1956 Republican National Convention

1956 Republican National Convention

1956 presidential election
Nominees Eisenhower and Nixon
Convention
Date(s)	August 20–23, 1956
City	San Francisco, CA
Venue	Cow Palace
Candidates
Presidential nominee	Dwight D. Eisenhower of Kansas
Vice Presidential nominee	Richard M. Nixon of California

The 1956 Republican National Convention was held by the Republican Party of the United States at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California, from August 20 to August 23, 1956. U.S. Senator William F. Knowland was temporary chairman and former speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin Jr. served as permanent chairman. It renominated President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard M. Nixon as the party's candidates for the 1956 presidential election.

Eisenhower was expected to be renominated by acclamation at the Convention until a lone delegate decided to vote for a fictitious candidate named "Joe Smith". He voted the same when Nixon was nominated.

On August 23, 1956, singer Nat King Cole spoke at the Republican Convention.

Convention-goers at the 1956 Republican National Convention holding signs for Richard Nixon.

See also

• History of the United States Republican Party
• List of Republican National Conventions
• 1956 Democratic National Convention
• United States presidential election, 1956

External links

• Republican Party platform of 1956 at The American Presidency Project
• Eisenhower nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC (transcript) at The American Presidency Project
• http://politicalgraveyard.com
• Universal newsreel footage of the convention
• Universal newsreel footage of the convention
• Video of Nixon nomination acceptance speech for Vice President and Eisenhower nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC from C-SPAN (via YouTube)
• Audio of Eisenhower nomination acceptance speech for President at RNC