| 2004 | Boston -- Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) |
| 2000 | Los Angeles -- Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (Tenn.) |
| 1996 | Chicago: Gov. Evan Bayh (Ind.) |
| 1992 | New York: Sen. Bill Bradley (N.J.), Former Rep. Barbara Jordan (Tex.), Gov. Zell Miller (Georgia) |
| 1988 | Atlanta: Gov. Ann Richards (Tex.) |
| 1984 | San Francisco: Gov. Mario Cuomo (N.Y.) |
1980 | New York: Rep. Morris Udall (Ariz.) | | 1976 | New York: Sen. John Glenn (Ohio), Rep. Barbara Jordan (Tex.) |
| 1972 | Miami Beach: Gov. Reubin Askew (Fla.) |
| 1968 | Chicago: Sen. John O. Pastor (R.I.) |
1964 | Atlantic City: Sen. Frank Church (Idaho) | July 11-15, 1960 | Los Angeles: Presidential Nominee: John F. Kennedy; V.P. Nominee: Lyndon B. Johnson | 1956 | Chicago: Sen. Frank Clement (Tenn.) | 1952 | Chicago: Gov. Paul A. Dever, Mass. | 1948 | Philadelphia: Sen. Alben W. Barkley (Ky.) | 1944 | Chicago: Presidential Nominee: Franklin Roosevelt; V.P. Nominee: Harry Truman | 1940 | Chicago: Gov. Robert S. Kerr (Okl.) | 1936 | Philly: Sen. Alben W. Barkley (Ky.) | 1932 | Chicago: Sen. Alben W. Barkley (Ky.) | 1928 | Houston: Claude Bowers (Ind.) | 1924 | New York: Rep. Pat Harrison (Miss.) | 1920 | San Francisco: Stamford Mayor Homer S. Cummings (Conn.) | 1916 | St. Louis: Gov. Martin Glynn (N.Y.) | 1912 | Baltimore: Judge Alton Parker (N.Y.) | 1908 | Denver: Rep. Theodore Bell (Calif.) | 1904 | St. Louis: Rep. John Sharp Williams (Miss.) | 1900 | Kansas City: Gov. Charles Thomas (Colo.) |