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Democrats Name Alfred E. Smith as Presidential Nominee
At Sam Houston Hall Houston Texas the Democratic convention nominated Gov Alfred E Smith of New York for president with Joseph T Robinson of Arkansas as vice president. The event sparked wild cheering and emotional demonstrations as delegates and supporters celebrated Smiths onslaught to victory and harmony within their ranks. The platform attacked the Hoover administration and Fordney McCumber Tariff while pledging clean government and farm aid.
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Sam Houston Hall
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Texas
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New York
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Arkansas
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al Smith
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Jimmy Walker
Committee On
South
Corn Belt
Kansas City
Resolutions Committee
Democratic Party
Harding
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Curtis
Jim Reed
Missouri
Reed
Latin America
Nicaragua
Bowers
Black Horse
Pennsylvania Avenue
Israel
Committee On Rules
Franklin Roosevelt
Madison Square Garden
Roosevelt
Howell
Florida
Oklahoma
Philippines
Huston Thompson
Colorado
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Jesse E. Jones
Jesse Jones
Democratic National Committee
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Robinson
Platform Committee
Dan Moody
Harmony Workers
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Ritchie
Maryland
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Galveston
Gulf
National Woman's Party
United States
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Constitutional Liberty League
Jesus Christ
Roy L. Fernal
Maine
Hoover
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Jesse H. Jones
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Sam Houston State Teachers College
Shaver
Sam Houston
Huntsville
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