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height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Opening_plenary_%26_Keynote_speech_30th_National_Convention.webm.jpg/330px-Opening_plenary_%26_Keynote_speech_30th_National_Convention.webm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Opening_plenary_%26_Keynote_speech_30th_National_Convention.webm.jpg/440px-Opening_plenary_%26_Keynote_speech_30th_National_Convention.webm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>30th convention in Chicago</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_USA" title="Communist Party USA">Communist Party USA</a> has held thirty-two official conventions including nomination conventions and conventions held while the party was known as the <a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_America" title="Workers Party of America">Workers Party of America</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Workers_Communist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Workers Communist Party (United States)">Workers (Communist) Party of America</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Political_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Political Association">Communist Political Association</a>. There were also a number of congresses held by the earlier (though often underground) organizational predecessors of the party, including the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Labor_Party_of_America" title="Communist Labor Party of America">Communist Labor Party of America</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Communist_Party_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United Communist Party of America">United Communist Party</a> and two groups known as the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of America">Communist Party of America</a>. The Communist Party's <a href="/wiki/31st_National_Convention_of_the_Communist_Party_USA" title="31st National Convention of the Communist Party USA">31st National Convention</a> took place in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> from June 13 to 15 in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Left-wing_conference">Left-wing conference</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_conventions_of_the_Communist_Party_USA&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Left-wing conference"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A resolution for a national conference of left leaning organizations within the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_America" title="Socialist Party of America">Socialist Party of America</a> had been adopted by the Boston local in May 1919 and endorsed by a number of other locals. Admittance as left-wing was defined as endorsement of the left-wing program adopted by the Left Wing Section of Greater New York.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the conference met the delegates divided between a group around the periodical <i><a href="/wiki/The_Revolutionary_Age" title="The Revolutionary Age">The Revolutionary Age</a></i> that wanted to infiltrate the Socialist Party's convention in Chicago that September and those who wished to create a Communist Party immediately. The minority withdrew and formed the National Organization Committee for a Communist Party. This group was mainly made up of the suspended language federations and the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Michigan" title="Socialist Party of Michigan">Socialist Party of Michigan</a>. </p><p>The majority formed a national left-wing council and attempted to arrange a take over of the Socialist Party's convention. However, by late August the majority decided to forgo this plan and joined with the National Organization Committee to create a new party at a convention in Chicago. A minority, led by <a href="/wiki/Ben_Gitlow" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Gitlow">Ben Gitlow</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Reed_(journalist)" title="John Reed (journalist)">John Reed</a> split with the majority and attempted to infiltrate the Socialist Party convention alone.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/RevolutionaryAgeVolIi1July51919"><i>Revolutionary Age</i> Vol II #1 July 5, 1919 Includes manifesto, program, reports, and preliminary minutes of the conference</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/RevolutionaryAgeVolIi5Aug21919"><i>Revolutionary Age</i> Vol II #5 July 5, 1919 Includes first half of the official stenographic proceedings of the conference</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/RevolutionaryAgeVol.26August91919"><i>Revolutionary Age</i> Vol II #6 August 9, 1919 Extracts from the remainder of the record</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communist_Party_of_America_(1919)"><span id="Communist_Party_of_America_.281919.29"></span>Communist Party of America (1919)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_conventions_of_the_Communist_Party_USA&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Communist Party of America (1919)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Convention</th> <th>City</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Founding</td> <td>Chicago</td> <td>September 1–7, 1919</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ManifestoAndProgram.Constitution.ReportToTheCommunistInternational"><i>Manifesto and program. Constitution. Report to the Communist International</i></a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/TheCommunistVol.I1Sept271919"><i>The Communist</i> Vol. I #1 Sept 27, 1919</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Second</td> <td>New York</td> <td>July 13–18, 1920</td> <td>First after the departure of the Michigan and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Ruthenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Ruthenberg">Ruthenberg</a> factions; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/TheCommunistVol.Ii8Aug11920"><i>The