1880 Prohibition National Convention Explained

Year:1880
Party:Prohibition
Image Size2:150x150px
Date:June 17, 1880
Venue:Halle's Hall
City:Cleveland, Ohio
Presidential Nominee:Neal Dow
Presidential Nominee State:Maine
Vice Presidential Nominee:Henry Adams Thompson
Vice Presidential Nominee State:Ohio
Previous Year:1876
Next Year:1884

The 1880 Prohibition National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at Halle's Hall, in Cleveland, Ohio on June 17, 1880, to select the Prohibition Party's presidential ticket for the 1880 presidential election.

Presidential nomination

On June 17, 1880, the national convention was called to open and was attended by 142 delegates. Reverend Alonzo Ames Miner was selected to serve as the president of the convention. Neal Dow, the former mayor of Portland, Maine, and Henry Adams Thompson were nominated for the presidential and vice presidential nominations by James Black, hoping that other national figures would seek the party's nomination, and were approved by acclamation.[1] [2]

Platform

Although the platforms of the 1872 and 1876 included support and opposition to multiple issues, the platform drafted and accepted at the 1880 national convention only included support for issues relating to the prohibition of alcohol and women's suffrage due to the narrow gauger faction, which supported a single issue prohibitionist platform, writing it.[3] [4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: The National Prohibition Convention . June 25, 1880 . The Greeley Tribune . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200328182803/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47527239/the-greeley-tribune/ . March 28, 2020 . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  2. Book: Andersen, Lisa M. F. . The Politics of Prohibition . September 9, 2013 . Cambridge University Press . 59 . 9781107029378 . Google Books.
  3. News: Page 9 Partisan prophets; a history of the Prohibition Party, 1854-1972.
  4. News: Prohibition . July 2, 1880 . The Western Call . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200328183141/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47527301/the-western-call/ . March 28, 2020 . 2 . Newspapers.com.