List of Whig National Conventions explained

This article lists the presidential nominating conventions of the United States Whig Party between 1839 and 1856. Note: Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent presidential election are in bold

YearLocationPresidential NomineeVice Presidential Nominee
1839Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaWilliam Henry Harrison of OhioJohn Tyler of Virginia
1844BaltimoreHenry Clay of KentuckyTheodore Frelinghuysen of New Jersey
1848PhiladelphiaZachary Taylor of LouisianaMillard Fillmore of New York
1852BaltimoreWinfield Scott of New JerseyWilliam A. Graham of North Carolina
1856BaltimoreMillard Fillmore of New YorkaAndrew J. Donelson of Tennesseea

aFillmore and Donelson had previously been nominated as candidates of the American Party.

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