Word: slate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Democratic side, only a small part of the 72 man delegation is contested. Sixteen unpledged at-large delegates picked by the state committee are unopposed, while in five districts the district slates are unopposed; in others they are opposed by unpledged candidates, and in the tenth district by a slate pledged to Kefauver...
Then a nominating committee met to select a slate of ten delegates at large. The committee was deadlocked: four for Ike, four for Taft. Ike's four, sure they had a majority on the convention floor, demanded six or seven delegates at large...
When Spangler's name was read to the convention, shouts of "No!" "No!" rose up from Eisenhower supporters. But they quieted down when they heard all the pro-Ike names, and the convention approved the slate. The Eisenhower forces had won a clear-cut victory in an important farm state. The final count: Ike 15, Taft 9, uncommitted...
Aside from these demonstrations of fervor, the Summerfield-Cleary neutrality plan worked. Fourteen districts gave no hint of their preference. After a compromise slate of ten delegates at large was presented to the convention, the chairman of the "Michigan for Eisenhower" committee moved for its election, the chairman of the "Bob Taft Committee of Michigan" seconded the motion, and the head of the "MacArthur for President Committee" moved that nominations be closed. The delegation as a whole was indeed uninstructed...
...Idaho Falls, after some skirmishing between Taft and Eisenhower forces, the Idaho state convention did what it was expected to do: named a full slate of 14 delegates "honor-bound" to support Taft "to every reasonable extent." Keynoting the convention, Utah's Governor J. Bracken Lee, a Taft man, offered a bit of basic political philosophy. Said he: "Don't get so wrapped up in your own candidate that if you see he is losing you can't get on the bandwagon of the winner...