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(Thursday, June 12, 1924, 1:37 p.m. EDT) — President Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts was nominated for a full second term today by delegates at the 1924 Republican National Convention meeting at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland.

Coolidge, who had become president upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding ten months ago on Aug. 2, 1923, faced a challenge from California Senator Hiram Johnson and Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette in the 1924 Republican primaries.

Coolidge fended off his progressive challengers with convincing wins in the Republican primaries, and was assured of the 1924 presidential nomination by the time the convention began.

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Coolidge received 1,065 votes on the first ballot (La Follette got 34 votes, Johnson received 10) before his nomination was made unanimous.

After his defeat in the primaries, La Follette ran a third party candidacy that attracted significant support (his running mate would be Democratic U.S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana).

The convention nominated Illinois Governor Frank Orren Lowden for vice president on the second ballot, but he declined the nomination.

The delegates then selected Director of the Bureau of the Budget Charles Dawes of Illinois for vice president over Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California by 682.5 to 234.5 votes on the third ballot.

The Coolidge-Dawes ticket would oppose the Democratic ticket of John W. Davis-Charles W. Bryan (nominated in July 1924) in the 1924 general election.