29593 1924
platform]

|{{center|103}}

|John W. Davis of New York

|Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska

{{Date table sorting6|26}}–29

|1928

|Sam Houston Hall, Houston

|Texas

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29594 1928
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Al Smith of New York ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=75571 speech])

|Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas

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|{{Date table sorting

6|27}}–July 2

|1932

|Chicago Stadium, Chicago

|Illinois

|Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky

|Thomas J. Walsh of Montana

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29595 1932
platform]

|{{center|4}}

|Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=75574 speech])

| rowspan="2" |John Nance Garner of Texas

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|{{Date table sorting

6|23}}–27

|1936

|Convention Hall and Franklin Field, Philadelphia

|Pennsylvania

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29596 1936
platform]

|Acclamation

|Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=15314 speech])

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|{{Date table sorting

7|15}}–18

|1940

| rowspan="2" |Chicago Stadium, Chicago

| rowspan="2" |Illinois

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29597 1940
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=15980 speech])

|Henry A. Wallace of Iowa

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|{{Date table sorting

7|19}}–21

|1944

|Robert Kerr of Oklahoma

|Samuel D. Jackson of Indiana

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29598 1944
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=16537 speech])

|Harry S. Truman of Missouri

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|{{Date table sorting

7|12}}–14

|data-sort-value="1948"|194810

|Convention Hall, Philadelphia

|Pennsylvania

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Sam Rayburn of Texas

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29599 1948
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Harry S. Truman of Missouri ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=12962 speech])

|Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky

{{Date table sorting7|21}}–26

|1952

| rowspan="2" |International Amphitheatre, Chicago

| rowspan="2" |Illinois

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Sam Rayburn of Texas

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29600 1952
platform]

|{{center|3}}

|Adlai Stevenson of Illinois ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=75173 speech])

|John Sparkman of Alabama

{{Date table sorting8|13}}–17

|1956

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Sam Rayburn of Texas

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29601 1956
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Adlai Stevenson of Illinois ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=75172 speech])

|Estes Kefauver of Tennessee

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|{{Date table sorting

7|11}}–15

|1960

|Memorial Sports Arena and Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

|California

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|LeRoy Collins of Florida

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29602 1960
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25966 speech])

|Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas

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|{{Date table sorting

8|24}}–27

|1964

|Convention Hall, Atlantic City

|New Jersey

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|John W. McCormack of Massachusetts

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29603 1964
platform]

|Acclamation

|Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=26467 speech])

|Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota

{{Date table sorting8|26}}–29

|1968

|International Amphitheatre, Chicago

|Illinois

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Carl Albert of Oklahoma

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29604 1968
platform]

| rowspan="2" |{{center|1}}

|Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25964 speech])

|Edmund Muskie of Maine

{{Date table sorting7|10}}–13

|1972

|Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach

|Florida

|Daniel Inouye of Hawaii

|Lawrence F. O'Brien of Massachusetts

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29605 1972
platform]

|George McGovern of South Dakota ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25967 speech])

|Thomas Eagleton of Missouri11

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|{{Date table sorting

7|12}}–15

|1976

|Madison Square Garden, New York

|New York

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Lindy Boggs of Louisiana

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29606 1976
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Jimmy Carter of Georgia ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25953 speech])

|Walter Mondale of Minnesota

{{Date table sorting8|11}}–14

|1980

|Madison Square Garden, New York

|New York

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Tip O'Neill of Massachusetts

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29607 1980
platform]

| rowspan="3" |{{center|1}}

|Jimmy Carter of Georgia ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=44909 speech])

|Walter Mondale of Minnesota

{{Date table sorting7|16}}–19

|1984

|Moscone Center, San Francisco

|California

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Martha Layne Collins of Kentucky

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29608 1984
platform]

|Walter Mondale of Minnesota ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25972 speech])

|Geraldine Ferraro of New York

{{Date table sorting7|18}}–21

|1988

|The Omni, Atlanta

|Georgia

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Jim Wright of Texas

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29609 1988
platform]

|Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25961 speech])

|Lloyd Bentsen of Texas

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|{{Date table sorting

7|13}}–16

|1992

|Madison Square Garden, New York

|New York

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Ann Richards of Texas

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29610 1992
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Bill Clinton of Arkansas ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25958 speech])

| rowspan="2" |Al Gore of Tennessee

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|{{Date table sorting

8|26}}–29

|1996

|United Center, Chicago

|Illinois

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Dick Gephardt of Missouri
Tom Daschle of South Dakota

