1880 Prohibition National Convention

1880 Prohibition National Convention

1880 presidential election
Nominees Dow and Thompson
Convention
Date(s)	June 17, 1880
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Venue	Halle's Hall
Candidates
Presidential nominee	Neal Dow of Maine
Vice-presidential nominee	Henry Adams Thompson of Ohio

The 1880 Prohibition National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at Halle's Hall, in Cleveland, Ohio on June 17, 1880, to select the Prohibition Party's presidential ticket for the 1880 presidential election.

Presidential nomination

On June 17, 1880, the national convention was called to open and was attended by 142 delegates. Reverend Alonzo Ames Miner was selected to serve as the president of the convention. Neal Dow, the former mayor of Portland, Maine, and Henry Adams Thompson were nominated for the presidential and vice presidential nominations by James Black, hoping that other national figures would seek the party's nomination, and were approved by acclamation.^[1][2]

Presidential Ballot	Unanimous	Vice Presidential Ballot	Unanimous
Neal Dow	142	Henry Adams Thompson	142

Platform

Although the platforms of the 1872 and 1876 included support and opposition to multiple issues, the platform drafted and accepted at the 1880 national convention only included support for issues relating to the prohibition of alcohol and women's suffrage due to the narrow gauger faction, which supported a single issue prohibitionist platform, writing it.^[3][4]

See also

• 1880 Republican National Convention
• 1880 Democratic National Convention
• 1880 Greenback National Convention

References

1. "The National Prohibition Convention". The Greeley Tribune. June 25, 1880. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Andersen, Lisa M. F. (September 9, 2013). The Politics of Prohibition. Cambridge University Press. p. 59. ISBN 9781107029378 – via Google Books.
3. "Page 9 Partisan prophets; a history of the Prohibition Party, 1854-1972".
4. "Prohibition". The Western Call. July 2, 1880. p. 2. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.