  the 1924 democratic national convention, also called the klanbake, held at the madison square garden in new york city from june 24 to july 9, 1924, took a record 103 ballots to nominate a presidential candidate. it was the longest continuously running convention in united states political history. it was the first major party national convention that saw the name of a woman, lena springs, placed in nomination for the office of vice president. it was also known for the strong influence of the ku klux klan. john w. davis, initially an outsider, eventually won the presidential nomination as a compromise candidate following a virtual war of attrition between front-runners william gibbs mcadoo and al smith. davis and his vice presidential running-mate, charles w. bryan of nebraska, went on to be defeated by the republican ticket of president calvin coolidge and charles g. dawes in the 1924 presidential election. ==ku klux klan== the ku klux klan, a relic of post-civil war reconstruction, was resurrected after the 1915 release of d.w. griffith's very popular motion picture the birth of a nation. after world war i, the popularity of the klan surged, and it became a political power in many regions of the united states, particularly in the south. it was also popular in the border states, the mountain states, and the west. its local political strength gave it a major role in the 1924 democratic party national convention (dnc). however, its participation was unwelcome by many dnc delegates, such as catholics from the major cities of the northeast and midwest. the tension between pro- and anti-klan delegates produced an intense and sometimes violent showdown between convention attendees from the states of colorado and mi
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