1928 Republican National Convention
1928 presidential election | |
Convention | |
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Date(s) | June 12–15, 1928 |
City | Kansas City, Missouri |
Venue | Convention Hall |
Candidates | |
Presidential nominee | Herbert C. Hoover of California |
Vice presidential nominee | Charles Curtis of Kansas |
The 1928 Republican National Convention was held at Convention Hall in Kansas City, Missouri, from June 12 to June 15, 1928.[1]
Because President
Hoover was nominated on the first
Background
After Coolidge announced that he would not run for a second full term in August 1927, Hoover emerged as the frontrunner. Illinois Governor Frank Lowden, Vice President
Hoover had won respect by many for his work in the Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge administrations, but many party regulars distrusted his loyalty to the party on issues of both policy and patronage. Some progressive Republicans, such as California Senator
Platform
The
Hoover's forces won an early victory by securing adoption of an agricultural plank which endorse President Coolidge's attitude on the question and rejected all principles of the McNary–Haugen Farm Relief Bill. Former Governor Lowden caused a sensation that left the convention a little dumbfounded by announcing that since the agricultural plank was unsatisfactory he withdrew his name from before the convention as a presidential aspirant.
Presidential nomination
Presidential candidates
With no strong alternative, Hoover appeared to be the likely nominee at the start of the convention, but many in the party still opposed his candidacy. A "draft Coolidge" movement emerged, but the movement collapsed after
Presidential Ballot[5] | ||
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Candidate | 1st | Unanimous |
Hoover | 837 | 1,089 |
Lowden | 74 | |
Curtis | 64 | |
Watson
|
45 | |
Norris | 24 | |
Goff | 18 | |
Coolidge | 17 | |
Dawes | 4 | |
Hughes | 1 | |
Not Voting | 5 |
Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (June 14, 1928)
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1st Presidential Ballot
States[5] | |||||||||||
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Alabama | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
Arizona | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
Arkansas | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
California | 29 | 29 | |||||||||
Colorado | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
Connecticut | 17 | 17 | |||||||||
Delaware | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
Florida | 10 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||
Georgia | 16 | 15 | 1 | ||||||||
Idaho | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
Illinois | 61 | 24 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Indiana | 33 | 33 | |||||||||
Iowa | 29 | 7 | 22 | ||||||||
Kansas | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
Kentucky | 29 | 29 | |||||||||
Louisiana | 12 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||
Maine | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
Maryland | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
Massachusetts | 39 | 39 | |||||||||
Michigan | 33 | 33 | |||||||||
Minnesota | 27 | 11 | 15 | 1 | |||||||
Mississippi | 12 | 12 | |||||||||
Missouri | 39 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Montana | 11 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
Nebraska | 19 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||
Nevada | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
New Hampshire | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
New Jersey | 31 | 31 | |||||||||
New Mexico | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||
New York | 90 | 90 | |||||||||
North Carolina | 20 | 17 | 3 | ||||||||
North Dakota | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||
Ohio | 51 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Oklahoma | 20 | 20 | |||||||||
Oregon | 13 | 13 | |||||||||
Pennsylvania | 79 | 79 | |||||||||
Rhode Island | 13 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||
South Carolina | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
South Dakota | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
Tennessee | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
Texas | 26 | 26 | |||||||||
Utah | 11 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||
Vermont | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
Virginia | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
Washington | 17 | 17 | |||||||||
West Virginia | 19 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
Wisconsin | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | |||||||
Wyoming | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
Alaska | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
District of Columbia |
2 | 2 | |||||||||
Hawaii | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Philippines | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Puerto Rico | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Total | 1089 | 837 | 45 | 74 | 64 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 5 |
Vice Presidential nomination
Vice Presidential candidates
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(Withdrew)
At the start of the convention, Vice President
After Hoover won the presidential nomination, Moses, Illinois Senator
