List of Republican National Conventions

This is a list of Republican National Conventions. The quadrennial convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States. (Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent presidential election are tinted in light red.)

Dates	Location	Temporary Chairman	Permanent Chairman	Platform	# of Ballots	Presidential Nominee [acceptance speech]	Vice Presidential Nominee
June 17–19, 1856	Musical Fund Hall; Philadelphia	Robert Emmett of New York	Henry S. Lane of Indiana	1856 platform	2	John C. Frémont of California	William L. Dayton of New Jersey
May 16–18, 1860	The Wigwam; Chicago	David Wilmot of Pennsylvania	George Ashmun of Massachusetts	1860 platform	3	Abraham Lincoln of Illinois	Hannibal Hamlin of Maine
June 7–8, 18641	Front Street Theatre; Baltimore	Robert J. Breckinridge of Kentucky	William Dennison of Ohio	1864 platform	1	Pres. Abraham Lincoln of Illinois	Andrew Johnson of Tennessee
May 20–21, 18682	Crosby's Opera House; Chicago	Carl Schurz of Missouri	Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut	1868 platform	1	Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois	Schuyler Colfax of Indiana
June 5–6, 18722	Academy of Music; Philadelphia	Morton McMichael of Pennsylvania	Thomas Settle of North Carolina	1872 platform	1	Pres. Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois	Henry Wilson of Massachusetts
June 14–16, 1876	Exposition Hall; Cincinnati	Theodore M. Pomeroy of New York	Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania	1876 platform	7	Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio	William A. Wheeler of New York
June 2–8, 1880	Interstate Exposition Building; Chicago	George F. Hoar of Massachusetts		1880 platform	36	James A. Garfield of Ohio	Chester A. Arthur of New York
June 3–6, 1884	Exposition Hall; Chicago	John R. Lynch of Mississippi	John B. Henderson of Missouri	1884 platform	4	James G. Blaine of Maine	John A. Logan of Illinois
June 19–25, 1888	Auditorium Theatre; Chicago	John M. Thurston of Nebraska	Morris M. Estee of California		8	Benjamin Harrison of Indiana	Levi P. Morton of New York
June 7–10, 1892	Industrial Exposition Building; Minneapolis	J. Sloat Fassett of New York	William McKinley of Ohio	1892 platform	1	Pres. Benjamin Harrison of Indiana	Whitelaw Reid of New York
June 16–18, 1896	St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall	Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana	John M. Thurston of Nebraska	1896 platform	1	William McKinley of Ohio	Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey
June 19–21, 1900	Convention Hall; Philadelphia	Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado	Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts	1900 platform	1	Pres. William McKinley of Ohio	Theodore Roosevelt of New York
June 21–23, 1904	Chicago Coliseum	Elihu Root of New York	Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois	1904 platform	1	Pres. Theodore Roosevelt of New York	Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana
June 16–19, 1908		Julius C. Burrows of Michigan	Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts	1908 platform	1	William Howard Taft of Ohio	James S. Sherman of New York
June 18–22, 1912		Elihu Root of New York		1912 platform	1	Pres. William Howard Taft of Ohio	V.P. James S. Sherman of New York3
June 7–10, 1916		Warren G. Harding of Ohio			3	Charles Evans Hughes of New York	Ex-V.P. Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana
June 8–12, 1920		Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts		1920 platform	10	Warren G. Harding of Ohio	Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts
June 10–12, 1924	Public Auditorium; Cleveland	Theodore E. Burton of Ohio	Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming	1924 platform	1	Pres. Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts	Charles G. Dawes of Illinois
June 12–15, 1928	Convention Hall; Kansas City	Simeon D. Fess of Ohio	George H. Moses of New Hampshire	1928 platform	1	Herbert C. Hoover of California	Charles Curtis of Kansas
June 14–16, 1932	Chicago Stadium	Lester J. Dickinson of Iowa	Bertrand Snell of New York	1932 platform	1	Pres. Herbert C. Hoover of California	V.P. Charles Curtis of Kansas
June 9–12, 1936	Public Auditorium; Cleveland	Frederick Steiwer of Oregon		1936 platform	1	Alfred M. Landon of Kansas	Frank Knox of Illinois
June 24–28, 1940	Convention Hall; Philadelphia	Harold Stassen of Minnesota	Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts	1940 platform	6	Wendell L. Willkie of New York (speech)	Charles L. McNary of Oregon
June 26–28, 1944	Chicago Stadium	Earl Warren of California		1944 platform	1	Thomas E. Dewey of New York (speech)	John W. Bricker of Ohio
June 21–25, 1948	Convention Hall; Philadelphia	Dwight Green of Illinois		1948 platform	3	Thomas E. Dewey of New York (speech)	Earl Warren of California
July 7–11, 1952	International Amphitheatre; Chicago	Walter S. Hallanan of West Virginia		1952 platform	1	Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York (speech)	Richard M. Nixon of California
August 20–23, 1956	Cow Palace; Daly City (San Francisco)	William F. Knowland of California		1956 platform	1	Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower of Pennsylvania (speech)	V.P. Richard M. Nixon of California
July 25–28, 1960	International Amphitheatre; Chicago	Cecil Underwood of West Virginia	Charles Halleck of Indiana	1960 platform	1	V.P. Richard M. Nixon of California (speech)	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. of Massachusetts
July 13–16, 1964	Cow Palace; San Francisco	Mark Hatfield of Oregon	Thruston Morton of Kentucky	1964 platform	1	Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona (speech)	William E. Miller of New York
August 5–8, 1968	Miami Beach Convention Center	Edward Brooke of Massachusetts	Gerald Ford of Michigan	1968 platform	1	Ex-V.P. Richard M. Nixon of New York (speech)	Spiro T. Agnew of Maryland
August 21–23, 1972	Miami Beach Convention Center	Ronald Reagan of California		1972 platform	1	Pres. Richard M. Nixon of California (speech)	V.P. Spiro T. Agnew of Maryland
August 16–19, 1976	Kemper Arena; Kansas City	Robert J. Dole of Kansas	John J. Rhodes of Arizona	1976 platform	1	Pres. Gerald R. Ford of Michigan (speech)	Robert J. Dole of Kansas
July 14–17, 1980	Joe Louis Arena; Detroit	Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas		1980 platform	1	Ronald W. Reagan of California (speech)	George H. W. Bush of Texas
August 20–23, 1984	Reunion Arena; Dallas	Howard Baker of Tennessee	Robert Michel of Illinois	1984 platform	1	Pres. Ronald W. Reagan of California (speech)	V.P. George H. W. Bush of Texas
August 15–18, 1988	Louisiana Superdome; New Orleans	Elizabeth Dole of Kansas		1988 platform	1	V.P. George H. W. Bush of Texas (speech)	Dan Quayle of Indiana
August 17–20, 1992	Astrodome; Houston	Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas		1992 platform	1	Pres. George H. W. Bush of Texas (speech)	V.P. Dan Quayle of Indiana
August 12–15, 1996	San Diego Convention Center	George W. Bush of Texas and Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey	Newt Gingrich of Georgia	1996 platform	1	Robert J. Dole of Kansas (speech)	Jack Kemp of Maryland
July 31–August 3, 2000	First Union Center; Philadelphia	Trent Lott of Mississippi	Dennis Hastert of Illinois	2000 platform	1	George W. Bush of Texas (speech)	Richard B. Cheney of Wyoming
August 30–September 2, 2004	Madison Square Garden; New York	Linda Lingle of Hawaii		2004 platform	1	Pres. George W. Bush of Texas (speech)	V.P. Richard B. Cheney of Wyoming
September 1–4, 2008	Xcel Energy Center; St. Paul	Mitch McConnell of Kentucky	John Boehner of Ohio	2008 platform	1	John McCain of Arizona (speech)	Sarah L. Palin of Alaska
August 27–30, 2012	Tampa Bay Times Forum; Tampa			2012 platform	1	Mitt Romney of Massachusetts (speech)	Paul Ryan of Wisconsin
July 18–21, 2016	Quicken Loans Arena; Cleveland

