Democratic Party Conventions

Democratic Party Conventions in the United States

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Opening Date Site City Nominee for President
Nominee for Vice President
June 2, 1856 Cincinnati James Buchanan, PA
John C. Breckenridge, KY
April 23, 1860 Charleston and Baltimore John C. Breckenridge, KY
Joseph Lane, OR
August 29, 1864 Chicago George B. McClellan, NJ
George H. Pendleton, OH
July 4, 1868 New York City Horatio Seymour, NY
Francis P. Blair, Jr., MO
June 9, 1872 Baltimore Horace Greeley, NY
B. Gratz Brown, MO
June 28, 1876 St. Louis Samuel J. Tilden, NY
Thomas A. Hendricks, IN
June 23, 1880 Cincinnati Winfield S. Hancock, PA
William H. English, IN
July 11, 1884 Chicago Grover Cleveland, NY
Thomas A. Hendricks, IN
June 6, 1888 St. Louis Grover Cleveland, NY
Allen G. Thurman, OH
June 21, 1892 Chicago Grover Cleveland, NY
Adlai E. Stevenson, IL
July 7, 1896 Chicago William J. Bryan, NE
Arthur Sewall, ME
July 4, 1900 Kansas City William J. Bryan, NE
Adlai E. Stevenson, IL
July 6, 1904 St. Louis Alton B. Parker, NY
Henry G. Davis, WV
July 7, 1908 Denver William J. Bryan, NE
John W. Kern, IN
June 25, 1912 Baltimore Woodrow Wilson, NJ
Thomas R. Marshall, IN
June 14, 1916 St. Louis Woodrow Wilson, NJ
Thomas R. Marshall, IN
June 28, 1920 San Francisco James M. Cox, OH
Franklin D. Roosevelt, NY
June 24, 1924 New York City John W. Davis, NY
Charles W. Bryan, NE
June 26, 1928 Houston Alfred E. Smith, NY
Joseph T. Robinson, AR
June 27, 1932 Chicago Franklin D. Roosevelt, NY
John N. Garner, TX
June 23, 1936 Philadelphia Franklin D. Roosevelt, NY
John N. Garner, TX
July 15, 1940 Chicago Franklin D. Roosevelt, NY
Henry A. Wallace, IA
July 19, 1944 Chicago Franklin D. Roosevelt, NY
Harry S Truman, MO
July 12, 1948 Philadelphia Harry S Truman, MO
Alben W. Barkley, KY
July 21, 1952 Chicago Adlai E. Stevenson, IL
John J. Sparkman, AL
August 13, 1956 Chicago Adlai E. Stevenson, IL
Estes Kefauver, TN
July 11, 1960 Los Angeles John F. Kennedy, MA
Lyndon B. Johnson, TX
August 24, 1964 Atlantic City Lyndon B. Johnson, TX
Hubert H. Humphrey, MN
August 26, 1968 Chicago Hubert H. Humphrey, MN
Edmund S. Muskie, ME
July 10, 1972 Miami Beach George McGovern, SD
R. Sargent Shriver, MD
July 12, 1976 New York City James E. Carter, Jr., GA
Walter F. Mondale, MN
August 11, 1980 New York City James E. Carter, Jr., GA
Walter F. Mondale, MN
July 16, 1984 San Francisco Walter F. Mondale, MN
Geraldine A. Ferraro, NY
July 18, 1988 Atlanta Michael S. Dukakis, MA
Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., TX
July 13, 1992 New York City William J. Clinton, AR
Albert Gore, Jr., TN
August 26, 1996 Chicago William J. Clinton, AR
Albert Gore, Jr., TN

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