Booklet: 1924 Democratic National Convention in New York

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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 of 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 the vice president. John W. Davis eventually won the presidential nomination with his vice-presidential running-mate, Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska. 

The convention is often called the “Klanbake” because one of the front-runners, white-shoe lawyer, and former Wilson Cabinet member William G. McAdoo, was supported by the Ku Klux Klan.