The 1916 Republican National Convention

Republican National Convention

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was held in Chicago, Illinois at the Chicago Coliseum, from June 7 to June 10, 1916. It nominated Supreme Court

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 Justice Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , United States Secretary of State , a judge on the Court of International Justice , and...

 of New York

New York

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 for president and former Vice President Charles Fairbanks of Indiana

Indiana

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 for a return to the vice presidency. Candidates for the nomination included Martin G. Brumbaugh, Albert B. Cummins

Albert B. Cummins

Albert Baird Cummins was the 18th Governor of Iowa, U.S. Senator and two-time presidential candidate. Cummins was perhaps the most influential leader in Iowa politics in the first quarter of the 20th century...

, T. Coleman du Pont

T. Coleman du Pont

Thomas Coleman du Pont was an American engineer and politician, from Greenville, Delaware. He was President of the of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and a member of the Republican Party who served parts of two terms as United States Senator from Delaware...

, Henry Ford

Henry Ford

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, Philander C. Knox

Philander C. Knox

Philander Chase Knox was an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Attorney General , a Senator from Pennsylvania and Secretary of State ....

, Robert M. LaFollette, Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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, Elihu Root

Elihu Root

Elihu Root was an American lawyer and statesman and the 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the prototype of the 20th century "wise man", who shuttled between high-level government positions in Washington, D.C...

, Lawrence Y. Sherman, William G. Simpson, William Alden Smith

William Alden Smith

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 and John W. Weeks

John W. Weeks

John Wingate Weeks was an American politician in the Republican Party. He served as a United States Representative for Massachusetts from 1905 to 1913, as a United States Senator from 1913 to 1919, and as Secretary of War from 1921 to 1925.-Life and career:Weeks was born and raised in Lancaster,...

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