List of Republican National Conventions

This is a list of Republican National Conventions. The quadrennial convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States.

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Note: Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent presidential election are shaded in pink.

*Won the election despite losing the popular vote.
¹This convention was known as the National Union Convention.
²This convention was known as the National Union Republican Convention.
³Sherman, who had been elected vice president in 1908, died six days before the 1912 election; he was subsequently replaced as Republican vice-presidential nominee by Nicholas M. Butler of New York.
⁴Originally scheduled for the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California and for August 14–16.
⁵Originally scheduled for the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, but the venue was changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 1884 – U.S. Representative John R. Lynch of Mississippi (thought to be the first keynote speaker)
• 1916 – U.S. Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio^[2]
• 1920 – U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts^[3]
• 1924 – U.S. Representative Theodore Burton of Ohio^[4]
• 1928 – U.S. Senator Simeon Fess of Ohio
• 1932 – U.S. Senator Lester Dickinson of Iowa
• 1936 – U.S. Senator Frederick Steiwer of Oregon
• 1940 – Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota
• 1944 – Governor Earl Warren of California
• 1948 – Governor Dwight Green of Illinois
• 1952 – General Douglas MacArthur of Wisconsin
• 1956 – Governor Arthur Langlie of Washington
• 1960 – U.S. Representative Walter Judd of Minnesota
• 1964 – Governor Mark Hatfield of Oregon
• 1968 – Governor Daniel Evans of Washington
• 1972 – RNC Co-Chair Anne Armstrong of Texas
• 1976 – U.S. Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee
• 1980 – U.S. Representative Guy Vander Jagt of Michigan
• 1984 – U.S. Treasurer Katherine Ortega of New Mexico
• 1988 – Governor Thomas Kean of New Jersey
• 1992 – U.S. Senator Phil Gramm of Texas
• 1996 – U.S. Representative Susan Molinari of New York
• 2000 – No officially designated keynote speaker; U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona and General Colin Powell of Virginia were featured speakers.
• 2004 – U.S. Senator Zell Miller of Georgia (a Democrat, Miller is first speaker from the opposite party to address a national convention as keynoter)
• 2008 – Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York
• 2012 – Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey
• 2016 – No officially designated keynote speaker; multiple "headliners" each night^[5]
• 2020 - U.S. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina

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  Interior of the Exposition Hall of Cincinnati during the 1876 convention
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  Illustration of the 1888 convention
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  Inside of the 1896 convention hall
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  1900 Republican convention
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  1904 convention hall during the opening prayer
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  Coliseum set-up for the 1916 convention
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  Inside the 1920 convention hall
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  1964 convention in Daly City, California
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  First Lady Pat Nixon addresses the 1972 convention
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  Ronald Reagan giving his 1980 acceptance speech
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  George Bush is joined by his running mate and family at the 1988 convention
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  Laura and George Bush with Dick and Lynne Cheney during the 2004 convention
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  Floor of the 2008 convention.
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  2012 convention
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  2016 convention

• Bibliography of the history of the Republican Party
• List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets
• List of presidential nominating conventions in the United States
• List of Democratic National Conventions
• List of Whig National Conventions
• United States presidential election
• United States presidential primary

• Republican Party platforms at The American Presidency Project
• Republican Party candidate nomination speeches at The American Presidency Project