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November 02, 2004
Contests | Election Trivia Question!

A flash Election Day trivia contest:

In what year did public nominating conventions become standard practice?

Post your answer in the comments … the first correct answer gets a Command Post mug!



Posted by Alan at November 2, 2004 03:19 PM | TrackBack
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Wild guess - 1948?

Posted by: Mark [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 03:37 PM

1831

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0726/p01s01-uspo.html

Posted by: Backsight Forethought [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 03:38 PM

1952?

Posted by: IG-88 [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 03:38 PM

1836

Posted by: bubba [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 03:43 PM

The first public nominating conventions were in 1833 before the election of 1834.

Posted by: Tone [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 03:46 PM

I’m sorry I meant to put 1835 before the election of 1836, sorry just so excited to post it!!!

Posted by: Tone [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 03:48 PM

1968.

Posted by: kate [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 03:53 PM

Bubba wins! From my source:

http://www.pbs.org/cgi-bin/now/now_quiz.cgi

“The correct answer is 1836.

According to the OXFORD COMPANION OF AMERICAN HISTORY until 1824 presidential and vice presidential nominees were selected by congressional leaders in secret sessions called caucuses. Although toward the end of the era they were opened to the public, they began to be criticized as undemocratic. The first party to hold a public nominating convention was the Anti-Masonic Party in 1831. The two major parties, the Democrats and the National Republican/Whig, held conventions in 1832 and 1836.”

Bubba, email me your snail mail address and we’ll send you a mug. Tone, keep trying … I’ll give another mug away in an hour or two!

Posted by: Alan [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 03:54 PM

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