* South Charleston Convention & Visitors Bureau

It was named for Richard Furman of Charleston, SC, a prominent minister and president of the first Baptist convention in America, the Triennial Convention.

His tactic worked, and lower South delegates left the Democratic Convention at Institute Hall in Charleston, South Carolina and walked over to Military Hall.

William Crawford Sherrod wrote the following notes about his involvement in the Charleston Convention of 1860 and his service during the Civil War:

I was a member of the Alabama legislature being 28 years of age, and at the time was made a delegate to the State Convention held at Montgomery and there made a delegate to the National Convention that was held at Charleston, SC.

In 1860 he presided over the Democratic National Convention which met first at Charleston and later at Baltimore, until he joined those who seceded from the regular convention ; he then presided also over the convention of the seceding delegates, who nominated John C. Breckinridge for the Presidency.

In the 1860 Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina, he advocated the nomination of Jefferson Davis ( voting for him on the first 57 ballots ) and opposed Stephen A. Douglas, and in the ensuing campaign he supported John C. Breckinridge.

The Democratic National Convention for the Election of 1860 was held in Charleston, South Carolina, despite it usually being held in the North.

Kentucky delegates to the 1860 Democratic National Convention in Charleston, South Carolina favored Guthrie for the office of President.

The Republican National Convention met in mid-May, after the Democrats had been forced to adjourn the 1860 Democratic National Convention in Charleston, South Carolina without a nominee and had not yet re-convened in Baltimore, Maryland.

In 1860, aged and infirm, he attended the Democratic National Convention in Charleston, South Carolina, as an anti-Douglas Delegate, instead supporting John C. Breckinridge in the U. S. presidential election.

* Listing from Charleston Area Convention & Visitor Bureau

The 1860 Democratic National Convention convened at South Carolina Institute Hall ( destroyed in the Great Fire of 1861 ) in Charleston, South Carolina on 23 April 1860.

At the National Democratic Convention at Charleston, South Carolina in 1860, Hunter was the Virginia delegation's choice as candidate for the presidency of the United States, but was defeated for the nomination by Stephen A. Douglas.

He was a delegate to the Charleston Democratic National Convention in 1860 and the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1861.

* April 23-May 3, 1860: Democratic National Convention held in Charleston, South Carolina.

He was sent to the Democratic Convention of 18xx in Charleston, South Carolina as a delegate from Louisiana and witnessed the splintering of the Democrats.

It is part of the North Charleston Convention Center Complex, which also includes a Performing Arts Center, and is owned by the City of North Charleston and managed by SMG.

The Coliseum was built in 1993 ( the Performing Arts Center and Convention Center opened in 1999 ), and is located on the access road to the Charleston International Airport.

State politicians focused on the upcoming Democratic Convention scheduled in Charleston beginning on April 23.

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As defined by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U. S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, Charleston is a principal city for the Charleston – North Charleston – Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Charleston-North Charleston urban area.

As defined by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U. S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, Charleston County is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Charleston has a total area of, of which, of it is land and of it ( 1. 87 %) is water.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the census-designated place ( CDP ) of Mount Charleston ( which may not coincide exactly with the town boundaries ) has a total area of, all of it land.

As defined by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U. S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, Hanahan is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area

As defined by the U. S. Census Bureau, Moncks Corner is included within the Charleston – North Charleston – Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

As defined by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U. S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, Folly Beach is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area.

As defined by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U. S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, Hollywood is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area.

As defined by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U. S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, Isle of Palms is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area.

As defined by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U. S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, McClellanville is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area.

As defined by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U. S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, Sullivans Island is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area.

As defined by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U. S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, Goose Creek is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area.

As defined by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U. S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, North Charleston is included within the Charleston – North Charleston – Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston urban area.

As defined by the U. S. Census Bureau, the population of James Island is included within the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Area and the larger Charleston-North Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area.

* College of Charleston official website

* College of Charleston Cougars official athletics website

* Charleston RiverDogs official website

* official Mount Charleston Wilderness Area website

* NSA Charleston Official website

* Joint Base Charleston Official website