Republican National Convention opens in Chicago 60 years ago today (1952)

1950s, U.S. Presidents


Video: Republicans convene (at 0:07)

(Monday, July 7, 1952) — The Republican National Convention opened today at International Amphitheatre in Chicago with both General Dwight D. Eisenhower of Kansas and Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio locked in a tight battle for the presidential nomination.


Video: Republicans convene (at 4:57)

And click here to watch tonight’s Keynote address by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.