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Clergy offering invocations and benedictions at U.S. national party conventions:
Year / Party / City | Date | Role | Clergy | Denomination | Title | Source |
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1876 / Republican / Cincinnati, OH | June 14 | Opening invocation | Rev. Darius H. Muller, D.D. | Methodist | Pastor, Union M.E. Church, Covington, KY | [1] |
June 15 | Invocation, 2nd session | Rev. George B. Beecher | Presbyterian | Minister, First Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, OH | [2] | |
1880 / Democratic / Cincinnati, OH | June 22 | Opening invocation | Rev. Charles William Wendte | Unitarian | Minister, First Unitarian Church, Cincinnati, OH | [3] |
June 23 | Invocation, 2nd session | Rev. Dr. Charles Taylor | Methodist Episcopal | Pastor, Scott Street M.E. Church, Covington, KY | [4] | |
June 24 | Invocation, 3rd session | |||||
1896 / Republican / St. Louis, MO | June 16 | Opening invocation | Rabbi Samuel Sale | Jewish | Congregation Shaare Emeth, St. Louis, MO | [5] |
June 17 | Invocation, 2nd day | Rev. Dr. Wilbur G. Williams | Methodist | Pastor, Union Methodist Church, St. Louis, MO | [6] | |
Invocation, 2nd day, 2nd session | Bishop Benjamin W. Arnett | African Methodist Episcopal | Wilberforce College, Wilberforce, OH | [7] | ||
June 18 | Invocation, 3rd day | Rev. John R. Scott | African Methodist Episcopal | ... | [8] | |
1900 / Republican / Philadelphia, PA | June 19 | Opening invocation | Rev. James Gray Bolton, D.D. | Presbyterian | Pastor, Hope Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA | - |
Benediction, 1st day | Rev. Dr. Edgar M. Levy, D.D. | Baptist | Pastor in Philadelphia, PA | - | ||
June 20 | Invocation, 2nd day | Rev. Dr. Charles M. Boswell | Methodist | Minister, Bethany M.E. Church, Philadelphia, PA | - | |
June 21 | Invocation, 3rd day | Most Rev. Patrick John Ryan | Roman Catholic | Archbishop of Philadelphia | - | |
1904 / Democratic / St. Louis, MO | - | July 6 | Opening invocation | Rev. John F. Cannon, D.D. | Presbyterian | Pastor, Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO | - |
July 7 | Invocation, 2nd day | Rev. John J. Glennon | Roman Catholic | Archbishop of St. Louis | - | |
July 8 | Invocation, 3rd day | Rabbi Samuel Sale | Jewish | Congregation Shaare Emeth, St. Louis, Mo. | - | |
July 9 | Invocation, 4th day | Rev. John T. M. Johnston, D.D. | Baptist | Delmar Avenue Baptist Church | - | |
1924 / Democratic / New York, NY | June 24 | Opening invocation | His Eminence, Patrick Joseph Hayes | Roman Catholic | Archbishop and Cardinal of New York | [9] |
June 25 | Invocation, 2nd session | Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gailor | Episcopalian | Bishop of Tennessee | [10] | |
June 26 | Invocation, 3rd session | William W. Porter, C.S.B. | Christian Scientist | Member, Board of Lectureship, Mother Church, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, MA | [11] | |
June 27 | Invocation, 4th session | Rev. W. W. Wylie | Presbyterian | Pastor, Central Presbyterian Church, New York, NY | [12] | |
June 28 | Invocation, 5th session | Rev. John Roach Straton | Baptist | Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, New York, NY | [13] | |
Invocation, 6th session | Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise | Jewish | Rabbi, Free Synagogue, New York, NY | [14] | ||
June 30 | Invocation, 7th session | Rev. Gustav A. Carstensen | Episcopal | Rector, Holy Rood Protestant Episcopal Church, New York, NY | [15] | |
Invocation, 8th session | Rev. Fr. Francis Patrick Duffy | Roman Catholic | Chaplain | [16] | ||
Invocation, 9th session | Bishop Luther B. Wilson | Methodist Episcopal | - | [17] | ||
July 1 | Invocation, 10th session | Dr. Samuel Trexler | Lutheran | President, Lutheran Synod of New York and New England | [18] | |
July 2 | Invocation, 11th session | Rabbi Louis I. Newman | Jewish | Rabbi, Temple Israel, New York, NY | [19] | |
Invocation, 12th session | Dr. Frederick Hermann Knubel | Lutheran | President, United Lutheran Churches in America | [20] | ||
July 3 | Invocation, 13th session | Rev. John E. Heindel | Lutheran | Pastor, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Jersey City, NJ | [21] | |
Invocation, 14th session | Dr. Henry Clay Risner | Baptist | - | [22] | ||
July 4 | Invocation, 15th session | Rev. Paul Mansfield Spencer, D.D. | Methodist | Church of the Strangers, New York, NY | [23] | |
Invocation, 16th session | Rev. Paul F. Landis | Presbyterian | Minister, John Hall Memorial, New York, N.Y. | [24] | ||
July 5 | Invocation, 17th session | Rev. William Carter, D.D. | Presbyterian | Pastor, Throop Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY | [25] | |
July 7 | Invocation, 18th session | Rev. William L. Philipps | Episcopalian | Pastor, Little Church Around the Corner, New York, NY | [26] | |
