1900 Republican National Convention
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1900 presidential election |
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Nominees
McKinley and Roosevelt |
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| Convention | |
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| Date(s) | June 19–21, 1900 |
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Venue | Convention Hall |
| Chair | Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | William McKinley of Ohio |
| Vice Presidential nominee | Theodore Roosevelt of New York |
| Voting | |
| Total delegates | 926 |
| Votes needed for nomination | 472 |
| Results (President) | McKinley (OH): 926 (100%) |
| Results (Vice President) |
Roosevelt (NY): 925 (99.9%) Abstaining: 1 (0.1%) |
| Ballots | 1 |
The 1900 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held June 19 to June 21 in the Exposition Auditorium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Exposition Auditorium was located south of the University of Pennsylvania, and the later Convention Hall was constructed along the building's east wall. It was demolished in 2006.
Each state was allotted two delegates per electoral vote, and territories were granted from two to six delegates. Altogether, there were 926 delegates and an equal number of alternates.
Mark Hanna opened the convention. He proposed that Senator Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado serve as temporary chairman. The purpose of Wolcott's selection was to show that the party had overcome its divisiveness of 1896, in which the Colorado delegation walked out of the Republican convention. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts served as the convention's permanent chairman.
President William McKinley was unanimously nominated for reelection. No candidate ran against him, although Admiral George Dewey considered a run. Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York, who was himself a delegate, was nominated for Vice President by a vote of 925 to 1 abstention, with his vote alone abstaining.
The 1900 Republican National Convention included a historic first for the Republican Party: Mrs. William Henry Jones of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mrs. J. B. West of Lewiston, Idaho served as alternate delegates.
The 1900 convention had fewer speakers than a modern convention typically has due to lack of TV and even radio at this time. There were however the following speakers:
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