1952 presidential election | |
Convention | |
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Date(s) | July 21–26, 1952 |
City | Chicago, Illinois |
Venue | International Amphitheatre |
Candidates | |
Presidential nominee | Adlai Stevenson of Illinois |
Vice-presidential nominee | John Sparkman of Alabama |
The 1952 Democratic National Convention was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois from July 21 to July 26, 1952, which was the same arena the Republicans had gathered in a few weeks earlier for their national convention from July 7 to July 11, 1952. Four major candidates sought the presidential nomination: U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, Governor Adlai Stevenson II of Illinois, Senator Richard Russell of Georgia and Averell Harriman of New York.