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From March 8 to May 20, 1932, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1932 United States presidential election.The nominee was selected through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1932 Republican National Convention held from June 14 to June 16, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1932. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the governor of New York and the vice presidential nominee of the 1920 presidential election.
As the year 1932 began, the Republican Party believed Hoover's protectionism and aggressive fiscal policies would solve the depression. Former Senator Joseph France of Maryland was the major opponent of incumbent President Hoover and won the most states.
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] Hoover was virtually unopposed for the nomination.
Presidential election year: Election day: November 8: Incumbent president: Herbert Hoover (Republican) Next Congress: 73rd: Presidential election; Partisan control: Democratic gain: Popular vote margin: Democratic +17.8%: Electoral vote: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 472: Herbert Hoover (R) 59: 1932 presidential election results.
The 1932 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 12, 1932, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1932 presidential election. The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates. [7]
Massachusetts had once been a typical Yankee Republican bastion in the wake of the Civil War, voting Republican in every election from 1856 until 1924, except in 1912, when former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt had run as a Progressive candidate against incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft, splitting the Republican vote ...
The 1932 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .