# List of presidential nominating conventions in the United States

These lists are a companion to the Wikipedia article entitled United States presidential nominating convention.

## Significant third-party conventions before 1860

| Elec- tion | Party | City | Year | Presidential nominee | Notes |
| 1832 | Anti-Masonic | Baltimore, Maryland | 1831 | William Wirt | usually considered the first U.S. political party nominating convention |
| 1836 | Anti-Masonic | Philadelphia | 1836 | no candidate nominated | |
| 1840 | Anti-Masonic | Philadelphia | 1838 | William Henry Harrison (Whig) | By 1840, Anti-Masons had been largely absorbed into the Whig Party |
| 1840 | Liberty | Albany, New York | 1840 | James G. Birney | first U.S. anti-slavery political party |
| 1844 | Liberty | Buffalo, New York | 1843 | James G. Birney |
| 1844 | Tyler Democratic | Baltimore | 1844 | John Tyler | Nominated sitting President Tyler in May 1844 but Tyler withdrew from running in August 1844. [Also known as the National Democratic or Democratic Republican Party] |
| 1848 | Free Soil | Utica & Buffalo, New York | 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 (Whig) | The anti-immigrant American (or Know Nothing) Party endorsed Fillmore in February 1856, followed by the Whigs in September. |

## Major-party conventions

The two right-hand columns show nominations by notable conventions not shown elsewhere. Some of the nominees (e.g. the Whigs before 1860 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1912) received very large votes, while others who received less than 1% of the total national popular vote are listed to show historical continuity or transition. [For example, the Equal Rights Party convention of 1872 nominated the first national ticket to include either a woman (Victoria Woodhull) or an African-American (Frederick Douglass), although this ticket received no votes at all.]
Many important candidates are not shown here because they were never endorsed by a national party convention (e.g. William Henry Harrison in 1836, George C. Wallace in 1968, John B. Anderson in 1980 and Ross Perot in 1992); for a list by year of all notable candidates (at least one Elector or 0.1% of the popular vote), please see List of United States presidential candidates.
Note that there is no organizational continuity between the American Parties of 1856 and 1972, the Union Parties of 1860, 1864, 1888, 1900 and 1936, or the Progressive Parties of 1912–16, 1924 and 1948–52.
    Presidential winner in bold.
    People's $^{[MiddleoftheRoad]}$ = "Middle of the Road" faction of the People's Party, who opposed fusing with the Democrats after 1896.
| Elec- tion | Democratic convention | Democratic nominee | Republican convention | Republican nominee | Other conventions | Other nominees |
| 1832 | Baltimore, Maryland | Andrew Jackson & Martin Van Buren | | | Baltimore (National Republican, 1831) | Henry Clay & John Sergeant |
| 1836 | Baltimore (1835) | Martin Van Buren & Richard M. Johnson | | | | |
| 1840 | Baltimore | Martin Van Buren [no vice-presidential nominee] | | | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Whig, 1839) | William Henry Harrison & John Tyler |
| 1844 | Baltimore | James K. Polk & George M. Dallas | | | Baltimore (Whig) | Henry Clay & Theodore Frelinghuysen |
| 1848 | Baltimore | Lewis Cass & William O. Butler | | | Philadelphia (Whig) | Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore |
| 1852 | Baltimore | Franklin Pierce & William R. King | | | Baltimore (Whig) | Winfield Scott & William R. Graham |
| 1856 | Cincinnati | James Buchanan & John C. Breckinridge | Philadelphia | John C. Frémont & William L. Dayton | Baltimore (Whig) | Millard Fillmore & Andrew Donelson |
| 1860 | Baltimore and Charleston, South Carolina | Stephen A. Douglas & Herschel V. Johnson (Official); John C. Breckinridge & Joseph Lane (Southern) | Chicago | Abraham Lincoln & Hannibal Hamlin | Baltimore (Constitutional Union) | John Bell & Edward Everett |
| 1864 | Chicago | George B. McClellan & George H. Pendleton | Baltimore (National Union) | Abraham Lincoln (Republican) & Andrew Johnson (War Democrat} | Cleveland (Radical Democracy) | John C. Frémont (Republican) — withdrew & John Cochrane (War Democrat) |
| 1868 | New York City | Horatio Seymour & Francis P. Blair, Jr | Chicago | Ulysses S. Grant & Schuyler Colfax | | |
| 1872 | Baltimore | Horace Greeley & B. Gratz Brown (Liberal Republican) | Philadelphia | Ulysses S. Grant & Henry Wilson | Cincinnati, Ohio (Liberal Republican) | Horace Greeley & B. Gratz Brown |
| 1872 | Baltimore | Horace Greeley & B. Gratz Brown (Liberal Republican) | Philadelphia | Ulysses S. Grant & Henry Wilson | Louisville, Kentucky (Straight-Out Democratic) | Charles O'Conor — declined & John Quincy Adams II |
| 1872 | Baltimore | Horace Greeley & B. Gratz Brown (Liberal Republican) | Philadelphia | Ulysses S. Grant & Henry Wilson | New York (Equal Rights) | Victoria Woodhull & Frederick Douglass |
| 1876 | St. Louis | Samuel J. Tilden & Thomas A. Hendricks | Cincinnati | Rutherford B. Hayes & William A. Wheeler | Indianapolis (Greenback) | Peter Cooper & Samuel F. Cary |
| 1880 | Cincinnati | Winfield S. Hancock & William H. English | Chicago | James A. Garfield & Chester Alan Arthur | Chicago (Greenback) | James B. Weaver & Barzillai J. Chambers |
| 1884 | Chicago | Grover Cleveland & Thomas A. Hendricks | Chicago | James G. Blaine & John A. Logan | indianapolis (Greenback) | Benjamin F. Butler & Absolom M. West |
| 1888 | St. Louis | Grover Cleveland & Allen G. Thurman | Chicago | Benjamin Harrison & Levi P. Morton | Cincinnati (Union Labor) | Alson Streeter & Charles E. Cunningham |
| 1892 | Chicago | Grover Cleveland & Adlai Stevenson I | Minneapolis | Benjamin Harrison & Whitelaw Reid | Omaha, Nebraska (People's) | James B. Weaver & James G. Field |
| 1896 | Chicago | William Jennings Bryan & Arthur Sewall | St. Louis | William McKinley & Garret Hobart | St. Louis (People's) | Wm J. Bryan (Dem.) & Thomas E. Watson (People's) |
| 1896 | Chicago | William Jennings Bryan & Arthur Sewall | St. Louis | William McKinley & Garret Hobart | St. Louis (National Silver Party) | Wm J. Bryan (Dem.) & Arthur Sewall (Dem.) |
| 1896 | Chicago | William Jennings Bryan & Arthur Sewall | St. Louis | William McKinley & Garret Hobart | Indianapolis (National $^{[Gold]}$ Democratic) | John M. Palmer & Simon Bolivar Buckner |
