WGN: Why Chicago has hosted more presidential conventions than any other city?

 

[VIDEO] Mike Lowe from WGN goes over the history of Presidential conventions that were held in Chicago.  Next week, Chicago hosts the Democratic Nat'l Convention the first one since 1996 when Democrats renominated Bill Clinton as he ran for a second term at President that year.

Abraham Lincoln was nominated in two conventions held in Chicago in 1864 & 1868. One convention was held at the Wigwam which once stood near Wacker & Lake Street in Chicago. As you see in the above video a marker commemorates the site. Besides we're living in the Land of Lincoln. 👍

The last Republican convention held in Chicago was 1960 when they nominated then Vice President Richard Nixon. He would go on to lose to the Democrats' choice then U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy. Illinois proved to be a pivotal state in Kennedy's election to the Presidency.

I do look forward to the day that an Elephant - the Republican's symbol - can one day march along Chicago's city streets. Though in 2024, the Republicans were very close as they were up north in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.