1932 Republican National Convention - Wikipedia

The 1932 Republican National Convention was held at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois , from June 14 to June 16, 1932. It nominated President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis for reelection.

Hoover was virtually unopposed for the nomination. Despite the economic crisis facing the country, the convention praised Hoover and pledged itself to maintain a balanced budget .

Presidential nomination

Presidential candidates

President Herbert Hoover of California

Senator John J. Blaine of Wisconsin (Not Nominated)

Former President Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts (Not Nominated)

Former Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland

Republicans gloomily gathered in Chicago for the 20th Republican National Convention. Los Angeles attorney Joseph Scott delivered President Hoover's nominating address, praising him as the man who taught the nation to resist the temptations of governmental paternalism. Hoover was re-nominated on the first ballot without significant opposition. To have repudiated the incumbent would have destroyed what little chance of victory the party had amid the worst economic depression in U.S. history.

Former Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland attempted to engineer a "draft Coolidge" movement, but the former president expressed no interest in the nomination.

Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (June 16, 1932)

1st Presidential Ballot

Vice Presidential nomination

Vice Presidential candidates

Vice President Charles Curtis of Kansas

Ambassador Hanford MacNider of Iowa

Major General James Harbord of New York

Former Governor Alvan T. Fuller of Massachusetts

House Minority Leader Bertrand Snell of New York (Declined Consideration)

Former Vice President Charles G. Dawes of Illinois (Not Nominated - Declined Consideration)

Vice President Curtis experienced more difficulties than President Hoover in securing his party's re-nomination. It took the fervid appeals of Hoover's cabinet members to keep the Illinois delegation from nominating former Vice President Charles Dawes for his old office. Curtis nonetheless still had to fight for his re-nomination despite the disorganization of his opposition by the advance refusal of Dawes to accept the nomination for second place. Ambassador Hanford MacNider and RCA Chairman James Harbord , both military professionals, were the primary beneficiaries of the opposition to Curtis.

The initial roll call revealed Curtis to be 18 votes shy of securing re-nomination. At this point, Pennsylvania switched its 75 votes from favorite son Edward Martin to Curtis. After Curtis had secured the vice presidential nomination, the delegates moved to make his re-nomination unanimous.

Vice Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (June 16, 1932)

1st Vice Presidential Ballot (Before Shifts)

1st Vice Presidential Ballot (After Shifts)

See also

History of the United States Republican Party

List of Republican National Conventions

United States presidential nominating convention

1932 Republican Party presidential primaries

1932 United States presidential election

1932 Democratic National Convention

References

↑ Shi & Tindall 2010 , p. 1081.

1 2 Kalb, Deborah, ed. (December 24, 2015). CQ Press Guide to U.S. Elections (seventh ed.). Washington, DC: CQ Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4833-8038-4 - via Google Books .

Bibliography

Pietrusza, David 1932: The Rise of Hitler & FDR: Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal and Unlikely Destiny Lyons Press Guilford, CT 2015.

Shi, David E.; Tindall, George Brown (2010). Jon Durbin (ed.). America: A Narrative History . Vol. 1 (8th ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-11700-4 .

External links

Republican Party platform of 1932 at The American Presidency Project

Hoover acceptance address at The American Presidency Project

Hoover acceptance letter at The American Presidency Project