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True or False. Prior to conventions, party elites had no monopoly over picking the nominee.
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True
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False
The first meetings to nominate candidates were organized by the party caucuses in Congress, and were led by influential members from both parties - notably, Alexander Hamilton for the Federalists and James Madison for the Republicans.
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