This page links to resources about the history of the Republican and Democratic national political conventions.
1860 Republican Convention (Chicago)The 1860 Republican National Convention(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1860.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/
Elections: 1860 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1860/Overview-1860-1.htm
Why Chicago? (Chicago Historical Society)
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/politics.html
National Republican Platform(Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/
Convention Proceedings (Internet Archive)
http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingsofrep00repuiala
Biography of Abraham Lincoln (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html
Video: Abraham Lincoln (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/lincoln/video
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1860 Democratic Convention (Charleston and Baltimore)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/
Convention Proceedings: 1860(Making of America Books)
http://www.hti.umich.edu/
cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEW7006
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1864 Republican Convention (Baltimore)The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/
History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Chapter II. The Baltimore Convention (Yale's Avalon Project)
http://yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/
treatise/andrew_johnson/chap_02.htm
Elections: 1864 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1864/Overview-1864-1.htm
Biography of Andrew Johnson (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/aj17.html
Photos: Andrew Johnson (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/andrewjohnson/images
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1864 Democratic Convention (Chicago)The 1864 Democratic National Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/ history/politics/1864.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/
Convention Proceedings: 1864(Making of America Books)
http://www.hti.umich.edu/
cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEW7006
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1868 Republican Convention (Chicago)The 1868 National Union Republican Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1868.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/
Convention Proceedings: 1868(Making of America Books)
http://www.hti.umich.edu/ cgi/t/text/
text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEW7095.0001.001
Elections: 1868 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1868/Overview-1868-1.htm
Biography of Ulysses S. Grant (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ug18.html
Video: U.S. Grant (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/grant/video
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1868 Democratic Convention (New York City)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/
Thomas Nast Cartoon of Andrew Johnson(HarpWeek)
http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/
ListOfCartoons/GiveMeAnotherHorse.htm
Convention Proceedings: 1868(Making of America Books)
http://www.hti.umich.edu/
cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AHM4870
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1872 Republican (Philadelphia)
History of the Republican Convention in Philadelphia(Independence Hall Association)
http://www.ushistory.org/gop/history/avery1-72.htm
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/
Convention Proceedings: 1872(Making of America Books)
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/AEW7096.0001.001
Elections: 1872 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1872/Overview-1872-1.htm
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1872 Democratic Convention (Baltimore)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/
Convention Proceedings: 1872(Making of America Books)
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/
text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEY0505
Horace Greeley, Editor of the New York Tribune(University of Nevada, Reno) (Internet Archive)
http://equinox.unr.edu/
homepage/fenimore/greeley.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1876 Republican Convention (Cincinnati)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/
Convention Proceedings: 1876 (Google Book Search)
http://books.google.com/books?id=UBpkVnw_AIIC
Electoral College Controversy of 1876-1877(HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/controversy.htm
Biography of Rutherford B. Hayes (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ug19.html
Photos: Rutherford B. Hayes (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/hayes/images
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1876 Democratic Convention (St. Louis)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/
Convention Proceedings: 1876(Making of America Books)
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/
text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEW7008
Elections: 1876 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1876/Overview-1876-1.htm
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1880 Republican Convention (Chicago)The 1880 Republican National Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1880.html
Convention Proceedings: 1868, 1872, 1876, 1880(Google Book Search)
http://books.google.com/books?id=lLzpZ2F3LEYC
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/
Elections: 1880 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1880/Overview-1880-1.htm
Biography of James A. Garfield (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jg20.html
Video: James A. Garfield (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/garfield/video
Biography of Chester A. Arthur (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ca21.html
Video: Chester A. Arthur (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/arthur/video
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1880 Democratic Convention (Cincinnati)The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Winfield Scott Hancockhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winfield_S._Hancock
Harper's Weekly Cartoon http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
general/onthisday/harp/0731.html
Convention Proceedings: 1880 (Google Book Search)
