August 28, 2012
The 40th Republican National Convention is convening this week in Tampa, Florida. Today, the delegates officially made MITT ROMNEY the 2012 Republican nominee for President of the United States.
The 1st Republican convention was held in July 1856 just 2 years after the party was founded.
The delegates, meeting at MUSICAL FUND HALL in Philadelphia, chose John C. Fremont as their presidential nominee.
Musical Fund Hall
808 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA
Photo by George A. Eisenman, 1976
The Republicans also included the following plank in their platform:
It is the duty of Congress to prohibit in the (western) territories, these twin relics of barbarism: polygamy & slavery.
Although Fremont lost in the general election to Democrat James Buchanan, the Republicans would nominate a winner 4 years later. His name was Abraham Lincoln.
JULY 28, 1960
NIXON ACCEPTS REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, WARNS VOTERS OF DANGERS OF NEW FRONTIER
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) Tonight Vice-President Richard M. Nixon gave his acceptance speech as the Presidential nominee of the Republican Party.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., who Senator Kennedy defeated in Massachusetts in 1952, won the Vice-Presidential nomination.
The Vice-President characterized it as "the greatest moment of my life."
Mr. Nixon asked Americans to cast their votes in November based on what the candidates say, what they believe & on "who is best qualified to lead America & the free world in this critical period."
In the nationally televised speech, the Republican nominee quoted Republicans Abraham Lincoln & Theodore Roosevelt & Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
The Vice-President warned that Senator John F. Kennedy's New Frontier program will "wreck the economy & dash our people's hopes for a better life."
Mr. Nixon went on to promise to campaign "in every one of the fifty states."
Vice-President Nixon &
Vice-President Elect Johnson
January 20, 1961
Photo by Robert L. Knudsen
JFK Library Image
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., who Senator Kennedy defeated in Massachusetts in 1952, won the Vice-Presidential nomination.
The Vice-President characterized it as "the greatest moment of my life."
Mr. Nixon asked Americans to cast their votes in November based on what the candidates say, what they believe & on "who is best qualified to lead America & the free world in this critical period."
In the nationally televised speech, the Republican nominee quoted Republicans Abraham Lincoln & Theodore Roosevelt & Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
The Vice-President warned that Senator John F. Kennedy's New Frontier program will "wreck the economy & dash our people's hopes for a better life."
Mr. Nixon went on to promise to campaign "in every one of the fifty states."
Vice-President Nixon &
Vice-President Elect Johnson
January 20, 1961
Photo by Robert L. Knudsen
JFK Library Image
