Democratic National Convention 1924

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gptkbp:instanceOf political event
gptkbp:attendedBy gptkb:Al_Smith
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:John_W._Davis
gptkb:Oscar_Underwood
gptkb:William_Gibbs_McAdoo
gptkbp:ballotingDuration 16 days
gptkbp:city gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1924-07-09
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Democratic National Convention 1924
gptkbp:location gptkb:Madison_Square_Garden
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:Associated_Press
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:Time_magazine
gptkbp:nominatedFor gptkb:John_W._Davis
gptkbp:notableEvent Ku Klux Klan controversy
gptkbp:notableFor first major party convention broadcast on radio
first time a woman (Emily Newell Blair) served as vice chair of the convention
first convention to require a two-thirds majority for nomination
deadlock between Al Smith and William Gibbs McAdoo
deep party divisions over Prohibition and the Klan
introduction of the term 'Klanbake'
longest continuously running political convention in U.S. history
gptkbp:notableSpeaker gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:numberOfBallots 103
gptkbp:numberOfDelegates 1092
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:1924_Democratic_National_Convention
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party_(United_States)
gptkbp:presidedBy gptkb:Cordell_Hull
gptkbp:previousEvent gptkb:Democratic_National_Convention_1920
Democratic National Convention 1928
gptkbp:startDate 1924-06-24
gptkbp:state gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:Charles_W._Bryan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Democratic_National_Convention_1920
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7