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This is a list of Republican National Conventions. The quadrennial convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States.
List of Republican National Conventions
Note: Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent presidential election are shaded in pink.
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!Dates
!Year
!Location
!State
!Temporary Chair
!Permanent Chair
!Number of<br>Ballots
!Presidential Nominee
!Vice Presidential Nominee
|-
|June 17–19
|1856
|Musical Fund Hall; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|Pennsylvania
| Robert Emmett of New York
|Henry S. Lane of Indiana
|style="text-align:center" |2
|John C. Frémont of California
|William L. Dayton of New Jersey
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|May 16–18
|1860
|Wigwam; Chicago, Illinois
|Illinois
|David Wilmot of Pennsylvania
|George Ashmun of Massachusetts
|style="text-align:center" |3
| rowspan="2" |Abraham Lincoln of Illinois
|Hannibal Hamlin of Maine
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|June 7–8
|data-sort-value="1864"|1864<sup>1</sup>
|Front Street Theatre; Baltimore, Maryland
|Maryland
|Robert Breckinridge of Kentucky
|William Dennison of Ohio
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Andrew Johnson of Tennessee
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|May 20–21
|data-sort-value="1868"|1868<sup>2</sup>
|Crosby's Opera House; Chicago, Illinois
|Illinois
|Carl Schurz of Missouri
|Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut
|style="text-align:center" |1
| rowspan="2" |Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois
|Schuyler Colfax of Indiana
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|June 5–6
|data-sort-value="1872"|1872<sup>2</sup>
|Academy of Music; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|Pennsylvania
|Morton McMichael of Pennsylvania
|Thomas Settle of North Carolina
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Henry Wilson of Massachusetts
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|June 14–16
|1876
|Exposition Hall; Cincinnati, Ohio
|Ohio
|Theodore M. Pomeroy of New York
|Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania
|style="text-align:center" |7
|Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio*
|William A. Wheeler of New York*
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|June 2–8
|1880
|Interstate Exposition Building; Chicago, Illinois
|Illinois
| colspan="2" |George F. Hoar of Massachusetts
|style="text-align:center" |36
|James A. Garfield of Ohio
|Chester A. Arthur of New York
|-
|June 3–6
|1884
|Exposition Hall; Chicago, Illinois
|Illinois
|John R. Lynch of Mississippi
|John B. Henderson of Missouri
|style="text-align:center" |4
|James G. Blaine of Maine
|John A. Logan of Illinois
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|June 19–25
|1888
|Auditorium Theatre; Chicago, Illinois
|Illinois
|John M. Thurston of Nebraska
|Morris M. Estee of California
|style="text-align:center" |8
|Benjamin Harrison of Ohio*
|Levi P. Morton of New York*
|-
|June 7–10
|1892
|Industrial Exposition Building; Minneapolis, Minnesota
|Minnesota
|J. Sloat Fassett of New York
|William McKinley of Ohio
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Benjamin Harrison of Ohio
|Whitelaw Reid of New York
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|June 16–18
|1896
|St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall; St. Louis, Missouri
|Missouri
|Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana
|John M. Thurston of Nebraska
|style="text-align:center" |1
| rowspan="2" |William McKinley of Ohio
|Garret Hobart of New Jersey
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|June 19–21
|1900
|Convention Hall; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|Pennsylvania
|Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado
|Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Theodore Roosevelt of New York
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|June 21–23
|1904
| rowspan="2" |Chicago Coliseum; Chicago, Illinois
| rowspan="2" |Illinois
|Elihu Root of New York
|Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Theodore Roosevelt of New York
|Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|June 16–19
|1908
|Julius C. Burrows of Michigan
|Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts
|style="text-align:center" |1
|William Howard Taft of Ohio
|James S. Sherman of New York
|-
|June 18–22
|1912
| rowspan="2" |Chicago Coliseum; Chicago, Illinois
| rowspan="2" |Illinois
| colspan="2" |Elihu Root of New York
|style="text-align:center" |1
|William Howard Taft of Ohio
|James S. Sherman of New York<sup>3</sup>
|-
|June 7–10
|1916
| colspan="2" |Warren G. Harding of Ohio
|style="text-align:center" |3
|Charles Evans Hughes of New York
|Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|June 8–12
|1920
|Chicago Coliseum; Chicago, Illinois
|Illinois
| colspan="2" |Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts
|style="text-align:center" |10
|Warren G. Harding of Ohio
|Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|June 10–12
|1924
|Public Auditorium; Cleveland, Ohio
|Ohio
|Theodore E. Burton of Ohio
|Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts
|Charles G. Dawes of Illinois
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|June 12–15
|1928
|Convention Hall; Kansas City, Missouri
|Missouri
|Simeon D. Fess of Ohio
|George H. Moses of New Hampshire
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Herbert Hoover of California
|Charles Curtis of Kansas
|-
|June 14–16
|1932
|Chicago Stadium; Chicago, Illinois
|Illinois
|Lester J. Dickinson of Iowa
|Bertrand Snell of New York
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Herbert Hoover of California
|Charles Curtis of Kansas
|-
|June 9–12
|1936
|Public Auditorium; Cleveland, Ohio
|Ohio
|Frederick Steiwer of Oregon
|Bertrand Snell of New York
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Alf Landon of Kansas