Communist</i> Vol. II #8 Aug 1, 1920</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Third</td> <td>New York</td> <td>February 1921</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communist_Labor_Party/United_Communist_Party"><span id="Communist_Labor_Party.2FUnited_Communist_Party"></span>Communist Labor Party/United Communist Party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_conventions_of_the_Communist_Party_USA&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Communist Labor Party/United Communist Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Convention</th> <th>City</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Founding</td> <td>Chicago</td> <td>August 31 – September 5, 1919</td> <td>Founds Communist Labor Party; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/cpusa/1919/0905-clp-convminutes.pdf">Minutes of the Founding Convention of the Communist Labor Party of America</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/cpusa/1919/0905-clp-constitution.pdf">Constitution of the Communist Labor Party of America</a> at Early American Marxism </td></tr> <tr> <td>Joint Unity</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bridgman,_Michigan" title="Bridgman, Michigan">Bridgman, Michigan</a></td> <td>May 26–31, 1920</td> <td>The CLP and the Ruthenberg group of the CPA merge into the United Communist Party <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ProgramAndConstitutionOfTheUnitedCommunistPartyOfAmerica"><i>Program and constitution of the United Communist Party of America.</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Second</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_New_York" title="Kingston, New York">Kingston, New York</a></td> <td>December 24, 1920 – January 2, 1921</td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communist_Party_of_America_(1921)"><span id="Communist_Party_of_America_.281921.29"></span>Communist Party of America (1921)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_conventions_of_the_Communist_Party_USA&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Communist Party of America (1921)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Convention</th> <th>City</th> <th width="10%">Date</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Joint Unity</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woodstock,_New_York" title="Woodstock, New York">Woodstock, New York</a></td> <td>May 15–28, 1921</td> <td>CPA and UCP merge </td></tr> <tr> <td>Second</td> <td>Bridgman, Michigan</td> <td>August 17–22, 1922</td> <td>Raided by the Justice Department<br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/RedsInAmericaThePresentStatusOfTheRevolutionaryMovementInTheU.S_685"><i>Reds in America; the present status of the revolutionary movement in the U. S. based on documents seized by the authorities in the raid upon the convention of the Communist party at Bridgman, Mich., Aug. 22, 1922, together with descriptions of numerous connections and associations of the Communists among the Radicals, Progressives, and Pinks</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Third</td> <td>New York</td> <td>April 7, 1923</td> <td>Dissolves underground CPA into aboveground Workers Party of America </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Workers_Party_of_America">Workers Party of America</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_conventions_of_the_Communist_Party_USA&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Workers Party of America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Convention</th> <th width="8%">City</th> <th width="12%">Date</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Founding</td> <td>New York</td> <td>December 23–26, 1921</td> <td>Merges the <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Council_of_the_United_States" title="Workers' Council of the United States">Workers Council</a>, the CPAs aboveground <a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Labor_Alliance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="American Labor Alliance (page does not exist)">American Labor Alliance</a> and other groups to form the <a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_America" title="Workers Party of America">Workers Party of America</a> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ProgramAndConstitutionWorkersPartyOfAmericaAdoptedAtNational"><i>Program and constitution, Workers Party of America, adopted at national convention, New York City, December 24, 25, 26, 1921</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Second</td> <td>New York</td> <td>December 24–26, 1922</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ConstitutionOfTheWorkersPartyOfAmericaAsAmendedByTheSecondNational"><i>Constitution of the Workers Party of America, as amended by the Second National Convention, New York December 24-25 and 26, 1922</i> </a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Third</td> <td>Chicago</td> <td>December 30, 1923 – January 2, 1924</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/TheSecondYearOfTheWorkersPartyOfAmerica"><i>The second year of the Workers Party of America report of the Central Executive Committee to the Third National Convention held in Chicago, Ill., Dec. 30, 31, 1923 and Jan. 1, 2, 1924 : theses, program, resolutions</i>.