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Baltimore to Host Democratic National Convention in 1912
The article details Baltimore as the site for the 1912 Democratic national convention at the fifth regiment armory, noting the venue’s capacity for up to 20 000 attendees, its proximity to rail hubs, and Baltimore’s historic role in past conventions. It highlights the city’s hospitality and the anticipated large attendance from New York Philadelphia the Eastern Shore and the South. It also outlines the nomination dynamics with Champ Clark leading early on and potential influence from Woodrow Wilson Oscar Underwood and other candidates including Bryan as a delegate.
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Walton Williams
Baltimore
Maryland
Chicago
Chesapeake
Washington
Subthy
Jackson
van Buren
William Henny Harrison
Henry Clay
James I. Polk
Lewis Casa
Winfield Scott
Franklin Pierce
Charleston
Stephen A. Douglas
John ©. Breckinridge
Lincoln
Horace Greeley
Fifth Regiment
Auditorum
Armory
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
House of Representatives
Senate
Polk
Pierce
Norman & Mack
Committee On
Mack
New York
Mach
New York State
George M. Palmer
Schoharie
Georgia
Champ Clark
Nassau
Woodrow Wilson
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
St Louis
Denver
Baltimore Committee
Friankly
Philadelphia
New Mexico
Oscar Underwood
Clark
Harmon
Ohio
Marshall
Indiana
Baldwin
Connecticut
Burke
North Dakota
William Jennings Bryan
Fifth Regiment Armory