1896 Democratic National Convention
- 1896 Democratic National Convention
Infobox National Political Convention
year = 1896
party = Democratic
image_size =
caption = Bryan/Sewall campaign poster, 1896 US presidential election.
date = July 7 - July 11
venue = Chicago Coliseum
city = Chicago, Illinois
presidential_nominee = William Jennings Bryan
presidential_nominee_state = Nebraska
vice_presidential_nominee = Arthur Sewell
vice_presidential_nominee_state = MaineThe 1896 Democratic National Convention, held at the Chicago Coliseum from July 7 to July 11, was the scene of William Jennings Bryan's nomination as Democratic presidential candidate for the 1896 U.S. presidential election, the youngest Presidential nominee in American history.
Bryan's famous "Cross of Gold" speech, delivered prior to his nomination, lambasted Eastern monied classes for supporting the gold standard at the expense of the average worker. This was a repudiation of Cleveland-administration policy, but proved popular with the delegates to the convention. Bryan secured the nomination on the fifth ballot over Richard P. Bland. Bryan declined to choose a specific vice president. Arthur Sewell of Maine was chosen on the fifth ballot. The ticket ultimately lost to the Republican candidate, William McKinley.
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* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/ 1896 Democratic National Convention] at the "Political Graveyard"
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