</a> <br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ProgramAndConstitution"><i>Program and constitution</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nominating</td> <td>Chicago</td> <td>July 10, 1924</td> <td>Nominates <a href="/wiki/William_Z._Foster" title="William Z. Foster">William Z. Foster</a> for President and Benjamin Gitlow for Vice President </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Workers_(Communist)_Party_of_America"><span id="Workers_.28Communist.29_Party_of_America"></span>Workers (Communist) Party of America</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_conventions_of_the_Communist_Party_USA&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Workers (Communist) Party of America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Convention</th> <th width="8%">City</th> <th width="10%">Date</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Fourth</td> <td>Chicago</td> <td>August 21–30, 1925</td> <td>Changes name to Workers (Communist) Party, Ruthenberg minority given control of party by Comintern representative <br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/TheFourthNationalConventionOfTheWorkerscommunistPartyOfAmerica"><i>The fourth national convention of the Workers (Communist) Party of America : Report of the Central Executive Committee to the 4th national convention ...</i></a>;<br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/parties/cpusa/1925/10/1000-ruth-propagandasociety.pdf"><i>From the Third Through the Fourth Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party of America</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fifth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>August 31 – September 6, 1927</td> <td>Confirms <a href="/wiki/Jay_Lovestone" title="Jay Lovestone">Jay Lovestone</a> as Executive Secretary and Lovestone group as majority on party organs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nominating</td> <td>New York</td> <td>May 25–27, 1928</td> <td>Nominates William Z. Foster for President and Benjamin Gitlow for Vice President<br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/AcceptanceSpeeches"><i>Acceptance speeches</i></a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&forebear_coll=&user=GUEST&pds_handle=&pid=363415&con_lng=ENG&search_terms=platform%20class%20struggle&adjacency=N&rd_session=http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/BK8JFVKCNI7SRGYFLMLEAUQ4Y5IGJVK7LKLSK1SYUT7E9JMBY8-01996"><i>The platform of the class struggle; national platform of the Workers (communist) party, 1928.</i></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communist_Party_USA">Communist Party USA</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_conventions_of_the_Communist_Party_USA&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Communist Party USA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Convention</th> <th>City</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Sixth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>March 4–10, 1929</td> <td>Adopts current name. Lovestone faction wins majority, but replaced by Gitlow as Executive Secretary by the Comintern </td></tr> <tr> <td>Seventh</td> <td>New York</td> <td>June 21–25, 1930</td> <td>Elects <a href="/wiki/Earl_Browder" title="Earl Browder">Earl Browder</a> General Secretary </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nominating</td> <td>Chicago</td> <td>May 28–29, 1932</td> <td>Nominates William Z. Foster for President and <a href="/wiki/James_W._Ford" title="James W. Ford">James Ford</a> for Vice President </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eighth</td> <td>Cleveland</td> <td>April 2–8, 1934</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&forebear_coll=&user=GUEST&pds_handle=&pid=671924&con_lng=ENG&search_terms=WCR%20=(%20browder)&adjacency=N&rd_session=http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/BK8JFVKCNI7SRGYFLMLEAUQ4Y5IGJVK7LKLSK1SYUT7E9JMBY8-02532"><i>Report of the Central Committee to the Eighth Convention of the Communist Party of the USA, Held in Cleveland, Ohio, April 2–8, 1934.</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ninth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>June 24–28, 1936</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&forebear_coll=&user=GUEST&pds_handle=&pid=368038&con_lng=ENG&search_terms=browder&adjacency=N&rd_session=http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/F9GQR8CFL95IAFMEPVYN5S3R4D5X57LRETLVPE5UIQJPT4IEQI-01457"><i>Report of the Central Committee to the ninth National Convention of the Communist Party of the U.S.A.</i></a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/DemocracyOrFascism"><i>Democracy or Fascism report of the Central Committee to the ninth National Convention of the Communist Party of U.S.A., and speech in reply to discussion</i></a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&forebear_coll=&user=GUEST&pds_handle=&pid=2761941&con_lng=ENG&search_terms=convention%20AND%20communist&adjacency=N&rd_session=http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/BK8JFVKCNI7SRGYFLMLEAUQ4Y5IGJVK7LKLSK1SYUT7E9JMBY8-01333"><i>Resolutions: ninth convention of the Communist Party of the U.S.A.</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tenth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>May 27–31, 1938</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&forebear_coll=&user=GUEST&pds_handle=&pid=671323&con_lng=ENG&search_terms=WCR%20=(%20browder)&adjacency=N&rd_session=http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/BK8JFVKCNI7SRGYFLMLEAUQ4Y5IGJVK7LKLSK1SYUT7E9JMBY8-00180"><i>Report to the Tenth National Convention of the Communist Party on Behalf of the Central Committee.</i></a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&forebear_coll=&user=GUEST&pds_handle=&pid=352285&con_lng=ENG&search_terms=convention%20AND%20communist&adjacency=N&rd_session=http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/BK8JFVKCNI7SRGYFLMLEAUQ4Y5IGJVK7LKLSK1SYUT7E9JMBY8-00613"><i>Resolutions of the 10th convention of the Communist Party, U.S.A.