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1908 Democratic National Convention

U.S. political event held in Denver, Colorado

Field	Value
year	1908
party	Democratic
image	William Jennings Bryan oval.png
image_size	100
image2	JohnWKern.jpg
image_size2	90
caption	Nominees
Bryan and Kern
date	July 7–10, 1908
venue	Denver Auditorium Arena
city	Denver, Colorado
presidential_nominee	William J. Bryan of Nebraska
vice_presidential_nominee	John W. Kern of Indiana
previous_year	1904
next_year	1912

Bryan and Kern

The 1908 Democratic National Convention took place from July 7 to July 10, 1908, at Denver Auditorium Arena in Denver, Colorado.

The event is widely considered a significant part of Denver's political and social history.

The convention

The 1908 convention was the first convention of a major political party in a Western state. The city did not host another nominating convention until a century later, at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

The convention was the second Democratic National Convention to include female delegates. They were Mary C. C. Bradford (Colorado) and Elizabeth Pugsley Hayward (Mrs. Henry J. Hayward) (Utah). Alternate delegates were Mrs. Charles Cook (Colorado), Harriet G. Hood (Wyoming), and Sara L. Ventress (Utah).

Presidential nomination

Presidential candidates

Image:WilliamJBryan1902.png| Image:George Gray Senator.jpg| Image:Portrait of Governor John A. Johnson from St. Peter, Minnesota - DPLA - 90bba407f71ac3a5947dbb4d01af5685 (cropped).jpg|

Three names were placed in nomination: William Jennings Bryan, John A. Johnson, and George Gray. Bryan was unanimously declared the candidate for president after handily winning the first ballot's roll call.

1st	Unanimous	William Jennings Bryan	888.5	1002	George Gray	59.5	John A. Johnson	46	Blank	8

File:1908DemocraticPresidentialNomination1stBallot.png|

Vice presidential nomination

Candidates

John W. Kern	Charles A. Towne	Archibald McNeil	Clark Howell	John Mitchell	Jerry B. Sullivan	David R. Francis	George Gray	William G. Conrad
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Former State Senator
from Indiana
(1893–1897)	Former U.S. Representative
for New York's 14th District
(1905–1907)	Coal Merchant
from Connecticut	Former State Senator
from Georgia
(1901–1905)	5th President of the UMW
from Illinois
(1898–1907)
	NW: Before 1st Ballot	NW: Before 1st Ballot	NW: Before 1st Ballot	DTBN
Democratic Party (United States)}};"
	[[File:David R. Francis cph.3a00321.jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:George Gray Senator.jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:W.G. Conrad, cameo portrait LCCN2014680913.jpg	center	120x120px]]
Attorney at Law
from Iowa	20th U.S. Secretary of the Interior
from Missouri
(1896–1897)	Federal Appeals Judge
from Delaware
(1899–1914)	Banker and Businessman
from Montana
DTBN	DTBN	DTBN	DTBN

Speculated candidates

Lewis S. Chanler	John B. Stanchfield	John A. Johnson	Judson Harmon	William H. Berry	Morgan J. O'Brien	Herman A. Metz	Francis B. Harrison	William L. Douglas	Martin W. Littleton	Ollie Murray James	William J. Gaynor	Herman Ridder	Joseph W. Folk
[[File:New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 (1909) (14596140317).jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:J.B. Stanchfield, portrait bust LCCN2014680936.jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:Portrait of John Albert Johnson.jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:HARMON, JUDSON. GOVERNOR LCCN2016856774.jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:William H. Berry - History of Iowa.jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:Morgan J. O'Brien LCCN2014717193 (cropped).jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:MetzHermanA-1904.jpg	center	120x120px]]
46th Lieutenant Governor
of New York
(1907–1908)	Attorney at Law
from New York	16th Governor of Minnesota
(1905–1909)	41st U.S. Attorney General
from Ohio
(1895–1897)	State Treasurer
of Pennsylvania
(1907–1908)	Justice of the First
Judicial Department
from New York
(1896–1906)	New York City Comptroller
from New York
(1906–1909)
		date=2 July 1908	title=Hard fight over Denver platform	work=The New York Times	url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/07/02/104736486.pdf	access-date=9 November 2021}}
Democratic Party (United States)}};"
[[File:Francis Burton Harrison.jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:WilliamLewisDouglas.jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 (1909) (14759645336).jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:Ollie Murray James, senator from Kentucky.jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:Portrait of William Jay Gaynor.jpg	center	120x120px]]	[[File:PSM V75 D334 Hermann Ridder.png	center	120x120px]]	[[File:Joseph Wingate Folk cph.3b47532.jpg	center	120x120px]]
U.S. Representative
for New York's 16th District
(1907–1913)	42nd Governor of Massachusetts
(1905–1906)	Former Borough President
of Brooklyn
from New York
(1904–1905)	U.S. Representative
for Kentucky's 1st District
(1903–1913)	Justice of the Second
Judicial Department
from New York
(1905–1909)	President and Editor of
the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung
from New York
(1907–1915)	31st Governor of Missouri
(1905–1909)
date=5 July 1908	title=Worried over second place.	work=The New York Times	url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/07/05/104737215.pdf	access-date=9 November 2021}}

John W. Kern of Indiana was unanimously declared the candidate for vice-president without a formal ballot after the names of Charles A. Towne, Archibald McNeil, and Clark Howell were withdrawn from consideration.

Unanimous	John W. Kern	1002

References

"Think you know your Democratic convention trivia?".
"Conventional Facts".
[http://americacomesalive.com/2008/08/17/a-first-for-women-1908/ America Comes Alive: A First For Women (1908)]
(22 April 1908). "Bryan flirting with tammany". [[The New York Times]].
(17 June 1908). "Bryan will not write platform". [[The New York Times]].
(26 June 1908). "Taggard brings Kert's doom". [[The New York Times]].
(29 June 1908). "Bryan men expect little opposition". [[The New York Times]].
(2 July 1908). "Hard fight over Denver platform". [[The New York Times]].
(2 July 2021). "Open field for Bryan mate". [[The New York Times]].
(23 June 1908). "Berry has money plank". [[The New York Times]].
(5 July 1908). "Worried over second place.". [[The New York Times]].
(5 July 1908). "Tammany men hold train convention". [[The New York Times]].
(11 July 1908). "Bryan and Kern put on ticket". [[The New York Times]].
(10 July 1908). "Second place race shows no leaders". [[The New York Times]].

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