1924 Democratic National Convention

1924 Democratic National Convention

1924 presidential election
Nominees Davis and Bryan
Convention
Date(s)	June 24 – July 9, 1924
City	New York, New York
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Candidates
Presidential nominee	John W. Davis of West Virginia
Vice presidential nominee	Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska
‹ 1920 · 1928 ›

The 1924 Democratic National Convention, held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City from June 24 to July 9, 1924, was the longest continuously running convention in United States political history. It took a record 103 ballots to nominate a presidential candidate. It was the first major party national convention that saw the name of a woman, Lena Springs, placed in nomination for vice president. John W. Davis, a dark horse, eventually won the presidential nomination on the 103rd ballot, a compromise candidate following a protracted convention fight between distant front-runners William Gibbs McAdoo and Al Smith.

Davis and his vice presidential running-mate, Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, went on to be defeated by the Republican ticket of President Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes in the 1924 presidential election.