Flashback: 1976 GOP convention. By Andrew Glass 09/02/2008 04:33 AM EDT. Former California Gov. Ronald Reagan, after floundering in his 1976 bid to wrest the Republican nomination from Gerald Ford ...

President Gerald Ford, holding hands with his wife Betty, turns to the cheering crowd behind the podium at the closing session of the GOP convention, Aug. 19, 1976. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images ...

GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Clarke Reed and Billy Mounger still sound like they want to spit when they talk about each other - 40 years after the contested Republican National Convention where the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Talk in recent days of trying to bring the 2016 GOP National Convention to Kansas City stirs memories of the summer of 1976, when Kansas City hosted the GOP National Convention.

As the GOP stares down the possibility of a contested convention this summer if neither Donald Trump nor Ted Cruz wins enough delegates to secure the presidential nomination, that bitter fight in ...

In this encore presentation of For the Record, NPR's Rachel Martin looks at the last contested convention: the 1976 GOP meeting in Kansas City. Ronald Reagan nearly denied Gerald Ford the nomination.

As another GOP convention looms this summer, 40 years later, many American history buffs don’t realize how close the race was in 1976 and how well the convention prepared Ronald Reagan for ...

Many GOP strategists are looking back at the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri – one of the most divided and rancorous GOP conventions in recent times – for clues on ...

The magic number needed to capture the Republican presidential nomination in 1976 was 1,130 delegates, and Ronald Reagan was oh so close as the national convention prepared to convene.

1976 GOP Convention. Politics; Ronald Reagan vs. Gerald Ford: The 1976 GOP Convention Battle Royal The magic number needed to capture the Republican presidential nomination in 1976 was 1,130 ...

Flash back to the 1976 Republican National Convention at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. — the last time a major party held a convention without knowing whom the nominee would be.

Repulican Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan (left) and President Gerald Ford eye each other at a podium during the GOP National Convention, Kansas City, Mo., mid August, 1976.