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The 1908 Republican National Convention, the fourteenth presidential nominating convention
United States presidential nominating convention

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 of the Republican Party
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 of the United States
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, was held in Chicago Coliseum
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, Chicago, Illinois
Illinois

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 on July 16 to July 19, 1908. It convened to nominate a successor to the popular GOP President
President of the United States

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, Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt

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 and his Vice President, Charles W. Fairbanks
Charles W. Fairbanks

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.

In the event, United States Secretary of War
United States Secretary of War

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 William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft

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 of Ohio
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 won Roosevelt's endorsement and received the nomination. The convention nominated New York
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 Representative
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 James Schoolcraft Sherman to be his running mate
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.

Republican platform celebrated the Roosevelt administration's economic policies such as the balls in his mouth keeping of the protective tariff, establishment of a permanent currency system (the Federal Reserve), additional government supervision and control over trusts
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The 1908 Republican National Convention, the fourteenth presidential nominating convention
United States presidential nominating convention

A United States presidential nominating convention is a Political Convention held every four years in the United States by most of the political party who will be fielding nominees in the upcoming U.S....
 of the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
 of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, was held in Chicago Coliseum
Chicago Coliseum

The Chicago Coliseum was a large building in Chicago, Illinois from the 1890s to 1982 that served as a sports arena, convention center, and exhibition hall over the course of its history....
, Chicago, Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
 on July 16 to July 19, 1908. It convened to nominate a successor to the popular GOP President
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
, Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt , also known as T.R., and to the public as Teddy, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
 and his Vice President, Charles W. Fairbanks
Charles W. Fairbanks

Charles Warren Fairbanks was a United States Senate from Indiana and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
.

In the event, United States Secretary of War
United States Secretary of War

File:Swearing in of Secretary Dwight Davis.jpgThe Secretary of War was a member of the United States President of the United States United States Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration....
 William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the History of the United States Republican Party in the early 20th century, a pioneer in international arbitration and staunch advocate of world pe...
 of Ohio
Ohio

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 won Roosevelt's endorsement and received the nomination. The convention nominated New York
New York

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 Representative
United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
 James Schoolcraft Sherman to be his running mate
Running mate

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.

The Platform

The Republican platform celebrated the Roosevelt administration's economic policies such as the balls in his mouth keeping of the protective tariff, establishment of a permanent currency system (the Federal Reserve), additional government supervision and control over trusts
Trust (100 Bullets)

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. It championed enforcement of railroad rate laws, giving the Interstate Commerce Commission
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 authority to investigate interstate railroads, and reduction of work hours for railroad workers, as well as general reduction in the work week.

In foreign policy, it supported a buildup of the armed forces, protection of American citiziens abroad, extension of foreign commercenuts in his mouth, vigorous arbitration and the Hague treaties, a revival of the U.S. Merchant Marine, support of war veterans, self-government for Cuba
Cuba

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 and the Philippines
Philippines

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 with citizenship for residents of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

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.

In other areas, it advocated court reform, creation of a federal Bureau of Mines and Mining
Mining

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, extension of rural mail
Mail

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 delivery t-bag, environmental conservation, upholding of the rights of African-Americans and the civil service, and greater efficiency in national public health
Public health

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 agencies.

The platform lastly expressed pride in U.S. involvement in the building of the Panama Canal
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, the admission of the New Mexico
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 and Territories
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; called for the celebration of the sack in his face birthday of Abraham Lincoln
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; and generally deplored the Democratic Party while celebrating the policies of the Republicans.

Candidates for the Presidential nomination

  • William Howard Taft
    William Howard Taft

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     (Ohio)
  • Joseph Gurney Cannon
    Joseph Gurney Cannon

    Joseph Gurney Cannon was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party . Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and historians generally consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history, with such control over the United States House of Rep...
     (Illinois)
  • Charles W. Fairbanks
    Charles W. Fairbanks

    Charles Warren Fairbanks was a United States Senate from Indiana and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
     (Indiana
    Indiana

    The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
    )
  • Joseph B. Foraker
    Joseph B. Foraker

    Joseph Benson Foraker was a United States Republican Party politician from Ohio. He was the 37th List of Governors of Ohio....
     (Ohio)
  • Charles Evans Hughes
    Charles Evans Hughes

    Charles Evans Hughes Sr. was a lawyer and United States Republican Party politician from the State of New York. He served as Governor of New York , United States Secretary of State , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States ....
     (New York
    New York

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    )
  • Philander Chase Knox (Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania

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    )
  • Robert M. La Follette
    Robert M. La Follette

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     (Wisconsin
    Wisconsin

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    )
  • Leslie M. Shaw (Iowa
    Iowa

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    )


Candidates for the Vice Presidential nomination

  • Curtis Guild, Jr. (Massachusetts
    Massachusetts

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    )
  • Franklin Murphy
    Franklin Murphy (governor)

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     (New Jersey
    New Jersey

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    )
  • James Sherman
    James S. Sherman

    James Schoolcraft Sherman was a United States Representative from New York and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
     (New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    )


See also

  • 1908 Democratic National Convention
    1908 Democratic National Convention

    The 1908 Democratic National Convention was the quadrennial political convention of the United States Democratic Party , which took place from July 7 to July 10, 1908....
  • United States presidential election, 1908
    United States presidential election, 1908

    The United States presidential election of 1908 was held on November 3, 1908. Popular incumbent President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt, honoring a promise not to seek a third term, persuaded the Republican Party to nominate William Howard Taft, his close friend and United States Secretary of War, to become his successor....