List of Democratic National Conventions

This is a list of Democratic National Conventions. These conventions are the presidential nominating conventions of the Democratic Party of the United States.

List of Democratic National Conventions

Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent presidential election are tinted in light blue. Four other conventions — in 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016 — which nominated candidates who won the popular vote, but not the Electoral College, are tinted in pale yellow.

DatesYearLocationStateTemporary ChairPermanent ChairPlatformAmerican Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara, at https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/platforms.php (retrieved February 3, 2012)BallotsPresidential NomineeVice Presidential Nominee–231832The Athenaeum and Warfield's Church, BaltimoreMarylandRobert Lucas of Ohio–Andrew Jackson of Tennessee1Martin Van Buren of New York–221835Fourth Presbyterian Church, BaltimoreAndrew Stevenson of VirginiaMartin Van Buren of New YorkRichard Johnson of Kentucky–61840The Assembly Rooms, BaltimoreMarylandWilliam Carroll of Tennessee1840 platformMartin Van Buren of New York–2–291844Odd Fellows Hall, BaltimoreMarylandHendrick Bradley Wright of Pennsylvania1844 platformJames K. Polk of TennesseeGeorge M. Dallas of Pennsylvania3–251848Universalist Church, BaltimoreMarylandJ. S. Bryce of LouisianaAndrew Stevenson of Virginia1848 platformLewis Cass of MichiganWilliam O. Butler of Kentucky–51852Maryland Institute, BaltimoreMarylandRomulus M. Saunders of North CarolinaJohn Davis of Indiana1852 platformFranklin Pierce of New HampshireWilliam R. King of Alabama–61856Smith and Nixon's Hall, CincinnatiOhioJohn Elliot Ward of Georgia1856 platformJames Buchanan of PennsylvaniaJohn C. Breckinridge of Kentucky–May 31860South Carolina Institute Hall, CharlestonSouth CarolinaCaleb Cushing of MassachusettsSee belowDeadlocked–231860Front Street Theater, BaltimoreMarylandCaleb Cushing of Massachusetts4David Tod of Ohio1860 N.D. platformStephen A. Douglas of Illinois5Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia5,6–311864The Amphitheatre, ChicagoIllinoisHoratio Seymour of New York1864 platformGeorge B. McClellan of New JerseyGeorge H. Pendleton of Ohio–91868Tammany Hall, New York CityNew YorkHenry L. Palmer of WisconsinHoratio Seymour of New York1868 platformHoratio Seymour of New YorkFrancis P. Blair Jr. of Missouri–1018727Ford's Grand Opera House, BaltimoreMarylandThomas Jefferson Randolph of VirginiaJames R. Doolittle of Wisconsin1872 platformHorace Greeley of New York7B. Gratz Brown of Missouri7–291876Merchant's Exchange Building, St. LouisMissouriJohn A. McClernand of Illinois1876 platformSamuel J. Tilden of New YorkThomas A. Hendricks of Indiana–241880Cincinnati Music Hall, CincinnatiOhioGeorge Hoadly of OhioJohn W. Stevenson of Kentucky1880 platformWinfield S. Hancock of PennsylvaniaWilliam H. English of Indiana–111884Interstate Exposition Building, ChicagoIllinoisRichard B. Hubbard of TexasWilliam F. Vilas of Wisconsin1884 platformGrover Cleveland of New YorkThomas A. Hendricks of Indiana–71888Exposition Building, St. LouisMissouriPatrick Collins of Massachusetts1888 platformGrover Cleveland of New YorkAllen G. Thurman of Ohio–231892Wigwam, ChicagoIllinoisWilliam Claiborne Owens of KentuckyWilliam Lyne Wilson of West Virginia1892 platformGrover Cleveland of New YorkAdlai Stevenson I of Illinois–1118968Chicago Coliseum, ChicagoIllinoisJohn W. Daniel of VirginiaStephen M. White of California1896 platformWilliam Jennings Bryan of Nebraska9Arthur Sewall of Maine–61900Convention Hall, Kansas CityMissouriCharles Thomas of ColoradoJames D. Richardson of Tennessee1900 platformWilliam Jennings Bryan of NebraskaAdlai Stevenson I of Illinois–91904St. Louis Coliseum, St. LouisJohn Sharp Williams of MississippiChamp Clark of Missouri1904 platformAlton B. Parker of New YorkHenry G. Davis of West Virginia–101908Denver Auditorium Arena, DenverColoradoTheodore Bell of CaliforniaHenry D. Clayton of Alabama1908 platformWilliam Jennings Bryan of NebraskaJohn W. Kern of Indiana–July 21912Fifth Regiment Armory, BaltimoreMarylandAlton B. Parker of New YorkOllie M. James of Kentucky1912 platformWoodrow Wilson of New JerseyThomas R. Marshall of Indiana–161916Convention Hall, St. LouisMissouriOllie M. James of Kentucky1916 platformWoodrow Wilson of New Jersey (speech)–July 61920Civic Auditorium, San