1924 headline newspaper DEMOCRAT PARTY nominates JOHN W DAVIS for US PRESIDENT

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1924 headline newspaper DEMOCRAT PARTY nominates JOHN W DAVIS for US PRESIDENT1924 headline newspaper DEMOCRAT PARTY nominates JOHN W DAVIS for US PRESIDENT- inv # 4H-228Please visit our EBAY STORE for THOUSANDS MORE HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS for SALE or at auctionSEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Wyoming State Tribune (Cheyenne) dated July 10, 1924. This original newspaper contains a bold banner headline and photo with news that the Democrat Party has nominated JOHN W DAVIS as their candidate for US President in the election of 1924 .The 1924 Democratic National Convention, held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City from June 24 to July 9, 1924, was the longest continuously running convention in United States political history. It took a record 103 ballots to nominate a presidential candidate. It was the first major party national convention that saw the name of a woman, Lena Springs, placed in nomination for the vice president. John W. Davis, a dark horse, eventually won the presidential nomination on the 103rd ballot, a compromise candidate following a protracted convention fight between distant front-runners William Gibbs McAdoo and Al Smith.Davis and his vice presidential running-mate, Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, went on to be defeated by the Republican ticket of President Calvin Coolidge and Charles read more