Baltimore Hosts Democratic Convention Through Decades
The long overview details past Democratic conventions from 1832 in Baltimore to 1880 in Chicago, noting Baltimore’s role as a working hub for nominating leaders like Jackson, Van Buren, Pierce, and Greeley, and the shifting venues across major cities. It recalls the 1872 Greeley ratification and the pattern of Baltimore as a convention site eighty years earlier and forty years earlier.
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James A. Edgerton
Congress
Baltimore
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
Maryland
van Buren
James K. Polk
Lewis Cass
Franklin Pierce
Scepter
Buchanan
Cincinnati
Charleston
Stephen A. Douglas
John C. Breckinridge
Richmond
Breckinridge
George B. McClellan
Chicago
New York City
Horatio Seymour
Hor. Greeley
Greeley
Douglas
Samuel J. Tilden
Winfield Scott Hancock
Horace Greelay
Henry Clay
Winfield Scott
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jerson
John Quincy Adams
Whig Party
Jackson
Cleveland
Polk
Cass
Pierce
Candidacy Roundup for 1912 Democratic Nomination
A survey lists candidates including Champ Clark Woodrow Wilson Oscar W Underwood and others with biographical highlights. The piece notes the upcoming twenty first Democratic convention to be held in Baltimore and discusses speculation, press agents, and the uncertainty of nominations.
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Cincinnati
Iss
Grover Cleveland
Chicago
Louis
William J. Bryan
Kansas City
Alton TB. Parker
St. Louis
Willam J. Bryan
Denver
Baltimore
New York
Democrats Gird for Baltimore Convention Backed by Unity
A Baltimore convention preview discusses a united Democratic Party with strong majorities in Congress and key cities. It notes internal consensus on the platform with Norman E. Mack to chair and William J. Bryan shaping the platform, while predicting a battle for the nomination and the Ballot.
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National House of Representatives
United States Senate
la Follette
Cleveland
Baltimore
Washington
Norman E. Mack
William J. Bryan
Democratic Convention Opens in Baltimore Heightens Contention
Norman E. Mack prepares the Democratic National Committee for a historic 1906 convention at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore with 1,004 delegates and large crowds. The field of seven candidates includes Champ Clark, Woodrow Wilson, Judson Harmon, and Oscar W. Underwood, as Indiana and New York shape potential ballots and coalitions.
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Champ Clark
B. Ky
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
N. J
B. Va
Atlanta
Bryn Mawr
Wesleyan
Princeton
Judson Harmon
U. S
Oscar W. Underwood
Ala.b. Ky
Birmingham
Thomas R. Marshall
Ind
B. Ind
Columbi City
Wabash College
Simeon E. Baldwin
Conn
B. Conn
Yale
State Supreme Court
Connecticut
John Burke
N. D
Bla
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Fifth Regiment
Baltimore
Marshall
Indiana
Baldwin
Burke
North Dakota
William J. Bryan
W. J. Gaynor
New York
John W. Kern
New York State
Gaynor
Kern
Bryan
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Lincoln
Reontins
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American Press Association
Telet
Roosevelt
Taft
Vention
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Baron Mun+chausen
Mendacity
James
Ress
Murphy and
Mack
Amercan Press Association
National Capital
Taggart
Cal
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Alaska
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Arizona
N. Hampshie
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Colorado
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Delaware
Ohio
Florida
Oklahoma
Hawaii
Georgia
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Philippines
Rhode Island
Iowa
Carolina
Kansas
S. Dakot
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Tennessee
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Texas
Utah
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Virginia
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
W. Virginia
Mississippi
Missouri
Wyoming
Montana
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