page_title: 1948 Progressive National Convention
section_title: The convention
hierarchical_section_title: 1948 Progressive National Convention / The convention
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Progressive Citizens of America party members. Left to right, seated, are Henry A. Wallace and Elliott Roosevelt; standing are Dr. Harlow Shapley and Jo Davidson.
context_page_description: The 1948 Progressive National Convention was held in Philadelphia from July 23–25, 1948. The convention ratified the candidacies of former Vice President Henry A. Wallace from Iowa for president and U.S. Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho for vice president. The Progressive Party's platform opposed the Cold War and emphasized foreign policy.
context_section_description: By the time of the Convention, the Wallace campaign had already peaked. Wallace's criticism of the Marshall Plan and "red baiting", had left Wallace and his supporters open to the charge of being "fellow travellers" if not being outright communists, a charge that was, for some at least, quite true.
  The convention began on July 23, 1948, at the Municipal Auditorium. Among the delegates were such past and future luminaries as H.L. Menken, Norman Mailer, Norman Thomas, Pete Seeger and George McGovern. There were also numerous FBI agents. The first item on the agenda was to formally name the party the Progressives. Wallace and Taylor were nominated by acclamation.
  Wallace and Taylor accepted their nominations at the Shibe Park baseball stadium.
caption: Progressive Citizens of America party members. Left to right, seated, are Henry A. Wallace and Elliott Roosevelt; standing are Dr. Harlow Shapley and Jo Davidson.
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