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"1912 U.S. Political Conventions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Photo taken at the 1912 Democratic National Convention held at the Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Maryland, June 25-July 2.\"\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Photo shows women including Harriet T. Mack, wife of Norman E. Mack (1858-1932) who was National Chairman of the Democratic Party and Mrs. Helen (Herron) Taft (1861-1943), wife of President William Howard Taft, at the 1912 Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, Maryland.\"\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Speaker's stand, Convention Hall, Baltimore\"\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Image of Theodore Roosevelt riding in an automobile, one of several in a procession along West Jackson Boulevard near the Federal Building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The image was taken at the time of the Progressive Party National Convention held in Chicago from August 5 to 7, 1912. The driver in the first automobile appears to be an African American.\"\nImage courtesy of LOC/Chicago History Museum\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Photo taken at the 1912 Democratic National Convention held at the Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Maryland, June 25-July 2.\"\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Interior view of a hall in the Coliseum filled with people attending the Progressive Party National Convention of 1912. The convention was held in Chicago from August 5 to 7, 1912.\"\nImage courtesy of LOC/Chicago History Museum\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Chicago police at convention\"\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Photo taken at the 1912 Democratic National Convention held at the Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Maryland, June 25-July 2.\"\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Convention crowd, Chicago\"\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Pennsylvania delegation at the 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum.\"\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKentucky Representative Ollie James and Democrat Delegate Justus Goebel at Democratic Convention in Chicago.\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"California delegates cheering on stagecoach at the 1912 Republican National Convention\"\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Urey Woodson, KY; N.E. Mack, Buffalo; Robt. Crain, Baltimore; Roger Sullivan, Chicago; E.O. Wood, Mich\"\nDemocratic Convention, Baltimore, June 1912\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Portrait of Mrs. Isabella Blancy, California delegate to the Progressive Party National Convention, standing in front of the Congress Hotel (formerly the Auditorium Annex) located at 504 South Michigan Avenue in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.\"\nImage courtesy of LOC/Chicago History Museum\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Photo taken at the 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22.\"\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Demo. Convention in session\"\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Convention Hall - Baltimore, Md.\"\nImage courtesy of LOC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 1912, Democrats and Republicans gathered at their respective conventions to select the candidates that would square off in the general election. Unlike modern day presidential conventions, there was no clear-cut nominee selected prior to the gatherings. The lack of a definite candidate set the stage for sizeable political drama in both parties. \nDemocrats had to choose between House Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri and Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey. Clark seemed to have the nomination sealed \u2014 Woodrow had even prepared a concession speech \u2014 until Tammany Hall tossed its support behind the House Speaker. The endorsement by the corrupt political machine from New York City caused high-ranking Democrats to move away Clark and towards Wilson. The surprising shift made the convention one of the most action-packed gatherings in Democratic history.\nNot to be outdone, the Republicans played host to a convention battle that ended up splitting the party. A power struggle between incumbent William Howard Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt played out as the one-time friends engaged in a fierce rhetoric fight. Taft scored the nomination, but Roosevelt did not back down and launched a third-party candidacy under the Progressive Party banner.\n\nSEE ALSO: Take a Tour of the Twitter Political Index [VIDEO]\nThe Progressive Party held its own successful convention a couple months later, but the Republican split cost the party the 1912 election. Wilson went on to win in November, edging out both Taft and Roosevelt.\nFor all the drama that went down at the party conventions, photographs of the events appear relatively calm. No candidates duking it out on stage or hat-tossing scuffles \u2014 at least none that photographers captured.\nWe browsed through the Library of Congress archives to find images that give us a sense of what political conventions looked like a century ago. Take a flip through the gallery above for a trip back in time."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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