1900 Republican National Convention
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Republican Party (United States)
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of the United States
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was held June 19 to June 21 in the Exposition Auditorium, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, Pennsylvania
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. The Exposition Auditorium was located south of the University of Pennsylvania
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, and the later Convention Hall was constructed along the building's east wall. It was demolished in 2006.
Each state was allotted two delegates per electoral vote, and territories were granted from two to six delegates. Altogether, there were 926 delegates and an equal number of alternates.
Mark Hanna
Mark Hanna
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opened the convention. He proposed that Senator Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado serve as temporary chairman. The purpose of Wolcott's selection was to show that the party had overcome its divisiveness of 1896, in which the Colorado delegation walked out of the Republican convention. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
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of Massachusetts served as the convention's permanent chairman.
The incumbent President William McKinley
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was unanimously named the party's candidate for President. No candidate ran against him, although Admiral George Dewey
George Dewey
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considered a run. New York
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Governor Theodore Roosevelt
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, who was himself a delegate, was nominated for Vice President by a vote of 925 to 1 abstention, with his vote alone abstaining.
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The Republican party supported the current administration's actions in the PhilippinesPhilippines
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, while the Democratic party promoted "anti-imperialism".