1912 Prohibition National Convention

American political convention June 2026 1912 Prohibition Disc Prohibition Party.svg Eugene Chafin photo.jpg Aaron S. Watkins (LOC).jpg Nominees (Chafin & Watkins) July 10–12, 1912 Steel Pier Atlantic City, New Jersey Clinton N. Howard of New York Eugene W. Chafin Arizona Aaron S. Watkins Ohio 1908 1916 The 1912 Prohibition National Convention was held July 10–12, 1912, at Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It nominated Eugene W. Chafin for president and Aaron S. Watkins for vice president, the same ticket that the Prohibition Party had nominated in the previous presidential election. Logistics thumb|Postcard of Steel Pier, the location of the convention The convention was held July 10–12, 1912, at Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey.1912 Convention Notes https://www.prohibitionists.org/History/Convention-Notes/Conv_notes-1912.html Prohibitionists.org June 15, 2026 1912Wilk Tom 1912 Prohibition Party Convention https://atlanticcityweekly.com/archive/1912-prohibition-party-convention/article_62d9a189-d775-537d-a15a-d40a924f6004.html Atlantic City Weekly June 15, 2026 en August 8, 2012 The more than 1,000 delegates were housed at hotels in the oceanside resort city. The keynote speech was delivered during its opening session by the convention's temporary chairman, Clinton N. Howard of New York.Howard Digs Old Parties; Charges Indefinitely In Keynote Speech At Atlantic City; Calls T. R. Hypocrite; Can't Harmonize Panama Deal and Colonel's Creed; "Dry" Party Progressive; Clinton N. Howard in Opening Prohibitionist Convention at Atlantic City Says Progressivism is Thunder Stolen from Prohibitionists, Attacks Republicans and Democrats https://www.newspapers.com/image/135687076 Newspapers.com subscription Democrat and Chronicle July 16, 2026 16 July 11, 1912 Chairman election After a decade as party chairman, Charles R. Jones of Illinois was retiring from the position. Heading into the convention, W.G. Calderwood (head of the Minnesota state party) was regarded to be a front-runner to succeed him, due to the large growth in membership that his state's party had seen during the eight years in which he had headed it. On July 11, the convention voted on a party chairman, with the vote proving contentious. On the fourth ballot, the delegates compromised on Virgil G. Hinshaw of Oregon. Presidential and vice presidential nominations Ahead of the convention, Charles Scanlon of Pennsylvania was speculated as a likely nominee for the Prohibition Party in 1912.Crowd Expected at Prohibition Session; Seven Hundred Delegates and Many Visitors Coming for State Convention https://www.newspapers.com/image/1046954262 Newspapers.com subscription The Indianapolis Star July 16, 2026 16 May 23, 1912 Eugene W. Chafin of Arizonaat the time of his nomination in 1908, Chafin had lived in Illinois; by 1912 he had moved to Arizona was nominated for president, beating out four other contenders (including Andrew Jackson Houston). Chafin had been the party's presidential nominee in the previous presidential election, as well. For vice president, the convention nominated Aaron S. Watkins of Ohio, who had been its vice presidential nominee in the previous election. Platform The party platform adopted at the convention was 425 words. In addition to its advocacy for alcohol prohibition; the platform also supported women's suffrage; the direct-election of U.S. senatorsat the time, the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was still in the process of being adopted; lengthening presidential terms to six years while also limiting presidents to a single term; abolishing child labor in mines, factories, and workshops. Notes See also 1964 Democratic National Convention –also held in Atlantic City References Category:Prohibition National Conventions Prohibition National Convention prohibition National convention Category:Organized events in Atlantic City, New Jersey Prohibition Party Category:Political party leadership elections in the United States