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29611 1996
platform]

|Acclamation

|Bill Clinton of Arkansas ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=53253 speech])

style="background:lemonchiffon"

|{{Date table sorting

8|14}}–17

|2000

|Staples Center, Los Angeles

|California

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Terry McAuliffe of New York

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29612 2000
platform]

|Acclamation

|Al Gore of Tennessee ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25963 speech])

|Joe Lieberman of Connecticut

{{Date table sorting7|26}}–29

|2004

|FleetCenter, Boston

|Massachusetts

|{{data missing|date=February 2020}}

|Bill Richardson of New Mexico

|[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29613 2004
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|John Kerry of Massachusetts ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25971 speech])

|John Edwards of North Carolina

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|{{Date table sorting

8|25}}–28

|2008

|Pepsi Center and Invesco Field, Denver

|Colorado

|Howard Dean of Vermont

|Nancy Pelosi of California

|[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2008-democratic-party-platform 2008
platform]

| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="1" |1 / Acclamation

|Barack Obama of Illinois ([https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-accepting-the-presidential-nomination-the-democratic-national-convention-denver speech])

| rowspan="2" |Joe Biden of Delaware

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|{{Date table sorting

9|4}}–6

|2012

|Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte

|North Carolina

|Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida

|Antonio Villaraigosa of California

|[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2012-democratic-party-platform 2012
platform]

|Barack Obama of Illinois ([https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-accepting-the-presidential-nomination-the-democratic-national-convention-charlotte speech])

style="background:lemonchiffon"

|{{Date table sorting

7|25}}–28

|2016

|Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

|Pennsylvania

|Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of Maryland12

|Marcia Fudge of Ohio

|[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2016-democratic-party-platform 2016
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Hillary Clinton of New York ([https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-accepting-the-presidential-nomination-the-democratic-national-convention speech])

|Tim Kaine of Virginia

style="background:lightcyan"

|{{Date table sorting

8|17}}–2013

|2020

| Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee
Various locations remotely14

|Wisconsin

| Not chosen

| Bennie Thompson of Mississippi

| [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2020-democratic-party-platform 2020
platform]

|{{center|1}}

| Joe Biden of Delaware ([https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-accepting-the-democratic-presidential-nomination-wilmington-delaware speech])

| Kamala Harris of California

{{Date table sorting8|19}}–22

|2024

|United Center, Chicago

|Illinois

|TBA

|Minyon Moore of Illinois

|[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-democratic-party-platform 2024
platform]

|{{center|1}}

|Kamala Harris of California
([https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-accepting-the-democratic-presidential-nomination-chicago-illinois speech])

|Tim Walz of Minnesota

Footnotes

1[1832] A resolution endorsing "the repeated nominations which he [Jackson] has received in various parts of the Union" was passed by the convention.


2[1840] A resolution stating "that the convention deem it expedient at the present time not to choose between the individuals in nomination, but to leave the decision to their Republican fellow-citizens in the several states" was passed by the convention. Most Van Buren electors voted for Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky for the vice presidency; others voted for Littleton Waller Tazewell of Virginia and James K. Polk of Tennessee in the election of 1840.


3[1844] Silas Wright of New York was first nominated and he declined the nomination.


4[1860 June] Caleb Cushing resigned as permanent chair.


5[1860 June] Douglas and Johnson were chosen as the candidates of the Front Street Theater convention after most of the Southern delegations walked out. The convention bolters soon formed their own convention, located at the Maryland Institute, also in Baltimore, on June 28, 1860. At their convention Caleb Cushing again served as permanent chair and John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky was nominated for the presidency and Joseph Lane of Oregon was nominated for the vice presidency. ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29614 1860 Southern Democratic platform])


6[1860 June] Benjamin Fitzpatrick of Alabama was first nominated but he declined the nomination.


7[1872] Greeley and B. Gratz Brown had already been endorsed by the Liberal Republican Party, meeting on May 1 in Cincinnati. A dissident group of Straight-Out Democrats, meeting in Louisville, Kentucky on September 3, nominated Charles O'Conor of New York for President and John Quincy Adams II of Massachusetts for Vice President, but both men declined the nomination.Tim Taylor, The Book of Presidents, Arno Press, New York, 1972, page 215. {{ISBN|0-405-00226-2}}

8[1896] "Gold" Democrats opposed to the Free Silver plank of the 1896 platform and to Wm J. Bryan's candidacy convened as the National Democratic Party in Indianapolis on September 2, and nominated John M. Palmer of Illinois for President and former Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky for Vice President.

9[1896] Bryan was later nominated for President in St. Louis, together with Thomas E. Watson of Georgia for Vice President, by the National Silver Republican Party meeting on July 22, and by the People's Party (Populists) meeting on July 25.Tim Taylor, The Book of Presidents, Arno Press, New York, 1972, page 283.

