1932 Republican National Convention

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1932 Republican National Convention
1932 presidential election
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Nominees
Hoover and Curtis
Convention
Date(s)June 14–16, 1932
City Chicago, Illinois
Venue Chicago Stadium
Candidates
Presidential nominee Herbert C. Hoover of California
Vice presidential nominee Charles Curtis of Kansas
Results (president) Herbert Hoover (CA): 1126.5 (98.5%)
John J. Blaine: 13
Calvin Coolidge: 4.5
Joseph Irwin France: 4
James W. Wadsworth: 1
  1928  ·  1936  

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. [1]

Contents

Hoover was virtually unopposed for the nomination. Despite the ongoing situation facing the Republican Party, the convention praised Hoover and pledged itself to maintain a balanced budget.

Presidential nomination

Presidential candidates

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Hoover accepts his nomination from Washington

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 Ballot
Candidate1stUnanimous
Hoover 1,126.51,154
Blaine 13
Coolidge 4.5
France 4
Dawes 1
Wadsworth 1
Not Voting3
Absent1


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

Vice Presidential nomination

Vice Presidential candidates

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. [2]

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. [2]

Vice Presidential Ballot
Candidate1st (Before Shifts)1st (After Shifts)Unanimous
Curtis 559.25634.251,154
MacNider 178.75178.75
Harbord 161.75161.75
Martin 750
Fuller 5757
Snell 5656
Replogle 23.7523.75
Couzens 1111
Dawes 9.759.75
Ingalls 55
Hurley 22
Kenyon 22
Bingham 11
Morgan 11
Not Voting9.759.75
Absent11


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

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Preceded by
1928
Kansas City, Missouri
Republican National Conventions Succeeded by
1936
Cleveland, Ohio