From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1928 Democratic National Convention

U.S. political event held in Houston, Texas

Field	Value
year	1928
party	Democratic
image	AlfredSmith (3x4).png
image2	AR_Joseph_Robinson (3x4).jpg
caption	Nominees
Smith and Robinson
date	June 26–28, 1928
venue	Sam Houston Hall
city	Houston, Texas
presidential_nominee	Alfred E. Smith
presidential_nominee_state	New York
vice_presidential_nominee	Joseph T. Robinson
vice_presidential_nominee_state	Arkansas
previous_year	1924
next_year	1932

Smith and Robinson

The 1928 Democratic National Convention was held at Sam Houston Hall in Houston, Texas, June 26–28, 1928. The keynote speaker was Claude G. Bowers. The convention resulted in the nomination of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York for president and Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas for vice president.

The convention was the first held by either party in the South since the Civil War. It was also the first to nominate a Roman Catholic for president, Al Smith. The Texas delegation, led by Governor Dan Moody, was vehemently opposed to Smith. Therefore, when Smith was nominated, they rallied against his anti-prohibition sentiment by fighting for a "dry", prohibitionist platform. Ultimately, the convention pledged "honest enforcement of the Constitution".

Smith became the first Democrat since Reconstruction to lose more than one southern state in the general election, due to his "wet" stance, his opposition to the Ku Klux Klan, and his Catholicism.

The election was held in very hot summer weather in a venue without air conditioning.

Presidential nomination

Presidential candidates

Image:Unsuccessful 1928.jpg|Governor Al Smith of New York Image:Hull-Cordell-LOC.jpg|Representative Cordell Hull of Tennessee

Image:Sen. Walter F. George (cropped).jpg|Senator Walter F. George of Georgia Image:Sen. Jas. A. Reed LCCN2016848785 (cropped).jpg|Senator James A. Reed of Missouri Image:POMERENE, ATLEE. SENATOR LCCN2016857958.jpg|Former Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio Image:JONES, JESSE H., HONORABLE LCCN2016860069.jpg|Entrepreneur Jesse H. Jones of Texas Image:WOOLEN, EVANS LCCN2016861173 (cropped).jpg|Former Coach Evans Woollen of Indiana Image:WilliamAugustusAyres.jpg|Representative William A. Ayres of Kansas Image:HITCHCOCK, G.M. HONORABLE LCCN2016857525 (cropped).jpg|Former Senator Gilbert Hitchcock of Nebraska

Other candidates for the nomination possibly included:

James T. Heflin, U.S. senator from Alabama
William G. McAdoo, former Treasury Secretary from California
Henry T. Rainey, U.S. representative from Illinois
Thomas J. Walsh, U.S. senator from Montana

Presidential Balloting	Candidate		1st (Before Shifts)		1st (After Shifts)	Smith	Hull	George	Reed	Pomerene	Jones	Woollen	Harrison	Ayres	Watts	Hitchcock	Donahey	Thompson	Bilbo	Not Voting
724.67	849.67
71.83	50.83
52.50	52.50
48	52
47	3
43	43
32	7
20	8.50
20	3
18	18
16	2
5	5
2	2
0	1
0	2.50

Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (June 28, 1928) File:1928DemocraticPresidentialNomination1stBallotBefore.png|1st Presidential Ballot (Before Shifts) File:1928DemocraticPresidentialNomination1stBallotAfter.png|1st Presidential Ballot (After Shifts)

Vice presidential nomination

Vice presidential candidates

Image:Joseph T. Robinson cropped.jpg|Senate Minority Leader Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas Image:Alben W Barkley.jpg|Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky

Image:Nellie Tayloe Ross.jpg|Former Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming Image:111-SC-44852 - NARA - 55248466-cropped.jpg|Major General Henry T. Allen of Kentucky Image:Duncanupshawfletcher.jpg|Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida

Joseph T. Robinson was chosen as the vice presidential nominee.

Other candidates for the nomination possibly included:

Gilbert Hitchcock, former senator from Nebraska
James A. Reed, senator from Missouri
Atlee Pomerene former senator from Ohio
Cordell Hull, Congressman from Tennessee
John H. Taylor

Vice Presidential Balloting	Candidate		1st (Before Shifts)		1st (After Shifts)	Robinson	Barkley	Ross	Allen	Berry	Moody	Fletcher	Taylor	Stevenson	Woollen	Tumulty	Not Voting
914.17	1,035.17
77	9
33	2
28	21
17.50	11.50
9.33	9.33
7	7
6	0
4	2
2	2
1	0
1	1

Vice Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (June 28, 1928) File:1928DemocraticVicePresidentialNomination1stBallotBefore.png|1st Vice Presidential Ballot (Before Shifts) File:1928DemocraticVicePresidentialNomination1stBallotAfter.png|1st Vice Presidential Ballot (After Shifts)

References

"The 1928 Democratic Convention".
(November 11, 1982). "Democrats looking Wet for 1984 convention site". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(29 June 1928). "Smith Wins Nomination on First Ballot With 849 2/3 Votes After States Shift to Him; Platform With a Dry Plank Is Adopted". New York Times.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

democratic-national-conventions 1920s-in-houston conventions-in-houston conventions-in-texas political-events-in-texas texas-democratic-party 1928-united-states-presidential-election 1928-in-texas 1928-conferences june-1928-in-the-united-states al-smith 1920s-political-conferences

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1928 Democratic National Convention — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report