The 1904 Republican National Convention was held in the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, on June 21 to June 23, 1904.
Chicago Coliseum ahead of the Convention
Convention hall during the opening prayer
Crowds hear Elihu Root deliver the convention's opening speech.
Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon at the convention
Charles W. Fairbanks
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Charles Warren Fairbanks was the 26th vice president of the United States under President Theodore Roosevelt serving from 1905 to 1909. A member of the Republican Party, Fairbanks was previously a sen
1904 Republican National Convention
…Hoyt, the Solicitor General, in 1903. Roosevelt was nominated by 994 votes to none, while the only other serious opponent to Roosevelt, Indiana Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, was nominated for vice president by acclaimation. Delegates from Wisconsin controlled by Robert M. La Follette were not seated and conservative delegates…
Fairbanks, c. 1900s
President Roosevelt and party at the Residence of Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks. May 30, 1907
Fairbanks in his office
Fairbanks with Theodore Roosevelt in 1904