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State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Arizona was won by Governor of New York Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Speaker of the House John Nance Garner, with 67.03% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R ...
John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, setting the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with a new, distinct administration. [13] Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is ...
State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Arizona was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with incumbent Vice President John Nance Garner, with 69.85% of the popular vote, against Governor of Kansas Alf Landon (R–Kansas ...
In the 1936 presidential election, Franklin D. Roosevelt won Arizona in a landslide, defeating the Republican Party's candidate Alf Landon by 42.92%, [4] which remains the largest margin of victory for any presidential candidate in the state's history.
1 president served as an ordained minister, serving as a pastor in the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, James A. Garfield. [4] [5] 1 president served as speaker of the House of Representatives, James K. Polk. 1 president served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate, John Tyler.
Succeeded to one partial term (3 years, 9 months, and 8 days), followed by one full term 16: Theodore Roosevelt: 2,728 26th • September 14, 1901 [h] – March 4, 1909: Succeeded to one partial term (3 years, 5 months, and 18 days), followed by one full term [i] 17: Calvin Coolidge: 2,041 30th • August 2, 1923 [h] – March 4, 1929
Walter Douglas followed in his father's footsteps as manager of the Copper Queen, then president and finally CEO of Phelps Dodge. James S. Douglas Jr.'s son (Dr. Douglas' grandson) Lewis Douglas was elected U.S. Congressman representing Arizona, served within President Roosevelt's administration, and later was appointed Ambassador to Great Britain.
3 Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) 4 William Howard Taft (1909–1913) 5 Warren G. Harding (1921–1923) 6 Herbert Hoover (1929–1933) 7 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933 ...