| Opening Date |
Site City |
Nominee for President |
| Nominee for Vice President |
| June 17, 1856 |
Philadelphia |
John C. Frémont, CA |
| William L. Dayton, NJ |
| May 16, 1860 |
Chicago |
Abraham Lincoln, IL |
| Hannibal Hamlin, ME |
| June 7, 1864 |
Baltimore |
Abraham Lincoln, IL |
| Andrew Johnson, TN |
| May 20, 1868 |
Chicago |
Ulysses S. Grant, OH |
| Schuyler Colfax, IN |
| June 5, 1872 |
Philadelphia |
Ulysses S. Grant, OH |
| Henry Wilson, MA |
| June 14, 1876 |
Cincinnati |
Rutherford B. Hayes, OH |
| William A. Wheeler, NY |
| June 2, 1880 |
Chicago |
James A. Garfield, OH |
| Chester A. Arthur, NY |
| June 3, 1884 |
Chicago |
James G. Blaine, ME |
| John A. Logan, IL |
| June 19, 1888 |
Chicago |
Benjamin Harrison, OH |
| Levi P. Morton, NY |
| June 7, 1892 |
Minneapolis |
Benjamin Harrison, OH |
| Whitelaw Reid, NY |
| June 16, 1896 |
St. Louis |
William McKinley, OH |
| Garret A. Hobart, NJ |
| June 19, 1900 |
Philadelphia |
William McKinley, OH |
| Theodore Roosevelt, NY |
| June 21, 1904 |
Chicago |
Theodore Roosevelt, NY |
| Charles W. Fairbanks, IN |
| June 16, 1908 |
Chicago |
William H. Taft, OH |
| James S. Sherman, NY |
| June 18, 1912 |
Chicago |
William H. Taft, OH |
| James S. Sherman, NY |
| June 7, 1916 |
Chicago |
Charles E. Hughes, NY |
| Charles W. Fairbanks, IN |
| June 8, 1920 |
Chicago |
Warren G. Harding, OH |
| Calvin Coolidge, MA |
| June 10, 1924 |
Cleveland |
Calvin Coolidge, MA |
| Charles G. Dawes, IL |
| June 12, 1928 |
Kansas City |
Herbert C. Hoover, CA |
| Charles Curtis, KS |
| June 14, 1932 |
Chicago |
Herbert C. Hoover, CA |
| Charles Curtis, KS |
| June 9, 1936 |
Cleveland |
Alfred M. Landon, KS |
| Frank Knox, IL |
| June 24, 1940 |
Philadelphia |
Wendell L. Willkie, IN |
| Charles L. McNary, OR |
| June 26, 1944 |
Chicago |
Thomas E. Dewey, NY |
| John W. Bricker, OH |
| June 21, 1948 |
Philadelphia |
Thomas E. Dewey, NY |
| Earl Warren, CA |
| July 7, 1952 |
Chicago |
Dwight D. Eisenhower, KS |
| Richard M. Nixon, CA |
| August 20, 1956 |
San Francisco |
Dwight D. Eisenhower, KS |
| Richard M. Nixon, CA |
| July 25, 1960 |
Chicago |
Richard M. Nixon, CA |
| Henry Cabot Lodge, MA |
| July 13, 1964 |
San Francisco |
Barry M. Goldwater, AZ |
| William E. Miller, NY |
| August 5, 1968 |
Miami Beach |
Richard M. Nixon, CA |
| Spiro T. Agnew, MD |
| August 21, 1972 |
Miami Beach |
Richard M. Nixon, CA |
| Spiro T. Agnew, MD |
| August 16, 1976 |
Kansas City, Mo. |
Gerald R. Ford, MI |
| Robert J. Dole, KS |
| July 14, 1980 |
Detroit |
Ronald W. Reagan, CA |
| George H.W. Bush, TX |
| August 20, 1984 |
Dallas |
Ronald W. Reagan, CA |
| George H.W. Bush, TX |
| August 15, 1988 |
New Orleans |
George H.W. Bush, TX |
| J. Danforth Quayle, IN |
| August 17, 1992 |
Houston |
George H.W. Bush, TX |
| J. Danforth Quayle, IN |
| August 10, 1996 |
San Diego |
Robert J. Dole, KS |
| Jack F. Kemp, NY |
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