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC25852738
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1884 Republican Convention (Chicago)The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/
Convention Proceedings: 1884 (Google Book Search)
http://books.google.com/books?id=YSENAAAAIAAJ
Elections: 1884 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1884/Overview-1884-1.htm
Tally Card (Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1884 Democratic Convention (Chicago)The 1884 Democratic National Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1884a.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/
The Democratic Candidates (Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/
Biography of Grover Cleveland (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gc2224.html
Video: Grover Cleveland (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/cleveland/video
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
1888 Republican Convention (Chicago)The 1888 Republican National Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1888.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/
Biography of Benjamin Harrison (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bh23.html
Audio: Benjamin Harrison (Recorded after he was president)
March 4, 1889 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ykiZk4fE8&feature
Video: Benjamin Harrison (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/benjaminharrison/video
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1888 Democratic Convention (St. Louis)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/
Convention Proceedings: 1888 (Google Book Search)
http://books.google.com/books?id=0d3QVVgbeZEC
Elections: 1888 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1888/Overview-1888-1.htm
President Cleveland, an Illustrated Poem(Dedicated to Convention New York Delegates)
(Library of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1892 Republican Convention (Minneapolis) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/
Elections: 1892 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1892/Overview-1892-1.htm
Benjamin Harrison (Miller Center)
(See also:
American President-An Online Reference Resource)
http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1892 Democratic Convention (Chicago) The 1892 Democratic National Convention(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1892.html
Convention Proceedings: 1892 (Internet Archive)
http://www.archive.org/details/officialproceedi00demoiala
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/
Biography of Grover Cleveland (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gc2224.html
Video: Grover Cleveland (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/cleveland/video
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1896 Republican Convention (St. Louis) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/
Convention Proceedings: 1896 (Google Book Search)
http://books.google.com/books?id=rHk0AAAAIAAJ
The Republican Party (Vassar College)
http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/republicans.html
Biography of William McKinley (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wm25.html
Video: William McKinley (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/mckinley/video
Biography of Theodore Roosevelt (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wm26.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1896 Democratic Convention (Chicago)The 1896 Democratic National Convention(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1896.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/
William Jennings Bryan (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan
Audio: Cylinder Recordings of William Jennings Bryan
http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/
The Times Looks Back (The New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/
learning/general/specials/elections/1896/
Elections: 1896 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1896/Overview-1896-1.htm
The Democratic Party (Vassar College)
http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/democrats.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1900 Republican Convention (Philadelphia)
History of the Republican Convention in Philadelphia(Independence Hall Association)
http://www.ushistory.org/gop/convention_1900.htm
Convention Proceedings (Internet Archive)
http://www.archive.org/details/12threpubnaticon00blumrich
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/
Elections: 1900 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1900/Overview-1900-1.htm
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: Edison film of President McKinley taking Oath of Office, 1901 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8fd396pW_c&feature
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1900 Democratic Convention (Kansas City)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/
Convention Proceedings (Google Book Search)
http://books.google.com/books?id=5WkPAAAAYAAJ
Munsey's Magazine http://www.windingriver.com/Reprints/rfp032304c.htm
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Harper's Weekly Cartoon (HarpWeek)
http://www.harpweek.com
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1904 Republican Convention (Chicago)The 1904 Republican National Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1904.html
Photograph from Convention (Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Addresses at the Convention (Internet Archive)
http://www.archive.org/details/addressesatrepub00kaneiala
Audio: Recording of President Theodore Roosevelt (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv-VNTtUYZo&feature
Video: President Theodore Roosevelt (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQlCbeNwKzg&feature
Video: President Theodore Roosevelt's
1905 Oath of Office (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDEHuPaFzSU&feature
Video: Theodore Roosevelt (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/teddyroosevelt/video
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1904 Democratic Convention (St. Louis) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/
Alton B. Parker (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_B._Parker
Convention Proceedings (Kentuckiana Digital Library)
http://kdl.kyvl.org
Elections: 1904 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/1904/Overview-1904-1.htm