| 1900 | Kansas City | William Jennings Bryan & Adlai Stevenson I | Philadelphia | William McKinley & Theodore Roosevelt | Sioux Falls, South Dakota (People's) | William Jennings Bryan (Dem.) & Adlai Stevenson I (Dem.) |
| 1900 | Kansas City | William Jennings Bryan & Adlai Stevenson I | Philadelphia | William McKinley & Theodore Roosevelt | Cincinnati (People's $^{[MiddleoftheRoad]}$ ) | Wharton Barker & Ignatius Donnelly |
| 1900 | Kansas City | William Jennings Bryan & Adlai Stevenson I | Philadelphia | William McKinley & Theodore Roosevelt | Baltimore (Union Reform) | Seth Ellis & Samuel T. Nicholson |
| 1904 | St. Louis | Alton B. Parker & Henry G. Davis | Chicago | Theodore Roosevelt & Charles W. Fairbanks | Springfield Illinois (People's $^{[MiddleoftheRoad]}$ ) | Thomas E. Watson & Thomas Tibbles |
| 1908 | Denver | William Jennings Bryan & John W. Kern | Chicago | William Howard Taft & James S. Sherman | St. Louis (People's $^{[MiddleoftheRoad]}$ ) | Thomas E. Watson & Samuel Williams |
| 1908 | Denver | William Jennings Bryan & John W. Kern | Chicago | William Howard Taft & James S. Sherman | Chicago (Independence) | Thomas L. Hisgen & John T. Graves |
| 1912 | Baltimore | Woodrow Wilson & Thomas R. Marshall | Chicago | William Howard Taft & James S. Sherman | Chicago (Progressive) | Theodore Roosevelt & Hiram Johnson |
| 1916 | St. Louis | Woodrow Wilson & Thomas R. Marshall | Chicago | Charles Evans Hughes | Chicago (Progressive) | [Theodore Roosevelt] — intended nomination declined beforehand |
| 1920 | San Francisco | James M. Cox & Franklin Roosevelt | Chicago | Warren G. Harding & Calvin Coolidge | Chicago (Farmer-Labor) | Parley P. Christensen & Max Hayes |
| 1924 | New York City | John W. Davis & Charles W. Bryan | Cleveland | Calvin Coolidge & Charles Dawes | Cincinnati (Progressive) | Robert La Follette, Sr. & Burton K. Wheeler |
| 1928 | Houston (Texas) | Al Smith & Joseph T. Robinson | Kansas City, Missouri | Herbert Hoover & Charles Curtis | Chicago (Farmer-Labor) | Frank E. Webb & Will Vereen |
| 1932 | Chicago | Franklin Roosevelt & John Nance Garner | Chicago | Herbert Hoover & Charles Curtis | Omaha (Farmer-Labor) | Frank E. Webb & Jacob S. Coxey Sr. |
| 1936 | Philadelphia | Franklin Roosevelt & John Nance Garner | Cleveland | Alf Landon & Frank Knox | Cleveland (Union) | William Lemke & Thomas C. O'Brien |
| 1940 | Chicago | Franklin Roosevelt & Henry A. Wallace | Philadelphia | Wendell Willkie & Charles McNary | | |
| 1944 | Chicago | Franklin Roosevelt & Harry Truman | Chicago | Thomas E. Dewey & John Bricker | | |
| 1948 | Philadelphia | Harry S. Truman & Alben Barkley | Philadelphia | Thomas E. Dewey & Earl Warren | Philadelphia (Progressive) | Henry A. Wallace & Glen Taylor |
| 1948 | Philadelphia | Harry S. Truman & Alben Barkley | Philadelphia | Thomas E. Dewey & Earl Warren | Birmingham (States' Rights Democratic) | Strom Thurmond & Fielding Wright |
| 1952 | Chicago | Adlai Stevenson II & John Sparkman | Chicago | Dwight D. Eisenhower & Richard Nixon | Chicago (Progressive) | Vincent Hallinan & Charlotta Bass |
