Chicago last hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1996.
President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore were renominated at the convention, which was held at the United center.
That in turn was the first Democratic National Convention held in Chicago since the infamous and epoch-defining convention in. Unrest broke out amid protests in Grant Park in what attorney Dan Walker called a police riot, but still, eight activists went on trial on accusations of inciting a riot. Tension also boiled over on the convention floor at the International Amphitheatre, which stood until 1999 at 4220 S. Halsted St. CBS News correspondent Dan Rather was roughed up by security guards at the convention, while Mayor Daley Sr. told CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite that police officers were being attacked in the streets.
Hubert Humphrey was nominated for president and Edmund Muskie for vice president at the 1968 convention. Chicago also hosted the Republican National Convention in 1960, the Democratic National Convention in 1956, and both the Democratic and Republican conventions in 1952 and 1944 – among other conventions going back to the 1860 Republican National Convention at which Abraham Lincoln was nominated.Thanks for reading CBS NEWS.Please enter valid email address to continue
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