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| 1932 presidential election | |
  Nominees Hoover and Curtis | |
| Convention | |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | June 14–16, 1932 |
| City | Chicago,Illinois |
| Venue | Chicago Stadium |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | Herbert C. Hoover ofCalifornia |
| Vice-presidential nominee | Charles Curtis ofKansas |
| 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 › | |
The1932 Republican National Convention was held atChicago Stadium inChicago, Illinois, from June 14 to June 16, 1932. It nominated PresidentHerbert Hoover and Vice PresidentCharles Curtis for reelection.[1]
Hoover was virtually unopposed for the nomination. Despite theeconomic crisis facing the country, the convention praised Hoover and pledged itself to maintain abalanced budget.
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Republicans gloomily gathered in Chicago for the 20th Republican National Convention. Los Angeles attorneyJoseph 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 SenatorJoseph I. France of Maryland attempted to engineer a "draft Coolidge" movement, but the former president expressed no interest in the nomination.
| Presidential Ballot | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | 1st | Unanimous |
| Hoover | 1,126.5 | 1,154 |
| Blaine | 13 | |
| Coolidge | 4.5 | |
| France | 4 | |
| Dawes | 1 | |
| Wadsworth | 1 | |
| Not Voting | 3 | |
| Absent | 1 | |
Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (June 16, 1932)
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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.AmbassadorHanford MacNider andRCAChairmanJames 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 sonEdward Martin to Curtis. After Curtis had secured the vice presidential nomination, the delegates moved to make his re-nomination unanimous.[2]
| Vice Presidential Ballot | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | 1st (Before Shifts) | 1st (After Shifts) | Unanimous |
| Curtis | 559.25 | 634.25 | 1,154 |
| MacNider | 178.75 | 178.75 | |
| Harbord | 161.75 | 161.75 | |
| Martin | 75 | 0 | |
| Fuller | 57 | 57 | |
| Snell | 56 | 56 | |
| Replogle | 23.75 | 23.75 | |
| Couzens | 11 | 11 | |
| Dawes | 9.75 | 9.75 | |
| Ingalls | 5 | 5 | |
| Hurley | 2 | 2 | |
| Kenyon | 2 | 2 | |
| Bingham | 1 | 1 | |
| Morgan | 1 | 1 | |
| Not Voting | 9.75 | 9.75 | |
| Absent | 1 | 1 | |
Vice Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (June 16, 1932)
| Preceded by 1928 Kansas City, Missouri | Republican National Conventions | Succeeded by 1936 Cleveland, Ohio |
