1924 Republican National Convention
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1924 presidential election |
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Nominees
Coolidge and Dawes |
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| Date(s) | June 10–12, 1924 |
| City | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Venue | Public Auditorium |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts |
| Vice Presidential nominee | Charles G. Dawes of Illinois |
The 1924 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in Cleveland, Ohio, at the Public Auditorium from June 10 to June 12. For this convention the method of allocating delegates changed in order to reduce the overrepresentation of the South. This effort proved only partly successful as Southern delegates would actually be more overrepresented than they had been in 1916 or 1920; however, they were not as overrepresented as they had been before 1912.
It also made history by being the first GOP convention to give women equal representation. The Republican National Committee approved a rule providing for a national committee-man and a national committee-woman from each state. More controversy ensued over whether to condemn the Ku Klux Klan with the result ultimately being to say nothing either way.
President Calvin Coolidge was formally nominated for a full term and went on to win the general election. The convention nominated Illinois Governor Frank 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.
Coolidge faced a challenge from California Senator Hiram Johnson and Wisconsin Senator Robert 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 nomination by the time the convention began. After his defeat in the primaries, La Follette ran a third party candidacy that attracted significant support.
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