1924 Republican National Convention

American political convention February 2026 October 2018 1924 Republican RP1924.png 125 RV1924.png 125 NomineesCoolidge and Dawes June 10–12, 1924 Public Auditorium Cleveland, Ohio Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts Charles G. Dawes of Illinois 1920 1928 thumb|Convention in session thumb|Crowd gathered outside of the Public Auditorium during the convention The 1924 Republican National Convention was held in Cleveland, Ohio, at the Public Auditorium, from June 10 to 12. Incumbent President Calvin Coolidge was nominated for a full term and went on to win the general election. The convention nominated former Illinois Governor Frank Orren Lowden for vice president on the second ballot, but he declined the nomination. The convention then selected Charles G. Dawes. Also considered for the nomination was Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, a future vice president. Delegates For this convention the method of allocating delegates changed in order to reduce the overrepresentation of the South.http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Hx/NatDelegates2004.html An historical analysis of the apportionment of delegate votes at the National Conventions of the two major parties thegreenpapers.com This effort proved only partly successful as Southern delegates proved to be more overrepresented than they had been in 1916 or 1920, though they were not as overrepresented as they had been in 1912 and earlier. There were 120 female delegates, 11% of the total. October 30, 2018 https://archive.org/details/republicanwomenf0000rymp registration 27 Republican Women: Feminism and Conservatism from Suffrage Through the Rise of the New Right Catherine E. Rymph University of North Carolina Press 2006Women's participation in national GOP conventions declined after 1924 and did not reach 11% again until 1952. The Republican National Committee approved a rule providing for a national committeeman and a national committeewoman from each state. http://www.nfrw.org/women-milestones National Federation of Republican Women October 30, 2018 Milestones: Women in the GOPSuydam Henry Wizard Evans Leads Drive on Anti-Klan Plank https://www.newspapers.com/image/57545851 Newspapers.com Brooklyn Daily Eagle March 18, 2018 June 11, 1924Ku Klux Klan: Kleveland Konvention June 23, 1924 Time III 25 Ku Klux Klan presence The head of the Ku Klux Klan, Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans, was in the city for the convention but maintained a low public profile. Time featured Evans in a cover photograph https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19240623,00.html Time Cover June 23, 1924 October 30, 2018 in conjunction with an article about the organization's role in the Republican convention, dubbing it "the Kleveland Konvention."Ku Klux Klan: Kleveland Konvention Time https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,718540,00.html 22 May 2022 23 June 1924 As with the 1924 Democratic National Convention, some delegates supported adding a condemnation of the Ku Klux Klan by name into the party platform, but they lacked enough support to bring their proposed language to a vote. https://books.google.com/books?id=wkgrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA68 68 Minorities and Reconstructive Coalitions: The Catholic Question Willie Gin Taylor & Francis 2017 9781351981859 Presidential nomination Presidential candidates Coolidge faced a challenge from California Senator Hiram Johnson and Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette in the 1924 Republican primaries. Coolidge fended off his progressive challengers with convincing wins in the Republican primaries, and was assured of the 1924 presidential nomination by the time the convention began.Lower Richard Coke 1993 Stanford University Press 221–223 A Bloc of One: The Political Career of Hiram W. Johnson 0-8047-2081-9 https://books.google.com/books?id=BeaeAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA221 After his defeat in the primaries, La Follette ran a third party candidacy that attracted significant support. Declined to run Presidential Balloting Candidate 1st UnanimousCoolidge1,0651,109La Follette34Johnson10 Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (June 12, 1924) Vice Presidential nomination Vice Presidential candidates As Calvin Coolidge had ascended to the presidency following the death of Warren G. Harding on August 2, 1923, he served the remainder of Harding's term without a vice president as the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution had not yet been passed. With Coolidge having locked up the presidential nomination, most attention was focused on the vice presidential nomination. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California and appellate judge William Kenyon of Iowa were seen as the front-runners for the nomination, as both were popular Western progressives who could provide balance to a ticket led by a conservative from Massachusetts. Coolidge's first choice was reported to be Idaho Senator William E. Borah, also a progressive Westerner, but Borah declined to be considered. Illinois Governor Frank O. Lowden, University of Michigan president Marion Leroy Burton, Ambassador Charles B. Warren of Michigan, Washington Senator Wesley Livsey Jones, college president John Lee Coulter of North Dakota, General James Harbord, and General Charles Dawes also had support as potential running mates.Oulahan Richard V. Kenyon Leads for Second Place on Convention Eve, New Move to "Draft" Lowden Fails; Hoover Strong; La Follette Starts Fight for a Radical Platform https://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/240610convention-gop-ra.html October 9, 2015 The New York Times June 10, 1924 Despite saying that he would not accept the nomination, Lowden was nominated for Vice President on the second ballot over Dawes, Kenyon, and Ohio Representative Theodore E. Burton. However, Lowden declined, an action, that has never been repeated and is now considered unthinkable. The convention then held another ballot, with Coolidge favoring Hoover.Coolidge and Dawes Nominated; General Named for Second Place After Lowden, Chosen, Refuses it https://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/240613convention-gop-ra.html October 9, 2015 The New York Times June 13, 1924 However, the delegates picked Dawes, partly as a reaction to the perceived dominance of Coolidge in running the convention. Vice Presidential Balloting Candidate 1st 2nd (Before Shifts) 2nd (After Shifts) Unanimous 3rd UnanimousLowden2224137661,1090Dawes14911149682.51,109Burton139288940Hoover000234.5Kenyon172956875Graham81000Watson7955745Curtis5631240Hyde5536360Norris352229Brookhart031310Hines291500March28000Taylor27000Jackson23000Warren023230DuPont00011Dixon0116Sanders0004Harbord3000Beveridge2000Coulter0110Wrigley1111Not Voting86621 Vice Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (June 12, 1924) Prayers Each of the three days of the convention opened with a lengthy invocation by a different clergymen—one Methodist, one Jewish, one Catholic. Each was listed among the convention officers as an official chaplain.Official Report of the Proceedings of the Eighteenth Republican National Convention (1924), pp. 37 On June 10, the opening prayer was given by William F. Anderson, Methodist Episcopal bishop of Boston. Among other things, he called for "stricter observance of the law and the preservation of the Constitution of the United States", in other words, for more zealous enforcement of Prohibition.Official Report of the Proceedings of the Eighteenth Republican National Convention (1928), pp. 7–9 The next day's session was opened by Rev. Dr. Samuel Schulman, rabbi of Temple Beth-El in New York. Schulman spoke with appreciation for "the Republican Party's precious heritage of the championship of human rights"; he called for "every form of prejudice and misunderstanding" to be "driven forever out of our land". Speaking of Calvin Coolidge, he praised "the integrity, the wisdom, the fearlessness of our beloved President".Official Report of the Proceedings of the Eighteenth Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1924), pp. 49–50 On June 12, the final day's invocation was given by Roman Catholic Bishop Joseph Schrembs of Cleveland. Schrembs characterized President Calvin Coolidge as "a chieftain whose record of faithful public service, and whose personality, untarnished and untainted by the pollution of political corruption, will fill the heart of America with the new hope of a second spring".Official Report of the Proceedings of the Eighteenth Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1924), pp. 125–26 See also History of the United States Republican Party List of Republican National Conventions United States presidential nominating convention 1924 Republican Party presidential primaries 1924 United States presidential election 1924 Democratic National Convention Notes References 30em External links Republican Party platform of 1924 at The American Presidency Project 1920Chicago, Illinois Republican National Conventions 1928Kansas City, Missouri Category:Republican National Conventions 1924 Republican National Convention Republican Category:1924 in Ohio Category:June 1924 in the United States Category:Charles G. 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