1904 Election (American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1908 Republican Convention (Chicago) The 1908 Republican National Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1908.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/
Elections: 1908 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1908/Overview-1908-1.htm
Biography of William Howard Taft (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wm27.html
Video: William Howard Taft (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/taft/video
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1908 Democratic Convention (Denver) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/
Photo(1): Democratic Convention(Internet Archive / Hello Denver)
Photo(2): Democratic Convention(Internet Archive / Hello Denver)
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Denver & the DNC: 1908 & 2008(Rocky Mountain News, 2008)
http://rockymountainnews.com/special-reports/1908-dnc/
1908 Democratic Convention Gavel to Be Used in 2008 Convention MyFox Colorado, May 25, 2008
http://www.myfoxcolorado.com
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1912 Republican Convention (Chicago)The 1912 Republican National Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1912.htm
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912
Republican Convention (Internet Archive / Ohio State University)
http://1912.history.ohio-state.edu/RepublicanConvention.htm
Elections: 1912 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1912/Overview-1912-1.htm
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
1912 Republican Convention: Return of the Rough Rider(Smithsonian magazine, August 2008)
http://www.smithsonianmag.com
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1912 Democratic Convention (Baltimore) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/
Convention Proceedings (Internet Archive)
http://www.archive.org/details/officialreportof00demoiala
Democratic Convention (Internet Archive / Ohio State University)
http://1912.history.ohio-state.edu/DemocraticConvention.htm
Convention Guest Ticket (Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/
Biography of Woodrow Wilson (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ww28.html
Video: Woodrow Wilson (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/wilson/video
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1916 Republican Convention (Chicago) The 1916 Republican National Convention(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1916.html
Convention Proceedings (Google Book Search)
http://books.google.com/
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/
Charles Evans Hughes (Supreme Court Historical Society)
http://www.supremecourthistory.org/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1916 Democratic Convention (St. Louis)The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/
Photo(1): Democratic Convention(Internet Archive / Hello St.Louis)
Photo(2): Democratic Convention(Internet Archive / Hello St.Louis)
Biography of Woodrow Wilson (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ww28.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Audio: Recording of President Wilson's "The Trust" Speech (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jr8DPYw4w&feature
Video: Woodrow Wilson at the White House, 1917 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6nhqFIIGR4&feature
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1920 Republican Convention (Chicago) The 1920 Republican National Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1920.html
Convention Proceedings (Google Book Search)
http://books.google.com
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/
Biography of Warren G. Harding (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wh29.html
Video: Warren G. Harding (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/harding/video
Audio: Warren G. Harding (Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1920 Democratic Convention (San Francisco)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/
Photo: 1920 Candidates: Cox & FDR (FDR Library)
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/
images/photodb/09-2613a.gif
James M. Cox, Publisher (Dayton Daily News)
http://www.daytondailynews.com
The Presidential Election of 1920 (Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/nfexpe.html
Photo: Women Delegates (Texas Woman's University)
http://humanities-interactive.org/
texas/citizens/ex095_11a.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1924 Republican Convention (Cleveland)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/
Biography of Calvin Coolidge (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/cc30.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: President Calvin Coolidge (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5puwTrLRhmw&feature
Video: Calvin Coolidge (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/coolidge/video
Audio: Calvin Coolidge (Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1924 Democratic Convention (New York City)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/
Biography of John William Davis (Congressional Biography)
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000121
The First Convention Broadcast:
Radio at the 1924 Conventions(Poynter Online, September 2, 2004)
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=70880
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
The Ballot Brawl of 1924 (The Washington Post, March 4, 2008)
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1928 Republican Convention (Kansas City)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/
Biography of Herbert Hoover (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/hh31.html
Video: Herbert Hoover (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/hoover/video
Campaigns, Political - 1928 - President (Internet Archive / UCLA Library)
http://library.ucla.edu/mgi/campaign/1928/pres/
Video: Herbert Hoover during 1928 Campaign (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKwkT4Mh87M&feature
Video: Herbert Hoover at the 1960 Convention (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFtIpL2t6N0&feature
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1928 Democratic Convention (Houston) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/
Al Smith: The Happy Warrior (Suite 101)
http://www.suite101.com/
