Endorsements in the 1928 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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This is a list of endorsements for declared candidates in the Democratic primaries for the 1928 United States presidential election.
List of Alfred Smith endorsements (Pre-Convention)
- U.S. Executive Branch officials
- William Wilson, U.S. Secretary of Labor (1913–1921)[1]
- John H. Caldwell, frmr. Assistant U.S. Assistant Attorney General[2]
- Albert Burleson, U.S. Postmaster General (1913–1921)[3]
- Thomas Watt Gregory, U.S. Attorney General (1914–1919)[4]
- U.S. Senators
- Current
- James Phelan, U.S. Senator from California (1915-1921)[5]
- Thomas Bayard Jr., U.S. Senator from Delaware (1922-1929)[6]
- Daniel Steck, U.S. Senator from Iowa (1926-1931)[7]
- David Walsh, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1926-1947)[8]
- William Bruce, U.S. Senator from Maryland (1923-1929)[6]
- Edward Edwards, U.S. Senator from New Jersey (1923-1929)[6]
- Royal Copeland, U.S. Senator from New York (1923-1938)[9]
- Robert Wagner, U.S. Senator from New York (1927-1949)[6]
- Edward Edwards, U.S. Senator from New Jersey (1923-1929)[6]
- Peter Gerry, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (1917-1929)[6]
- Former
- Oscar Underwood, U.S. Senator from Alabama (1915-1927)[10]
- Johnson Camden Jr., U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1914-1915)[11]
- U.S. Representatives
- Governors
- James Cox, Governor of Ohio (1917-1921)[12]
- Nellie Tayloe Ross, Governor of Wyoming (1925-1927)[13]
- Huey Long, Governor of Louisiana (1928-1932)[14]
- Statewide officials
- James Farley, Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission[15]
- Humphrey J. Lynch, frmr. New York State Supreme Court Justice[16]
- Matt Sullivan, Chief Justice of California (1914-1915) (Republican)[17]
- George Lunn, Lieutenant Governor of New York (1923-1924)[18]
- Charles Cole, Adjutant General of Massachusetts (1914-1916)[19]
- State legislators
- Local officials
- Jimmy Walker, Mayor of New York City (1926-1932)[21]
- James Curley, Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts (1922-1926)[19]
- Andrew Peters, Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts (1918-1922)[22]
- W.A. Gunter, Jr., Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama (1919-1940)[23]
- Party officials
- J. Bruce Kremer, Democratic National Committeeman (D-MT)[24]
- Joseph Guffey, Democratic National Committeeman (D-PA)[25]
- Isidore Dockweiler, Democratic National Committeeman (D-CA)[5]
- Mrs. John R. Eskridge, Democratic National Committeeman (D-DE)[26]
- John F. Costello, Democratic National Committeeman (D-DC)[26]
- Florence Harriman, Democratic National Committeewoman (D-DC)[26]
- Teresa M. Graham, Democratic National Committeewoman (D-ID)[26]
- D. J. McGillicuddy, Democratic National Committeeman (D-ME)[26]
- Edward Quinn, Democratic National Committeeman (D-MA)[26]
- William Comstock, Democratic National Committeeman (D-MI)[26]
- Etta C. Boltwood, Democratic National Committeewoman (D-MI)[26]
- Joseph Wolf, Democratic National Committeeman (D-MN)[26]
- Jessie E. Scott, Democratic National Committeewoman (D-MN)[26]
- Norman Mack, Democratic National Committeeman (D-NY)[26]
- Elisabeth Marbury, Democratic National Committeewoman (D-NY)[26]
- R. B. Murphy, Democratic National Committeeman (D-ND)[26]
- Will R. King, Democratic National Committeeman (D-OR)[26]
- Patrick H. Quinn, Democratic National Committeeman (D-RI)[26]
- Frank Duffy, Democratic National Committeeman (D-VT)[26]
- George F. Christensen, Democratic National Committeeman (D-WA)[26]
- Elizabeth D. Christian, Democratic National Committeewoman (D-WA)[26]
