Chicago Has Hosted 25 Political Conventions Over the Years
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WTTW News reporter Rich Samuels runs through some of Chicago's most memorable conventions.
The conventions started with Abraham Lincoln's Republican nomination in 1860 and run through Bill Clinton's re-nomination in 1996.
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Chicago Has Hosted 25 Political Conventions Over the Years
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The conventions started with Abraham Lincoln's Republican nomination in 1860 and run through Bill Clinton's re-nomination in 1996.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> NOW TO BRAND US WITH SOME OF CHICAGO'S POLITICAL CONVENTION HISTORY.
>> WRIGHT, PARIS.
CHICAGO HAS HOSTED MORE CONVENTIONS THAN ANY OTHER CITY.
IT HAS GONE ALL THE WAY UP TO OF COURSE THE BILL CLINTON RE-ELECTION NOMINATION IN 1994.
>> Reporter: THE MOST RECENT WAS IN AUGUST OF 1996.
IN 1860, IN A HASTILY-BUILT STRUCTURE, CHICAGO WITNESSED WHO BECAME THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
>> THE TAPE YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE WAS MADE 30 TO 40 MINUTES AGO.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN?
BOARD DELEGATES OF THIS CONVENTION?
IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I REQUEST A SUSPENSION -- >> WISCONSIN DOES NOT RECOGNIZE!
>> WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE THESE TACTICS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO!
>> Reporter: THE DEMOCRATS HAD HAPPIER TIMES IN 1932 AT THE CHICAGO STADIUM.
THE ATTEMPTS TO BOOZE IT UP AGAIN WERE A KEY CAMPAIGN PLATFORM.
THE NOMINEE, BY THE WAY, WAS -- >> YOUR CANDIDATE WANTS TO APPEAL.
>> Reporter: FDR SHOWED UP AT THE CONVENTION.
>> GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT BROKE ALL PRECEDENT.
>> Reporter: OVER 10,000 GREETED HIM.
IN 1920, YOU WILL FIND THAT CHICAGO IS TOO EXPENSIVE.
LOOK.
THERE IS ADLAI STEVENSON OF ILLINOIS.
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