10 [1948] Breakaway delegations left the Philadelphia Convention for conventions of the Progressive and States Rights Democratic Parties. The Progressives, meeting on July 23, also in Philadelphia, nominated former Vice President Henry A. Wallace of Iowa for President and Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho for Vice President. ([https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/progressive-party-platform-1948 1948 Progressive Party platform])
The States' Rights Democrats (or "Dixiecrats"), meeting in Birmingham, Alabama on July 17, nominated Governors Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for President and Fielding Wright of Mississippi for Vice President. ([http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25851 1948 States' Rights Democratic platform])Tim Taylor, The Book of Presidents, Arno Press, New York, 1972, page 470.


11[1972] Eagleton withdrew his candidacy after the convention and was replaced by Sargent Shriver of Maryland.


12[2016] Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida was intended to be the Temporary Chair, but was substituted for Stephanie Rawlings-Blake by the Democratic National Committee in the wake of the Wasserman/DNC email leak scandal. Wasserman resigned as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee effective after the close of the convention.{{cite web |last1=Pavlecic |first1=Jacob |title=DNC Announces Convention Officers |url=https://www.politicspa.com/dncc-announces-convention-officers/77237/ |website=Politics PA |access-date=26 July 2016}}


13[2020] Originally scheduled for July 13–16, and originally planned for the Fiserv Forum, but postponed and moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


14[2020] Centered in Milwaukee, but many speeches and roll call responses were given remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|last=KimS|date=2020-06-25|title=DemDaily: Democrats Announce Virtual Convention!|url=https://demlist.com/demdaily-democrats-announce-virtual-convention/|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Demlist|language=en-US}}

Keynote speakers

  • 1896 – U.S. Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58112 |title=US President – D Convention Race – Jul 07, 1896 |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=2015-08-29 |access-date=2016-07-27}}
  • 1900 – Governor Charles S. Thomas of Colorado{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/Past_Democratic_Keynote_Speakers.html |title=Past Keynote Speakers |website=Washingtonpost.com |access-date=2016-07-27}}
  • 1904 – U.S. Representative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi
  • 1908 – U.S. Representative Theodore Bell of California[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp--rv/politics/documents/Past_Democratic_Keynote_Speakers.html]{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
  • 1912 – Chief Judge Alton B. Parker of New York
  • 1916 – Governor Martin Glynn of New York{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58234 |title=US President – D Convention Race – Jun 14, 1916 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=2016-07-27}}
  • 1920 – DNC Chair Homer Cummings of Connecticut{{cite web |url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/200629convention-dem-ra.html |work=The New York Times |title=Democrats Wildly Acclaim Wilson, Tammany Alone Silent; Chairman Puts League to the Fore and Delegates Cheer; With 21 Candidates, it is Now the Field Against M'Adoo |date=July 1, 2000}}
  • 1924 – U.S. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi{{cite web |url=http://www.library.olemiss.edu/exhibits/hail_to_the_chief/exhibitions/elections/1924.html |title=Hail to the Chief: 1924 |website=Library.olemiss.edu |access-date=2016-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715043656/http://www.library.olemiss.edu/exhibits/hail_to_the_chief/exhibitions/elections/1924.html |archive-date=2016-07-15 |url-status=dead }}
  • 1928 – Claude Bowers of New York{{cite web |url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/280627convention-dem-ra.html |work=The New York Times |title=Bowers in Democratic Keynote Scores Corruption; Smith Certain on First Ballot as Convention Opens, Picks Robinson as Running Mate, Dictates Platform |date=June 26, 2000}}
  • 1932 – U.S. Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky{{cite web |url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/320628convention-dem-ra.html |work=The New York Times |title=Roosevelt Orders Two-Thirds Rule Fight End, But Backers in Committee Take Issue to Floor; Delegates Wildly Cheer Barkley's Repeal Plea |date=June 24, 2000}}
  • 1936 – U.S. Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky and U.S. Senator Joseph Robinson of Arkansas{{cite web |url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/360625convention-dem-ra.html |work=The New York Times |title=Robinson Rallies Democrats With Defense of New Deal; Committee Considers Platform Supplied by President; Roosevelt Expected to Draft Lehman After Convention |date=July 10, 2000}}
  • 1940 – U.S. Representative William Bankhead of Alabama{{cite web |url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/400716convention-dem-ra.html |work=The New York Times |title=Democrats Are Not 'War Party', Convention's Keynote Declares; Roosevelt 'Draft' Move Growing |date=July 6, 2000}}
  • 1944 – Governor Robert Kerr of Oklahoma{{cite web |url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/440720convention-dem-ra.html |work=The New York Times |title=Democrats Press 'War Chief' Issue; Second Place Open |date=July 10, 2000}}
  • 1948 – U.S. Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/democratic_conventions.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=Library of Congress |access-date=2009-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025130845/http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/democratic_conventions.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-25}}
  • 1952 – Governor Paul Dever of Massachusetts{{cite web |url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/520722convention-dem-ra.html |work=The New York Times |title=Barkley Quits Race, Blasts Union Chiefs; Move to Draft Stevenson Is Increasing; Southerners Lose Loyalty Pledge Fight |date=July 11, 2000}}
  • 1956 – Governor Frank Clement of Tennessee{{cite web |url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/560814convention-dem-ra.html |work=The New York Times |title=Democratic Keynote Talk Assails Nixon as 'Hatchet Man' of G.O.P.; Lays 'Indifference' to President |date=July 10, 2000}}
  • 1960 – U.S. Senator Frank Church of Idaho
  • 1964 – U.S. Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEEDD123BF934A25754C0A9669C8B63 |work=The New York Times |title=John Pastore, Prominent Figure in Rhode Island Politics for Three Decades, Dies at 93 |first=Richard |last=Goldstein |date=July 17, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2010}}
  • 1968 – U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii
  • 1972 – Governor Reubin Askew of Florida{{cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879402-4,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612214305/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879402-4,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2008 |title=Special Section: 200 Faces for the Future |publisher=TIME |date=1974-07-15 |access-date=2016-07-27}}
  • 1976 – U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan of Texas and U.S. Senator John Glenn of Ohio{{cite web |url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/760713convention-dem-ra.html |title=Democrats Meet, Strauss Asks an end of 'Years of Nixon-Ford'; Beame and Carey Join in Attack |website=Partners.nytimes.com |date=1976-07-13 |access-date=2016-07-27}}
  • 1980 – U.S. Representative Mo Udall of Arizona
  • 1984 – Governor Mario Cuomo of New York
  • 1988 – State Treasurer Ann Richards of Texas
  • 1992 – U.S. Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan of Texas, and Governor Zell Miller of Georgia
  • 1996 – Governor Evan Bayh of Indiana
  • 2000 – U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee
  • 2004 – State Senator Barack Obama of Illinois
  • 2008 – Governor Mark Warner of Virginia
  • 2012 – Mayor Julián Castro of Texas
  • 2016 – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
  • 2020 – 17 speakers
  • 2024 – County Executive Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland

