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1972 Democratic National Convention

Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida
July 10 to 13, 1972

resulting in the nomination of:

GEORGE MCGOVERN
of South Dakota, for President

and

THOMAS F. EAGLETON
of Missouri, for Vice-President

Other candidates for the presidential nomination, before or during this convention:
Shirley Chisholm, of New York; Edward T. Coll; Walter E. Fauntroy, of District of Columbia; Vance Hartke, of Indiana; Hubert H. Humphrey, of Minnesota; Henry M. Jackson, of Washington; John V. Lindsay, of New York; Eugene J. McCarthy, of Minnesota; Wilbur D. Mills, of Arkansas; Patsy T. Mink, of Hawaii; Edmund S. Muskie, of Maine; Terry Sanford, of North Carolina; George C. Wallace, of Alabama; Samuel W. Yorty, of California

State Delegations (incomplete!)
Alabama - Arizona - Arkansas - California - Connecticut - Georgia - Hawaii - Illinois - Indiana - Iowa - Kansas - Kentucky - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Nebraska - New Hampshire - New Jersey - New York - North Carolina - Oklahoma - Pennsylvania - South Carolina - Tennessee - Texas - Utah - Virginia - West Virginia - Wisconsin - Wyoming

Other Delegations (incomplete!)
Canal Zone - District of Columbia - Guam

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