| 1956 | Chicago | Adlai Stevenson II & Estes Kefauver | San Francisco | Dwight D. Eisenhower & Richard Nixon | Richmond, Virginia (States' Rights) | T. Coleman Andrews & Thomas Werdel |
| 1960 | Los Angeles | John F. Kennedy & Lyndon Johnson | Chicago | Richard Nixon & Henry Cabot Lodge | Dayton, Ohio (National States' Rights) | Orval Faubus & John G. Crommelin |
| 1964 | Atlantic City (New Jersey) | Lyndon B. Johnson & Hubert Humphrey | San Francisco | Barry Goldwater & William E. Miller | |
| 1968 | Chicago | Hubert Humphrey & Edmund Muskie | Miami Beach (Florida) | Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew | Ann Arbor, Mich. (Peace & Freedom) | Eldridge Cleaver & Peggy Terry |
| 1972 | Miami Beach | George McGovern & Thomas Eagleton | Miami Beach | Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew | Louisville, Kentucky (American Party) | John G. Schmitz & Thomas J. Anderson |
| 1972 | Miami Beach | George McGovern & Thomas Eagleton | Miami Beach | Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew | St Louis (People's Party) | Benjamin Spock & Julius Hobson |
| 1976 | New York City | Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale | Kansas City, Missouri | Gerald Ford & Robert Dole | Chicago (American Independent Party) | Lester Maddox & William Dyke |
| 1976 | New York City | Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale | Kansas City, Missouri | Gerald Ford & Robert Dole | Salt Lake City, Utah (American Party) | Thomas J. Anderson & Rufus Shackleford |
| 1980 | New York City | Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale | Detroit | Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush | Cleveland (Citizens) | Barry Commoner & LaDonna Harris |
| 1984 | San Francisco | Walter Mondale & Geraldine Ferraro | Dallas | Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush | Saint Paul, Minnesota (Citizens) | Sonia Johnson & Richard J. Walton |
| 1988 | Atlanta | Michael Dukakis & Lloyd Bentsen | New Orleans | George H.W. Bush & Dan Quayle | | |
| 1992 | New York City | Bill Clinton & Al Gore | Houston (Texas)) | George H.W. Bush & Dan Quayle | Washington, D.C. (Natural Law Party) | John Hagelin & Mike Tompkins |
| 1996 | Chicago | Bill Clinton & Al Gore | San Diego | Robert Dole & Jack Kemp | Long Beach & Valley Forge (Reform) | Ross Perot & Pat Choate |
| 2000 | Los Angeles | Al Gore & Joe Lieberman | Philadelphia | George W. Bush & Dick Cheney | Long Beach, California (Reform) | Pat Buchanan & Ezola Foster |
| 2004 | Boston | John Kerry & John Edwards | New York City | George W. Bush & Dick Cheney | Irving, Texas (Reform) | Ralph Nader (ind.) & Peter Camejo (ind.) |
| 2008 | Denver (Colorado) | Barack Obama & Joe Biden | Saint Paul (Minnesota) | John McCain & Sarah Palin | | |
| 2012 | Charlotte (North Carolina) | Barack Obama & Joe Biden | Tampa (Florida) | Mitt Romney & Paul Ryan | | |
| 2016 | Philadelphia | Hillary Clinton & Tim Kaine | Cleveland (Ohio) | Donald Trump & Mike Pence | | |
| 2020 | Milwaukee (Wisconsin) | Joe Biden & Kamala Harris | Charlotte (North Carolina) | Donald Trump & Mike Pence | | |
| 2024 | Chicago | Kamala Harris & Tim Walz | Milwaukee | Donald Trump & J. D. Vance | | |

