Hoover Reelected

Hoover Reelected
On June 14th, 1932, President Herbert Hoover broke tradition by appearing at the Republican National Convention to accept his renomination in person. Hoover shocked the country by confessing to his early failings in handling the Great Depression, and pledged that he would work on new solutions in reelected. Though the speech gave a slight bump to Hoover, when Franklin Roosevelt was nominated at the Democratic National Convention he still seemed the clear favorite until it was published by several newspapers in August that he had had multiple extramarital affairs. Roosevelt was forced to unofficially suspend his campaign and return home to convince his wife Eleanor not to divorce him, at least not until after the election. Hoover, meanwhile, campaigned around the country with his wife at his side, creating an image of himself as the devoted husband as opposed to Roosvelt's developing image as an unfaithful philanderer. In a drastic turn from his previous positions, Hoover also pledged to support both the repeal of prohibition and to support assistance to the unemployed. Though Roosevelt was still the predicted winner come election day, when the returns came in it was Hoover who was the winner, the deciding state Roosevelt's own New York. On March 3rd, one day before Hoover's second inauguration, the Roosevelts filed for divorce.

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