National Convention
Americannoun
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French History. the legislature of France 1792–95.
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U.S. Politics. a convention held every four years by each of the major political parties to nominate a presidential candidate.
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a convention held every four years by each major US political party to choose its presidential candidate
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French history the longest-lasting of the revolutionary assemblies, lasting from Sept 1792 to Oct 1795, when it was replaced by the Directory
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That year, Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan was seen at a table with Trump Jr. and Omeed Malik, founder of 1789 Capital, at the Republican National Convention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
In 2020, she said during remarks at the Republican National Convention that five years earlier she was “the victim of a notoriously deadly medical error.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Yiannopoulos was an early supporter of Donald Trump during the 2016 election, headlining an event that year called Gays for Trump during the Republican National Convention.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
"I wouldn't be alive today, if it wasn't for you," Harp told the Republican National Convention in 2020.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
At the Democratic National Convention in 2016, 102-year-old Jerry Emmett of Prescott, Arizona, announced that the Arizona delegation was casting fifty-one of its eighty-five votes for Hillary Clinton for president.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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