## Third-party conventions since 1872
### Prohibition and socialist parties

The Prohibition Party was organized in 1869. At the 1896 Prohibition Party convention in Pittsburgh, the majority of delegates supported a "narrow-gauge" platform confined to the prohibition of alcohol, while a "broad-gauge" minority — who also wanted to advocate for Free Silver and other reforms — broke away to form the National Party.
The Socialist Party of America (1901–1972) resulted from a merger of the Social Democratic Party (founded 1898) with dissenting members of the Socialist Labor Party (founded 1876). The Socialist Party of America stopped running its own candidates for president after 1956, but a minority of SPA members who disagreed with this policy broke away in 1973 to form the Socialist Party USA (SPUSA).
¶ Note that the years refer to the relevant presidential election and not necessarily to the date of a convention making a nomination for that election. Some nominating conventions meet in the year before an election.
| Elec- tion | Prohibition Party convention | Prohibition Party nominee | Socialist Labor Party convention | Socialist Labor Party nominee | Social Democratic or Socialist Party convention | Social Democratic or Socialist Party nominee |
| 1872 | Columbus, Ohio | James Black | | | | |
| 1876 | Cleveland | Green Clay Smith | | | | |
| 1880 | Cleveland | Neal Dow | | | | |
| 1884 | Pittsburgh | John St. John | | | | |
| 1888 | Indianapolis | Clinton B. Fisk | | | | |
| 1892 | Cincinnati | John Bidwell | New York City | Simon Wing | | |
| 1896 | Pittsburgh (Prohibition Party) | Joshua Levering | New York City | Charles Matchett | | |
| 1896 | Pittsburgh (National Party) | Charles Eugene Bentley | New York City | Charles Matchett | | |
| 1900 | Chicago | John G. Woolley | New York City | Joseph F. Malloney | Indianapolis (SDP) | Eugene V. Debs |
| 1904 | Indianapolis | Silas C. Swallow | New York City | Charles H. Corregan | Chicago (SPA) | Eugene V. Debs |
| 1908 | Columbus | Eugene W. Chafin | New York City | August Gillhaus | Chicago (SPA) | Eugene V. Debs |
| 1912 | Atlantic City | Eugene W. Chafin | New York City | Arthur E. Reimer | Indianapolis (SPA) | Eugene V. Debs |
| 1916 | St. Paul | J. Frank Hanly | New York City | Arthur E. Reimer | (mail ballot) | (Allan L. Benson) |
| 1920 | Lincoln, Nebraska | Aaron Watkins | New York City | William Wesley Cox | New York City (SPA) | Eugene V. Debs |
| 1924 | Columbus | Herman P. Faris | New York City | Frank T. Johns | Cleveland (SPA) | Robert La Follette, Sr. (Progressive) |
| 1928 | Chicago | William F. Varney | New York City | Verne L. Reynolds | New York City (SPA) | Norman Thomas |
| 1932 | Indianapolis | William D. Upshaw | New York City | Verne L. Reynolds | Milwaukee (SPA) | Norman Thomas |
| 1936 | Niagara Falls, New York | D. Leigh Colvin | New York City | John W. Aiken | Cleveland (SPA) | Norman Thomas |
| 1940 | Chicago | Roger W. Babson | New York City | John W. Aiken | Washington, D.C. (SPA) | Norman Thomas |
| 1944 | Indianapolis | Claude A. Watson | New York City | Edward A. Teichert | Reading (SPA) | Norman Thomas |
| 1948 | Winona Lake, Indiana | Claude A. Watson | New York City | Edward A. Teichert | Reading (SPA) | Norman Thomas |
| 1952 | Indianapolis | Stuart Hamblen | New York City | Eric Hass | Cleveland (SPA) | Darlington Hoopes |
| 1956 | Milford, Indiana | Enoch A. Holtwick | New York City | Eric Hass | Chicago (SPA) | Darlington Hoopes |
| 1960 | Winona Lake, 1959 | Rutherford Decker | New York City | Eric Hass | | |
| 1964 | Chicago | E. Harold Munn | New York City | Eric Hass | | |
| 1968 | Detroit | E. Harold Munn | Brooklyn | Henning A. Blomen | | |
| 1972 | Wichita, Kansas | E. Harold Munn | Detroit | Louis Fisher | | |
| 1976 | Wheat Ridge, Colorado | Benjamin C. Bubar | Southfield, Michigan | Jules Levin | Milwaukee (SPUSA) | Frank P. Zeidler |
| 1980 | Birmingham | Benjamin C. Bubar | | | Milwaukee (SPUSA) | David McReynolds |
| 1984 | Mandan, North Dakota | Earl Dodge | | | Milwaukee (SPUSA) | Sonia Johnson (Citizens') |
| 1988 | Springfield, Illinois | Earl Dodge | | | Milwaukee (SPUSA) | Willa Kenoyer |
| 1992 | Minneapolis | Earl Dodge | | | Chicago (SPUSA) | J. Quinn Brisben |
| 1996 | Denver | Earl Dodge | | | Cambridge (SPUSA 1995) | Mary Cal Hollis |
| 2000 | Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania | Earl Dodge | | | Milwaukee (SPUSA) | David McReynolds |
| 2004 | Fairfield Glade, Tennessee | Gene Amondson | | | Chicago (SPUSA) | Walt Brown |
| 2008 | Indianapolis | Gene Amondson | | | St. Louis (SPUSA) | Brian Moore |
| 2012 | Cullman, Alabama | Jack Fellure | | | Los Angeles (SPUSA) | Stewart Alexander |
| 2016 | (conference call) | (James Hedges) | | | Milwaukee (SPUSA) | Mimi Soltysik |
| 2020 | (conference call) | (Phil Collins) | | | Newark (SPUSA 2019) | Howie Hawkins (Green) |
| 2024 | Buffalo (2023) | Michael Wood | | | (Zoom call, SPUSA, 2023) | (Bill Stodden) |

