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GOP Big Show At Chicago A Masterpiece
Chicago hosted a full Republican convention that nominated Herbert Hoover for president and Charles Curtis for vice president. The event featured a 28 plank platform focused on prohibition modification, substantial attendance, and media attention on speakers like Nicholas Murray Butler and Ogden Mills. Will Rogers drew female crowd interest while ant i- Hoover sentiment surfaced in late proceedings.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Borah
Cub
National Committee
California
James Scott
Oregon
Doctor France
Hoover
Coolidge
France
Blaine
Wisconsin
Senator Wadsworth
Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge
Dawes
Curtis
Cago Stadium
Senator Fess
Lester Jesse Dickinson
Iowa
Dickinson
Jones
Smith
Organization Committee
Representative Snell
New York
Maryland
Bingham
Connecticut
Prohibition
Maine
Kansas
Dr. Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Ogden Mills
Cermak
Resolutions Committee
Anton J, Cermak
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Will Rogers
Will