Word: balloters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Averell Harriman will receive over 400 votes on the first ballot at the National Democratic convention this June, his campaign manager, Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. '37, predicted in Boston yesterday...
...across the country to campaign for the nomination. Before the Republicans gathered in Philadelphia, Taft had one of the smoothest Republican organizations ever formed. But it was not good enough. Although Taft was confident that he would win, the historic blitz carried Willkie in on the sixth ballot. Trudging out of the Philadelphia convention hall, the defeated Taft vowed: ''Never again...
...Maryland convention, the 24 delegates elected were instructed to vote on the first ballot at Chicago for Governor Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin, who is said to be seeking the nomination for Vice President. McKeldin is expected to throw about 18 of them to Eisenhower, while 6 go to Taft...
Curran, who was elected on the fifth ballot, earned his letter last year as a sprinter. Because of a badly pulled muscle however, he was sidelined this year for both the winter and spring seasons...
...soon as he got to Portland, Stevenson began urging the citizenry not to vote for him. He was not, he said, "participating" in the Oregon primary and would have long since withdrawn from the ballot if the law had allowed him to do so. "At the time you invited me, you may have thought you were getting a candidate for President. Instead all you got was a candidate for governor of Illinois. I hope you don't feel . . . deceived and defrauded." Almost 600 delighted Democrats, who had paid $10 apiece to attend the dinner, cheered him lustily and decided...