Invocation, 19th session | Rev. E. L. Power | Disciples of Christ | Pastor, First Christian Church, Louisville, KY | [27] | ||
July 8 | Invocation, 20th session | Rev. Charles Francis Potter | Unitarian | Minister, West Side Unitarian Church, New York, NY | [28] | |
Invocation, 21st session | Rev. Wythe Leigh Kinsolving | Episcopalian | Chaplain, Virginian Society, New York, NY | [29] | ||
July 9 | Invocation, 22nd session | Rev. William Wilkinson | Episcopalian | Parish Missioner, Trinity Church, New York, NY | [30] | |
Invocation, 23rd session | Dr. Robert L. Kelly | Congregationalist | Director, Association of American Colleges | [31] | ||
1928 / Democratic / Houston, TX | June 26 | Opening invocation | Sam R. Hay | Methodist | Bishop | |
Invocation, 1st day, 2nd session | William States Jacobs | Presbyterian | Minister | |||
June 27 | Invocation, 2nd day, 1st session | George Gilmour | Unitarian | Minister | ||
Invocation, 2nd day, 2nd session | George T. Walsh | Roman Catholic | Right Reverend Monsignor | |||
June 28 | Invocation, 3rd day, 1st session | A. Frank Smith | Methodist | Minister | ||
Invocation, 3rd day, 2nd session | J. N. R. Score | Methodist | Minister | |||
Invocation, 3rd day, 3rd session | E. P. West | Baptist | Pastor | |||
June 29 | Invocation, 4th day | Nathan Blechman | Jewish | Rabbi | ||
1928 / Republican / Kansas City, MO | June 12 | Opening invocation | S. C. Partridge | Episcopal | Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri | [32] |
June 13 | Invocation, 2nd day | Thomas F. Lillis | Roman Catholic | Bishop, Diocese of Kansas City | [33] | |
June 14 | Invocation, 3rd day | Herman M. Cohen | Jewish | Rabbi, Congregation Keneseth Israel-Beth Sholom, Kansas City, MO | [34] | |
June 15 | Invocation, 4th day | E. L. Waldorf | Methodist | Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Diocese of Kansas City | [35] | |
1936 / Republican / Cleveland, OH | ? | Opening invocation | Ernest Lynn Waldorf | Methodist Episcopal | Bishop | |
1940 / Republican / Philadelphia, PA | June 24 | Opening invocation | Albert Joseph McCartney | Presbyterian | Pastor | [36] |
June 24 | Invocation, 1st day, 2nd session | Francis Marion Taitt | Episcopalian | Bishop | [37] | |
June 24 | Benediction, 1st day, 2nd session | Joseph Carroll McCormick | Roman Catholic | Chancellor | [38] | |
June 24 | Invocation, 1st day, 3rd session | Dennis Dougherty | Roman Catholic | Archbishop, Cardinal | [39] | |
June 25 | Invocation, 2nd day, 1st session | Paul H. Andreen | Lutheran | Rev. Dr.,Pastor | [40] | |
June 25 | Invocation, 2nd day, 2nd session | John Andrew Gregg | African Methodist Episcopal | Bishop | [41] | |
June 26 | Invocation, 3rd day, 2nd session | Michael Aaronsohn | Jewish (Reform) | Rabbi; faculty, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati | [42] | |
June 27 | Invocation, 4th day, 1st session | Frank F. Bunker | Christian Science | Dr.; Christian Science Committee on Publications, District of Columbia | [43] | |
June 27 | Invocation, 4th day, 2nd session | Arthur E. Paterson | ? | Chaplain, Connecticut State Senate | [44] | |
June 27 | Invocation, 4th day, 3rd session | Ivan Murray Rose | Baptist | Pastor, First Baptist Church, Philadelphia | [45] | |
June 28 | Invocation, 5th day | Robert C. Wells | Methodist Episcopal | Rev. Dr., Pastor, Logan Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia | [46] | |
1952 / Republican / Chicago, IL | July 7 | Opening invocation | The Reverend Joseph Simonson | Lutheran | Director of Public Relations, National Lutheran Council, New York City | |
Invocation, 1st Day, 2nd session | His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch | Catholic | Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal | |||
July 8 | Invocation, 2nd Day, 1st session | The Reverend J. H. Clayborn | Methodist | Presiding Bishop, 13th Episcopal District, Little Rock, Arkansas | ||
Invocation, 2nd Day, 2nd session | Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver | Jewish | Rabbi, The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio | |||
July 9 | Invocation, 3rd Day, 1st session | The Reverend Fred Pierce Corson | Methodist | Bishop of the Methodist Church; President, Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church, Philadelphia | ||
Invocation, 3rd Day, 2nd session | The Reverend Dr. Harrison R. Anderson | Presbyterian | Minister, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago | |||
July 10 | Invocation, 4th Day, 1st session | The Reverend Dr. Arthur J. Payne | Baptist | Pastor, Enod Baptist Church, Baltimore | ||
Invocation, 4th Day, 2nd session | The Reverend Charles Franklin Parker | Congregationalist | Minister, First Congregational Church, Prescott, Arizona | |||
July 11 | Invocation, 5th Day, 1st session | Rabbi Louis L. Mann | Jewish | Rabbi, Sinai Temple, Chicago | ||
