List of presidential nominating conventions in the United States

The two right-hand columns show nominations by notable conventions not shown elsewhere. Some of the nominees (e.g. the Whigs before 1860 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1912) received very large votes, while others who received less than 1% of the total national popular vote are listed to show historical continuity or transition. Many important candidates are not shown here because they were never endorsed by a national party convention (e.g. William Henry Harrison in 1836, George C. Wallace in 1968, John B. Anderson in 1980 and Ross Perot in 1992); for a list by year of all notable candidates (at least one Elector or 0.1% of the popular vote), please see List of United States presidential candidates.

Note that there is no organizational continuity between the American Parties of 1856 and 1972, the Union Parties of 1860, 1864, 1888 and 1936, or the Progressive Parties of 1912–16, 1924 and 1948–52.

Presidential winner in bold.

People's ^{[Middle of the Road]} = "Middle of the Road" faction of the People's Party, who opposed fusing with the Democrats after 1896.

The list below shows the location of the party convention, along with the winner of the election. Bold font indicates that party won the presidential election. If the party won the state where the convention was held the box is shaded. Other parties are only listed if they garnered electoral college votes.[3]

• List of Democratic National Conventions
• List of Whig National Conventions
• List of Republican National Conventions
• Prohibition Party#Presidential campaigns
• Socialist Party of America#National Conventions
• National conventions of the Communist Party USA
• Socialist Workers Party — Presidential politics
• Libertarian National Convention
• Constitution Party National Convention
• Green National Convention
• Reform Party of the United States of America
• American Party (1969)#Presidential and vice-presidential candidates
• Electoral History of the American Independent and American Parties

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• History House: Conventional Wisdom
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• Taylor, Tim, The Book of Presidents (Arno Press, New York, 1972; ISBN 0-405-00226-2)