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Hoover wins the Presidential election...
Hoover wins the Presidential election...
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November 07, 1928
THE COLDWATER DAILY REPORTER, Michigan, November 7, 1928
* Herbert Hoover elected President of U.S.
* Great front page headline with photos
A large, bold banner headline proclaims: "HOOVER SWEEPS COUNTRY" with subheads: "Hoover 31st President of United States", "Landslide May Result In Record Vote for Country Say Managers", "Al Smith Acknowledges Defeat in Sportsmanlike Manner"
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Included are two 3-column photos of both Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis, the Vice-President Elect.
Very displayable issue.
Other news of the day. Usual browning with little margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
source: wikipedia: Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933), was a mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted government intervention under the rubric "economic modernization". In the presidential election of 1928 Hoover easily won the Republican nomination. The nation was prosperous and optimistic, leading to a landslide for Hoover over the Democrat Al Smith, . Hoover deeply believed in the Efficiency Movement (a major component of the Progressive Era), arguing that a technical solution existed for every social and economic problem.
That position was challenged by the Great Depression, which began in 1929, the first year of his presidency. Hoover tried to combat the Depression with volunteer efforts and government action, none of which produced economic recovery during his term. The consensus among historians is that Hoover's defeat in the 1932 election was caused primarily by failure to end the downward spiral into deep Depression, compounded by popular opposition to prohibition. Other electoral liabilities were Hoover's lack of charisma in relating to voters, and his poor skills in working with politicians.
Category: The 20th Century
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