Hoover Nomination Sparks Roaring Convention Parade
At the Kansas City convention Hoover was nominated for president as McNab opened the nominating speeches. A wild outburst of bedlam ensued with cowbells, tin pans, flags, and an elephant banner as Hoover supporters filled the hall. The roll call continued amid cheers and coordinated demonstrations directed at Lowden.
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New York
Moses
California
McAdoo
Theodore Roosevelt
Lowdon
McNab
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Indiana
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House
Watson
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Tincher
Hoover Nomination Roars Through Kansas Convention
A wild Curtis faction in the Kansas Democratic or Republican convention stirred the hall as Curtis supporters cheered and a crowd waved flags. The roll call shifted through Norris Goff Lowden and others before settlers backed Hoover by a landslide with 837 votes and the nomination made unanimous.
GOP Platform Highlights Endorsed at National Convention
Kansas City June 14. The Republican resolution committee outlined high spots of the platform for the nominating convention. It calls for farm board with farmer owned cooperatives, maintained Coolidge foreign policy, continued tax cuts, tariff protection for farmers, anti-lynching federal law, and strong national defense. The platform also supports Prohibition enforcement, honest government, public economy, road and waterway development, and veteran relief. The nomination was made unanimous after some dissent from Wisconsin, with vice presidential choice to be announced tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Farm Board
Coolidge
Latin America
China
Merchant Marine
Shipping Board
Midwest
NAVY
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Moses
Wisconsin
Republican Platform Debates Over Farm Policy and Prohibition
The convention debates farm relief and the McNary Haugen issue with a farm board plan and Illinois Earl C Smith backing Lowden. Prohibition enforcement and tariff, veteran relief, public debt, and foreign policy also feature in the platform shifts.
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Earl C. Smith
Illinois
Frank O. Lowden
Hoover Nominated as Republican Standard Bearer at Convention
The Republican national convention in Kansas City adjourned its fifth session at 11:25 p.m. after four hours and eighteen minutes. Herbert Hoover was nominated for the presidency.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Republican National Convention
Hoover Nomination Drive Dominates Republican Convention
At Kansas City on June 13, the Republican gathering moved toward Hoover’s nomination while rejecting McNary Haugen farm relief and the Volstead repeal. Delegates applauded Borah and La Follette amid a night session planned to name the nominee. Smoot outlined the platform with emphasis on farm policy.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Senator Borah
Idaho
Coolidge
Bob la Follette
Hoover Winner On First Vote
The convention notes a failed second bid by Lowden and hints at Hoover’s likely resignation as secretary of commerce. Delegates discuss vice presidential prospects with Dawes and others in contention while Hoover prepares to respond from Washington and possibly accept the party nomination.
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Illinois
Glenn
Frank O. Lowden
Hoover
Lowden
Mesage
Republican Party
Moses
J. N. Tincher
Kansas
Curtis
Dawes
Tilson
Connecticut
Deneen
Fuller
Massachusetts
Curtis Won't Discuss Vice Presidency After Hoover Nomination
Kansas Senator Curtis said he would support the Republican nominee for president and would not discuss or consider a vice presidential bid. He stated he would not talk about the vice presidency with anyone on earth and refused to engage on the topic even with his own family.
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Hoover
Someon
Moses
Sergeants Arms
Thitars
McNab
Delegat
Curtis
Associated Press
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Kansas
Kansan
Hoover Concession Sparks Silence at Nomination Event
At the gathering the room fell silent when the speech worded for President Crid ge as Hoover supporters surged with last minute cheers. Police guarded the scene as a crowd gathered outside the Hoover house and photographers captured flashes of the departing candidate.
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Compioner Lewis
New York
Ser
Hoover House
Hoover Appears At Personal Visit Amid Convention Split
A small group of Secretary Hoover’s personal friends and officials visited his home as the Republican convention process collapsed amid tensions over nomination. Mrs Hoover and the secretary greeted guests in a circle while radio reports of the nominating speech aired. Clamor from the hall accompanied each demonstration as Hoover supporters clapped and cheered.
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Washington
Hoover
Hoo
Borah
Lewis
Interstate Commerce Commissi
Adolph Miller
Secial Reserve Board
California Senator Shortridge Admitted To Bed In Kansas City
Senior Shortridge of California was forced to bed today by high fever. Under a physician in his room at the Muehrbach hotel he said he expects to return home by Saturday.
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Kansas City
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California
Muehrbach Hotel
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