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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.
The 1960 Democratic National Convention was held in Los Angeles, California, on July 11–15, 1960. It nominated Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts for president and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas for vice president.
Sep 8, 2015 · The 1960 Republican National Convention took place July 25-28 in Chicago’s International Amphitheatre. It was the 100 th anniversary of the 1860 Convention, also in Chicago, that selected Abraham Lincoln as the Republican presidential candidate.
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Chicago has been the nation's most popular political convention city, in part because of its geographic centrality. Between 1860 and 1996, Chicago hosted 14 Republican and 11 Democrat presidential nominating conventions, plus one notable Progressive Party assembly.
Map of states that have hosted a Democratic National Convention. This is a list of Democratic National Conventions. These conventions are the presidential nominating conventions of the Democratic Party of the United States.
The final draft of the 1960 Republican platform reaffirmed “the constitutional right to peaceable assembly to protest discrimination by private business establishments” and applauded “the action of the businessmen who have abandoned discriminatory practices in retail establishments.”.
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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.
