Portal:Philadelphia/Selected picture/February 2008

The Republican National Convention, held in Philadelphia, June, 1900.

Photo credit: E. Benjamin Andrews

The 1900 Republican National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held June 19 to June 21 in the Exposition Auditorium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The Exposition Auditorium was located south of the University of Pennsylvania. The incumbent President William McKinley was unanimously named the party's candidate for President. New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt, who was himself a delegate, was nominated for Vice President by a vote of 925 to 1 abstention, with his vote alone abstaining.