Convention Hall venue and Democratic convention history
The article describes the Fifth Regiment Armory drill room as the convention site with 200 by 300 feet floor space, seating 12 000 and expandable to 20 000, plus numerous rooms for committees and press. It notes Baltimore as a historic Democratic convention city, listing past venues and nominees from 1835 to 1874 and mentioning current hotel and lodging options.
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Fifth Regiment Armory
Pennsylvania and
Baltimore
The Candidates For President In Baltimore Conclave
A survey of Democratic figures including Champ Clark Woodrow Wilson Judson Harmon Oscar W Underwood Thomas R. Marshall Simeon Baldwin John Burke and others outlines the 21st convention in Baltimore and the wide range of projections about nominees. The piece notes past conventions held in Baltimore Chicago St Louis Cincinnati New York Kansas City and Denver with fifteen presidents damned at prior gatherings. It ends with a wry comment on press agents and political guessing.
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George B. McClellan
Chicago
New York City
Tloratio Seymour
Baltimore
Horace Greeley
Hireviey
Deto Pritts
Fem
Dongina
Samuel J. Tilden
Chicag
Winfield Scott Hancock
Champ Clark
Mo. B. Ky
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
N. J
B. Va
Atlanta
Bryn Mawr
Wesleyan
Princeton
Judson Harmon
Oscar W. Underwood
Ala
Birmingham
Thomas R. Marshall
Ind
Columbia City
Wabash College
Simeon E. Baldwin
Conn
Conn. B. Conn
Yale
State Supreme Court
Connecticut
John Burke
N. D
Kiefer
Cincinnati
Grover Cleveland
Chieago
St. Louis
William J, Bryan
Chiago
William J. Bryan
Kansas City
Alton B. Parker
Denver
New York
Marshall
Indiana
Baldwin
Burke
North Dakota
W. J. Gaynor
John W. Kern
New York State
Gaynor
Kern
Bryan
Champ
Wilson
New Jersey
Clark
Harmon
Foss
Massachusetts
Chi
Roosevelt
Ohio
Dix
Oss
Prominent Democrats at the Convention
The piece discusses the Democratic Party's unity and strength amid national political shifts, noting large majorities in the House, governorships, and a united front with La Follette Republicans. It reflects on historical party dynamics since the early republic and Baltimore’s historic role.
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National House of Representatives
United States Senate
la Vollette Republians
Secom
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Balinore
Washington
Baltimore Hosts Democratic Conventions Through the Years
The article surveys past Democratic conventions in Baltimore from 1832 to 1900s style, noting nominees like Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, James K. Polk, Franklin Pierce, Stephen A. Douglas, and others. It discusses intraconvention bargaining, hotel meetings, platform battles, and forecast by Norman Mack with Bryan’s expected influence.
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James A. Edgerton
Congress
Baltimore
Andrew Jackson
Martin ‘van Buren
Jackson
Aut Altimore
Maryland
van Buren
James K. Polk
Lewis Cass
Franklin Pierce
Buchanan
Cincinnati
Charleston
A Atd
Stephen A. Douglas
John ©. Breckinridge
Richmond
Breckinridge
Martin van Buren
Lewis
John Breckink
Horace Greeley
Henry Clay
Winfield Scott
Abraham Linceoln
Democrats Set for Historic Baltimore Convention Rally
Norman Mack opens the Democratic National Committee meeting in the Fifth Regiment Armory Baltimore predicting the largest convention with 1,094 delegates and 18,000 attendees. Seven declared candidates vie for the nomination led by Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson, with Bryan Gaynor Kern and others in the background as the party traces its lineage from Jefferson to Cleveland.
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Norman —B.mack
Democratic National Committee
Fifth Regiment
Baltimore
America
Nebraska
Democrats See Chicago Clash Boost for 1912 Convention
Baltimore dispatch says Democrats claim Chicago boosted their cause while Republicans face an unsettled race. Talks center on Champ Clark as a leading dark horse with Governor Foss of Massachusetts among possible contenders and many ballots expected before nomination.
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Chicago
Champ Clark
Governor Foss
Massachusetts
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