(Thursday, June 18, 1896) — Former Governor William McKinley of Ohio was nominated president this afternoon at the 1896 Republican National Convention meeting at St. Louis City Hall in St. Louis. Continue reading Republicans nominate McKinnley-Hobart ticket 120 years ago today (June 18 1896)
(Wednesday, June 18, 1856) — Former Senator John C. Fremont of California was nominated President on the second ballot today at the first Republican National Convention meeting at Musical Fund Hall in Philadelphia. Continue reading Republicans nominate John C. Fremont for president 160 years ago today (June 18 1856)
(Tuesday, June 17, 1986, 2:00 p.m. EDT) — President Ronald Reagan today announced the retirement of Warren Earl Burger as Chief Justice of the United States after 17 years and the intention to nominate Associate Justice William Hubbs Rehnquist to replace him.
Reagan also announced that, upon Justice Rehnquist’s confirmation as Chief Justice by the Senate, he would nominate Judge Antonin Scalia, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, to the Supreme Court.
(Friday, June 16, 1876) — Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio was nominated president today at the 1876 Republican National Convention meeting at Exposition Hall in Cincinnati. Continue reading Republicans nominate Hayes-Wheeler ticket 140 years ago today (June 16 1876)
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(Thursday, June 15, 1916, 11:53 p.m. local time) — President Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey was nominated for a second term by acclamation today at the 1916 Democratic National Convention meeting at St. Louis Coliseum in St. Louis. Continue reading Democrats renominate Wilson-Marshall ticket 100 years ago this hour (June 15 1916)
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(Thursday, June 11, 1936, 11:41 p.m. EDT) — Governor Alf Landon
of Kansas was nominated president today at the 1936 Republican National Convention meeting at Public Auditorium in Cleveland. Continue reading Republicans nominate ‘Alf’ Landon for president 80 years ago this hour (June 11 1936)
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(Saturday, June 10, 1916, 12:49 p.m. local time) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York was nominated president today at the 1916 Republican National Convention meeting at Chicago Coliseum in Chicago. Continue reading Republicans nominate Hughes-Fairbanks ticket 100 years ago this hour (June 10 1916)
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(Saturday, June 9, 1956, 2:59 a.m. EDT) — U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, 65, was taken to Walter Reed hospital today for an emergency operation to remove an intestinal blockage. Eisenhower’s physicians termed his condition “excellent,” saying they looked for a “rapid and complete recovery.”
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(Tuesday, June 7, 1966) — Actor Ronald Reagan won the Republican nomination for the governorship of California today by rolling to an easy victory over George Christopher, a former Mayor of San Francisco, and three other rivals in the state’s primary election.
Reagan will face Democratic incumbent Governor Edmund G. “Pat” Brown in the general election.
