The Republican National Convention (RNC) will be held in Cleveland July 18-21. The 41st RNC will cost about $60 million to produce. The first gathering was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1856.
Previous Republican National Conventions
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FILE - Herbert Hoover is interviewed by newsmen as he arrives in Chicago for the Republican National Convention, June 27, 1944. Thomas Dewey and John Bricker were nominated as president and vice president, respectively.
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FILE - Delegates and spectators at the Republican National Convention fill in the Chicago stadium to hear Governor Earl Warren of California deliver the keynote address, June 26, 1944. Thomas Dewey and John Bricker were nominated as president and vice president, respectively.
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FILE - Delegates with posters and state signs crowd the center aisle in Philadelphia during a demonstration for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey after his name was placed in nomination during the Republican National Convention, June 23, 1948. Dewey and Earl Warren were nominated as presidential and vice presidential candidates, respectively.
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FILE - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, second from right, and Sen. Richard Nixon, second from left, celebrate their nomination for president and vice president of the United States, respectively, with their wives at the 1952 Republican Convention in Chicago, I