and supported the police. Meanwhile, the convention itself was marred by the strong-arm tactics of Chicago's mayor Richard J. Daley (who was seen on television angrily cursing Senator Abraham Ribicoff from Connecticut, who made a speech at the convention denouncing the excesses of the Chicago police). In the end, the nomination itself was anticlimactic, with Vice-president Humphrey handily beating McCarthy and McGovern on the first ballot. After the delegates nominated Humphrey, the convention then turned to selecting a vice-presidential nominee. The main candidates for this position were Senators Edward M. Kennedy from Massachusetts, Edmund Muskie from Maine, and Fred R. Harris from Oklahoma; Governors Richard Hughes of New Jersey and Terry Sanford of North Carolina; Mayor Joseph Alioto of San Francisco, California; former Deputy Secretary of Defense Cyrus Vance; and Ambassador Sargent Shriver from Maryland. Another idea floated was to tap Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York, one of the most liberal Republicans. Ted Kennedy was Humphrey's first choice, but the senator turned him down. After narrowing it down to Senator Muskie and Senator Harris, Vice-president Humphrey chose Muskie, a moderate and environmentalist from Maine, for the nomination. The convention complied with the request and nominated Senator Muskie as Humphrey's running mate. The publicity from the anti-war riots crippled Humphrey's campaign from the start, and it never fully recovered. Before 1968 the city of Chicago had been a frequent host for the political conventions of both parties; since 1968 only one national convention has been held there (the Democratic convention of 1996, which nominated Bill Clinton for a second term). Source: Keating Holland, "All the Votes... Really", CNN EndorsementsHubert Humphrey President Lyndon B. Johnson Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago Former President Harry S. Truman Singer/actor Frank SinatraRobert F. Kennedy Senator Abraham Ribicoff from Connecticut Senator George McGovern from South Dakota Senator Vance Hartke from Indiana Labor Leader Cesar Chavez Writer Truman Capote Writer Norman Mailer Actress Shirley MacLaine Actress Stefanie Powers Actor Robert Vaughn Actor Peter Lawford Singer Bobby DarinEugene McCarthy Representative Don Edwards from California Actor Paul Newman Actress Tallulah Bankhead Playwright Arthur Miller Writer William StyronGeorge McGovern (during convention) Senator Abraham Ribicoff from Connecticut Governor Harold E. Hughes of Iowa American Independent Party nomination The American Independent Party, which was established in 1967 by Bill and Eileen Shearer, nominated former Alabama Governor George Wallace – whose pro-racial segregation policies had been rejected by the mainstream of