### Workers', Communist and Socialist Workers parties

The Communist Party was formed by Leninists who had left the Socialist Party of America in 1919. The Socialist Workers Party was formed by Communists who followed Leon Trotsky rather than Joseph Stalin and briefly joined the Socialist Party before forming their own party in 1937.
| Election | Communist Party convention | Communist nominee | SWP convention | Socialist Workers Party nominee |
| 1924 | Chicago [Workers Party] | William Z. Foster | | |
| 1928 | New York City [Workers (Communist) Party] | William Z. Foster | | |
| 1932 | Chicago | William Z. Foster | | |
| 1936 | New York City | Earl Browder | | |
| 1940 | New York City | Earl Browder | | |
| 1944 | New York City (Communist Political Association) | no candidate nominated | | |
| 1948 | New York City | Henry A. Wallace (Progressive) | New York City | Farrell Dobbs |
| 1952 | | Vincent Hallinan (Progressive) | New York City | Farrell Dobbs |
| 1956 | | | New York City | Farrell Dobbs |
| 1960 | | | | (Farrell Dobbs) |
| 1964 | | | New York City | Clifton DeBerry |
| 1968 | New York City | Charlene Mitchell | New York City | Fred Halstead |
| 1972 | New York City | Gus Hall | Detroit | Linda Jenness |
| 1976 | Chicago | Gus Hall | | (Peter Camejo) |
| 1980 | Detroit | Gus Hall | Oberlin, Ohio | Andrew Pulley |
| 1984 | Cleveland, Ohio | Gus Hall | New York City | Melvin T. Mason |
| 1988 | | | New York City | James Warren |
| 1992 | | | Chicago | James Warren |

### Libertarian, Green, and Constitution Parties

In 1999, the United States Taxpayers' Party changed its name to the Constitution Party.
The individual article about a Libertarian convention or about a Green Party convention after 1996 is linked to its respective city in the table below. Cities linked for Constitution and U.S. Taxpayers' Party conventions lead to individual sections of Constitution Party National Convention.
| Elec- tion | Libertarian Party convention | Libertarian Party nominee | Green Party convention | Green Party nominee | U.S. Taxpayers' or Constitution Party convention | U.S. Taxpayers' or Constitution Party nominee |
| 1972 | Denver | John Hospers | | | | |
| 1976 | New York | Roger MacBride | | | | |
| 1980 | Los Angeles | Ed Clark | | | | |
| 1984 | New York (1983) | David Bergland | | | | |
| 1988 | Seattle (1987) | Ron Paul | | | | |
| 1992 | Chicago (1991) | André Marrou | | | New Orleans (US Taxpayers') | Howard Phillips |
| 1996 | Washington, D.C. | Harry Browne | Los Angeles | Ralph Nader | San Diego (US Taxpayers') | Howard Phillips |
| 2000 | Anaheim | Harry Browne | Denver | Ralph Nader | St. Louis (Constitution, 1999) | Howard Phillips |
| 2004 | Atlanta | Michael Badnarik | Milwaukee | David Cobb | Valley Forge, Pa. (Constitution) | Michael Peroutka |
| 2008 | Denver | Bob Barr | Chicago | Cynthia McKinney | Kansas City (Constitution) | Chuck Baldwin |
| 2012 | Las Vegas | Gary Johnson | Baltimore | Jill Stein | Nashville (Constitution) | Virgil Goode |
| 2016 | Orlando | Gary Johnson | Houston | Jill Stein | Salt Lake City (Constitution) | Darrell Castle |
| 2020 | (Online) | (Jo Jorgensen) | (Online) | (Howie Hawkins) | (Online) (Constitution) | (Don Blankenship) |
| 2024 | Washington, D.C. | Chase Oliver | (Online) | (Jill Stein) | Salt Lake City (Constitution) | Randall Terry |