Invocation, 5th Day, 2nd session | The Reverend Howard S. Kennedy | Episcopalian | Rector, St. James Episcopal Church, Chicago | |||
Closing benediction | The Reverend Dr. Harrison R. Anderson | Presbyterian | Minister, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago | |||
1952 / Democratic / Chicago, IL | July 21 | Opening invocation | His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch | Catholic | Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal | |
Invocation, 2nd session | J. Ralph Magee | Methodist | Bishop (retired) | |||
July 22 | Invocation, 3rd session | Louis Binstock | Jewish | Rabbi, Temple Sholom | ||
Invocation, 4th session | The Right Reverend Charles L. Street | Episcopalian | Suffragan Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Chicago | |||
July 23 | Invocation, 5th session | The Reverend Dr. Alfred Diman | Baptist | Executive Secretary, Chicago Baptist Association | ||
Invocation, 6th session | The Reverend Gerhard W. Grauer | Evangelical and Reformed | Pastor, St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church; president, Church Federation of Greater Chicago | |||
July 24 | Invocation, 7th session | The Reverend Albert O. Jerpe | Presbyterian | Moderator, Presbytery of Chicago; Pastor, Second Presbyterian Church of Evanston | ||
July 25 | Invocation, 8th session | The Reverend C. Clarence Nelson | Latter-Day Saints | Bishop | ||
Invocation, 9th session | The Reverend William Kiser | Lutheran | Pastor, Gethsemane Lutheran Church of Cicero | |||
July 26 | Invocation, 10th session | Dr. Herman E. Brauer | Lutheran | Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church | ||
1960 / Republican / Chicago, IL | July 25 | Opening invocation | His Excellency Raymond Peter Hillinger | Catholic | Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago | [47] |
Benediction, 1st session | Right Reverend Athenagoras | Greek Orthodox | Bishop of New England | [48] | ||
Invocation, 2nd session | Rev. Thomas H. Ellis | Congregationalist | Minister, Memorial Congregational Church, Chicago | [49] | ||
Benediction, 2nd session | Dr. Armin Weng | Lutheran | President, Chicago Lutheran Seminary | [50] | ||
July 26 | Invocation, 3rd session | Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver | Jewish | The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio | [51] | |
Benediction, 3rd session | The Reverend Gerald Hamilton Kennedy | Methodist | Bishop of the Methodist Church, Los Angeles | [52] | ||
July 27 | Invocation, 4th session | Rev. Charles S. Ball | Friends/Quakers | Pastor, East Whittier Friends Church, Whittier, California | [53] | |
July 28 | Invocation, 5th session | Dr. W. O. Vaught | Southern Baptist | First Vice President, Southern Baptist Convention | [54] | |
Closing benediction | Rev. Edward G. Latch | Methodist | Pastor, Metropolitan Methodist Memorial Church, Washington | [55] | ||
1968 / Republican / Miami Beach, FL | ? | Opening invocation | Coleman Carroll | Roman Catholic | Archbishop | |
1976 / Republican / Kansas City, MO | ? | Opening invocation | Arthur A. Vogel | Episcopalian | Bishop | |
? | Closing benediction | George K. Fitzsimmons | Roman Catholic | Auxiliary Bishop | ||
1988 / Democratic / Atlanta, GA | July 18 | Opening invocation | Bevil Jones | Methodist | Bishop | |
Benediction, 1st session | Cameron M. Alexander | Baptist | Minister, Antioch Baptist Church North | |||
July 19 | Invocation, 2nd session | Robert Marsh | Baptist | Pastor, Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church | ||
Benediction, 2nd session | Frederick James | Methodist | Bishop, 17th District, African Methodist Episcopal Church | |||
July 20 | Invocation, 3rd session | Rev. Benjamin Hooks | Baptist | Executive Director, NAACP | ||
Benediction, 3rd session | Rabbi Morris A. Shmidman | Jewish | Executive Director, Council of Jewish Organizations of Boro Park, NY | |||
July 21 | Invocation, 4th session | Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery | Methodist | President, Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Pastor, Cascade United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA | ||
Closing Benediction | Eugene Antonio Marino | Roman Catholic | Archbishop, Atlanta, GA |
References
- ^ Proceedings of the Republican National Convention, Held in Cincnnati, Ohio, June 14th, 15th, and 16th, 1876 (1876), pp. 4-5
- ^ Proceedings of the Republican National Convention, Held in Cincnnati, Ohio, June 14th, 15th, and 16th, 1876 (1876), pp. 30-31
- ^ Proceedings of the National Democratic National Convention, Held in Cincnnati, O., June 22d, 23d, and 24th, 1880 (1882), pp. 1-2
- ^ Proceedings of the National Democratic National Convention, Held in Cincnnati, O., June 22d, 23d, and 24th, 1880 (1882), pp. 19, 101
- ^ Official Proceedings of the Eleventh Republican National Convention, Held in the city of St. Louis, Mo., June 16, 17, and 18, 1896, pp. 25-27
