1912 Democratic National Convention
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1912 presidential election |
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| Date(s) | June 25 – July 2, 1912 |
| City | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Venue | Fifth Regiment Armory |
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| Presidential nominee | Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey |
| Vice Presidential nominee | Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana |
The 1912 Democratic National Convention was held at the Fifth Regiment Armory off North Howard Street in Baltimore from June 25 to July 2, 1912. It proved to be one of the more memorable United States presidential conventions of the Twentieth Century.
The 1912 Democratic National Convention was held at the Fifth Regiment Armory, (massive stone castle-like hall with barrel-vaulted roof, built 1900 for the famous "Dandy Fifth", 5th Maryland Regiment of the old Maryland state militia - now the Maryland National Guard) off North Howard Street in Baltimore from June 25 to July 2, 1912. As the first national political convention to be held in the old "Monumental City", which was the site of the first presidential nominating session in 1831 and of many later conventions of political parties during the mid-19th Century as a "Border City", the last in 1864 with the renomination of President Lincoln. It proved to be one of the more memorable United States presidential conventions of the 20th century.
1904 Presidential nominee Judge Alton B. Parker of New York served as the Temporary Chairman and Keynote Speaker while Representative Ollie M. James of Kentucky served as Permanent Convention Chairman.
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey
Speaker of the House Champ Clark of Missouri
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