The 

1900 Republican National Convention was held June 19 to June 21 in the Exposition

Auditorium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Exposition Auditorium was located south of
the University of Pennsylvania, and the later Convention Hall was constructed along the
building's east wall. It was demolished in 2006.
Each state was allotted two delegates per electoral vote, and territories were granted from two to
six delegates. Altogether, there were 926 delegates and an equal number of alternates.
Mark Hanna opened the convention. He proposed that Senator Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado
serve as temporary chairman. The purpose of Wolcott's selection was to show that the party had
overcome its divisiveness of 1896, in which the Colorado delegation had walked out of the
Republican convention. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts served as the
convention's permanent chairman.
President William McKinley was unanimously nominated for reelection: no candidate ran against
him, although Admiral George Dewey considered a run.
Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York, who was himself a delegate, was nominated for vice
president by a vote of 925 to zero, his vote alone abstaining.