- ^ Official Proceedings of the Eleventh Republican National Convention, Held in the city of St. Louis, Mo., June 16, 17, and 18, 1896, pp. 38
- ^ Official Proceedings of the Eleventh Republican National Convention, Held in the city of St. Louis, Mo., June 16, 17, and 18, 1896, pp. 45-46
- ^ Official Proceedings of the Eleventh Republican National Convention, Held in the city of St. Louis, Mo., June 16, 17, and 18, 1896, pp. 81
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), pp. 3-4
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 45
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 117
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 165
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), pp. 221-22
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 227
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), pp. 335-36
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 385
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), pp. 411-12
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 464
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), pp. 492-93
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), pp. 538-39
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), pp. 560-61
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), pp. 612-13
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), pp. 651-52
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 697
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), pp. 731-32
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 780
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 826
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 852
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 886
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 948
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, published by the Democratic National Committee (1924), p. 981
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Republican National Convention (1928), pp. 7-8
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Republican National Convention (1928), pp. 48-49
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Republican National Convention (1928), pp. 111-12
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Republican National Convention (1928), pp. 223-24
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 22nd Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1940), pp. 8-9
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 22nd Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1940), pp. 32-33
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 22nd Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1940), p. 40
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 22nd Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1940), pp. 42-43
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 22nd Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1940), pp. 61-63
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 22nd Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1940), pp. 113-114
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 22nd Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1940), pp. 137-139
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 22nd Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1940), p. 217
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 22nd Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1940), pp. 278-279
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 22nd Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1940), pp. 288-289
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 22nd Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1940), pp. 324-326
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 27th Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1960), p. 8
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 27th Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1960), p. 44
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 27th Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1960), p. 47
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 27th Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1960), p. 89
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 27th Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1960), p. 91
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 27th Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1960), p. 215
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 27th Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1960), p. 218
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 27th Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1960), p. 304
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the 27th Republican National Convention, published by the Republican National Committee (1960), p. 356