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Lists of political party conventions

Major party conventions

Presidential winner in bold.

The right-hand column shows nominations by notable conventions not shown elsewhere (as Democratic, Republican, Socialist, Socialist Labor, Prohibition, Anti-Masonic, Liberty, Free Soil, American, Constitution, Libertarian or Green). Some of the nominees (e.g. the Whigs before 1860 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1912) received very large votes, while others who received less than 1% of the total national popular vote are listed to show historical continuity or transition. Many important candidates are not shown here because they were never endorsed by a national party convention (e.g. William Henry Harrison in 1836, George C. Wallace in 1968, John B. Anderson in 1980 and Ross Perot in 1992). Note that there is no organizational continuity between the American Parties of 1856 and 1972, the Union Parties of 1860, 1864 and 1936, or the Progressive Parties of 1912-16, 1924 and 1948-52.

Elec- tion	Democratic convention	Democratic nominee	Republican convention	Republican nominee	Other conventions	Other nominations
1832	Baltimore	Andrew Jackson			Baltimore (National Rep.)	Henry Clay
1836	Baltimore	Martin Van Buren
1840	Baltimore	Martin Van Buren			Harrisburg, Pa. (Whig)	William H. Harrison
1844	Baltimore	James K. Polk			Baltimore (Whig)	Henry Clay
1848	Baltimore	Lewis Cass			Baltimore (Whig)	Zachary Taylor
1852	Baltimore	Franklin Pierce			Baltimore (Whig)	Winfield Scott
1856	Cincinnati	James Buchanan	Philadelphia	John C. Frémont	Baltimore (Whig)	Millard Fillmore
1860	Charleston and Baltimore (Democratic & Southern Democratic)	Stephen Douglas (Northern Dem.) and John C. Breckinridge (Southern Dem.)	Chicago	Abraham Lincoln	Baltimore (Constitutional Union)	John Bell
1864	Chicago	George B. McClellan	Baltimore (National Union)	Abraham Lincoln	Cleveland (Radical Democracy)	John C. Frémont — withdrew in Sept.
1868	New York City	Horatio Seymour	Chicago	Ulysses S. Grant
1872	Baltimore	Horace Greeley	Philadelphia	Ulysses S. Grant	Cincinnati (Liberal Rep.)	Horace Greeley
1876	St. Louis	Samuel J. Tilden	Cincinnati	Rutherford B. Hayes	Indianapolis (Greenback)	Peter Cooper
1880	Cincinnati	Winfield S. Hancock	Chicago	James A. Garfield	Chicago (Greenback)	James B. Weaver
1884	Chicago	Grover Cleveland	Chicago	James G. Blaine	Indianapolis (Greenback)	Benjamin F. Butler
1888	St. Louis	Grover Cleveland	Chicago	Benjamin Harrison	Cincinnati (Union Labor)	Alson Streeter
1892	Chicago	Grover Cleveland	Minneapolis	Benjamin Harrison	Omaha (People's)	James B. Weaver
1896	Chicago	William Jennings Bryan	St. Louis	William McKinley	St. Louis (People's)	William J. Bryan
1900	Kansas City	William Jennings Bryan	Philadelphia	William McKinley	Cincinnati (People's)	Wharton Barker
1904	St. Louis	Alton B. Parker	Chicago	Theodore Roosevelt	Indianapolis (People's)	Thomas E. Watson
1908	Denver	William Jennings Bryan	Chicago	William Howard Taft	Chicago (Independence)	Thomas Hisgen
1912	Baltimore	Woodrow Wilson	Chicago	William Howard Taft	Chicago (Progressive)	Theodore Roosevelt
1916	St. Louis	Woodrow Wilson	Chicago	Charles Evans Hughes	Chicago (Progressive)	Theodore Roosevelt — declined
1920	San Francisco	James M. Cox	Chicago	Warren G. Harding	Chicago (Farmer-Labor)	Parley P. Christensen
1924	New York City	John W. Davis	Cleveland	Calvin Coolidge	Cincinnati (Progressive)	Robert La Follette
1928	Houston	Alfred E. Smith	Kansas City	Herbert Hoover
1932	Chicago	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Chicago	Herbert Hoover
1936	Philadelphia	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Cleveland	Alfred Landon	Cleveland (Union Party)	William Lemke
1940	Chicago	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Philadelphia	Wendell Willkie
1944	Chicago	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Chicago	Thomas Dewey
1948	Philadelphia	Harry S. Truman	Philadelphia	Thomas Dewey	Philadelphia (Progressive); Birmingham, Alabama (States' Rights Dem.)	Henry A. Wallace (Progressive); Strom Thurmond (States' Rights)
1952	Chicago	Adlai Stevenson	Chicago	Dwight Eisenhower	Chicago (Progressive)	Vincent Hallinan
1956	Chicago	Adlai Stevenson	San Francisco	Dwight Eisenhower	Richmond, Virginia (States' Rights)	T. Coleman Andrews
1960	Los Angeles	John F. Kennedy	Chicago	Richard Nixon	Dayton, Ohio (National States' Rights)	Orval Faubus
1964	Atlantic City	Lyndon B. Johnson	San Francisco	Barry Goldwater
1968	Chicago	Hubert Humphrey	Miami Beach	Richard Nixon
1972	Miami Beach	George McGovern	Miami Beach	Richard Nixon	Louisville, Ky (American)	John G. Schmitz
1976	New York City	Jimmy Carter	Kansas City	Gerald Ford
1980	New York City	Jimmy Carter	Detroit	Ronald Reagan
1984	San Francisco	Walter Mondale	Dallas	Ronald Reagan
1988	Atlanta	Michael S. Dukakis	New Orleans	George H. W. Bush
1992	New York City	Bill Clinton	Houston	George H. W. Bush
1996	Chicago	Bill Clinton	San Diego	Bob Dole	Long Beach & Valley Forge, Pa. (Reform)	H. Ross Perot
2000	Los Angeles	Al Gore	Philadelphia	George W. Bush	Long Beach (Reform)	Patrick Buchanan
2004	Boston	John Kerry	New York City	George W. Bush
2008	Denver	Barack Obama	St. Paul, Minn.	John McCain

