List of Republican National Conventions

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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.

Year Location Presidential Nominee Vice Presidential Nominee
1856 Musical Fund Hall; Philadelphia John C. Frémont of California William L. Dayton of New Jersey
1860 The Wigwam; Chicago Abraham Lincoln of Illinois Hannibal Hamlin of Maine
18641 Front Street Theatre; Baltimore Abraham Lincoln of Illinois Andrew Johnson of Tennessee
18682 Crosby's Opera House; Chicago Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois Schuyler Colfax of Indiana
1872 Academy of Music; Philadelphia Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois Henry Wilson of Massachusetts
1876 Exposition Hall; Cincinnati Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio William A. Wheeler of New York
1880 Exposition Hall; Chicago James A. Garfield of Ohio Chester A. Arthur of New York
1884 Exposition Building; Chicago James G. Blaine of Maine John A. Logan of Illinois
1888 Auditorium; Chicago Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Levi P. Morton of New York
1892 Industrial Exposition Building; Minneapolis Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Whitelaw Reid of New York
1896 Exposition Building; Saint Louis William McKinley of Ohio Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey
1900 Convention Hall; Philadelphia William McKinley of Ohio Theodore Roosevelt of New York
1904 Chicago Coliseum; Chicago Theodore Roosevelt of New York Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana
1908 Chicago Coliseum; Chicago William Howard Taft of Ohio James S. Sherman of New York
1912 Chicago Coliseum; Chicago William Howard Taft of Ohio James S. Sherman of New York3
1916 Chicago Coliseum; Chicago Charles Evans Hughes of New York Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana
1920 Chicago Coliseum; Chicago Warren G. Harding of Ohio Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts
1924 Auditorium; Cleveland Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts Charles G. Dawes of Illinois
1928 Convention Hall; Kansas City Herbert C. Hoover of California Charles Curtis of Kansas
1932 Chicago Stadium; Chicago Herbert C. Hoover of California Charles Curtis of Kansas
1936 Auditorium; Cleveland Alfred M. Landon of Kansas Frank Knox of Illinois
1940 Auditorium; Philadelphia Wendell L. Willkie of New York Charles L. McNary of Oregon
1944 Chicago Stadium; Chicago Thomas E. Dewey of New York John W. Bricker of Ohio
1948 Auditorium; Philadelphia Thomas E. Dewey of New York Earl Warren of California
1952 International Amphitheatre; Chicago Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York Richard M. Nixon of California
1956 Cow Palace; San Francisco Dwight D. Eisenhower of Pennsylvania Richard M. Nixon of California
1960 International Amphitheatre; Chicago Richard M. Nixon of California Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. of Massachusetts
1964 Cow Palace; San Francisco Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona William E. Miller of New York
1968 Convention Center; Miami Beach Richard M. Nixon of New York Spiro T. Agnew of Maryland
1972 Convention Center; Miami Beach Richard M. Nixon of California Spiro T. Agnew of Maryland
1976 Kemper Arena; Kansas City Gerald R. Ford of Michigan Robert J. Dole of Kansas
1980 Joe Louis Arena; Detroit Ronald W. Reagan of California George H. W. Bush of Texas
1984 Reunion Arena; Dallas Ronald W. Reagan of California George H. W. Bush of Texas
1988 Superdome; New Orleans George H. W. Bush of Texas J. Danforth Quayle of Indiana
1992 Astrodome; Houston George H. W. Bush of Texas J. Danforth Quayle of Indiana
1996 San Diego Convention Center; San Diego Robert J. Dole of Kansas Jack Kemp of New York
2000 First Union Center; Philadelphia George W. Bush of Texas Richard B. Cheney of Wyoming
2004 Madison Square Garden; New York George W. Bush of Texas Richard B. Cheney of Wyoming
2008 Xcel Energy Center; Minneapolis-St. Paul - -

1 This convention was known as the National Union Convention.
2 This convention was known as the Union-Republican Party Convention.
3 Sherman died days before the election, and was replaced as Republican vice presidential nominee by Nicholas M. Butler of New York.

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