1952 Republican National Convention
The 1952 Republican National Convention was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois from July 7 to 11, 1952, and nominated the popular general and war hero Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York, nicknamed "Ike", for president and the anti-communist crusading Senator from California, Richard M. Nixon, for vice president.
| 1952 presidential election | |
| Nominees Eisenhower and Nixon | |
| Convention | |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | July 7–11, 1952 |
| City | Chicago, Illinois |
| Venue | International Amphitheatre |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York |
| Vice presidential nominee | Richard M. Nixon of California |
The Republican platform pledged to end the unpopular war in Korea, supported the development of nuclear weapons as a deterrence strategy, to fire all "the loafers, incompetents and unnecessary employees" at the State Department, condemned the Roosevelt and Truman administrations' economic policies, supported retention of the Taft–Hartley Act, opposed "discrimination against race, religion or national origin", supported "Federal action toward the elimination of lynching", and pledged to bring an end to communist subversion in the United States.