Third party conventions since 1872

Prohibition and socialist parties

The Prohibition Party was organized in 1869. The Socialist Party of America (1901-1972) resulted from a merger of the Social Democratic Party (founded 1898) with dissenting members of the Socialist Labor Party (founded 1876). The Socialist Party of America stopped running its own candidates for President after 1956, but a minority of SP members who disagreed with this policy broke away in 1972-73 to form the Socialist Party USA (SPUSA).

Elec- tion	Prohibition Party convention	Prohibition Party nominee	Socialist Labor Party convention	Socialist Labor Party nominee	Socialist Party [or SDP] convention	Socialist Party [or SDP] nominee
1872	Columbus, Ohio	James Black
1876	Cleveland, Ohio	Green Clay Smith
1880	Cleveland	Neal Dow
1884	Pittsburgh, Penna	John P. St. John .
1888	Indianapolis, Ind.	Clinton B. Fisk
1892	Cincinnati, Ohio	John Bidwell	New York City	Simon Wing
1896	Pittsburgh	Joshua Levering	New York City	Charles Matchett
1900	Chicago, Illinois	John G. Woolley	New York City	Joseph F. Malloney	Indianapolis (Social Democratic Party)	Eugene V. Debs
1904	Indianapolis	Silas C. Swallow	New York City	Charles H. Corregan	Chicago	Eugene V. Debs
1908	Columbus	Eugene W. Chafin	New York City	August Gillhaus	Chicago	Eugene V. Debs
1912	Atlantic City, N.J.	Eugene W. Chafin	New York City	Arthur E. Reimer	Indianapolis	Eugene V. Debs
1916	St. Paul, Minn.	J. Frank Hanly	New York City	Arthur E. Reimer	(mail ballot)
1920	Lincoln, Nebraska	Aaron Watkins	New York City	William Wesley Cox	New York City	Eugene V. Debs
1924	Columbus	Herman P. Faris	New York City	Frank T. Johns	Cleveland	Robert La Follette, Sr. (Progressive)
1928	Chicago	William F. Varney	New York City	Verne L. Reynolds	New York City	Norman Thomas
1932	Indianapolis	William D. Upshaw	New York City	Verne L. Reynolds	Milwaukee, Wisc.	Norman Thomas
1936	Niagara Falls, N.Y	D. Leigh Colvin	New York City	John W. Aiken	Cleveland	Norman Thomas
1940	Chicago	Roger W. Babson	New York City	John W. Aiken	Washington, D.C.	Norman Thomas
1944	Indianapolis	Claude A. Watson	New York City	Edward A. Teichert	Reading, Penna.	Norman Thomas
1948	Winona Lake, Ind.	Claude A. Watson	New York City	Edward A. Teichert	Reading	Norman Thomas
1952	Indianapolis	Stuart Hamblen	New York City	Eric Hass	Cleveland	Darlington Hoopes
1956	Milford, Indiana	Enoch A. Holtwick	New York City	Eric Hass	Chicago	Darlington Hoopes
1960	Winona Lake	Rutherford Decker	New York City	Eric Hass
1964	E. Harold Munn	Chicago	New York City	Eric Hass
1968	Detroit, Mich.	E. Harold Munn	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Henning A. Blomen
1972	Wichita, Kansas	E. Harold Munn	Detroit	Louis Fisher
1976	Wheat Ridge, Colo.	Benjamin C. Bubar	Southfield, Mich.	Jules Levin	Milwaukee (SPUSA)	Frank P. Zeidler
1980	Birmingham, Alab.	Benjamin C. Bubar			Milwaukee (SPUSA)	David McReynolds
1984	Mandan, North Dakota	Earl Dodge			Milwaukee (SPUSA)	Sonia Johnson (Citizens' Party)
1988	Springfield, Illinois	Earl Dodge			Milwuakee (SPUSA)	Willa Kenoyer
1992	Minneapolis, Minn.	Earl Dodge			Milwuakee (SPUSA)	J. Quinn Brisben
1996	Denver, Colorado	Earl Dodge			Milwuakee (SPUSA)	Mary Cal Hollis
2000	Bird-in-Hand, Penna	Earl Dodge			Milwuakee (SPUSA)	David McReynolds
2004	Fairfield Glade, Tenn.	Gene Amondson			Chicago (SPUSA)	Walt Brown
2008	Indianapolis	Gene Amondson			St. Louis (SPUSA)	Brian Moore

