The Washington times., 1912-06-21

convention. Lewis Cass, of Michigan,
was named for President and william
Q. Butler, Of Kentucky. for Vice Presi-
lor and Fillmore, Wings.
FRANKLIN Pierce, Of New Hampshire. a.
puh,c,n hEE norseb whose name had not been
the Presidential nomination at the Dem
Baltimore in 1852 Wiliian ?. King, Of
,Aslabama, ,ss was nominated for Vice Pres
ioent, but did not live to fill the office.
The convention which met at Cincin-
natl on June 2. 1856, lasted four days
ana nI,i re resulted In the nomination of James
dent and John c. Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky, for Vice President
The most fateful convention which
was ever held in the United States was
on April %, 1860, which lasted ten days
and took fifty-seven unavailing ballots,
and which split the party into a North
had a separate convention in another
pace and put up ticket of its own.
One faction named Stephen A. Douglas,
of Illinois. and Herschel v johnson. of
John c. Breckenridge. of Kentucky. and
JJossph Lane, of Oregon. Both were de-
1eated at the polls by Abraham Lincoln
@nd Tba Hannibal na,n n,ian' mamlin' Republicans ,
Democratic national convention which
met In Chicago on August 30, 1854, was
TO prevent the party organization from
gong wholly to pieces, The convention
adopted a platform which declared the
war failure and nominated Gen
George B. Mcclellan, OF New Jersey,
Tor President, and George II. Pendle-
ton, of Ohio, for Vice President. Only
three States ratified the conventions 8
Meet At New York.
In the convention of 1868 the only one
ever held in New York. IIoratio sey-
niour. of New York, was named for
President, and F. P. Blair, of Missouri,
for Vice President This ticket was
easily beaten by the Republican ticket
of Grant and Colfax.
The 1872 convention Of the Democrats
| was held at Baltimore. 1t accepted
Horace Greeley. the pominee Of the Sc
| cedlng element of the Republican party.
and named B. Gratz Brown, of Mis-
| souri,, for Vice President, but the reg
Glar Republicans in that year repeated
| their victory of 1865.
In their convention of 1876. in St.
Louis the Democrats nominated thel.
strongest and ablest man, Samuel j.
Tilden. of New York, with Thomas A.
, Hendricks, of Indiana. for Vice Presi-
dent. They came within one vote IN
the Electoral College of electing their
ticket
Since 1876 the national conventions
| and nominees of the Democratic party
have been as follows;
1880. at Cincinnati, Gen. Winfield s.
| Hancock, of Pennsylvania for Presi-
dent and William NJ. English. of In
diana, for Vice President.
1884, at Chicago. Grover Cleveland. OF
New York, for President. and Thomas
A, Hendricks. OF Indiana, for vice Pres
| ident.
1888, at Chicago, Grover Cleveland. OF
New York, for President. ana Allen G.
| Thurman. Of Ohio. for Vice President
| 1892, at Chicago. Grover Cleveland, OF
New York, for President. and -Adlai Z
Stevenson, of Illinois. for Vice Presi'
| dent.
1896, at Chicago. william ]. Bryan, oi
Nebraska. for President, and Arthur
| Sewall, OF Maine, for Vice President.
| 1900, at Kansas City, William j.
Bryan, Of Nebraska. for President. anl
Adlai E. Stevenson. Of Illinois. for Vice
| President.
1904, at ST. Louis, Alton B. Parker. o.
| New York. for President. and Henry G
\ Davis, of West Virginia. for Vice Presi
dent.
1908, at Denver. William J. Bryan, G
/ Nebraska, for President, and John "
Kern, of Indiana, for Vice President.