Alfred E. Smith Dies Here at 70 (New York Times, 1944)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/
onthisday/bday/1230.html
Photo: Democratic Convention(Internet Archive / Hello Houston)
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1932 Republican Convention (Chicago) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/
Message Accepting the Nomination (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Election of 1932 (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1932 Democratic Convention (Chicago) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/
The 1932 Democratic National Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1932.html
Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html
Video: Franklin D. Roosevelt (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/fdr/video
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1936 Republican Convention (Cleveland)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/
Biography of Alfred M. Landon (Eleanor Roosevelt Historic Site)
http://nps.gov/elro/glossary/landon-alfred.htm
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1936 Democratic Convention (Philadelphia)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/
FDR's Acceptance Speech for Renomination (His "Rendezvous with Destiny" speech) American Presidency Project.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=15314
Franklin Roosevelt FAQs(FDR Library)
http://fdrlibrary.marist.edu/fdrbio.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: Universal Newsreel Coverage (Internet Archive)
http://www.archive.org/details/1936-06-24_Democrats_Cheer
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1940 Republican Convention (Philadelphia) History of the Republican Convention in Philadelphia(Independence Hall Association)
http://www.ushistory.org/gop/history/avery1-40.htm
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
1940 Time Magazine Cover with Wendell Willkie
http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101401021,00.html
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1940 Democratic Convention (Chicago) The 1940 Democratic National Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1940.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/
FDR's Radio Address to the Convention (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Convention Ticket(Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1944 Republican Convention (Chicago) The 1944 Republican National Convention(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1944.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1944 Democratic Convention (Chicago) The 1944 Democratic National Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1944a.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/
FDR's Address to the Convention (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html
Biography of Harry S. Truman (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.html
Video: Harry S. Truman (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/truman/video
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1948 Republican Convention (Philadelphia)
History of the Republican Convention in Philadelphia(Independence Hall Association)
http://www.ushistory.org/gop/history/avery1-48.htm
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/
Philadelphia: Convention City (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
http://hsp.org/exhibits/convention/1948_main.html
Pioneers In Reality TV (CBS News, 2000)
http://www.cbsnews.com
The Scene of the Crime (CNN, 2000)
http://edition.cnn.com/2000/
ALLPOLITICS/ stories/07/19/greenfield.column/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1948 Democratic Convention (Philadelphia) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/
Philadelphia: Convention City (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
http://hsp.org/exhibits/convention/1948_main.html
Truman's Acceptance Speech (PBS NewsHour)
http://pbs.org/newshour/
character/links/truman_speech.html
Biography of Harry S. Truman (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.html
Video: Harry S. Truman (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/truman/video
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347387
Audio: Truman's Acceptance Speech (Truman Library)
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/educ/1948.htm
Audio: In 1948, Democrats Weathered Civil Rights Divide (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
1948 Democratic Convention: The South Secedes Again(Smithsonian magazine, August 2008)
http://www.smithsonianmag.com
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1952 Republican Convention (Chicago) The 1952 Republican National Convention(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1952.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/
Biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/de34.html
Video: Dwight D. Eisenhower (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/eisenhower/video
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/conventions/past.eisenhower.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1952 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1952 Democratic Convention (Chicago)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/
Truman Speech (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Adlai E. Stevenson Speech (Internet Archive /American Rhetoric)
Audio: First Nationally Televised Political Convention (NPR, Walter Cronkite, 2002)
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20020708.atc.05.ram
Video: NBC Newshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347424
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1956 Republican Convention (San Francisco)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: Universal Newsreel Coverage-1 (Internet Archive)
http://www.archive.org/details/1956-08-20_Republican_Convention
Video: Universal Newsreel Coverage-2 (Internet Archive)
http://www.archive.org/details/1956-08-23_Its_Ike_and_Nixon
Video: 1956 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1956 Democratic Convention (Chicago) The 1956 Democratic National Convention(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1956.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: Part 1 -- CBS News Coverage with Walter Cronkite (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQGNuZhLwIY
Video: Part 2 -- CBS News Coverage with Walter Cronkite (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6ksNOvFxIE
