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Hoover Wins G.O.P. Nomination On First Ballot At Kansas City
Herbert Hoover secured the Republican nomination for president on the first ballot at the Kansas City convention. Charles Curtis was chosen for vice president as the party adopted a farm relief plank and a platform aimed at winning the November election.
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Coolidge
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Charles Evans Hughes
Paulen
Kansas
Charles Curtis
Houston
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Nye
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Bill Ware
Pennsylvania
Mr. Butler
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Chicago
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National Committee
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
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Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
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Adam McMullen
Nebraska
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Illinois
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