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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 ...
The two right-hand columns show nominations by notable conventions not shown elsewhere. 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.
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.
- 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.
A United States presidential nominating convention is a political convention held every four years in the United States by most of the political parties who will be fielding nominees in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
Feb 12, 2014 · Scene at the 1948 GOP National Convention in Philadelphia. Gjon Mili—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. Pennsylvania delegates to the 1944 Republican National Convention in Chicago pull...
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While the Democratic Party chose Philadelphia only three times for national conventions in 1936, 1948. and 2016, Philadelphia has hosted the GOP convention six times, including the very first one in 1856. Click on any of the links below for more details of that year's GOP convention.
