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Thirty-sixth United States presidential election of 1928

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Date

The 1928 election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 1928.

Candidates

• President
• Herbert Hoover, former Secretary of Commerce (winner)
• Frank Orren Lowden, former governor of Illinois
• Charles Curtis, Senator from Kansas
• James Eli Watson, Senator from Indiana
• George Norris, Senator from Nebraska
• Guy Goff, Senator from West Virginia
• Calvin Coolidge, former president of the US
• Frank Willis, Senator from Ohio (died before nomination)
• Vice President
• Charles Curtis, Senator from Kansas (winner)
• Herman Ekern, former Attorney General of Wisconsin
• Charles Dawes, vice president of the US
• Hanford MacNider, US Assistant Secretary of War

• President
• Al Smith, governor of New York (winner)
• Cordell Hull, Representative from Tennessee
• Walter George, Senator from Georgia
• James Reed, Senator from Missouri
• Atlee Pomerene, Senator from Ohio
• Jesse Jones, owner of the Houston Chronicle from Texas
• Evans Woollen, lawyer from Indiana
• William Ayres, Representative from Kansas
• Pat Harrison, Senator from Mississippi
• Richard Watts, Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
• Gilbert Hitchcock, former Senator from Nebraska
• Edwin Meredith, former US Secretary of Agriculture from Iowa
• Vice President
• Joseph Robinson, Senate Minority Leader from Arkansas (winner)
• Alben Barkley, former Representative from Kentucky
• Nellie Ross, former governor of Wyoming
• Henry Allen, Major General from Kentucky
• George Berry, president of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America from Tennessee
• Daniel Moody, governor of Texas
• Duncan Fletcher, Senator from Florida

Final tickets

Herbert Hoover (right) for president & Charles Curtis (left) for vice president

Al Smith (left) for president & Joseph Robinson (right) for vice president

Campaining & major issues

President Calvin Coolidge had a solid second term. Coolidge had been a very laid-back president, and just let everything do its thing. At the end of his term, the economy was doing better than ever, and Coolidge was immensely popular. In fact, many wanted him to run for a third term in this election. Famously, though, at a press conference, Coolidge handed reporters slips of papers that said he would not be running for re-election in 1928. Do you know what else was (still) popular? The Republican party. They decided to play it safe and they nominated Herbert Hoover, who was famous for his work after World War I. The Democrats, then, were in a tough spot, and their candidate, Al Smith, didn't help. He was constantly ridiculed for being a Catholic, as he was the very first major-party candidate to be one. He also opposed Prohibition. As the election came closer & closer, it seemed more likely that the Democrats would not succeed, and the Republicans prepared for another landslide victory.

Electoral college & turn-out

The number of electoral votes remained the same at 531; 266 needed to win. 36,807,012 people voted in this election.

Results

• 444/531 electoral votes
• 58.21% of the popular vote

• 87/531 electoral votes
• 40.80% of the popular vote

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