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Before the era of presidential primary elections, political party conventions were routinely brokered. The Democratic Party required two-thirds of delegates to choose a candidate, starting with the first Democratic National Convention in 1832, and then at every convention from 1844 until 1936.s a result, on June 3, Obama was declared the presumptive nominee that evening, with pledged delegates from Montana and South Dakota. Clinton conceded on June 7, urging her supporters to support Obama in the general election, and so no brokered convention resulted for the Democrats in 2008.
A fiscal conservative, Cleveland sealed his fate among free silver advocates in the South and West when, in the face of economic hardship, he called a special session of Congress to further tighten the money supply. Pitchfork Ben Tillman won his nickname when he threatened to poke old Grover with a pitchfork.. The Democratic National Convention at Chicago 7-11 July 1896. Arriving in Chicago, Eastern Democrats who opposed free silver were stunned by the strength of that cause.