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Category: History & Society
Date:
November 6, 1928
Participants:
Charles Curtis
William Z. Foster
Herbert Hoover
Joseph T. Robinson
Al Smith
Norman Thomas
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United States presidential election of 1928, American presidential election held on November 6, 1928, in which Republican Herbert Hoover defeated Democrat Alfred E. Smith in the electoral college 444–87. Republican incumbent Calvin Coolidge unexpectedly announced in August 1927 that he would not seek a second term as president. Following his decision—issued to the press in a concise, one-sentence statement—a number of Republicans put their names in the running to replace him on the 1928 ticket. Amid rising anti-Catholic sentiment and contentious discussion of civil rights for African Americans and women and nearly a decade into Prohibition—enacted with the passage of ...(100 of 851 words)

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