List of Democratic National Conventions

This list includes all Democratic National Conventions . They take place every four years in changing cities in the United States and serve to nominate the Democratic Party candidate for the office of US President and Vice President .

Note: Successful candidacies in the actual presidential election are highlighted in green.

number	date	Venue	Ballots	Presidential candidate	image	State	Vice presidential candidate	image	State
1.	May 21-23, 1832	The Athenaeum , Baltimore	1	Andrew Jackson		Tennessee	Martin Van Buren		new York
2.	May 20-22 , 1835	Fourth Presbyterian Church , Baltimore	1	Martin Van Buren		new York	Richard mentor Johnson		Kentucky
3.	May 5-6, 1840	The Assembly Rooms , Baltimore	1	Martin Van Buren		new York	none
4th	May 27-29, 1844	Old Fellows Hall , Baltimore	9	James K. Polk		Tennessee	George M. Dallas		Pennsylvania
5.	May 22-25, 1848	Baltimore Universalist Church , Baltimore	4th	Lewis Cass		Michigan	William Orlando Butler		Kentucky
6th	June 1-5 , 1852	Maryland Institute , Baltimore	49	Franklin Pierce		New Hampshire	William R. King		Alabama
7th	June 2-6 , 1856	Smith and Nixon's Hall , Cincinnati	17th	James Buchanan		Pennsylvania	John C. Breckinridge		Kentucky
8th.	April 23 to May 3, 1860	South Carolina Institute Hall , Charleston	57	None			None
9.	June 18-23 , 1860	Front Street Theater , Baltimore	2	Stephen A. Douglas		Illinois	Herschel Vespasian Johnson		Georgia
10.	August 29 to 31, 1864	The Amphitheater , Chicago	1	George B. McClellan		New Jersey	George H. Pendleton		Ohio
11.	July 4-9, 1868	Tammany Hall , New York City	22nd	Horatio Seymour		new York	Francis Preston Blair Junior		Missouri
12.	July 9-10 , 1872	Ford's Opera House , Baltimore	1	Horace Greeley		new York	B. Gratz Brown		Missouri
13.	June 27-29, 1876	Merchants Exchange Building , St. Louis	2	Samuel J. Tilden		new York	Thomas A. Hendricks		Indiana
14th	June 22 to 24, 1880	Music Hall , Cincinnati	2	Winfield Scott Hancock		Pennsylvania	William Hayden English		Indiana
15th	July 8-11, 1884	Exposition Building Chicago , Chicago	2	Grover Cleveland		new York	Thomas A. Hendricks		Indiana
16.	June 5-7, 1888	St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall , St. Louis	1	Grover Cleveland		new York	Allen G. Thurman		Ohio
17th	June 21-23, 1892	The Wigwam , Chicago	1	Grover Cleveland		new York	Adlai Ewing Stevenson		Illinois
18th	July 7-11, 1896	Chicago Coliseum , Chicago	5	William Jennings Bryan		Nebraska	Arthur Sewall		Maine
19th	4th to 6th July 1900	Convention Hall , Kansas City	1	William Jennings Bryan		Nebraska	Adlai Ewing Stevenson		Illinois
20th	July 6-9, 1904	St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall , St. Louis	1	Alton B. Parker		new York	Henry G. Davis		West Virginia
21st	July 7-10, 1908	Denver Auditorium Arena , Denver	1	William Jennings Bryan		Nebraska	John W. Kern		Indiana
22nd	June 25 to July 2, 1912	5th Maryland Regiment Armory , Baltimore	46	Woodrow Wilson		New Jersey	Thomas Riley Marshall		Indiana
23.	June 14-16 , 1916	St. Louis Coliseum , St. Louis	1	Woodrow Wilson		New Jersey	Thomas Riley Marshall		Indiana
24.	June 28 to July 6, 1920	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium , San Francisco	43	James M. Cox		Ohio	Franklin D. Roosevelt		new York
25th	June 24th to July 9th, 1924	Madison Square Garden , New York City	103	John W. Davis		new York	Charles W. Bryan		Nebraska
26th	June 26-29, 1928	Sam Houston Hall , Houston	1	Alfred E. Smith		new York	Joseph Taylor Robinson		Arkansas
27.	June 27 to July 2, 1932	Chicago Stadium , Chicago	4th	Franklin D. Roosevelt		new York	John Nance Garner		Texas
28.	June 23-27, 1936	Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center , Philadelphia	Acclamation	Franklin D. Roosevelt		new York	John Nance Garner		Texas
29	July 15-18, 1940	Chicago Stadium , Chicago	1	Franklin D. Roosevelt		new York	Henry A. Wallace		Iowa
30th	July 19-21, 1944	Chicago Stadium , Chicago	1	Franklin D. Roosevelt		new York	Harry S. Truman		Missouri
31.	July 12-14, 1948	Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center , Philadelphia	1	Harry S. Truman		Missouri	Albums W. Barkley		Kentucky
32.	July 21-26, 1952	International Amphitheater , Chicago	3	Adlai E. Stephenson		Illinois	John Sparkman		Alabama
33.	August 13-17 , 1956	International Amphitheater , Chicago	1	Adlai E. Stephenson		Illinois	Estes Kefauver		Tennessee
34.	July 11-15, 1960	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena , Los Angeles	1	John F. Kennedy		Massachusetts	Lyndon B. Johnson		Texas
35.	August 24-27, 1964	Boardwalk Hall , Atlantic City	Acclamation	Lyndon B. Johnson		Texas	Hubert H. Humphrey		Minnesota
36.	August 26-29, 1968	International Amphitheater , Chicago	1	Hubert H. Humphrey		Minnesota	Edmund Muskie		Maine
37.	July 10-13, 1972	Miami Beach Convention Center , Miami Beach	1	George McGovern		South Dakota	Thomas Eagleton		Missouri
38.	July 12-15, 1976	Madison Square Garden , New York City	1	Jimmy Carter		Georgia	Walter Mondale		Minnesota
39.	August 11-14, 1980	Madison Square Garden , New York City	1	Jimmy Carter		Georgia	Walter Mondale		Minnesota
40.	July 16-19, 1984	Moscone Center , San Francisco	1	Walter Mondale		Minnesota	Geraldine Ferraro		new York
41.	July 18-21, 1988	Omni Coliseum , Atlanta	1	Michael Dukakis		Massachusetts	Lloyd Bentsen		Texas
42.	July 13-16 , 1992	Madison Square Garden , New York City	1	Bill Clinton		Arkansas	Al Gore		Tennessee
43.	August 26-29, 1996	United Center , Chicago	Acclamation	Bill Clinton		Arkansas	Al Gore		Tennessee
44.	August 14-17, 2000	Staples Center , Los Angeles	Acclamation	Al Gore		Tennessee	Joe Lieberman		Connecticut
45.	July 26-29, 2004	TD Garden , Boston	1	John Kerry		Massachusetts	John Edwards		North Carolina
46.	August 25-28, 2008	Pepsi Center and Sports Authority Field at Mile High , Denver	1 / acclamation	Barack Obama		Illinois	Joe Biden		Delaware
47.	September 3 to 6, 2012	Time Warner Cable Arena , Charlotte	1 / acclamation	Barack Obama		Illinois	Joe Biden		Delaware
48.	July 25-28, 2016	Wells Fargo Center and Pennsylvania Convention Center , Philadelphia	1	Hillary Clinton		new York	Tim Kaine		Virginia
49.	17th August 2020	Milwaukee	1	Joe Biden		Delaware