1900 Republican National Convention

1900 Republican National Convention

1900 presidential election
Nominees McKinley and Roosevelt
Convention
Date(s)	June 19–21, 1900
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue	Convention Hall
Chair	Henry Cabot Lodge
Candidates
Presidential nominee	William McKinley of Ohio
Vice presidential nominee	Theodore Roosevelt of New York
Voting
Total delegates	926
Votes needed for nomination	464
Results (president)	McKinley (OH): 926 (100%)
Results (vice president)	Roosevelt (NY): 925 (99.9%) Abstaining: 1 (0.1%)
Ballots	1
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The 1900 Republican National Convention was held June 19 to June 21 in the Exposition Auditorium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Exposition Auditorium was located south of the University of Pennsylvania, and the later Convention Hall was constructed along the building's east wall. It was demolished in 2006.

Each state was allotted two delegates per electoral vote, and territories were granted from two to six delegates. Altogether, there were 926 delegates and an equal number of alternates.

Mark Hanna opened the convention. He proposed that Senator Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado serve as temporary chairman. The purpose of Wolcott's selection was to show that the party had overcome its divisiveness of 1896, in which the Colorado delegation had walked out of the Republican convention. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts served as the convention's permanent chairman.

President William McKinley was unanimously nominated for reelection: no candidate ran against him, although Admiral George Dewey considered a run.

Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York, who was himself a delegate, was nominated for vice president by a vote of 925 to zero, his vote alone abstaining.