page_title: 1964 Republican National Convention
section_title: The convention
hierarchical_section_title: 1964 Republican National Convention / The convention
caption_attribution_description: English: Governor Mark Hatfield appears before the 1964 Republican National Convention
context_page_description: The 1964 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States took place in the Cow Palace, Daly City, California, from July 13 to July 16, 1964. Before 1964, there had been only one national Republican convention on the West Coast, the 1956 Republican National Convention, which also took place in the Cow Palace. Many believed that a convention at San Francisco indicated the rising power of the Republican party in the west.
context_section_description: The Republican National Convention of 1964 was a tension-filled contest.  Goldwater's conservatives were openly clashing with Rockefeller's moderates.  Goldwater was regarded as the "conservatives' leading spokesman."  As a result, Goldwater was not as popular with the moderates and liberals of the Republican Party. When Rockefeller attempted to deliver a speech, he was booed by the convention's conservative delegates, who regarded him as a member of the "eastern liberal establishment."  Despite the infighting, Goldwater was easily nominated.  He chose William E. Miller, a Representative from New York, as his running mate.  In his acceptance speech, he declared communism as a "principal disturber of the peace in the world today" and said, "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.  And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."  Some people, including those within his own campaign staff, believed this weakened Goldwater's chances, as he effectively severed ties with the moderates and liberals of the Republican Party.
  Former vice president and GOP presidential nominee (and future President) Richard Nixon introduced the Arizonan as "Mr. Conservative" and "Mr. Republican" and he continued that "he is the man who, after the greatest campaign in history, will be Mr. President — Barry Goldwater".
  According to Emmy award-winning television journalist, Belva Davis, she and another black reporter were chased out of the convention by attendees yelling racial slurs.
caption: Governor Mark Hatfield appears before the convention in the Cow Palace
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