Video: Part 3 -- CBS News Coverage with Walter Cronkite (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWhEr2Jyz0s
Video: NBC Newshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347489
Video: David Broder Remembers (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1960 Republican Convention (Chicago)The 1960 Republican National Convention (Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1960.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/
Eisenhower Speech (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: Universal Newsreel Coverage (Internet Archive)
http://www.archive.org/
Video: 1960 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Video: Former President Herbert Hoover
at the 1960 Convention (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFtIpL2t6N0&feature
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1960 Democratic Convention (Los Angeles)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/
Biography of John F. Kennedy (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html
Video: John F. Kennedy (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/kennedy/video
Biography of Lyndon B. Johnson (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/lj36.html
Audio: Kennedy Accepting Nomination (JFK Library)
http://www.jfklibrary.org
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/demconvention/past.1960.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: JFK's Acceptance Speech, Part 1 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVfXxSXRlos
Video: JFK's Acceptance Speech, Part 2 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Ko-n8Ubkw
Video: JFK's Inaugural Address, Part 1 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE0iPY7XGBo
Video: JFK's Inaugural Address, Part 2 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s6U8GActdQ
Video: NBC Newshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347527
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1964 Republican Convention (San Francisco)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
1964 Republican Convention: Revolution from the Right(Smithsonian magazine, August 2008)
http://www.smithsonianmag.com
Audio: Barry Goldwater Speech (American Rhetoric)
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
speeches/barrygoldwater1964rnc.htm
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/conventions/past.goldwater.html
Video: 1964 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Video: CBS News Campaign Coverage - Part One (YouTube)
(Part
Two) (Part
Three) (Part
Four)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LibWvOoG4aI&feature
Video: David Broder Remembers (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1964 Democratic Convention (Atlantic City)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/
Robert Kennedy Speech(Internet Archive / JFK Library)
http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/r082764.htm
Audio: Atlantic City Revisited (Minnesota Public Radio, 2000)
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/
features/200002/11_olsond_mondalelectures/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: Daisy political TV ad (YouTube) (See also: 2008
NYT story)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63h_v6uf0Ao&eurl
Biography of Lyndon B. Johnson (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/lj36.html
Video: Lyndon B. Johnson (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/lbj/video
Video: NBC Newshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347582
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1968 Republican Convention (Miami Beach) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/
Biography of Richard M. Nixon (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rn37.html
Video: Richard M. Nixon (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/nixon/video
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1968 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1968 Democratic Convention (Chicago) 1968: A Convention in Crisis
(Chicago Historical Society)
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/politics/1968.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/
Chicago '68: An Introduction (Dean Blobaum)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1553/
Grooving in Chi (Terry Southern, 1968, Esquire/PBS NewsHour)
http://pbs.org/newshour/convention96/retro/southern.html
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/demconvention/past.1968.html
Audio: Recalling the Mayhem of '68 Convention (Walter Cronkite, NPR, July 23, 2004)
http://www.npr.org
Video: Network TV News Primary Coverage
from June 1968 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMr97_M7okw
Video: CBS News Convention Coverage of "Strong-Arm Tactics" (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EeGV-gKnIM&feature
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: CBS News Convention Coverage that shows "Dan Rather Punched" (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrlYRWD_tnA&feature
Video: NBC Newshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347826
1968 Democratic Convention: The Bosses Strike Back(Smithsonian magazine, August 2008)
http://www.smithsonianmag.com
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1972 Republican Convention (Miami Beach)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1972 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1972 Democratic Convention (Miami Beach)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
George McGovern Acceptance Speech (4president.org)
http://www.4president.org/speeches/mcgovern1972acceptance.htm
Video: CBS/WTOP News Coverage of Election Night (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Cbri5x6vA
Video: NBC Newshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347856
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1976 Republican Convention (Kansas City)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/
Ford's Remarks Accepting Nomination (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Biography of Gerald R. Ford (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html
Video: Gerald R. Ford (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/ford/video
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/conventions/past.reagan_ford.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1976 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Video: Gerald Ford's Speech at Convention (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IRrQZg3FDE
