The 1976 Republican National Convention was the culmination of a six-month struggle for what one national TV news reporter deemed “the soul of the Republican Party.” ...

In 1976, President Gerald Ford tussled at the Republican convention for the last delegates needed to win a majority over ...

In 1976, the party was in disarray. But in American politics, things are never as bad—or good—as they seem. News. ... “For the first time at a GOP convention, ...

McGovern’s anti-war stance would propel him to the Democratic nomination for president four years later, in 1972. South Dakota delegates gathered for the 1976 Republican convention in Kansas ...

During the 1976 Republican National Convention, delegates were closely divided between President Gerald Ford and former California Gov. Ronald Reagan.

Don Wolfensberger reflects on his experiences attending Republican National Conventions, including his first as a cheerleader for Barry Goldwater in 1964, his work on the platform committee in 1976… ...

Ronald Reagan was already a major Republican star thanks to his powerful speech at the 1976 convention, but the former California governor really shocked Republicans when he picked George H.W ...

As the Republican Party gathers for its convention this year in Milwaukee, it is emrbacing its most combative partisan voices and adopting a far-right platform. Nearly 50 years ago, another convention ...

Repulican Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan (left) and President Gerald Ford eye each other at a podium during the GOP National Convention, Kansas City, Mo., mid August, 1976.

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Clarke Reed, a Mississippi businessman who developed the Republican Party in his home state and across the South starting in the 1960s, died Sunday at his ...

Repulican Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan (left) and President Gerald Ford eye each other at a podium during the GOP National Convention, Kansas City, Mo., mid August, 1976.

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Clarke Reed, a Mississippi businessman who developed the Republican Party in his home state and across the South starting in the 1960s, died Sunday at his ...