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Some of the nominees (e.g. the Whigs before 1860 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1912) received very large votes, while others who received less than 1% of the total national popular vote are listed to show historical continuity or transition.
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.
With 81 delegates to the 1960 Democratic National Convention, Pennsylvania was among the largest states to hold a primary. Pennsylvania's nonbinding Democratic primary did not list candidate's names. However, write-in presidential preference votes were allowed. Delegates were elected directly.
Philadelphia has hosted national political conventions from the time of the Revolution to the modern era. The Pennsylvania State House, later known as Independence Hall, was the site of both the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
- 1831 Anti-Masonic Convention—Why start with one of the most obscure third parties in American history? Because they invented nominating conventions. The Anti-Masons, who feared the growing political and financial power of the secret society of Freemasons, formed in upstate New York; among their members was future president Millard Fillmore.
- 1856 Republican Convention—The first national convention of the Republican Party marks the beginning of the two-party system as we know it. Meeting in Philadelphia, the new party chose John C. Frémont –the “Pathfinder” who mapped the way West for a generation of pioneers.
- 1860 and its Four Conventions—This was the year of not one but four of the most important conventions, producing four candidates—two of them Democrats.
- 1880 Republican Convention—The post-Civil War period produced lively conventions but few fireworks as Republicans dominated presidential politics for a generation.
1960 Republican National Convention Delegates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: George I. Bloom , Washington - Jay Cooke , Blue Bell - Gilbert O. Day , Mifflinburg - Gaynelle M. Dixon , Butler - Thomas B. McCabe , Swarthmore - Thomas H. McIntosh , Pittsburgh - Ruth Glenn Pennell , Mifflintown - Joseph N. Pew, Jr. , Ardmore - Hugh Scott ...
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The Pennsylvania State Library offers an important collection of historic maps that can chart suburban growth in Pennsylvania. The library's database contains a variety of maps ranging from transportation, zoning to planning commission maps.