FranciscoCaliforniaHomer Stille Cummings of ConnecticutJoseph T. Robinson of Arkansas1920 platformJames M. Cox of OhioFranklin D. Roosevelt of New York–July 91924Madison Square Garden, New YorkNew YorkMartin H. Glynn of New YorkThomas J. Walsh of Montana1924 platformJohn W. Davis of New YorkCharles W. Bryan of Nebraska–291928Sam Houston Hall, HoustonTexasJoseph T. Robinson of Arkansas1928 platformAl Smith of New York (speech)Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas–July 21932Chicago Stadium, ChicagoIllinoisAlben W. Barkley of KentuckyThomas J. Walsh of Montana1932 platformFranklin D. Roosevelt of New York (speech)John Nance Garner of Texas–271936Convention Hall and Franklin Field, PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaJoseph T. Robinson of Arkansas1936 platformAcclamationFranklin D. Roosevelt of New York (speech)–181940Chicago Stadium, ChicagoIllinoisAlben W. Barkley of Kentucky1940 platformFranklin D. Roosevelt of New York (speech)Henry A. Wallace of Iowa–211944Robert Kerr of OklahomaSamuel D. Jackson of Indiana1944 platformFranklin D. Roosevelt of New York (speech)Harry S. Truman of Missouri–14194810Convention Hall, PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaSam Rayburn of Texas1948 platformHarry S. Truman of Missouri (speech)Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky–261952International Amphitheatre, ChicagoIllinoisSam Rayburn of Texas1952 platformAdlai Stevenson of Illinois (speech)John Sparkman of Alabama–171956Sam Rayburn of Texas1956 platformAdlai Stevenson of Illinois (speech)Estes Kefauver of Tennessee–151960Memorial Sports Arena and Memorial Coliseum, Los AngelesCaliforniaLeRoy Collins of Florida1960 platformJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts (speech)Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas–271964Convention Hall, Atlantic CityNew JerseyJohn W. McCormack of Massachusetts1964 platformAcclamationLyndon B. Johnson of Texas (speech)Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota–291968International Amphitheatre, ChicagoIllinoisCarl Albert of Oklahoma1968 platformHubert Humphrey of Minnesota (speech)Edmund Muskie of Maine–131972Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami BeachFloridaDaniel Inouye of HawaiiLawrence F. O'Brien of Massachusetts1972 platformGeorge McGovern of South Dakota (speech)Thomas Eagleton of Missouri11–151976Madison Square Garden, New YorkNew YorkLindy Boggs of Louisiana1976 platformJimmy Carter of Georgia (speech)Walter Mondale of Minnesota–141980Madison Square Garden, New YorkNew YorkTip O'Neill of Massachusetts1980 platformJimmy Carter of Georgia (speech)Walter Mondale of Minnesota–191984Moscone Center, San FranciscoCaliforniaMartha Layne Collins of Kentucky1984 platformWalter Mondale of Minnesota (speech)Geraldine Ferraro of New York–211988The Omni, AtlantaGeorgiaJim Wright of Texas1988 platformMichael Dukakis of Massachusetts (speech)Lloyd Bentsen of Texas–161992Madison Square Garden, New YorkNew YorkAnn Richards of Texas1992 platformBill Clinton of Arkansas (speech)Al Gore of Tennessee–291996United Center, ChicagoIllinoisDick Gephardt of MissouriTom Daschle of South Dakota1996 platformAcclamationBill Clinton of Arkansas (speech)–172000Staples Center, Los AngelesCaliforniaTerry McAuliffe of New York2000 platformAcclamationAl Gore of Tennessee (speech)Joe Lieberman of Connecticut–292004FleetCenter, BostonMassachusettsBill Richardson of New Mexico2004 platformJohn Kerry of Massachusetts (speech)John Edwards of North Carolina–282008Pepsi Center and Invesco Field, DenverColoradoHoward Dean of VermontNancy Pelosi of California2008 platform1 / AcclamationBarack Obama of Illinois (speech)Joe Biden of Delaware–62012Time Warner Cable Arena, CharlotteNorth CarolinaDebbie Wasserman Schultz of FloridaAntonio Villaraigosa of California2012 platformBarack Obama of Illinois (speech)–282016Wells Fargo Center, PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaStephanie Rawlings-Blake of Maryland12Marcia Fudge of Ohio2016 platformHillary Clinton of New York (speech)Tim Kaine of Virginia–20132020 Wisconsin Center, MilwaukeeVarious locations remotely14Wisconsin Not chosen Bennie Thompson of Mississippi 2020 platform Joe Biden of Delaware (speech) Kamala Harris of California –222024United Center, ChicagoIllinoisTBAMinyon Moore of Illinois2024 platformKamala Harris of California (speech)Tim Walz of Minnesota–102028TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD

