WESTMINSTER MOCK
CONVENTION
HISTORY, 1936-2000
Westminster College’s Mock Convention is one of the oldest surviving collegiate conventions in the country. It has been held quadrennially since 1936 with the exception of 1944, a war year. After the convention of 1956, it was decided that all future conventions would be held for the political party out of power in the White House. Prior to this decision all Mock Conventions were held for the Republican Party.
1936
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
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Herbert
Hoover (Presidential Candidate)
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Alf Landon (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: State Senator George L. Reed
1940
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
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Progressive Republican Party was formed at the convention, left the Hall
and convened outside Old 77, nominating Arthur Vandeburg for the Presidential
candidate and Gerald P. Nye for the Vice-Presidential candidate.
This left the convention without a quorom and eliminated any hopes of amending
the two-thirds majority vote for the nomination. After 17 ballots,
Robert Taft led Thomas Dewey, 168-126
Keynote
Speaker: Congressman Robert Corbett (Pennsylvania)
1944 – NO CONVENTION DUE TO WAR EFFORT
1948
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
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Harold E. Stassen (Presidential Candidate)
*Earl
Warren (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: Congressman Leon H. Galvin (Pennsylvania)
1952
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
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Dwight Eisenhower (Presidential Candidate)**
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Earl Warren (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynoter:
Attorney General Robert Woodside (Pennsylvania)
1956
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
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Dwight Eisenhower (Presidential Candidate)**
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Richard Nixon (Vice-Presidential Candidate)**
Keynote
Speaker: Senator James A. Duff (Pennsylvania)
1960
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
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Adlai Stevenson (Presidential Candidate)
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Stuart Symington (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: Governor David J. Lawrence (Pennsylvania)
1964
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
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Henry Cabot Lodge (Presidential Candidate)
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Mark Hatfield (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania)
1968
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
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Richard Nixon (Presidential Candidate)**
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Charles Percy (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: Harvard Professor George Cabot Lodge
1972
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
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George McGovern (Presidential Candidate)**
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John Lindsay (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: Senator Fred Harris (Oklahoma)
1976
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
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Jimmy Carter (Presidential Candidate)**
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Henry Jackson (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: Congressman Donald Riegle, Jr. (Michigan)
1980
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
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Gerald Ford (Presidential Candidate)
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George Bush (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: Senator Mark Hatfield (Oregon)
1984
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
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Gary Hart (Presidential Candidate)
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Jesse Jackson (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: Senator Joseph Biden (Delaware)
1988
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
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Michael Dukakis (Presidential Candidate)**
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Albert Gore (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (Maryland)
1992
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
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Paul
Tsongas (Presidential Candidate)
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Barbara Roberts (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: Michael Dukakis (Massachusetts)
1996
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
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Lamar Alexander (Presidential Candidate)
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Colin Powell (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: Alan Keyes
2000
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
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(Presidential Candidate)
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??????????? (Vice-Presidential Candidate)
Keynote
Speaker: Robert D. Novak
** Indicates Candidates nominated at the National Convention that year.
Source: Westminster College 1996 Mock Republican National Convention, Official Souvenir Program
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