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Hughes Named Leader by Republicans in 1916 Nomination
Charles Evans Hughes, associate justice, named Republican nominee for president at the 1916 convention on the third ballot amid a blaze of support. Charles Warren Fairbanks chosen as running mate. Theodore Roosevelt led the Progressive ticket with John M Parker as vice president. The proceedings opened at the Coliseum with Harding as temporary chairman and fusion talks with Progressives yielding no result.
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