Cow Palace to Host 1964 GOP Convention in San Mateo
New York AP reports the Cow Palace in San Mateo County, seven miles southeast of San Francisco, will host the 1964 Republican National Convention. San Francisco to pay 650000 for the event plus free hotel rooms and fringe benefits, expecting 30000 visitors and 26000 hotel rooms. The GOP will rent for 1000 daily, provide 45000 as a guarantee, and state concessions will open under WPA built No 1 A Livestock Exposition Building with three restaurants serving 5000 per hour. Critics note the structure’s origins and question the cost-benefit.
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Coy Candidates Say No Mean Yes
The piece notes the reluctance often shown by presidential hopefuls during nominations. It cites Adlai Stevenson, Charles Evans Hughes, and Horatio Seymour as historic examples of drafts and denials shaping party choices.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Horatio Seymour
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Delegates Grow More Trustworthy Across Parties
A Brookings study notes delegates in 1952 were better educated, less boss ridden, and more trustworthy than those a half century earlier. Rising immigrant integration, civil service reforms, women delegates, and primaries shaped the change. The profile shows a mid-50s male lawyer earning just over ten thousand, with growing diversity including women and African Americans in both parties.
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Walt Whitman
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First National Convention Origins And Early Nominating History
New York AP recounts the origins of national nominating conventions with 1832 Baltimore for Democrats and National Republicans, the Anti-Masonic open ballot in Baltimore, the rise of mass meetings replacing caucuses, and notes on historical nominees like William Wirt Henry Clay and Abraham Lincoln.
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William Wirt
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Henry Clay
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John CL Premont
Charleston
Stephen AL Douphas
John William Davie
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Abraham Laincoln
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Osso Dontavo
Golden Gate Open Before 1956 and 1920 conventions
New York AP reports San Francisco has hosted two previous presidential nominating conventions. Eisenhower Nixon in 1956 and Cox Roosevelt in 1920. Chicago leads with 23 convention sites, followed by Philadelphia with seven and St. Louis with five. Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, New York, San Francisco, Charleston, Denver, Houston, and others have hosted.
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California Delegates Set for 1964 Convention
The Republican Party authorizes 1,308 delegates and 1,308 alternates for the 1964 convention. Delegates from each state depend on congressional GOP support and past Republican votes. A six vote bonus applies to states voting Republican in 1960 or having a Republican governor or senator by that time. State selections vary by state primaries, conventions, or state executive committees.
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Foomgrese
TV Equipment To San Francisco For Convention Delegates
New York Cary reports nearly 1500 deploys of the three networks bringing 40 tons of equipment for the convention in New York. The setup includes 30 camera stands, 3000 telephones, 24 radio circuits, and 11 typwriters with plans for widespread newspaper use. NielsenCo says 92 percent of U.S. families watched part of the 1960 conventions, amid preparations for the Republican event.
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