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Aug 17, 2020 · An answer came out of left field in 1831, when the nation’s first third party, the Anti-Masons, held the first ever nominating convention in an attempt to do away with caucus secrecy. Though the ...
From March 8 to June 7, 1960, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1960 United States presidential election.Incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1960 Republican National Convention held from July 25 to July 28, 1960, in Chicago, Illinois.
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John Kennedy had made strong showings in primaries across the country, but even as delegates made their way to Los Angeles for the Democratic National Convention in 1960, his nomination was still in doubt. Even West Virginia's delegates were undecided, in spite of Kennedy's stunning victory in May.
1960 Democratic National Convention - Day 5. Event. I am very sorry, but as intimated earlier, votes for ineligible [too young or unborn] candidates, as well as votes for Republicans have been invalidated and evenly redistributed among real candidates. That said, here are the results of the fourth ballot:
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The 2016 Libertarian National Convention was the gathering at which delegates of the Libertarian Party chose the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2016 national election. The party selected Gary Johnson, a former Governor of New Mexico, as its presidential candidate, with Bill Weld, a former Governor of Massachusetts as ...
