1932 Republican Party presidential primaries

From March 8 to May 20, 1932, voters of the Republican Party elected delegates to the 1932 Republican National Convention, in part to choose the party nominee for president in the 1932 United States presidential election.

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1932 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1928 March 8 to May 20, 1932 1936 â†’

Candidate Joseph I. France Herbert Hoover George W. Norris Home state Maryland Iowa Nebraska Contests won 7 4 1 Popular vote 1,137,948 861,602 139,514 Percentage 47.5% 36.0% 5.8%   Candidate Jacob Coxey Royal C. Johnson Home state Ohio South Dakota Contests won 1 1 Popular vote 100,844 64,464 Percentage 4.2% 2.7%

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Previous Republican nominee Herbert Hoover Republican nominee Herbert Hoover

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Incumbent president Herbert Hoover faced only nominal opposition for the nomination but refrained from participating in the primaries, choosing instead to focus on his ongoing efforts to end the Great Depression. Several minor candidates, led by former senator Joseph I. France of Maryland, staged a quixotic outsider bid for the nomination, running unopposed in several states' non-binding preference primaries but failing to win many delegate selection contests.^[1]

At the convention, held from June 14 to 16 in Chicago, Illinois,^[2] France unsuccessfully argued that his victories in the non-binding preference primaries entitled him to those states' delegates. He was denied credentials to participate in the convention as a delegate and forcibly removed from the convention hall. Hoover was nominated by an overwhelming margin.^[1]