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

Keynote Speakers

• 1884 - U.S. Rep. John R. Lynch, Mississippi (thought to be the first keynote speaker)
• 1916 - U.S. Sen. Warren G. Harding, Ohio
• 1920 - U.S. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts
• 1924 - U.S. Rep. Theodore Burton, Ohio
• 1928 - U.S. Sen. Simeon Fess, Ohio
• 1932 - U.S. Sen. Lester Dickinson, Iowa
• 1936 - U.S. Sen. Frederick Steiwer, Oregon
• 1940 - Gov. Harold Stassen, Minnesota
• 1944 - Gov. Earl Warren, California
• 1948 - Gov. Dwight Green, Illinois
• 1952 - Douglas MacArthur, Wisconsin, retired U.S. Army general
• 1956 - Gov. Arthur Langlie, Washington
• 1960 - U.S. Rep. Walter Judd, Minnesota
• 1964 - Gov. Mark Hatfield, Oregon
• 1968 - Gov. Daniel Evans, Washington
• 1972 - Anne Armstrong, Texas, co-chair of the Republican National Committee
• 1976 - U.S. Sen. Howard Baker, Tennessee
• 1980 - U.S. Rep. Guy Vander Jagt, Michigan
• 1984 - U.S. Treasurer Katherine Ortega, New Mexico
• 1988 - Gov. Thomas Kean, New Jersey
• 1992 - U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm, Texas
• 1996 - U.S. Rep. Susan Molinari, New York
• 2000 - No officially-designated keynote speaker; U.S. Sen. John McCain, Arizona and Colin Powell, Virginia, retired U.S. Army general, were featured speakers.
• 2004 - U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, D-Georgia. (first speaker from the opposite party to address a national convention as keynoter)
• 2008 - Rudy Giuliani, New York, former Mayor of New York City
• 2012 - Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey

See also

• References regarding the United States Republican Party
• U.S. presidential election
• U.S. presidential primary
• List of Democratic National Conventions
• List of Whig National Conventions
• 2012 Republican National Convention