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1956 Democratic National Convention

held at International Amphitheatre
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
August 13 to 17, 1956

resulting in the nomination of:

ADLAI E. STEVENSON
of Illinois, for President

and

ESTES KEFAUVER
of Tennessee, for Vice-President

Convention officers

Convention committees

Convention speakers

Other candidates for the presidential nomination, before or during this convention:
John S. Battle, of Virginia; Albert B. Chandler, of Kentucky; James C. Davis, of Georgia; W. Averell Harriman, of New York; Lyndon B. Johnson, of Texas; Estes Kefauver, of Tennessee; Frank J. Lausche, of Ohio; Stuart Symington, of Missouri; George Bell Timmerman, Jr., of South Carolina

Other candidates for the vice-presidential nomination, before or during this convention:
Albert Gore, of Tennessee; Hubert H. Humphrey, of Minnesota; John F. Kennedy, of Massachusetts; Robert F. Wagner, Jr., of New York

State Delegations (may be incomplete!)
Alabama - Arizona - Arkansas - California - Colorado - Connecticut - Delaware - Florida - Illinois - Indiana - Kansas - Kentucky - Louisiana - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - Mississippi - Missouri - Montana - Nebraska - Nevada - New Hampshire - New Jersey - New York - North Carolina - Ohio - Oklahoma - Oregon - Pennsylvania - South Carolina - South Dakota - Tennessee - Texas - Utah - Vermont - Virginia - West Virginia - Wisconsin - Wyoming

Other Delegations (incomplete!)
Alaska Territory - Canal Zone - District of Columbia - Hawaii Territory - Puerto Rico - Virgin Islands

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