number |
date |
Venue |
Ballots |
Presidential candidate |
image |
State |
Vice presidential candidate |
image |
State
|
1. |
June 17-19 , 1856
|
The Musical Fund Society , Philadelphia
|
2 |
John C. Frémont |
|
California |
William L. Dayton |
|
New Jersey
|
2. |
May 16-18, 1860
|
The Wigwam , Chicago
|
3 |
Abraham Lincoln |
|
Illinois |
Hannibal Hamlin |
|
Maine
|
3. |
June 7th to 8th, 1864
|
Front Street Theater , Baltimore
|
1 |
Abraham Lincoln |
|
Illinois |
Andrew Johnson |
|
Tennessee
|
4th |
May 20-21, 1868
|
Crosby's Opera House , Chicago
|
1 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
|
Illinois |
Schuyler Colfax |
|
Indiana
|
5. |
June 5-6, 1872
|
Academy of Music , Philadelphia
|
1 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
|
Illinois |
Henry Wilson |
|
Massachusetts
|
6th |
June 14-16 , 1876
|
Exposition Hall , Cincinnati
|
7th |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
|
Ohio |
William A. Wheeler |
|
new York
|
7th |
June 2-8 , 1880
|
Interstate Exposition Bulding , Chicago
|
36 |
James A. Garfield |
|
Ohio |
Chester A. Arthur |
|
new York
|
8th. |
June 3-6 , 1884
|
Exposition Hall , Chicago
|
4th |
James G. Blaine |
|
Maine |
John A. Logan |
|
Illinois
|
9. |
June 19-25 , 1888
|
Auditorium Building , Chicago
|
8th |
Benjamin Harrison |
|
Indiana |
Levi P. Morton |
|
new York
|
10. |
June 7-10, 1892
|
Industrial Exposition Bulding , Minneapolis
|
1 |
Benjamin Harrison |
|
Indiana |
Whitelaw Reid |
|
new York
|
11. |
June 16-18, 1896
|
St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall , St. Louis
|
1 |
William McKinley |
|
Ohio |
Garret Hobart |
|
New Jersey
|
12. |
June 19-21, 1900
|
Convention Hall , Philadelphia
|
1 |
William McKinley |
|
Ohio |
Theodore Roosevelt |
|
new York
|
13. |
June 21-23, 1904
|
Chicago Coliseum , Chicago
|
1 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
|
new York |
Charles W. Fairbanks |
|
Indiana
|
14th |
June 16-19, 1908
|
Chicago Coliseum , Chicago
|
1 |
William Howard Taft |
|
Ohio |
James S. Sherman |
|
new York
|
15th |
June 18-22, 1912
|
Chicago Coliseum , Chicago
|
1 |
William Howard Taft |
|
Ohio |
James S. Sherman |
|
new York
|
16. |
June 7-10, 1916
|
Chicago Coliseum , Chicago
|
3 |
Charles Evans Hughes |
|
new York |
Charles W. Fairbanks |
|
Indiana
|
17th |
June 8-12, 1920
|
Chicago Coliseum , Chicago
|
10 |
Warren G. Harding |
|
Ohio |
Calvin Coolidge |
|
Massachusetts
|
18th |
June 10-12, 1924
|
Public Auditorium , Cleveland
|
1 |
Calvin Coolidge |
|
Massachusetts |
Charles Gates Dawes |
|
Illinois
|
19th |
June 12-15, 1928
|
Convention Hall , Kansas City
|
1 |
Herbert Hoover |
|
California |
Charles Curtis |
|
Kansas
|
20th |
June 14-16, 1932
|
Chicago Stadium , Chicago
|
1 |
Herbert Hoover |
|
California |
Charles Curtis |
|
Kansas
|
21st |
June 9-12, 1936
|
Public Auditorium , Cleveland
|
1 |
Alf Landon |
|
Kansas |
Frank Knox |
|
Illinois
|
22nd |
June 24-28, 1940
|
Convention Hall , Philadelphia
|
6th |
Wendell Willkie |
|
new York |
Charles L. McNary |
|
Oregon
|
23. |
June 26-28 , 1944
|
Chicago Stadium , Chicago
|
1 |
Thomas E. Dewey |
|
new York |
John W. Bricker |
|
Ohio
|
24. |
June 21-25, 1948
|
Convention Hall , Philadelphia
|
3 |
Thomas E. Dewey |
|
new York |
Earl Warren |
|
California
|
25th |
July 7-11, 1952
|
International Amphitheater , Chicago
|
1 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
|
new York |
Richard Nixon |
|
California
|
26th |
August 20-23 , 1956
|
Cow Palace , San Francisco
|
1 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
|
Pennsylvania |
Richard Nixon |
|
California
|
27. |
July 25-28, 1960
|
International Amphitheater , Chicago
|
1 |
Richard Nixon |
|
California |
Henry Cabot Lodge junior |
|
Massachusetts
|
28. |
July 13-16 , 1964
|
Cow Palace , San Francisco
|
1 |
Barry Goldwater |
|
Arizona |
William E. Miller |
|
new York
|
29 |
August 5-8, 1968
|
Miami Beach Convention Center , Miami Beach
|
1 |
Richard Nixon |
|
California |
Spiro Agnew |
|
Maryland
|
30th |
August 21-23, 1972
|
Miami Beach Convention Center , Miami Beach
|
1 |
Richard Nixon |
|
California |
Spiro Agnew |
|
Maryland
|
31. |
August 16-19, 1976
|
Kemper Arena , Kansas City
|
1 |
Gerald Ford |
|
Michigan |
Bob Dole |
|
Kansas
|
32. |
July 14-17 , 1980
|
Joe Louis Arena , Detroit
|
1 |
Ronald Reagan |
|
California |
George Bush |
|
Texas
|
33. |
August 20-23 , 1984
|
Reunion Arena , Dallas
|
1 |
Ronald Reagan |
|
California |
George Bush |
|
Texas
|
34. |
August 15-18 , 1988
|
Louisiana Superdome , New Orleans
|
1 |
George Bush |
|
Texas |
Dan Quayle |
|
Indiana
|
35. |
17th to 20th August 1992
|
Reliant Astrodome , Houston
|
1 |
George Bush |
|
Texas |
Dan Quayle |
|
Indiana
|
36. |
August 12-15 , 1996
|
San Diego Convention Center , San Diego
|
1 |
Bob Dole |
|
Kansas |
Jack Kemp |
|
Maryland
|
37. |
July 31 to August 3, 2000
|
Wells Fargo Center , Philadelphia
|
1 |
George W. Bush |
|
Texas |
Dick Cheney |
|
Wyoming
|
38. |
August 30th to September 2nd, 2004
|
Madison Square Garden , New York City
|
1 |
George W. Bush |
|
Texas |
Dick Cheney |
|
Wyoming
|
39. |
September 1st to 4th, 2008
|
Xcel Energy Center , Saint Paul
|
1 |
John McCain |
|
Arizona |
Sarah Palin |
|
Alaska
|
40. |
August 27-30, 2012
|
St. Pete Times Forum , Tampa
|
1 |
Mitt Romney |
|
Massachusetts |
Paul Ryan |
|
Wisconsin
|
41. |
July 18-21, 2016
|
Quicken Loans Arena , Cleveland
|
1 |
Donald Trump |
|
new York |
Mike Pence |
|
Indiana
|
42. |
Summer 2020
|
Spectrum Center , Charlotte
|
|
Donald Trump
|
|
new York
|
Mike Pence
|
|
Indiana
|