</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eleventh</td> <td>New York</td> <td>May 30–June 2, 1940</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Special</td> <td>New York</td> <td>November 16, 1940</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twelfth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>May 20–22, 1944</td> <td>Changes name to <a href="/wiki/Communist_Political_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Political Association">Communist Political Association</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&forebear_coll=&user=GUEST&pds_handle=&pid=2659977&con_lng=ENG&search_terms=browder&adjacency=N&rd_session=http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/47TYPVJFL19EI4C2RPEFU71LJLQR773TB35HU1IM4P1EPTPQFH-01182"><i>The road ahead to victory and lasting peace,</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thirteenth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>July 26–28, 1945</td> <td>Readopts current name; removes Browder as General Secretary, replaced by <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Dennis" title="Eugene Dennis">Eugene Dennis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fourteenth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>August 2–6, 1948</td> <td>Endorses <a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace" title="Henry A. Wallace">Henry Agard Wallace</a> for President; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&forebear_coll=&user=GUEST&pds_handle=&pid=360092&con_lng=ENG&search_terms=convention%20AND%20communist&adjacency=N&rd_session=http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/BK8JFVKCNI7SRGYFLMLEAUQ4Y5IGJVK7LKLSK1SYUT7E9JMBY8-01748"><i>Eugene Dennis indicts the Wall Street conspirators.</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fifteenth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>December 28–30, 1950</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/WhatItMeansToBeACommunist_400"><i>What it means to be a Communist</i></a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&forebear_coll=&user=GUEST&pds_handle=&pid=2100345&con_lng=ENG&search_terms=WCR%20=(%20Gates)&adjacency=N&rd_session=http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/BK8JFVKCNI7SRGYFLMLEAUQ4Y5IGJVK7LKLSK1SYUT7E9JMBY8-01375"><i>On Guard against Browderism, Titoism, Trotskyism.</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sixteenth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>February 9–12, 1957</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Seventeenth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>December 10–13, 1959</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eighteenth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>June 22–26, 1966</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nineteenth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>April 30 – May 4, 1969</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twentieth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>February 18–21, 1972</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/TowardChicanoLiberationTheCommunistPartyPosition"><i>Toward Chicano liberation; the Communist Party position.</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twenty-first</td> <td>Chicago</td> <td>June 26–29, 1975</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twenty-second</td> <td>Detroit</td> <td>August 23–26, 1979</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ResolutionOnThePathToNativeAmericanLiberationAdoptedAtThe22nd"><i>Resolution on the path to native American liberation : adopted at the 22nd Convention, CPUSA, August 23-26, 1979.</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twenty-third</td> <td>Cleveland</td> <td>November 10–13, 1983</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twenty-fourth</td> <td>Chicago</td> <td>August 13–16, 1987</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twenty-fifth</td> <td>Cleveland</td> <td>December 5–8, 1991</td> <td>First convention after the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Wall" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a> and the failed <a href="/wiki/August_coup" class="mw-redirect" title="August coup">August coup</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twenty-sixth</td> <td>Cleveland</td> <td>March 1–3, 1996</td> <td>First convention after the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twenty-seventh</td> <td>Milwaukee</td> <td>July 6–8, 2001</td> <td>First convention after the death of <a href="/wiki/Gus_Hall" title="Gus Hall">Gus Hall</a>; "Bill of Rights Socialism" becomes policy; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030422065231/http://www.cpusa.org/article/archive/22/">archived website</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twenty-eighth</td> <td>Chicago</td> <td>July 1–3, 2005</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070807024015/http://www.cpusa.org/article/archive/121/">Archived web page</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twenty-ninth</td> <td>New York</td> <td>May 21–23, 2010</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cpusa.org/29th-national-convention/">Convention web page</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/30th_National_Convention_of_the_Communist_Party_USA" title="30th National Convention of the Communist Party USA">Thirtieth</a></td> <td>Chicago</td> <td>June 13–15, 2014</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cpusa.org/announcing-the-communist-party-convention-june-2014/">Convention web page</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/31st_National_Convention_of_the_Communist_Party_USA" title="31st National Convention of the Communist Party USA">Thirty-first</a></td> <td>Chicago</td> <td>June 21-23, 2019</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cpusa.org/article/unity-to-save-people-and-planet-keynote-to-31st-convention-cpusa/">Convention web page</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thirty-second</td> <td>Chicago</td> <td>June 7-9, 2024</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cpusa.org/32nd-cpusa-national-convention/">Convention web page</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 January</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Final+Resolutions+for+the+31st+National+Convention&rft.pub=CPUSA&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cpusa.org%2Farticle%2Ffinal-resolutions-for-the-31st-national-convention%2F%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+conventions+of+the+Communist+Party+USA" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/RevolutionaryAgeVol.I33May311919"><i>Revolutionary Age</i> Vol. I #33 May 31, 1919</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/RevolutionaryAgeVolIi7Aug231919"><i>Revolutionary Age Vol II</i> #7 Aug 23, 1919</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li>William Z. Foster, <i>History of the Communist Party of the United States</i>. New York: International Publishers, 1952. Appendix A. Gives starting dates of all conventions up to 1951.