What is 1996 Republican National Convention?
[[File:DoleKemp1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Dole's 1996 presidential campaign logo]] The '''1996 National Convention''' of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] of the [[United States]] met at the [[San Diego Convention Center]] (SDCC) in [[San Diego, California]], from August 12 to August 15, 1996. The [[Republican National Convention|convention]] nominated former [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Bob Dole]] from [[Kansas]], for [[President of the United States|president]] and former [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] and secretary of [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|Housing and Urban Development]] [[Jack Kemp]], from suburban [[Buffalo, New York]], for [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. The [[Republican National Committee]] had narrowed their search for a site to three bidding cities, San Diego, [[New Orleans]], and [[San Antonio]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stall |first1=Bill |last2=Perry |first2=Tony |title=GOP Proposes San Diego for Convention |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-14-mn-8895-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=25 June 2020 |date=14 December 1994}}</ref> They eventually picked San Diego. Speakers included former Presidents [[Gerald Ford]] and [[George H. W. Bush]], former First Lady [[Nancy Reagan]] (who spoke for her husband [[Ronald Reagan]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gos.sbc.edu/r/reagan2.html |title=Gifts of Speech - Nancy Reagan<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2021-05-08 |archive-date=2021-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508103653/http://gos.sbc.edu/r/reagan2.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and former Vice President [[Dan Quayle]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{U.S. presidential primaries}} [[Category:1996 in the United States]] [[Category:1996 events]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States)]] [[Category:United States presidential nominating conventions]] {{US-stub}}