19th century Quote by Michael Beschloss

The initial attraction of a political convention was that often the outcome was not preordained. There was at least some element of surprise. But,…

— Mark McKinnon

Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after…

— Michael Beschloss

So if 1960 had occurred under the old convention system, Kennedy would have had a very hard time getting the Democratic nomination because he…

— Michael Beschloss

The convention is the voice, the bone and the sinews of a political party-and sometimes it even nominates an Abraham Lincoln.

— Fletcher Knebel

From the beginning of the presidential nominating conventions in the 1830's really through the 1950's, you had conventions that actually did real business.

— Michael Beschloss

“On July 2, 1960, a few weeks before that year’s Democratic National Convention, former President Harry Truman publicly stated that John F Kennedy—who had…

— Robert Greene

“The Democratic convention that took place in Chicago in late August turned out to be such a wild and bloody affair that the first-ballot…

— James T. Patterson

I had been told by so many people that I was going to be nominated, that I should be nominated, that there wasn't any…

— Gloria Stuart

I had no expectation about getting a nomination, but I was watching nonetheless. My wife and my son got really excited. I was sort…

— Tobey Maguire

Well, no, I didn't because I didn't even know the nominations were coming out. I gotta say, it wasn't even on my radar. I…

— Will Arnett

Conventions are, by nature, a party. I mean, that's why people become delegates. They come from all over the world to exercise their democratic…

— Rob Lowe

During the 1960 election, I saw Richard Nixon as the winner.

— Jeane Dixon