Timing at Convention Makes or Breaks Politician
A 1952 convention moment shows Minnesota delegates jumping to Eisenhower at 12 45 PM to secure nomination. Harold Stassen figures again as a potential kingmaker shade, while preconvention fights over delegates and Taft supporters linger in memory.
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San Francisco
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Stasser
Long
Stassen
Eisenhower
Edward J Thye
Thye
Etieiel
Party Divided Over Political Theories
The 102-year-old Republican Party prepares for its 26th national convention in San Francisco while split between Eisenhower loyalists and Taft-Hartley conservatives. The piece outlines internal power dynamics, possible 1956 leadership shifts, and implications for future party strategy and congressional support.
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Jack Bell
San Francisco
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Cow Palace Gets a Modern Look for GOP Convention
San Francisco’s Cow Palace unveils a half million dollar transformation with 140 new rooms and seven trailers for offices and lounges ahead of the Republican National Convention. Mayor George Christopher hails the update as a modern convention hall and a landmark for the party’s first West Coast nominating event in 1956.
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San Francisco
George Christopher
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Far West
Philadelphia
Republican Personalities In Cow Palace Spotlight
In San Francisco the 26th national GOP convention opens at the Cow Palace with Dwight D. Eisenhower as presumptive candidate. Key figures include Leonard Wood Hall as national committee chair, William Knowland of California as Senate leader, Joseph W. Martin Jr. as permanent chairman, and Arthur Langlie of Washington delivering the keynote. Senior party officials and parliamentarian St George of Tuxedo Park populate the spotlight as the four day event aims to rally support for a GOP Congress and a November victory.
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Arthur Edson
San Francisco
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Hall
Republican National Committee
Leonard Wood Hall
Oyster Bay
N.Y
GOP
Jim Farley
Nassau County
Eisenhower
Husky
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California
Senate
New Media
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The
Oakland Tribune
Bill Knowland
Harding
Coolidge
State Assembly
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Joseph W. Martin Jr
North Attleboro
Mass
Congress
Owen House
Will St George
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
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