The convention turned to the farm vote in hopes of placating them for the unfavorably received farm relief plank. Curtis' name was entered by Senator Borah and his nomination was practically assured since the Lion of Idaho and other westerners had issued an ultimatum that a western must hold the vice presidency to placate the farmers. The Senate Majority Leader voted for the McNary-Haugen Bill which President Coolidge vetoed, but had refused to vote to override the veto of that measure. Curtis, possibly with the support of Coolidge, was nominated by the party leaders, and the convention ratified the choice.[7]
Vice Presidential Ballot[8] | ||
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Candidate | 1st | Unanimous |
Curtis | 1,052 | 1,089 |
Ekern | 19 | |
Dawes | 13 | |
MacNider | 2 | |
Not Voting | 3 |
Vice Presidential Balloting / 4th Day of Convention (June 15, 1928)
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1st
Vice Presidential Ballot
Prayers
Each of the four days of the convention opened with a lengthy
All of the clergy were based in Missouri, where the convention was held. Each was listed among the convention officers as an official chaplain.[11][12]
On June 12, the opening prayer was given by Bishop S. C. Partridge of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri.[13][14] Speakers on the second through fourth days were Catholic Bishop Thomas F. Lillis of the Diocese of Kansas City,[15][16] Rabbi Herman M. Cohen of Congregation Keneseth Israel-Beth Sholom, Kansas City,[17][18] and Bishop E. L. Waldorf of the Methodist Episcopal Diocese of Kansas City.[19][20][21]
See also
- History of the United States Republican Party
- List of Republican National Conventions
- U.S. presidential nomination convention
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 1928
- 1928 United States presidential election
- 1928 Democratic National Convention
References
- ^ Newill, Cody (June 11, 2014). "A Look Back At The 3 Times Kansas City Hosted National Political Conventions". KCUR. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
- Time, Inc. 1930-11-03. Archived from the originalon 5 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- JSTOR 27547924.
- ^ a b Oulahan, Richard V. (13 June 1928). "Hoover Certain on First Ballot as Convention Opens; His Rivals May Unite on Curtis in Final Fight on Him; Wets in Force Urge Dry Law Repeal Plank in Platform". New York Times. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Hoover By Landslide!". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. June 15, 1928. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ^ Oulahan, Richard V. (15 June 1928). "Hoover Named on First Ballot by 837; Lowden Second With 74; Curtis Gets 64; Farmers Squelched on Floor, 807 to 277". New York Times. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ ISBN 9780230107908. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - US Vice President - R Convention Race - Jun 15, 1928". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "Hoover Partisans Confident of his Early Nomination" [Associated Press story], Deadwood (S.D.) Daily Pioneer-Times, June 10, 1928: "Ministers of four denominations have been selected to deliver opening prayers during the first four days of the convention."
- ^ U.S. Census of Religious Bodies, 1936, Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Republican National Convention (1928), pp. 37
- ^ "Temporary Officers of Convention Announced," Harrisburg Evening News, June 12, 1928
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Republican National Convention (1928), pp. 7-8
- ^ "Hoover to be Chosen on First Ballot" [Associated Press story], Roseburg (Ore.) News-Review, June 12, 1928: "While delegates and spectators stood, Bishop S. C. Partridge of the Episcopal Church pronounced the opening prayer petitioning for 'peaceful and harmonious' party consultations."
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Republican National Convention (1928), pp. 48-49
- ^ "Convention Waits for Committees" [Associated Press story], Emporia (Kans.) Gazette, June 13, 1928
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Republican National Convention (1928), pp. 111-12
- ^ Damon Runyon, "Runyon Likens Hoover Victory to Hand Gallop" [Universal News Service story], Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette, June 15, 1928: "Rabbi Herman M. Cohen of Kansas City, swarthy and well groomed, and looking like a young Prince of Israel, prayed for the Republicans."
- ^ Official Report of the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Republican National Convention (1928), pp. 223-24
- ^ "Convention Speeds Curtis Nomination", New York Times, June 16, 1928
- ^ "It Looks Like Curtis Running as Vice Pres," Olean (N.Y.) Evening Times, June 15, 1928: "Finally, most of them sat down, then rose again immediately to hear the invocation pronounced by Bishop E. L. Waldorf, of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Kansas City. He prayed 'the blessings of God for the man who had been given the great place' by this convention last night. He also asked for Divine protection for the delegates on their homeward journeys."
External links
- Republican Party platform of 1928 at The American Presidency Project
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Republican National Conventions | Succeeded by 1932 Chicago, Illinois |