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A look at past Democratic National Conventions From 1924’s nomination of John W. Davis and the unrest of the 1964 and 1968 events, to Al Gore’s memorable kiss and the 2008 nomination of Barack Obama, who would become the first black U.S. president, here’s a glimpse at some of the most consequential and memorable Democratic National Conventions.
The 1924 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York ran from June 24 to July 9, with a record 103 ballots to choose a presidential candidate. John W. Davis won the party's nomination, beating the front runner, Al Smith.
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Seated in an official car for the 1932 Democratic National Convention, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt waves his hat in Chicago. Roosevelt was traveling to Chicago Stadium to address the conclave that nominated him as the party’s presidential candidate. Behind the governor, leaning forward in hat, is Louis Howe, an adviser to the nominee. At left, behind Howe, is James A. Farley, a campaign manager.
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Eleanor Roosevelt speaks to the 1940 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Sign-carrying marchers protest at the main entrance to Philadelphia’s Convention Hall as delegates assemble for the first session of the 1948 Democratic National Convention.
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Harry S. Truman accepts his presidential nomination at the 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
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Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson addresses the 1952 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Sen. John F. Kennedy (Mass.) tells Democratic convention delegates, "We will carry the fight to the people in the fall and we shall win," during a brief appearance at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, where he was nominated in 1960 as the party's presidential candidate.
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Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, known for his support of racial segregation issues, speaks to the Democratic Platform Committee during the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City.
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks before the Credentials Committee of the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City in an effort to win accreditation for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
as the state’s delegation. The group, composed almost entirely of African Americans, was opposed by Mississippi’s all-white delegation.
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Members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party jam one of the entrances to Atlantic City's Convention Hall in an effort to attend the second session of 1964’s Democratic National Convention. Police kept them out, citing the fact that they didn't have proper credentials.
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Seats assigned to Mississippi's delegation to the 1964 Democratic National Convention remain unoccupied just before start of the convention's second session in Atlantic City. The state’s all-white delegation announced it was going home rather than accepting a compromise in the fight over whether it or a competing black delegation should be seated. The black group also rejected the compromise.
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This is the view President Lyndon B. Johnson and his guests had of the closing session of the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. From left: Ethel Kennedy and her husband, Robert F. Kennedy; Lady Bird Johnson and the president; Muriel Humphrey, wife of Hubert Humphrey; Luci Johnson; and Lynda Johnson.
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Members of the regular Georgia delegation bearing posters of their governor, Lester G. Maddox, leave the floor of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Their walkout came after the convention voted to seat all members of two rival Georgia slates and divide the state's votes between the two groups.
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The Rev. Channing Phillips, the first African American nominated for president, is shown during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He was a member of the D.C. delegation.
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Eddie Anderson of Los Angeles tries to burn his delegate card on the floor of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The convention voted down the attempt of a rival Georgia delegation to unseat the delegation headed by Gov. Lester G. Maddox. Anderson succeeded in charring only the end of the plastic card.
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A demonstrator confronts National Guard troops outside Chicago's Hilton Hotel during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The troops were called in to relieve police who had been assigned to the area.
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An estimated 9,000 antiwar demonstrators gather in Chicago’s Grant Park with the announced intention of marching on the site of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the International Amphitheatre. Police, who had warned protestors that the march would not be permitted, moved into the crowd while swinging clubs and were showered with rocks, bottles and trash in return.
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Chicago police officers confront a demonstrator at Grant Park in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
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Vice President Hubert Humphrey, left, and Sen. Edmund S. Muskie (Maine) share the stage at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago following their nomination for president and vice president, respectively.
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Actress Shirley MacLaine and I.E. Brown Jr., co-chairman of the California delegation to the 1972 Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach, display their approval as Sen. George McGovern (S.D.) receives the party’s presidential nomination.
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Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton (Mo.), the vice presidential nominee, and Sen. George McGovern (S.D.), the presidential nominee, stand before the delegates to the 1972 Democratic National Convention during the final session in Miami Beach. Eagleton was dropped from the ticket after the revelation that he had undergone electroconvulsive treatment for depression.
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Former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter and Sen. Walter Mondale (Minn.), the party’s nominees, salute the 1976 Democratic National Convention, held in New York.
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Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton speaks at the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York.
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (Mass.) responds to the applause at the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York. After being defeated in his bid for the presidential nomination by President Jimmy Carter, Kennedy called for party unity.
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Vice President Walter Mondale, the party’s presidential nominee, and his running mate, Rep. Geraldine Ferraro (N.Y.), wave from the stage at the conclusion of the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. In background are Mondale's children, from left, Eleanor, Ted and William Mondale. Ferraro was the first woman to run for U.S. vice president on a major party ticket.
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Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis heads to accepts the presidential nomination at the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta.
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First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton address the 1996 National Democratic Convention in Chicago's United Center.
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Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, right, and his running mate, Sen. Al Gore (Tenn.) , raise joined hands at the end of the 1992 Democratic National Convention in New York. Clinton and Gore accepted their party's nomination before supporters at Madison Square Garden.
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James Brady, former White House press secretary, takes the first steps back to his wheelchair after addressing the delegations at the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He is guided by his wife, Sarah.
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Presidential nominee Al Gore, the vice president, kisses his wife, Tipper, onstage at the 2000 Democratic National Convention at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
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Presidential nominee Al Gore and his running mate, Sen. Joseph I Lieberman (Conn.), wave to the crowd at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.
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Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.) addresses the 2004 Democratic National Convention to accept the nomination for president.
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From left, Sen. Joseph Biden (Del.), Jill Biden, Michelle Obama and Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) walk off the stage after Barack Obama accepted the presidential nomination at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. Obama's acceptance speech coincided with the 45th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech.
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