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Republican National Convention: Media
United States political event
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Examine Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the U.S. presidential election of 1860
Learn about Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the U.S. presidential election of 1860.
Follow Eisenhower's path to become the Republican nominee in the United States presidential election of 1952
Learn about the 1952 Republican National Convention, in which Senator Robert A. Taft...
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Republican National Convention of 1988
Pres. Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan at the Republican National Convention...
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Republican National Convention of 1952
View from the floor at the July 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago.
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Republican National Convention of 1876
Illustration depicting the Republican National Convention of 1876 in Cincinnati,...
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Republican National Convention of 2016
Balloons falling over the crowd after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump...
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Senator Bob Dole
Bob Dole speaking at the Republican National Convention in San Diego, California,...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon at the 1956 Republican convention
Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) and Richard M. Nixon after being renominated at the 1956...
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Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford
Richard M. Nixon (right) accepting the Republican Party's U.S. presidential nomination...
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Republican National Convention in 1880
James A. Garfield was selected as the Republican candidate for U.S. president on...
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Republican National Convention, 1948: Thomas E. Dewey supporters
Supporters of Thomas E. Dewey at the 1948 Republican National Convention.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower addressing the Republican National Convention, Aug....
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A very crowded calendar
Political dates and court dates were on a collision course as Donald Trump sought...
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