Jeff Sessions , U.S. Senator from Alabama , formally nominated Trump for president , with Chris Collins , U.S. Representative from New York , and Henry McMaster , Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina , seconding the nomination . Trump won the presidential nomination on July 19 , 2016 on the first ballot with 69.8 % of the delegates , the lowest percentage of delegates won by the Republican nominee since the 1976 Republican National Convention . The vice presidential nomination was held immediately after the presidential nomination . Eric Holcomb , the Lieutenant Governor of Indiana , nominated Indiana Governor Mike Pence for vice president . Trump had announced his choice of Pence as his preferred running mate the weekend before the start of the convention . Pence won the vice presidential nomination by acclamation
1976 Republican National Convention
1976 Republican National Convention
2016 Republican National Convention