And the state's Democratic Party has abandoned plans to hold its statewide nominating convention there this weekend.

He often represented Refugio County during statewide conventions.

In February 1861, Tennessee held a vote on whether or not to hold a statewide convention to consider seceding and joining the Confederacy.

In February 1861 Missouri voters elected delegates to a statewide convention, which rejected secession by a vote of 89-1.

They were gathered here on Oct. 17 in the first statewide convention of illiterate adults.

"Welcome to the first statewide convention of Arkansans whose comments about Bill Clinton have not been printed in major newspapers," he said.

In 2005, Republicans used repeated balloting for its statewide convention and has done so in subsequent years.

He chaired the first statewide Republican convention in 1867.

The hotel gained worldwide notoriety in July 1976, when it hosted a statewide convention of the American Legion.

Ripon claims to be the birthplace of the Republican Party, as does Jackson, Michigan, where the first statewide convention was held.