Gallery of convention sites

File:The_Democratic_convention_at_Charleston,_South_Carolina_-_Interior_of_the_hall_of_the_South_Carolina_Institute_in_Meeting_Street_(cropped1).jpg|Wood engraving of the failed 1860 Charleston convention

File:Tammany_Hall_interior_for_the_national_convention_1868_crop.jpeg|Tammany Hall decorated for the 1868 convention

File:1872_Democratic_National_Convention_-_Maryland_(cropped).jpg|Interior of Ford's Grand Opera House during the 1872 convention

File:1876_Democratic_National_Convention_-_Missouri_(cropped).jpg|1876 convention

File:1880_DNC_(cropped).jpg|1880 convention.

File:8407-democraticconvention-halldiagram.jpg|Diagram of Convention Hall, Chicago, site of the 1884 convention

File:Opening_session,_Democratic_National_Convention,_1904,_St._Louis,_Mo_LCCN2007663555_(cropped2).jpg|Opening session at the 1904 convention

File:Baltimore_Convention_in_Session_(4295271031)_(cropped).jpg|1912 convention in-session

File:Opening session of the 1924 Democratic convention.png|1924 convention in-session

File:1928_DNC_IMG_8470.jpg|Photograph of the 1928 convention

File:Eleanor_Roosevelt_addresses_Democratic_National_Convention,_Chicago,_Illinois._July_18,_1940.jpg|First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt speaking on the final day of the 1940 convention

File:DemConv1960 (cropped).jpg|1960 convention hall

File:1964_DNC_day_1_(a).jpg|1964 convention floor

File:DNC_Nlc18572-21.jpg|Carter and Mondale stand together at the end of the 1976 convention

File:1996_Democratic_National_Convention.jpg|1996 convention hall

File:Mayor_Thomas_M._Menino_welcomes_delegates_to_the_2004_Democratic_National_Convention_(15488514810).jpg|Boston mayor Thomas Menino welcomes delegates to the 2004 convention

File:Jesse Jackson, Jr. DNC 2008.jpg|Floor of the 2008 convention

File:ObamaSpeech2008DNC.jpg|Invesco Field, site of Barack Obama's 2008 acceptance speech

File:2012 DNC Debbie Wasserman Schultz (7935583066).jpg|Floor of the 2012 convention

File:Hillary Clinton Speech at Democratic National Convention (July 28, 2016).jpg|Nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at the 2016 convention

See also

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