1976 Democratic National Convention

He then chose Mondale, a liberal and a protégé of Hubert Humphrey, as his running mate.

[1] The Democrats' 1976 platform called for continued price controls on natural gas, a policy which had caused dwindling domestic natural gas reserves since 1974 and which President Gerald Ford was asking to rescind.

[2] The platform stated: "Those now pressing to turn natural-gas price regulation over to OPEC, while arguing the rhetoric of so-called deregulation, must not prevail."

Despite an address from anti-abortion activist Erma Clardy Craven, the platform added "it is undesirable to attempt to amend the U.S. Constitution to overturn [Roe v. Wade]".

The tally at the convention was:[3][4] According to Jimmy Carter,[5] his top choices for vice president were: Walter Mondale, Edmund Muskie, Frank Church, Adlai Stevenson III, John Glenn, and Henry M. Jackson.

Madison Square Garden was the site of the 1976 Democratic National Convention
Barbara Jordan delivering the keynote address on the first day of the convention
Michael Dukakis speaks on the second day of the convention
Coretta Scott King (the widow of Martin Luther King Jr. ) attending the second day of the convention
Cesar Chavez nominating Jerry Brown during the presidential roll call vote on the third-day of the convention
Carter kisses his wife Rosalynn on the final day of the convention, with members of their family surrounding them
Carter and Mondale stand alongside their wives on the final day of the convention