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This is an archive of prayers offered in an election season in democratic polities around the world. It includes prayers offered at political party conventions and prayers for voting up until and including election day internationally.

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Invocation by Rabbi Samuel Sale at the Democratic National Convention (9 July 1904)

This opening prayer at the 1904 Democratic National Convention was offered by Rabbi Samuel Sale as found published in “Eloquent Voice Names Parker,” The News and Observer (9 July 1904), page 1, cols. 2-3.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 1904, Democratic National Conventions, economic distress, English vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Samuel Sale

Invocation by Rabbi Joseph Stolz at the Republican National Convention (19 June 1912)

The prayer offered on the second day of the Republican National Convention by Rabbi Joseph Stolz as transcribed from, “Republican National Convention” in The Reform Advocate (22 June 1912), reporting on the invocation offered on the second day of the convention at the Chicago Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois on 19 June 1912.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., economic distress, English vernacular prayer, Republican National Convention 1912, Republican National Conventions

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Joseph Stolz

Invocation by Rabbi Gerson Baruch Levi at the Republican National Convention (10 June 1916)

On 19 June, the fourth and final day of the Republican National Convention in 1916, the invocation was offered by Rabbi Gerson B. Levi of Temple Israel (Chicago) at the Chicago Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois, as recorded in The Official Report of the Proceedings of the Republican National Convention 1916, page 101.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., economic distress, English vernacular prayer, Republican National Convention 1916, Republican National Conventions

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Gerson B. Levi

Prayer for the United States of America on the eve of Election Day, ecumenical adaptation by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (4 November 1940)

This prayer for the United States of America was offered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of his Radio Campaign Address at Hyde Park, New York on 4 November 1940. The prayer was adapted by Roosevelt from one he referred to it in his speech as “an old prayer.” That prayer was originally offered by Rev. Anson Phelps Stoke, canon of the Washington Cathedral (Washington DC), a guest chaplain before the Senate on 25 April 1932. Roosevelt, or a speech write, adapted the text of the prayer by removing the final line, thereby making the prayer a more inclusive and ecumenical civic prayer.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Anson Phelps Stokes

Invocation by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver at the Republican National Convention (9 July 1952)

This is the full invocation offered by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on 9 July 1952, as reported in an otherwise unidentified newspaper clipping titled, “Prayer for Guidance: Rabbi Silver Asks Blessing on Throng.” An abridged form of this prayer was published in the Jewish Independent, on Friday 11 July 1952.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Republican National Convention 1952, Republican National Conventions

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Abba Hillel Silver

Invocation by Rabbi Martin Weiner at the Democratic National Convention (1984)

The full text of Rabbi Martin Weiner’s invocation offered on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, July 17th, 1984.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 1984, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, Invocation, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 1984

Contributor(s):

Martin Weiner and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Benediction by Rabbi Morris Shmidman at the Democratic National Convention (1988)

The full text of Rabbi Morris Shmidman’s benediction offered at the Democratic National Convention, July 20th, 1988.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Benediction, Democratic National Convention 1988, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 1988

Contributor(s):

Morris Shmidman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Invocation by Rabbi Jacob Goldstein at the Democratic National Convention (1992)

The full text of Rabbi Jacob Goldstein’s prayer offered at the Democratic National Convention, July 14th, 1992.

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Government & Country, 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 1992, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, Invocation, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 1992

Contributor(s):

Jacob Goldstein and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Benediction by Rabbi Moshe Faskowitz at the Democratic National Convention (1996)

The full text of Rabbi Moshe Faskowitz’s invocation offered at the Democratic National Convention, August 27th, 1996.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Benediction, Democratic National Convention 1996, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 1996

Contributor(s):

Moshe Faskowitz and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Invocation by Rabbi Irving Greenberg at the Democratic National Convention (2000)

The full text of Rabbi Irving Greenberg’s invocation offered on the third day of the Democratic National Convention, August 16th, 2000.

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🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Democratic National Convention 2000, Democratic National Conventions, English vernacular prayer, Invocation, תחינות teḥinot, United States, United States General Election 2000

Contributor(s):

Irving Greenberg and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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