|Frank Knox of Illinois
|-
|June 24–28
|1940
|Convention Hall; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|Pennsylvania
|Harold Stassen of Minnesota
| rowspan="3" |Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts
|style="text-align:center" |6
|Wendell Willkie of New York
|Charles L. McNary of Oregon
|-
|June 26–28
|1944
|Chicago Stadium; Chicago, Illinois
|Illinois
|Earl Warren of California
|style="text-align:center" |1
| rowspan="2" |Thomas E. Dewey of New York
|John W. Bricker of Ohio
|-
|June 21–25
|1948
|Convention Hall; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|Pennsylvania
|Dwight Green of Illinois
|style="text-align:center" |3
|Earl Warren of California
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|July 7–11
|1952
|International Amphitheatre; Chicago, Illinois
|Illinois
|Walter S. Hallanan of West Virginia
| rowspan="2" |Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York
| rowspan="2" |Richard Nixon of California
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|August 20–23
|1956
|Cow Palace; Daly City, California
|California
|William F. Knowland of California
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Dwight D. Eisenhower of Pennsylvania
|-
|July 25–28
|1960
|International Amphitheatre; Chicago, Illinois
|Illinois
|Cecil Underwood of West Virginia
|Charles Halleck of Indiana
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Richard Nixon of California
|Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts
|-
|July 13–16
|1964
|Cow Palace; Daly City, California
|California
|Mark Hatfield of Oregon
|Thruston Morton of Kentucky
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Barry Goldwater of Arizona
|William E. Miller of New York
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|August 5–8
|1968
|Miami Beach Convention Center; Miami Beach, Florida
| rowspan="2" |Florida
|Edward Brooke of Massachusetts
| rowspan="2" |Gerald Ford of Michigan
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Richard Nixon of New York
| rowspan="2" |Spiro Agnew of Maryland
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|August 21–23
|1972
|Miami Beach Convention Center; Miami Beach, Florida<sup>4</sup>
|Ronald Reagan of California
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Richard Nixon of California
|-
|August 16–19
|1976
|Kemper Arena; Kansas City, Missouri
|Missouri
|Bob Dole of Kansas
|John J. Rhodes of Arizona
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Gerald Ford of Michigan
|Bob Dole of Kansas
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|July 14–17
|1980
|Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Michigan
|Michigan
|Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas
|John J. Rhodes of Arizona
|style="text-align:center" |1
| rowspan="2" |Ronald Reagan of California
| rowspan="2" |George H. W. Bush of Texas
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|August 20–23
|1984
|Dallas Convention Center; Dallas, Texas
|Texas
|Howard Baker of Tennessee
| rowspan="2" |Bob Michel of Illinois
|style="text-align:center" |1
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|August 15–18
|1988
|Louisiana Superdome; New Orleans, Louisiana
|Louisiana
|Elizabeth Dole of Kansas
|style="text-align:center" |1
|George H. W. Bush of Texas
|Dan Quayle of Indiana
|-
|August 17–20
|1992
|Astrodome; Houston, Texas
|Texas
|Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas
|Bob Michel of Illinois
|style="text-align:center" |1
|George H. W. Bush of Texas
|Dan Quayle of Indiana
|-
|August 12–15
|1996
|San Diego Convention Center; San Diego, California
|California
|George W. Bush of Texas<br>Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey
|Newt Gingrich of Georgia
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Bob Dole of Kansas
|Jack Kemp of Maryland
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|July 31–August 3
|2000
|First Union Center; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|Pennsylvania
|Trent Lott of Mississippi
| rowspan="2" |Dennis Hastert of Illinois
|style="text-align:center" |1
|George W. Bush of Texas*
|Dick Cheney of Wyoming*
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|August 30–September 2
|2004
|Madison Square Garden; New York City, New York
|New York
|Linda Lingle of Hawaii
|style="text-align:center" |1
|George W. Bush of Texas
|Dick Cheney of Wyoming
|-
|September 1–4
|2008
|Xcel Energy Center; Saint Paul, Minnesota
|Minnesota
| rowspan="2" |Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
| rowspan="2" |John Boehner of Ohio
|style="text-align:center" |1
|John McCain of Arizona
|Sarah Palin of Alaska
|-
|August 27–30
|2012
|Tampa Bay Times Forum; Tampa, Florida
|Florida
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Mitt Romney of Massachusetts
|Paul Ryan of Wisconsin
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|July 18–21
|2016
|Quicken Loans Arena; Cleveland, Ohio
|Ohio
|Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
|Paul Ryan of Wisconsin
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Donald Trump of New York*
|Mike Pence of Indiana*
|- style="background:#"
|August 24–27
|2020
|Charlotte Convention Center; Charlotte, North Carolina (Day 1)<br>Various locations remotely (Days 2–4)<sup>5</sup>
|North Carolina
|Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
|Kevin McCarthy of California
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Donald Trump of Florida
|Mike Pence of Indiana
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|July 15–18
|2024
|Fiserv Forum; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|Wisconsin
|Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
|Mike Johnson of Louisiana
|style="text-align:center" |1
|Donald Trump of Florida
|JD Vance of Ohio
|-
|TBD
|2028
| Toyota Center; Houston, Texas
|Texas
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Won the election despite losing the popular vote. <br>
<sup>1</sup>This convention was known as the National Union Convention.
