1976 Democratic National Convention

Political convention October 2026 October 2026 1976 Democratic July 12–15, 1976 1976 Democratic National Convention logo (1).jpg 140px DP1980.png 125 DV1976.png 125 NomineesCarter and Mondale Madison Square Garden New York, New York Jimmy Carter Georgia Walter Mondale Minnesota 1972 1980 Barbara Jordan February 2019 February 2019 thumb|Madison Square Garden was the site of the 1976 Democratic National Convention thumb|Barbara Jordan delivering the keynote address on the first day of the convention thumb|Michael Dukakis speaks on the second day of the convention thumb|Coretta Scott King (the widow of Martin Luther King Jr.) attending the second day of the convention thumb|Cesar Chavez nominating Jerry Brown during the presidential roll call vote on the third-day of the convention thumb|Carter kisses his wife Rosalynn on the final day of the convention, with members of their family surrounding them thumb|Carter and Mondale stand alongside their wives on the final day of the convention The 1976 Democratic National Convention met at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from July 12 to July 15, 1976. The assembled United States Democratic Party delegates at the convention nominated former Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia for president and Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota for vice president. John Glenn and Barbara Jordan gave the keynote addresses. Jordan's keynote address made her the first African-American woman to deliver the keynote address at a Democratic National Convention. The convention was the first in New York City since the 103-ballot 1924 convention. By the time the convention opened Carter already had won more than enough delegates in the primary elections and caucuses to clinch the nomination, and so the major emphasis at the convention was to create an appearance of party unity, which had been lacking in the 1968 and 1972 Democratic Conventions. Carter easily won the nomination on the first ballot. He then chose Mondale, a liberal and a protégé of Hubert Humphrey, as his running mate. Mondale was put over the top at roll call by the convention's second youngest delegate Cathy Clardy who cast the delegate votes for the State of Minnesota. The Carter–Mondale ticket went on to win the 1976 presidential election on November 2. The convention is also notable for the fact that congresswoman Lindy Boggs, who presided over it, thus became the first woman to preside over a national political convention.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/congresswoman-ambassador-lindy-boggs-dies-97/story?id=19792180 Former Congresswoman and Ambassador Lindy Boggs Dies at 97 - ABC News Abcnews.go.com 2013-07-27 2015-04-15 Platform The Democrats' 1976 platform called for continued price controls on natural gas, a policy which had caused dwindling domestic natural gas reserves since 1974 and which President Gerald Ford was asking to rescind. How We Got Here: The '70s Frum David David Frum 2000 Basic Books New York, New York 0-465-04195-7 322 https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/322 The platform stated: "Those now pressing to turn natural-gas price regulation over to OPEC, while arguing the rhetoric of so-called deregulation, must not prevail." Abortion Despite an address from anti-abortion activist Erma Clardy Craven, the platform added "it is undesirable to attempt to amend the U.S. Constitution to overturn [Roe v. Wade]". Presidential vote tally The following people had their names placed in nomination. The tally at the convention was:http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58483 Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 12, 1976 www.ourcampaigns.comCQ Almanac 1976 1977 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. 845–54 32nd https://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal76-1188318 August 16, 2023 Democratic National Convention Presidential nominee vote, 1976CandidateVotesPercentage Jimmy Carter 2,238.5 74.42% Mo Udall 329.5 10.95% Jerry Brown 300.5 9.99% George Wallace 57.0 1.89% Ellen McCormack 22.0 0.73% Frank Church 19.0 0.63% Hubert Humphrey 10.0 0.33% Henry M. Jackson 10.0 0.33% Fred R. Harris 9.0 0.30% Milton Shapp 2.0 0.07% Robert Byrd 2.0 0.07%César Chávez, Leon Jaworski, Barbara Jordan, Ted Kennedy, Jennings Randolph and Fred W. Stover 1 vote each 0.03% each "nobody" 0.5 0.02% Abstention 3.0 0.10% Totals 3,008 100.00% Vice presidential nomination According to Jimmy Carter,http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/tour/white_house/ Virtual Tour: Race to the White House jimmycarterlibrary.gov 2008-04-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20080330053338/http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/tour/white_house/ 2008-03-30 dead his top choices for vice president were: Walter Mondale, Edmund Muskie, Frank Church, Adlai Stevenson III, John Glenn, and Henry M. Jackson. He selected Mondale. The vice presidential tally was:http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59893 US Vice President - D Convention 1976 Our Campaigns August 26, 2017 20em Walter Mondale, 2,817 (94.28%) Carl Albert, 36 (1.21%) Barbara Jordan, 25 (0.84%) Ron Dellums, 20 (0.67%) Henry M. Jackson, 16 (0.54%) Gary Benoit, 12 (0.40%) Frank Church, 11 (0.37%) Fritz Efaw, 11 (0.37%) Peter F. Flaherty, 11 (0.37%) George Wallace, 6 (0.20%) Allard K. Lowenstein, 5 (0.17%) Edmund Muskie, 4 (0.13%) Philip Hart, 2 (0.07%) Thomas E. Morgan, 2 (0.07%) Mo Udall, 2 (0.07%) Al Castro, 1 (0.03%) Fred R. Harris, 1 (0.03%) Ernest Hollings, 1 (0.03%) Peter W. Rodino, 1 (0.03%) Josephine E. R. A. Smith, 1 (0.03%) Daniel Schorr, 1 (0.03%) Hunter S. Thompson, 1 (0.03%) Wendell Anderson, 1 (0.03%) In his acceptance speech, Mondale diverted from his printed text which echoed John F. Kennedy's call to "get the country moving again;" Mondale instead said, "Let's get this government moving again!" How We Got Here: The '70s Frum David David Frum 2000 Basic Books New York, New York 0-465-04195-7 301 https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/301 See also 1976 Republican National Convention 1976 United States presidential election History of the United States Democratic Party List of Democratic National Conventions United States presidential nominating convention 1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries References 30em External links Democratic Party Platform of 1976 at The American Presidency Project Carter Nomination Acceptance Speech for President at DNC (transcript) at The American Presidency Project Video of Carter nomination acceptance speech for President at DNC (via YouTube) Video of Mondale nomination acceptance speech for Vice President at DNC (via YouTube) 1972Miami Beach, Florida Democratic National Conventions 1980New York, New York Category:1976 in New York City Category:1970s in Manhattan Democratic Category:July 1976 in the United States 1976 Category:New York State Democratic Committee 1976 Democatic Category:Events at Madison Square Garden Category:Jimmy Carter Category:Walter Mondale