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The Democratic National Convention ( DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. [a] They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 national convention. The primary goal of the Democratic National Convention is to officially ...
The 2024 Democratic National Convention is a presidential nominating convention in which delegates of the United States Democratic Party will select the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election. It is scheduled to be held August 19 to 22, 2024, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Official report of the proceedings of the Democratic national convention held in Denver, Colorado, July 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1908, resulting in the nomination of Hon. William Jennings Bryan (of Nebraska) for president and Hon. John Worth Kern (of Indiana) for vice-president. Chicago: Press of Western Newspaper Union. p. 13.
Pennsylvania. The 2020 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention that was held from August 17 to 20, 2020, at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and virtually across the United States.
The 1972 Democratic National Convention was the presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party for the 1972 presidential election. It was held at Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach , Florida, also the host city of the Republican National Convention that year, on July 10–13, 1972.
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Earlier that year incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson had announced he would not seek reelection, thus making the purpose of the convention to select a new presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. [1]
The 1860 Democratic National Convention convened at South Carolina Institute Hall (destroyed in the Great Fire of 1861) in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 23, 1860. Since Charleston was the most pro-slavery city in the U.S. at the time, [citation needed] the galleries at the convention were packed with pro-slavery spectators.
The 1924 Democratic National Convention, held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City from June 24 to July 9, 1924, was the longest continuously running convention in United States political history. It took a record 103 ballots to nominate a presidential candidate.