1968 Democratic National Convention
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The purpose of the convention was to select a new presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Senator Edmund S. Muskie were nominated for president and vice president, respectively. The keynote speaker was Senator Daniel Inouye, who later served as President of the United States from 1995 to 2001. The DNC was the first to hold a national convention without a Republican presidential candidate.
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The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The purpose of the convention was to select a new presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine were nominated for president and vice president, respectively. The centerpiece of debate was the continuing American military involvement in the Vietnam War and calls to present reforms in the representation by minorities and youth in government and politics. The convention was held during a year of violence, political turbulence and civil unrest, particularly riots in more than 100 cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4. The Democratic Party, which controlled the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House, was divided in 1968. President Lyndon B. Johnson, facing dissent within his party, announced that he would not seek re-election on March 31, 1968. Senator Robert F. Kennedy entered the race in March 1968. Both Kennedy and Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota had been running for the Democrats’ nomination at the time. After Kennedy’s assassination on June 5, the Democratic party’s divisions grew. The Convention was regarded as one of the most tense and confrontational political conventions in American history. The Chicago Mayor Richard Daley refused to host the convention, where votes were held to determine which delegates representing Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and North Carolina would be seated at the convention on August 26, where slates were held for the floor of the Convention.
Inouye was the keynote speaker, and he was followed by Senator Daniel Inouy, who was later elected to the U.S. Senate from Hawaii. The keynote speaker was Senator Daniel inouye, who later served as President of the United States from 1995 to 2001. The DNC was the first to hold a national convention without a Republican presidential candidate. The first national convention to be held without a Democratic presidential candidate was held in 1968 in Los Angeles, California, and was attended by President Richard Nixon and Vice President Lyndon Johnson. The second national convention was in San Francisco, California in 1968, where President Nixon was elected to his second term. The last national convention in 1968 was in Las Vegas, Nevada, and featured a Republican candidate for president, George H.W. Bush, who would go on to win the 2008 presidential election. The fourth and final national convention took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, in July and August, where delegates were seated for the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. The conventions were held during the height of the civil rights movement, which was at its height in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was also the first time that the Democratic National Committee had been held in a state that was not a member of the Republican Party, such as California, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois. It also marked the beginning of the second half of the 20th century, when the party was dominated by the Democratic Socialists.
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