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The 1960 Republican National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, from July 25 to July 28, 1960, at the International Amphitheatre. It was the 14th and most recent time overall that Chicago hosted the Republican National Convention, more times than any other city.
Between 1860 and 1996, Chicago hosted 14 Republican National Conventions and 11 Democratic (12 in 2024) National Conventions. These conventions are held every four years to select the party’s nominee for U.S. president in the popular election.
Date: July 25, 1960? Location: Chicago, Ill.? Genre: Interview. Topic: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social Views. Details. Delegates attending the opening session of the Republican National Convention at Chicago’s Amphitheater waded through five thousand picketers led by King, Randolph, and Wilkins.
Chicago's first presidential nominating convention, the Republican National Convention of 1860, was held in the “ Wigwam, ” a temporary two-story wooden structure. Last-minute backroom deals, plus a successful scheme to pack the galleries with holders of counterfeit tickets, brought unexpected victory to Abraham Lincoln.
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Chicago with its central location was the favorite convention city. In addition St. Louis, Missouri, hosted Democratic national nominating conventions in 1876, 1888, 1904, and 1916, as well as the national Republican convention of 1896 and a national Populist convention in the same year.
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Feb 26, 2020 · Combined with a year filled with civil unrest and the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Kennedy soon after, the stage was set for a contentious Democratic National Convention in...
