List of Republican National Conventions



This is a list of Republican National Conventions. The quadrennial convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States.

List of Republican National Conventions
Note: Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent presidential election are shaded in pink.

* Won the election despite losing the popular vote. 1This convention was known as the National Union Convention. 2This convention was known as the National Union Republican Convention. 3Sherman, who had been elected Vice President in 1908, died six days before the 1912 election; he was subsequently replaced as Republican Vice-presidential nominee by Nicholas M. Butler of New York. 4Originally scheduled for the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California and for August 14–16. 5Originally scheduled for the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, but the venue was changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keynote speakers

 * 1884 – U.S. Representative John R. Lynch of Mississippi (thought to be the first keynote speaker)
 * 1916 – U.S. Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio
 * 1920 – U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts
 * 1924 – U.S. Representative Theodore Burton of Ohio
 * 1928 – U.S. Senator Simeon Fess of Ohio
 * 1932 – U.S. Senator Lester Dickinson of Iowa
 * 1936 – U.S. Senator Frederick Steiwer of Oregon
 * 1940 – Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota
 * 1944 – Governor Earl Warren of California
 * 1948 – Governor Dwight Green of Illinois
 * 1952 – General Douglas MacArthur of Wisconsin
 * 1956 – Governor Arthur Langlie of Washington
 * 1960 – U.S. Representative Walter Judd of Minnesota
 * 1964 – Governor Mark Hatfield of Oregon
 * 1968 – Governor Daniel Evans of Washington
 * 1972 – RNC Co-Chair Anne Armstrong of Texas
 * 1976 – U.S. Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee
 * 1980 – U.S. Representative Guy Vander Jagt of Michigan
 * 1984 – U.S. Treasurer Katherine Ortega of New Mexico
 * 1988 – Governor Thomas Kean of New Jersey
 * 1992 – U.S. Senator Phil Gramm of Texas
 * 1996 – U.S. Representative Susan Molinari of New York
 * 2000 – No officially designated keynote speaker; U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona and General Colin Powell of Virginia were featured speakers.
 * 2004 – U.S. Senator Zell Miller of Georgia (a Democrat, Miller is first speaker from the opposite party to address a national convention as keynoter)
 * 2008 – Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York
 * 2012 – Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey
 * 2016 – No officially designated keynote speaker; multiple "headliners" each night
 * 2020 - U.S. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina