In the event, Taft was nominated on the first ballot, and Vice Pres.
On a second ballot the gap between Seward and Lincoln narrowed, and Lincoln was subsequently nominated on the third ballot.
At the Democratic National Convention, which met on July 15 18 in Chicago, Roosevelt was nominated on the first ballot.
After two weeks of bickering, McAdoo and Smith dropped out of the race, and John W. Davis was nominated on the 103rd ballot.
By the time the Republican convention began in Chicago on June 26, however, both Bricker and Stassen had withdrawn, and Dewey was nominated on the first ballot.
On May 18 , 1860 after Lincoln and his friends had made skillful preparations, he was nominated on the third ballot at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
The vice presidential contest was much easier, with Charles W. Bryan, brother of William Jennings Bryan and governor of Nebraska, nominated on the first ballot.
The more delegates he has, the better chance he might have to prevent Mr. Romney from being nominated on the first ballot.
The Portuguese international has scored nine goals this season – the same as Nasri and Adam – but has only been nominated on the junior award with Arsenal's Jack Wilshere, Manchester City's Joe Hart and Everton's Seamus Coleman completing the list.
Despite a late start, limited organization, and opposition from a large segment of party leadership, he was nominated on the sixth ballot.
