1952 Republican National Convention
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The 1952 Republican National Convention was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois from July 7 to 11, 1952, and nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York, nicknamed "Ike", for president and Richard M. Nixon of California for vice president.
1952 presidential election | |
Convention | |
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Date(s) | July 7–11, 1952 |
City | Chicago, Illinois |
Venue | International Amphitheatre |
Candidates | |
Presidential nominee | Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York |
Vice presidential nominee | Richard M. Nixon of California |
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The Republican platform pledged to end the unpopular war in Korea, supported the development of nuclear weapons as a deterrence strategy, to fire all "the loafers, incompetents and unnecessary employees" at the State Department, condemned the Roosevelt and Truman administrations' economic policies, supported retention of the Taft–Hartley Act, opposed "discrimination against race, religion or national origin", supported "Federal action toward the elimination of lynching", and pledged to bring an end to communist subversion in the United States.[1]