Footnotes

1 A resolution endorsing "the repeated nominations which he [Jackson] has received in various parts of the Union" was passed by the convention.

2 A resolution stating "that the convention deem it expedient at the present time not to choose between the individuals in nomination, but to leave the decision to their Republican fellow-citizens in the several states" was passed by the convention. Most Van Buren electors voted for Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky for the vice presidency; others voted for Littleton Waller Tazewell of Virginia and James K. Polk of Tennessee in the election of 1840.

3 Silas Wright of New York was first nominated and he declined the nomination.

4[1860 June] Caleb Cushing resigned as permanent chair.

5[1860 June] Douglas and Johnson were chosen as the candidates of the Front Street Theater convention after most of the Southern delegations walked out. The convention bolters soon formed their own convention, located at the Maryland Institute, also in Baltimore, on June 28, 1860. At their convention Caleb Cushing again served as permanent chair and John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky was nominated for the presidency and Joseph Lane of Oregon was nominated for the vice presidency. (1860 Southern Democratic platform)

6[1860 June] Benjamin Fitzpatrick of Alabama was first nominated but he declined the nomination.

7 Greeley and B. Gratz Brown had already been endorsed by the Liberal Republican Party, meeting on May 1 in Cincinnati. A dissident group of Straight-Out Democrats, meeting in Louisville, Kentucky on September 3, nominated Charles O'Conor of New York for President and John Quincy Adams II of Massachusetts for Vice President, but both men declined the nomination.Tim Taylor, The Book of Presidents, Arno Press, New York, 1972, page 215. 8 "Gold" Democrats opposed to the Free Silver plank of the 1896 platform and to Wm J. Bryan's candidacy convened as the National Democratic Party in Indianapolis on September 2, and nominated John M. Palmer of Illinois for President and former Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky for Vice President. 9 Bryan was later nominated for President in St. Louis, together with Thomas E. Watson of Georgia for Vice President, by the National Silver Republican Party meeting on July 22, and by the People's Party (Populists) meeting on July 25.Tim Taylor, The Book of Presidents, Arno Press, New York, 1972, page 283. 10 Breakaway delegations left the Philadelphia Convention for conventions of the Progressive and States Rights Democratic parties. The Progressives, meeting on July 23, also in Philadelphia, nominated former Vice President Henry A. Wallace of Iowa for President and Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho for Vice President. (1948 Progressive Party platform)The States' Rights Democrats (or "Dixiecrats"), meeting in Birmingham, Alabama on July 17, nominated Governors Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for President and Fielding Wright of Mississippi for Vice President. (1948 States' Rights Democratic platform)Tim Taylor, The Book of Presidents, Arno Press, New York, 1972, page 470.

11 Eagleton withdrew his candidacy after the convention and was replaced by Sargent Shriver of Maryland.