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_conventions_of_the_Communist_Party_USA&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1922_Bridgman_Convention" title="1922 Bridgman Convention">1922 Bridgman Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_USA" title="Communist Party USA">Communist Party USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_nominating_convention" title="United States presidential nominating convention">United States presidential nominating convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_nominating_conventions_in_the_United_States" title="List of presidential nominating conventions in the United States">List of presidential nominating 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Foster</a> (<a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election" title="1924 United States presidential election">1924</a>; <a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election" title="1928 United States presidential election">1928</a>; <a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election" title="1932 United States presidential election">1932</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Earl_Browder" title="Earl Browder">Earl Browder</a> (<a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election" title="1936 United States presidential election">1936</a>; <a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election" title="1940 United States presidential election">1940</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlene_Mitchell" title="Charlene Mitchell">Charlene Mitchell</a> (<a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election" title="1968 United States presidential election">1968</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gus_Hall" title="Gus Hall">Gus Hall</a> (<a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election" title="1972 United States presidential election">1972</a>; <a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">1976</a>; <a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">1980</a>; <a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election" title="1984 United States presidential election">1984</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#b3333d;color:white;width:1%">Vice Presidential</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Gitlow" title="Benjamin Gitlow">Benjamin Gitlow</a> (<a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election" title="1924 United States presidential election">1924</a>; <a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election" title="1928 United States presidential election">1928</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_W._Ford" title="James W. 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Ford</a> (<a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election" title="1932 United States presidential election">1932</a>; <a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election" title="1936 United States presidential election">1936</a>; <a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election" title="1940 United States presidential election">1940</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlene_Mitchell" title="Charlene Mitchell">Mike Zagarell</a> (<a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election" title="1968 United States presidential election">1968</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jarvis_Tyner" title="Jarvis Tyner">Jarvis Tyner</a> (<a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election" title="1972 United States presidential election">1972</a>; <a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">1976</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Davis" title="Angela Davis">Angela Davis</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election" title="1980 United States presidential election">1980</a>; <a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election" title="1984 United States presidential election">1984</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#b3333d;color:white;width:1%">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/C._E._Ruthenberg" title="C. E. Ruthenberg">C. E. Ruthenberg</a> (1919–1920; 1922–1927)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Wagenknecht" title="Alfred Wagenknecht">Alfred Wagenknecht</a> (1919–1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Dirba" title="Charles Dirba">Charles Dirba</a> (1920–1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Shapiro_(communist)" title="Louis Shapiro (communist)">Louis Shapiro</a> (late 1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/L._E._Katterfeld" title="L. E. Katterfeld">L. E. Katterfeld</a> (1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Weinstone" title="William Weinstone">William Weinstone</a> (1921–1922)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jay_Lovestone" title="Jay Lovestone">Jay Lovestone</a> (1922; 1927–1929)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_P._Cannon" title="James P. Cannon">James P. 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