page_title: 1972 Republican National Convention
section_title: Speeches
hierarchical_section_title: 1972 Republican National Convention / Speeches
caption_attribution_description: First Lady Pat Nixon addresses delegates at the 1972 Republican National Convention, Miami, Florida. Behind her are Senator Bob Dole of Kansas and Governor Ronald Reagan of California. Pat Nixon was the first First Lady since Eleanor Roosevelt to address a party convention, and the first Republican First Lady to do so.
context_page_description: The 1972 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held from August 21 to August 23, 1972, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida. It nominated President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew for reelection. The convention was chaired by then-U.S. House Minority Leader and future Nixon successor Gerald Ford of Michigan. It was the fifth time Nixon had been nominated on the Republican ticket for vice president or president. Hence, Nixon's five appearances on his party's ticket matched the major-party American standard of Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat who had been nominated for vice president once and president four times.
context_section_description: The convention set a new standard, as it was scripted as a media event to an unprecedented degree.
  The keynote address, by Anne Armstrong of Texas, was the first national convention keynote delivered by a woman.
  First Lady Pat Nixon became the first Republican First Lady, and the first First Lady in over 25 years, to address a party's national convention. Her speech set the standard for future convention speeches by political spouses. First Ladies Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Laura Bush and Melania Trump, among others, have all followed in this tradition.
caption: First Lady Pat Nixon addresses the convention. She was the first First Lady since Eleanor Roosevelt to address a party convention, and the first Republican First Lady to do what is now considered common practice.
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