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The Republican National Convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States. A United States presidential nominating convention is a political convention held every four years in the United States by most of the political parties Convened by the Republican National Committee, the stated purpose of the convocation is to nominate an official candidate in an upcoming U.S. presidential election, and to adopt the party platform and rules for the election cycle. The Republican National Committee (RNC provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are A party platform, also known as a Manifesto, is a list of the principles which a Political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose

Like the Democratic National Convention, it signifies the end of a presidential primary season and the start of campaigning for a general election. The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. The series of presidential primary elections and caucuses is one of the first steps in the process of electing the President of the United States of America. A general election is an Election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election In recent years, the nominee has been known well before the convention, leading many to oppose the convention as a mere public relations event and coronation. Public relations (PR is the practice of managing the flow of Information between an Organization and its Publics Public relations - often referred

Historically, the convention was the final determinant of the nomination, and often contentious as various factions of party insiders maneuvered to advance their candidates. Since the almost universal adoption of the primary election for selecting delegates in the last quarter of the 20th century, however, the convention's significance has diminished. A primary election ( nominating primary) also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a Jurisdiction select candidates The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The national party focuses on the convention as a unity point to bring together a party platform and state parties.

The Republican party receives nearly $15 million from the Federal Election Committee to hold the conventions. The Federal Election Commission (or FEC) is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the [1] On November 9, 2007, the Republican National Committee published its Call for the 2008 Republican National Convention which directed that the national convention be convened in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota on September 1, 2008 for a period of time to continue so long as may be necessary to nominate a presidential and vice presidential candidate.

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Delegations

The size of delegations to the Republican National Convention are determined by the national rules of the party, which as of 2004 indicate the following:

  1. Ten delegates at large from each of the fifty states.
  2. The national committeeman, the national committeewoman and the chairman of the state Republican Party of each state, American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. American Samoa (Amerika Sāmoa or sm ''Sāmoa Amelika'' is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Guam ( Chamorro: cha Guåhån) officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI is a commonwealth in Political union with the United Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} The United States Virgin Islands is a group of Islands in the Caribbean that are an Insular area of the United States.
  3. Three district delegates for each member of the United States House of Representatives from each state, six from D. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. C. , and between six and twenty delegates from each of the territories.
  4. From each state having cast at least a majority of its Electoral College votes for the Republican nominee in the preceding presidential election four and one-half delegates at large plus a number of the delegates at large equal to 60 percent of the number of electoral votes of that state, rounding any fraction upwards
  5. one additional delegate at large to each state
    1. that elected a Republican governor since the preceding presidential election
    2. whose Republican members of the United States House of Representatives represent a majority of that state's representatives
    3. where Republicans control any chamber of the state legislature
    4. where Republicans control all chambers of the state legislature
  6. one additional delegate to each state per Republican it elected to the United States Senate in the six-year period prior to January 1 of the year in which the next national convention is held. The Electoral College consists of 538 popularly elected representatives who formally select the President and Vice President of the United States. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC

The composition of the individual state and territory delegations is determined by the bylaws of their respective state and territory parties. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government An insular area is a United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nation's Since 1972, almost all have appointed delegates by primary election results, although some, notably Iowa, use caucuses, and others combine the primary with caucuses or with delegates elected at a state convention. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America.

In the past, competing factions of a state party sometimes drew up separate lists of delegates, each claiming to be the official one. One of the first agenda items at a convention is therefore credentialing, whereby the Credentials Committee determines which group is recognized as the official delegation.

History

The first Republican National Convention, held at Lafayette Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 22-February 23, 1856. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year At this convention, the Republican Party was formally organized on a national basis, and the first Republican National Committee was elected. The Republican National Committee (RNC provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. The first Republican National Convention to nominate a presidential candidate convened from June 17–-June 19, 1856 at the Musical Fund Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə

The 1860 convention nominated the first successful GOP presidential candidate, Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. The 1860 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States, held in Chicago Illinois at the Wigwam, nominated former U Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The 1864 event, with the American Civil War raging, was branded as the "National Union Convention" as it included Democrats who remained loyal to the Union and nominated Democrat Andrew Johnson of Tennessee for Vice President. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Andrew Johnson (December 29 1808 – July 31 1875 was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865-69 succeeding to the Presidency upon the assassination Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States.

The 1912 Republican convention saw the business-oriented faction supporting William Howard Taft turn back a challenge from former president Theodore Roosevelt, who boasted broader popular support and even won a primary in Taft's home state of Ohio. The 1912 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago Illinois, from June William Howard Taft (September 15 1857 – March 8 1930 was an American politician, the twenty-seventh President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Roosevelt would run on the Progressive Party ticket, handing the election to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. The United States Progressive Party of 1912 was a political party created by a split in the Republican Party in the presidential election of 1912. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States.

The 1940 convention was the first national convention of any party broadcast on television. The 1940 Republican National Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from June 24 to June 28, 1940. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic It was carried by NBC affiliate W2XBS in New York City. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The City of New York

The growing importance of primaries became evident at the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco, California, where Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater won the nomination, easily turning away Representative William Scranton and others more favorable to the party establishment. The 1964 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States took place in the Cow Palace, San Francisco California, on July 13 The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. William Warren Scranton (born July 19 1917) is a former US Republican Party politician.

Similarly, former California Governor Ronald Reagan nearly toppled incumbent President Gerald Ford at the 1976 convention in Kansas City by securing a large bloc of votes in the North Carolina primary. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government whose responsibilities include making annual "State of the State" addresses Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr (July 14 1913 December 26 2006 was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 and the fortieth Vice President The 1976 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States met at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, from Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages It is the last convention of either major party where the outcome of the nomination battle was in doubt.

Pat Buchanan delivered a speech enthusiastically endorsing the conservative side of the culture war in American society at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston, Texas. Patrick Joseph "Pat" Buchanan (born November 2 1938 is an American Political commentator, Author, syndicated Columnist The culture war (or culture wars) in American usage is a metaphor used to claim that political conflict is based on sets of conflicting values The 1992 National Convention of the Republican Party (GOP of the United States was held in the Astrodome in Houston Texas, from August Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. It was widely criticized for supposedly alienating liberal and centrist voters who might otherwise have voted for the moderate nominee, George H. W. Bush. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 Division in the party was evident too at the 1996 convention, at which more moderate party members such as California governor Pete Wilson and Massachusetts Governor William Weld unsuccessfully sought to remove the Human Life Amendment plank from the party platform. The 1996 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States convened at the San Diego Convention Center (SDCC in San Diego California Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23 1933 is an American Politician from California. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945, in Smithtown New York) was the Republican Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 The Human Life Amendment is the name for any amendment to the United States Constitution that would have the effect of overturning Roe v

The 2004 Republican National Convention, the first-ever Republican convention in New York City, posed unprecedented security challenges due to its location at Madison Square Garden in the heart of Manhattan directly over Pennsylvania Station. The 2004 Republican National Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States, took place from August The City of New York Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Pennsylvania Station (commonly known as “Penn Station”) is the major intercity rail station and a major Commuter rail hub in New York City

See also

References

  1. ^ Useless Conventions

External links

This is a list of Republican National Conventions. The quadrennial convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party.
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