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...left), Baptist minister and Republican National Committeeman, set the convention at a high pitch which persisted through two hours of spirited speechmaking and balloting until Eisenhower's nomination shortly past 11 p.m. Foster was substituting for Indiana Representative Brownson, himself a replacment for the original choice, Governor Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin of Maryland...
Surprisingly McKeldin was a very popular candidate, polling 108 votes in the first presidential ballot and 44 in the second, and batting Warren right down the line in the vice-presidential contest...
...delegation switches were those of Maryland (from McKeldin), New York (from Dulles), Pennsylvania (from Duff), and Oregon (from Morse). The Oregon switch came after a telegram from Morse that he wished his candidates to be gives to Eisenhower...
...Maryland's Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin (his state's fourth Republican governor in 70 years) nodded cautiously in the direction of Dwight Eisenhower. Said he: "It would be in the best interests of the Republican Party and the country as a whole for Eisenhower to return at once...
America's Town Meeting (Sun. 6:30 p.m., ABC). "Can the Democrats Win?" Yes: Senator Estes Kefauver; no: Maryland's Governor T. R. McKeldin...