United States presidential nominating convention
Significant third-party conventions before 1860

United States presidential nominating convention

Section Title: Significant third-party conventions before 1860
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Elec- tion	Party	City	Year	Presidential nominee	Notes

1832	Anti-Masonic	Baltimore	1831	William Wirt	usually considered the first U.S. political party nominating convention

1840	Liberty	Albany	1840	James G. Birney	first U.S. anti-slavery political party

1844	Liberty	Buffalo	1843	James G. Birney

1848	Free Soil	Utica & Buffalo	1848	Martin Van Buren	united Liberty Party supporters with anti-slavery Democrats and Whigs

1852	Free Soil	Pittsburgh	1852	John P. Hale	Most Free-Soilers joined the Republican Party after its foundation in 1854.

1856	American	Philadelphia	1856	Millard Fillmore	The anti-immigrant American (or Know Nothing) Party endorsed Fillmore in February 1856, followed by the Whigs in September.

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In 1831 the Anti-Masonic Party convened in Baltimore.

final_sentence: In 1831 the Anti-Masonic Party convened in Baltimore.