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1976 Democratic Convention (New York City)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/
Audio: Barbara Jordan Keynote Address (American Rhetoric)
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
Biography of Jimmy Carter (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jc39.html
Video: Jimmy Carter (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/carter/video
Video: NBC Newshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347918
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/demconvention/past.1976.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1980 Republican Convention (Detroit)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1980/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Biography of Ronald Reagan (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rr40.html
Video: Ronald Reagan (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/reagan/video
Video: 1980 Ronald Reagan Speech (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmmgVFByeaI
Video: 1980 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1980 Democratic Convention (New York City)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/
Edward M. Kennedy Address (Internet Archive / Kennedy Library)
http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/e081280.htm
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: CBS News Election Night Coverage - Part Three (YouTube)
(Part
One) (Part
Two)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTMpQqDP-nk
Video: NBC Newshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347960
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1984 Republican Convention (Dallas)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/
Biography of Ronald Reagan (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rr40.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1984 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1984 Democratic Convention (San Francisco)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/
Audio: Mario Cuomo Keynote Address (American Rhetoric)
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: ABC News Coverage of Election Night (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh95GHiYD4o&feature=related
Video: CBS News Coverage of Election Night (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e4t1qKGFao&feature=related
Video: NBC Newshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26348014
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1988 Republican Convention (New Orleans)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/
Biography of George Herbert Walker Bush (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gb41.html
Video: George Herbert Walker Bush (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/georgebush/video
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/conventions/past.bushsenior.html
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1988 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1988 Democratic Convention (Atlanta)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/
Audio: Ann Richards Keynote Address (American Rhetoric)
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
speeches/annrichards1988dnc.htm
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/demconvention/past.1988.html
Video: NBC Newshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26348240
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1992 Republican Convention (Houston)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1992 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1992 Democratic Convention (New York City) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1992/
Biography of William J. Clinton (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html
Video: William J. Clinton (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/billclinton/video
Audio: Nomination Acceptance Address (American Rhetoric)
http://americanrhetoric.com/speeches/wjclinton1992dnc.htm
Video: NBC Newshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26348272
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1996 Republican Convention (San Diego)
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1996/
PBS NewsHour http://pbs.org/newshour/
convention96/republican_index.html
San Diego Convention Will Be Scripted for TV(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/
national/longterm/campaign/gopmeet.htm
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1996 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
1996 Democratic Convention (Chicago) The 1996 Democratic National Convention(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1996.html
The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/
A Short History of the Windy City's Selection (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/
chicago/facts/tidbits/chicago.history.shtml
PBS NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/convention96/
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: NBC Newshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26348299
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
2000 Republican Convention (Philadelphia) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2000/
Republican Convention (Democracy in Action)
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/repconv/repconvmain.html
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/library/
politics/camp/whouse/gop.html
CNNhttp://edition.cnn.com/
ELECTION/2000/conventions/republican/
PBS Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/
U.S. News & World Report http://usnews.com/usnews/news/election/gop/
Biography of George W. Bush (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html
Video: George W. Bush (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/georgewbush/video
Political Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 2000 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/
2000 Democratic Convention (Los Angeles) The Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/
Democratic Convention (Democracy in Action)
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/demconv/demconvmain.html
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/library/
politics/camp/whouse/dem.html
CNN http://edition.cnn.com/
ELECTION/2000/conventions/democratic/
Video: CBS News Conventio 