Libertarian, Citizens', Green and Constitution Parties

In 1999, the United States Taxpayers' Party changed its name to the Constitution Party. There is no direct organizational connection between the former Citizens' Party and the Green Party.

Elec- tion	Libertarian convention	Libertarian nominee	Citizens' or Green Party convention	Citizens' or Green Party nomineee	U.S. Taxpayers' or Constitution Party convention	Taxpayers' or Constitution Party nominee
1972	Denver, Colo.	John Hospers
1976	Washington, D.C.	Roger MacBride
1980	Washington	Ed Clark	Cleveland, Oh. (Citizens)	Barry Commoner
1984	Washington	David Bergland	St. Paul, Minn. (Citizens)	Sonia Johnson
1988	Washington	Ron Paul
1992	Washington	André Marrou			New Orleans, La. (USTP)	Howard Phillips
1996	Washington	Harry Browne	Los Angeles (Green)	Ralph Nader	San Diego, Calif. (USTP)	Howard Phillips
2000	Anaheim, Calif.	Harry Browne	Los Angeles (Green)	Ralph Nader	St. Louis, Mo. (Const.)	Howard Phillips
2004	Atlanta, Georgia	Michael Badnarik	Milwaukee, Wis. (Green)	David Cobb	New Orleans (Const.)	Michael Peroutka
2008	Denver	Bob Barr	Chicago (Green)	Cynthia McKinney	Kansas City, Mo. (Const.)	Chuck Baldwin

Constitution, Citizens', Green and Libertarian Parties

In 1999, the United States Taxpayers' Party changed its name to the Constitution Party. There is no direct organizational connection between the former Citizens' Party and the Green Party.

Elec- tion	U.S. Taxpayers' or Constitution Party convention	Taxpayers' or Constitution Party nominee	Citizens' or Green Party convention	Citizens' or Green Party nomineee	Libertarian convention	Libertarian nominee
1972					Denver, Colo.	John Hospers
1976					Washington, D.C.	Roger MacBride
1980			Cleveland, Oh. (Citizens)	Barry Commoner	Washington	Ed Clark
1984			St. Paul, Minn. (Citizens)	Sonia Johnson	Washington	David Bergland
1988					Washington	Ron Paul
1992	New Orleans, La. (USTP)	Howard Phillips			Washington	André Marrou
1996	San Diego, Calif. (USTP)	Howard Phillips	Los Angeles (Green)	Ralph Nader	Washington	Harry Browne
2000	St. Louis, Mo. (Const.)	Howard Phillips	Los Angeles (Green)	Ralph Nader	Anaheim, Calif.	Harry Browne
2004	New Orleans (Const.)	Michael Peroutka	Milwaukee, Wis. (Green)	David Cobb	Atlanta, Georgia	Michael Badnarik
2008	Kansas City, Mo. (Const.)	Chuck Baldwin	Chicago (Green)	Cynthia McKinney	Denver	Bob Barr

Communist, Workers' and Socialist Workers' Parties

Election	Communist Party convention	Communist nominee	SWP convention	SWP nominee
1924	Chicago [Workers Party]	William Z. Foster
1928	New York City [Workers (Communist) Party]	William Z. Foster
1932	Chicago	William Z. Foster
1936	New York City	Earl Browder
1940	New York City	Earl Browder
1944
1948	New York City	Henry A. Wallace (Progressive)	New York City	Farrell Dobbs
1952		Vincent Hallinan (Prog.)	New York City	Farrell Dobbs
1956			New York City	Farrell Dobbs
1960				Farrell Dobbs
1964			New York City	Clifton DeBerry
1968	New York City	Charlene Mitchell	New York City	Fred Halstead
1972	New York City	Gus Hall	Detroit, Michigan	Linda Jenness
1976	Chicago	Gus Hall		Peter Camejo
1980	Detroit	Gus Hall	Oberlin, Ohio	Andrew Pulley
1984	Cleveland, Ohio	Gus Hall	New York	Melvin T. Mason
1988			New York	James Warren
1992			Chicago	James Warren
1996				James Harris
2000				James Harris
2004				Róger Calero
2008				Róger Calero