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<sup>2</sup>This convention was known as the National Union Republican Convention.
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<sup>3</sup>Sherman, who had been elected vice president in 1908, died six days before the 1912 election; he was subsequently replaced as Republican vice-presidential nominee by Nicholas M. Butler of New York.
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<sup>4</sup>Originally scheduled for the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California and for August 14–16.
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<sup>5</sup>Originally scheduled for the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, but the venue was changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keynote speakers
- 1884 – U.S. Representative John R. Lynch of Mississippi (thought to be the first keynote speaker)
- 1916 – U.S. Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio
- 1920 – U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts
- 1924 – U.S. Representative Theodore Burton of Ohio
- 1928 – U.S. Senator Simeon Fess of Ohio
- 1932 – U.S. Senator Lester Dickinson of Iowa
- 1936 – U.S. Senator Frederick Steiwer of Oregon
- 1940 – Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota
- 1944 – Governor Earl Warren of California
- 1948 – Governor Dwight Green of Illinois
- 1952 – General Douglas MacArthur of Wisconsin
- 1956 – Governor Arthur Langlie of Washington
- 1960 – U.S. Representative Walter Judd of Minnesota
- 1964 – Governor Mark Hatfield of Oregon
- 1968 – Governor Daniel Evans of Washington
- 1972 – RNC Co-Chair Anne Armstrong of Texas
- 1976 – U.S. Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee
- 1980 – U.S. Representative Guy Vander Jagt of Michigan
- 1984 – U.S. Treasurer Katherine Ortega of New Mexico
- 1988 – Governor Thomas Kean of New Jersey
- 1992 – U.S. Senator Phil Gramm of Texas
- 1996 – U.S. Representative Susan Molinari of New York
- 2000 – No officially designated keynote speaker; U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona and General Colin Powell of Virginia were featured speakers.
- 2004 – U.S. Senator Zell Miller of Georgia (a Democrat, Miller is first speaker from the opposite party to address a national convention as keynoter)
- 2008 – Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York
- 2012 – Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey
- 2016 – No officially designated keynote speaker; multiple "headliners" each night
- 2020 - U.S. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina
Gallery of convention sites
<gallery class="center">
File:1876_Republican_National_Convention_-_Ohio_(cropped).jpg|Interior of the Exposition Hall of Cincinnati during the 1876 convention
File:The_lives_of_Benjamin_Harrison_and_Levi_P._Morton_(1888)_(14780070521)_(cropped).jpg|Illustration of the 1888 convention
File:1896_RNC.jpg|Inside of the 1896 convention hall
File:Republican_convention_1900.png|1900 Republican convention
File:1904_RNC_opening_prayer.jpg|1904 convention hall during the opening prayer
File:Chicago_Coliseum_1916_Republican_National_Convention.jpg|Coliseum set-up for the 1916 convention
File:Republican_National_Convention,_1920_LCCN2007663528_(cropped1).jpg|Inside the 1920 convention hall
File:1964_Republican_National_Convention.jpg|1964 convention in Daly City, California
File:Pat_Nixon_speaking_at_Republican_National_Convention.jpg|First Lady Pat Nixon addresses the 1972 convention
File:Photograph_of_Ronald_Reagan_giving_his_Acceptance_Speech_at_the_Republican_National_Convention,_Detroit,_MI_-_NARA_-_198599.jpg|Ronald Reagan giving his 1980 acceptance speech
File:1988_RNC_2924.jpg|George Bush is joined by his running mate and family at the 1988 convention
File:2004_GOP_presidential_candidates.jpg|Laura and George Bush with Dick and Lynne Cheney during the 2004 convention
File:Rudy Giuliani, Former Republican Presidential candidate and Mayor of New York, at the podium in the Xcel Center, St. Paul, Minnesota LCCN2010719271.jpg|Floor of the 2008 convention.
File:2012 RNC Venue.jpg|2012 convention
File:Ted Cruz 2016 RNC (3).jpg|2016 convention
</gallery>
See also
- Bibliography of the history of the Republican Party
- List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets
- List of presidential nominating conventions in the United States
- List of Democratic National Conventions
- List of Whig National Conventions
- United States presidential election
- United States presidential primary
References
External links
- Republican Party platforms at The American Presidency Project
- Republican Party candidate nomination speeches at The American Presidency Project