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The 1832 Democratic National Convention was held from May 21 to May 23, 1832, in Baltimore, Maryland. [1] In the first presidential nominating convention ever held by the Democratic Party, incumbent President Andrew Jackson was nominated for a second term, while former Secretary of State Martin Van Buren was nominated for vice president.
1 [1832] A resolution endorsing "the repeated nominations which he [Jackson] has received in various parts of the Union" was passed by the convention. 2 [1840] A resolution stating "that the convention deem it expedient at the present time not to choose between the individuals in nomination, but to leave the decision to their Republican fellow ...
Democratic National Convention (1832). Summary Of The Proceedings Of A Convention Of Republican Delegates, From The Several States In The Union, For The Purpose of Nominating A Candidate For The Office Of Vice-President Of The United States; Held At Baltimore, In The State Of Maryland, May, 1832. Albany: Packard and Van Benthuysen.
Democratic convention Democratic nominee Republican convention Republican nominee Other conventions Other nominees 1832: Baltimore, Maryland: Andrew Jackson: Baltimore (National Republican, 1831) Henry Clay: 1836: Baltimore (1835) Martin Van Buren: 1840: Baltimore: Martin Van Buren Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Whig, 1839) William Henry Harrison ...
May 21–23 – 1832 Democratic National Convention held in Baltimore. May 21 – Washington Irving returns to the U.S. after seventeen years living in Europe. July 4 – John Neal delivers the first public lecture in the U.S. to advocate the rights of women. [1] [2]
The Democratic Party has held a national convention every four years since 1832 to nominate its chosen candidates, and Chicago has a storied history of hosting conventions on both sides of the ...
The 2016 Democratic National Convention, where Hillary Clinton (at podium, left) became the first female presidential nominee of a major party in the United States. The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party.
Van Buren was subsequently selected as Jackson's running mate at the 1832 Democratic National Convention held in May. [68] Portrait of Henry Clay. In February 1832, Clay, back in the Senate after a two-decade absence, made a three-day speech calling for a new tariff schedule and an expansion of his American System.