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Democrats In Denver Two-Thirds Nomination Rule Discussed
The article recalls the 1832 start of the Democratic Party with Andrew Jackson and traces the two-thirds rule used to nominate presidents, listing major figures such as Bryan Johnson Francis Gray Chanler and historical conventions from Baltimore to St. Louis and Chicago. It cites past outcomes and notes Bryan as a leading candidate in 1900 and 1904.
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Robertus Love
Denver
Colorado
Democratic Party
United States
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
David R. Francis
Missouri
George Gray
Delaware
Lewis S. Chanler
Thomas Taggart
Baltimore
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Martin van Buren
New York
Martiny van Buren
Richard M.johnson
America
van Buren
John C. Calhoun
Old Hickory
Johnson
William Henry Harrison
United States Senate
James K. Polk
William O. Butler
Kentucky
Franklin ‘Pierce
New Hampshire
Cass
Pierce
Buchanan
John C. Breckinridge
Charleston
S. C
Stephen A. Douglas
Richmond
Douglas
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Alabama
Fitzpatrick
National Committee
Herschel V. Johnson
Josephh Ehney
Oregon
Chicago
Confederacy
George B. McClellan
George H. Pendleton
Ohio
Horatio Seymour
Frank
Blair
Horace Greeley
B. Gratz Brown
Cincinnati
Carl Schurz
Greeley
Brown
Grant
St. Louis
Samuel J. Tilden
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
Tilden
Governor Hendricks
William H. English
Grover Cleveland
Allen G. Thurman
Adlai B H. Stevenson
Illinois
Richard P. Bland
Wah- Ham J. Bryan
Arthur Sewall
Maine
Bryan
Kansas City
Stevenson
Champ Clark
Alloun Bb. Parker
Henry G. Davis
West Virginia
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Cleveland
Electoral Commission