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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > American politics and society > United States Presidency > federalism and politics > presidential nominating conventions
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > American politics and society > United States Presidency > elections and the electoral process > presidential nominating conventions

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presidential nominating conventions  

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  • Meeting of political party loyalists who come together every four years to nominate their presidential and vice-presidential candidates. The first national party nominating convention was held by the Anti-Masons, a short-lived third party, in Baltimore, Maryland, in September 1831. [Source: Student's Guide to the Presidency; Conventions, Presidential Nominating]

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