| Chicago, IL |
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June 16 to 19, 1908
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| Nominated: William H Taft of Ohio for President |
| Nominated: James S Sherman of New York for Vice President |
| Taft who was Secretary of War was Roosevelt's appointed successor. Despite some opposition within the party he was nominated on the first ballot. The convention approved a platform however, that was more conservative than Roosevelt and other progressive Republicans would have liked. |
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