Title: President-Making in the Gilded Age
Description: "Nominating conventions were the highlight of presidential elections in the Gilded Age, an era when there were no primaries, no debates and nominees did little active campaigning. Unlike modern conventions, the outcomes were not so seemingly pre-determined. Historians consider the late 19th century an era of political corruption, when party bosses controlled the conventions and chose nominees"--
Subjects: Political conventions, Presidents, united states, election, Nominations for office, United states, politics and government, 1865-1900, Politics and government, Election, Presidents, History