Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches: 1880
- 2016
Democratic
 |
date |
nominee |
|
location |
did nominee
win state hosting
convention? |
| convention from July 25-28, 2016 |
TBD |
|
Philadelphia, PA |
TBD |
| September 6th, 2012 |
Barack
Obama |
 |
Charlotte, NC |
no |
| August
28th, 2008 |
Barack
Obama |
|
Denver, CO |
yes |
| July
29th, 2004 |
John
F. Kerry |
|
Boston, MA |
yes |
| August
17th, 2000 |
Albert
Gore, Jr. |
|
Los Angeles, CA |
yes |
| August
29th, 1996 |
William
J. Clinton |
|
Chicago, IL |
yes |
| July
16th, 1992 |
William
J. Clinton |
|
New York, NY |
yes |
| July
21st, 1988 |
Michael
Dukakis |
 |
Atlanta, GA |
no |
| July
19th, 1984 |
Walter
F. Mondale |
|
San Francisco, CA |
no |
| August
14th, 1980 |
Jimmy
Carter |
|
New York, NY |
no |
| July
15th, 1976 |
Jimmy
Carter |
|
New York, NY |
no |
| July
14th, 1972 |
George
McGovern |
|
Miami
Beach, FL |
no |
| August
29th, 1968 |
Hubert
H. Humphrey |
|
Chicago, IL |
no |
| August
27th, 1964 |
Lyndon
B. Johnson |
|
Atlantic
City, NJ |
yes |
| July
15th, 1960 |
John
F. Kennedy |
|
Los Angeles, CA |
no |
| August
17th, 1956 |
Adlai
Stevenson |
|
Chicago, IL |
no |
| July
26th, 1952 |
Adlai
Stevenson |
|
Chicago, IL |
no |
| July
15th, 1948 |
Harry
S. Truman |
|
Philadelphia, PA |
no |
| July
20th, 1944 |
Franklin
D. Roosevelt |
|
Chicago, IL |
yes |
| July
19th, 1940 |
Franklin
D. Roosevelt |
|
Chicago, IL |
yes |
| June
27th, 1936 |
Franklin
D. Roosevelt |
|
Philadelphia, PA |
yes |
| July
2nd, 1932 |
Franklin
D. Roosevelt |
|
Chicago, IL |
yes |
| August
22, 1928 |
Al
Smith |
|
Albany, NY |
|
| September
2nd, 1916 |
Woodrow
Wilson |
|
Sea Girt, NJ |
|
|
Republican
 |
date |
nominee |
|
location |
did nominee win state hosting
convention? |
| convention from July 18-21, 2016 |
TBD |
|
Cleveland, OH |
TBD |
| August 30, 2012 |
Mitt Romney |
|
Tampa, FL |
no |
| September 4th, 2008 |
John McCain |
|
Saint Paul, MN |
no |
| September 2nd, 2004 |
George W. Bush |
|
New York, NY |
no |
| August 3rd, 2000 |
George W. Bush |
|
Philadelphia, PA |
no |
| August 15th, 1996 |
Robert Dole |
|
San Diego, CA |
no |
| August 20th, 1992 |
George Bush |
|
Houston, TX |
yes |
| August 18th, 1988 |
George Bush |
|
New Orleans, LA |
yes |
| August 23rd, 1984 |
Ronald Reagan |
|
Dallas, TX |
yes |
| July 17th, 1980 |
Ronald Reagan |
|
Detroit, MI |
yes |
| August 19th, 1976 |
Gerald R. Ford |
|
Kansas City, MO |
no |
| August 23rd, 1972 |
Richard Nixon |
|
Miami Beach, FL |
yes |
| August 8th, 1968 |
Richard Nixon |
|
Miami Beach, FL |
yes |
| July 16th, 1964 |
Barry Goldwater |
|
San Francisco, CA |
no |
| July 28th, 1960 |
Richard Nixon |
|
Chicago, IL |
no |
| August 23rd, 1956 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
|
San Francisco, CA |
yes |
| July 11th, 1952 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
|
Chicago, IL |
yes |
| June 24th, 1948 |
Thomas E. Dewey |
|
Philadelphia, PA |
yes |
| June 28th, 1944 |
Thomas E. Dewey |
|
Chicago, IL |
no |
| August 17th, 1940 |
Wendell L. Willkie |
|
Elwood, IN |
|
| June 16th, 1932 |
Herbert Hoover |
|
(Letter) |
|
| August 11th, 1932 |
Herbert Hoover |
|
Washington, DC (Address) |
|
| June 12th, 1920 |
Warren G. Harding |
|
Chicago, IL |
|
| July 28th, 1908 |
William Howard Taft |
|
Cincinnati, OH |
|
| July 12th, 1900 |
William McKinley |
|
Canton, OH (Address) |
|
| September 3rd, 1892 |
Benjamin Harrison |
|
(Letter) |
|
| September 11th, 1888 |
Benjamin Harrison |
|
(Letter) |
|
| July 12th, 1880 |
James A. Garfield |
|
(Letter) |
|
| June 9, 1864 |
Abraham Lincoln |
|
(Letter) |
|
|
|
