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1940 Republican National Convention

held at Auditorium
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
June 24 to 28, 1940

resulting in the nomination of:

WENDELL L. WILLKIE
of Ohio, for President

and

CHARLES L. MCNARY
of Oregon, for Vice-President


Other candidates for the presidential nomination, before or during this convention:
H. Styles Bridges, of New Hampshire; Harlan J. Bushfield, of South Dakota; Thomas E. Dewey, of New York; Frank E. Gannett, of New York; Arthur H. James, of Pennsylvania; Hanford MacNider, of Iowa; Charles L. McNary, of Oregon; Robert A. Taft, of Ohio; Arthur H. Vandenberg, of Michigan

Other candidates for the vice-presidential nomination, before or during this convention:
Dewey Short, of Missouri

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

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

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
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