U.S. Presidential Election, 1932 (President Churchill)

The U.S. Presidential Election, 1932 was a contest between Vice President Herbert Hoover and New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Republican Nomination
Republican candidates


 * Senator James J. Blaine of Wisconsin
 * Former President Winston Churchill of New York
 * Senator Charles Dawes of Illinois
 * Vice President Herbert Hoover of California
 * Senator Hiram Johnson of California
 * Senator George Norris of Nebraska

Churchill and Hoover were the front-runners while Johnson, Dawes, and Norris were considerd possible compromise candidates. Churchill won primaries in Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Hoover won primaries in California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and West Virginia. Johnson won North and South Dakota, Norris won Wisconsin and Dawes won Illinois.

At the Republican convention, Hoover and Churchill battled it out for a half dozen ballots before Norris and Johnson united behind Hoover and he won the nomination on the 7th. ballot. Norris was nominated for Vice President.