Ohio delegate Tracey Winbush wears slippers depicting former President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan before the evening session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.
The 1960 presidential election was brought to the heart of Butler County in the fall of 1960.
On Sept. 14, 1960, vice presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge spoke on the Butler County courthouse steps. According to the Butler Eagle, Lodge took part in a ceremony to rename the downtown Nixon Hotel to the Nixon Lodge.
Then candidate Sen. John F. Kennedy joked on Oct. 15, 1960, that he as a Democratic candidate shouldn't make a speech in front of the “that wonderful hotel.” He then went on to urge the next Congress to set minimum wage at $1.25 an hour, medical care for the elderly tied to Social Security, and aid for education and urban renewal, according to the John F. Kennedy Library archives.
At right, Kennedy arrives in Los Angeles, July 9, 1960, for the Democratic National Convention.
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Samples of the more than 200 pounds of confetti dropped after Republican presidential candidate John McCain's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., in 2008.
President-elect Jimmy Carter speaks to the crowd gathered on the convention floor at New York's Madison Square Garden, in July 1976 after delegates elected him as the candidate on the Democratic presidential ticket.
President Clinton is joined by wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea as they wave to the crowd just before departing Huntington, W.Va., via train Sunday Aug. 25, 1996 to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
President Ronald Reagan bats a balloon as first lady Nancy Reagan joins in the game at the Republican National Convention in 1988 in New Orleans. The balloons were dropped from the Superdome ceiling after Reagan's emotional address to the GOP convention. Vice President George H.W. Bush was named the party's nominee.
Republican presidential nominee Vice President Richard Nixon gives a campaign speech in Cleveland on Oct. 6, 1960. The Republican National Convention was held in July 1960 in Chicago. Nixon visited Pittsburgh on Oct. 24, 1960.
Oklahoma delegates dance before the start of the third day session of the Republican National Convention in 2016 in Cleveland.
Flip-flop footwear bearing the image of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was among souvenirs during the Democratic National Convention in 2008 in Denver.
Sporting a decorated hat, a California delegate sings along with the group Peter, Paul and Mary at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004 in Boston.
U.S. Vice-president Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge wave from the Republican National Convention rostrum at Chicago's International Amphitheater, July 28, 1960. They were responding to cheers of delegates and guests after Nixon and Lodge were nominated as the presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
