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Eisenhower Nixon Ticket Emerges From Heated Republican Convention
At Chicago International Amphitheatre the Republican nominating process culminated in Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon winning the party ticket after Minnesota shifted 19 Stassen votes to Eisenhower. Taft’s forces faced losses as Georgia and Texas delegations shifted, and the platform backed anti Communist and civil rights positions with a pledge to root out disloyalty.
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