## Location of the Party Convention in Relation to Election Winner

The list below shows the location of the party convention, along with the winner of the election. Bold font indicates that party won the presidential election. If the party won the state where the convention was held — but not necessarily that city itself — the box is shaded. (For example, while the 1948 Democratic, Progressive and Republican conventions were all held in Philadelphia, the city itself narrowly voted for Democratic President Harry Truman, while the state of Pennsylvania as a whole voted for the Republican candidate, Thomas Dewey. In this table the 1948 Republican box is shaded, but the Democratic one is not.). Other parties are only listed if they garnered electoral college votes.
| Election | Democratic Convention | Republican Convention | Other Party Convention |
| 1832 | Baltimore, Maryland (Jackson) | | Baltimore, Maryland (National Republican, 1831) |
| 1836 | Baltimore, Maryland (1835) (Van Buren) | | |
| 1840 | Baltimore, Maryland | | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Whig, 1839) (WH Harrison) |
| 1844 | Baltimore, Maryland (Polk) | | Baltimore, Maryland (Whig) |
| 1848 | Baltimore, Maryland | | Baltimore, Maryland (Whig) (Taylor) |
| 1852 | Baltimore, Maryland (Pierce) | | Baltimore, Maryland (Whig) |
| 1856 | Cincinnati, Ohio (Buchanan) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Baltimore, Maryland (American) |
| 1860 | Charleston, South Carolina & Baltimore, Maryland | Chicago, Illinois (Lincoln) | Baltimore, Maryland (Constitutional Union) |
| 1864 | Chicago, Illinois | Baltimore, Mayland (National Union) (Lincoln) | |
| 1868 | New York City | Chicago, Illinois (Grant) |
| 1872 | Baltimore, Maryland | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Grant) | Cincinnati. Ohio (Liberal Republican) |
| 1876 | St. Louis, Missouri | Cincinnati, Ohio (Hayes) | |
| 1880 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Chicago, Illinois (Garfield) | |
| 1884 | Chicago, Illinois (Cleveland) | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1888 | St. Louis, Missouri | Chicago, Illinois (B. Harrison) | |
| 1892 | Chicago, Illinois (Cleveland) | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Omaha, Nebraska (People's) |
| 1896 | Chicago, Illinois | St. Louis, Missouri (McKinley) | St. Louis, Missouri (People's) |
| 1900 | Kansas City, Missouri | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (McKinley) | |
| 1904 | St. Louis, Missouri | Chicago, Illinois (T. Roosevelt) | |
| 1908 | Denver, Colorado | Chicago, Illinois (Taft) | |
| 1912 | Baltimore, Maryland (Wilson) | Chicago, Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (Progressive) |
| 1916 | St. Louis, Missouri (Wilson) | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1920 | San Francisco, California | Chicago, Illinois (Harding) | |
| 1924 | New York City | Cleveland, Ohio (Coolidge) | Cincinnati, Ohio (Progressive) |
| 1928 | Houston, Texas | Kansas City, Missouri (Hoover) | |
| 1932 | Chicago, Illinois (FDR) | Chicago,Illinois | |
| 1936 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (FDR) | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| 1940 | Chicago, Illinois (FDR) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| 1944 | Chicago, Illinois (FDR) | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1948 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Truman) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Birmingham, Alabama (States' Rights Democratic) |
| 1952 | Chicago, Illinois | Chicago, Illinois (Ike) | |
| 1956 | Chicago, Illinois | San Francisco, California (Ike) | |
| 1960 | Los Angeles, California (JFK) | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1964 | Atlantic City, New Jersey (LBJ) | San Francisco, California | |
| 1968 | Chicago, Illinois | Miami Beach, Florida (Nixon) | |
| 1972 | Miami Beach, Florida | Miami Beach, Florida (Nixon) | |
| 1976 | New York City (Carter) | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| 1980 | New York City | Detroit, Michigan {Reagan) | |
| 1984 | San Francisco, California | Dallas, Texas {Reagan) | |
| 1988 | Atlanta, Georgia | New Orleans, Louisiana (GHW Bush) | |
| 1992 | New York City (Bill Clinton) | Houston, Texas | |
| 1996 | Chicago, Illinois (Bill Clinton) | San Diego, California | |
| 2000 | Los Angeles, California | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (GW Bush) | |
| 2004 | Boston, Massachusetts | New York City (GW Bush) | |
| 2008 | Denver, Colorado (Obama) | Saint Paul, Minnesota | |
| 2012 | Charlotte, North Carolina (Obama) | Tampa, Florida | |
| 2016 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Cleveland, Ohio (Trump) | |
| 2020 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Biden) | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| 2024 | Chicago, Illinois | Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Trump) | |