- C. W. Osenton, Democratic National Committeeman (D-WV)[26]
- John Callahan, Democratic National Committeeman (D-WI)[26]
- Gertrude Bowler, Democratic National Committeewoman (D-WI)[26]
- Patrick J. Quealy, Democratic National Committeeman (D-WY)[26]
- Wilbur Marsh, Democratic National Committee Treasurer (D-IA)[26]
- Park Pollard, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Vermont[27]
- Individuals
- George Olvany, Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall (1924-1929)[28]
- Fred Johnson[29]
- Robert Ewing, publisher[30]
- Edward House, diplomat, adviser to President Woodrow Wilson[31]
- Gertrude Atherton, author[32]
- Eleanor Roosevelt, activist[18]
- Harold Schoenecker, lawyer and businessman[33]
- Caroline O'Day, activist[34]
- Sybil McCaslin Bowers, activist[34]
- Angela Delagi, activist[34]
- Florence Whitney, activist[34]
- Rosalie Solomons Philips, politician[34]
- Gertrude Ely, philanthropist[34]
- Roger Baldwin, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (1917-1950)[35]
- Newspapers
- Organizations
- Ambassadors
- Roland Morris, ambassador to Japan (1917-1920)[36]
- Henry Morgenthau Sr., ambassador to Turkey (1913-1916)[28]
- Robert Jeffery, ambassador to Uruguay (1915-1921)[2]
James Reed
List of James Reed endorsements (Pre-Convention)
- U.S. Executive Branch officials
- U.S. Senators
- Current
- Henry Ashurst, U.S. Senator from Arizona (1912-1941)[6]
- Harry Hawes, U.S. Senator from Missouri (1926-1933)[6]
- Former
- Xenophon Wilfley, U.S. Senator from Missouri (1918)[37]
- Joseph Weldon Bailey, U.S. Senator from Texas (1901-1913)[38]
- U.S. Representatives
- Governors
- Jonathan Davis, Governor of Kansas (1923-1925)[39]
- Frederick Gardner, Governor of Missouri (1917-1921)[40]
- Oswald West, Governor of Oregon (1911-1915)[29]
- Statewide officials
- State legislators
- Local officials
- Party officials
- Individuals
- Samuel Fordyce Jr., businessman[41]
- Ed Villmoare, businessman[42]
- Lee Meriwether, author and government official[43]
- Newspapers
- Organizations
Walter George
List of Walter George endorsements (Pre-Convention)
- U.S. Executive Branch officials
- U.S. Senators
- William Harris, U.S. Senator from Georgia (1919-1932)[44]
- Furnifold Simmons, U.S. Senator from North Carolina (1901-1940)[45]
- U.S. Representatives
- Charles Gordon Edwards, U.S. Representative from GA-1 (1925-1931)[44]
- Edward Cox, U.S. Representative from GA-2 (1925-1952)[44]
- Charles Crisp, U.S. Representative from GA-3 (1913-1932)[44]
- William Wright, U.S. Representative from GA-4 (1918-1933)[44]
- Leslie Jasper Steele, U.S. Representative from GA-5 (1927-1929)[44]
- Samuel Rutherford, U.S. Representative from GA-6 (1925-1932)[44]
- Malcolm Tarver, U.S. Representative from GA-7 (1927-1947)[44]
- Charles Hillyer Brand, U.S. Representative from GA-8 (1917-1933)[44]
- Thomas Montgomery Bell, U.S. Representative from GA-9 (1905-1931)[44]
- Carl Vinson, U.S. Representative from GA-10 (1914-1965)[44]
- William Chester Lankford, U.S. Representative from GA-11 (1919-1933)[44]
- William Washington Larsen, U.S. Representative from GA-12 (1917-1933)[44]
- Governors
- Statewide officials
- State legislators
- Local officials
- Party officials
- John Cohen, Democratic National Committeeman (D-GA)[44]
- Individuals
- George F. Milton, editor of The Chattanooga News[44]
- Mary Harris Armor, temperance leader[46]
- Newspapers
- Organizations
Thomas Walsh
List of Thomas Walsh endorsements (Before May 5, 1928)
- U.S. Executive Branch officials
- William McAdoo, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1913–1918)[47]
- Josephus Daniels, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1913–1921)[48]
- U.S. Senators
- Woodbridge Ferris, U.S. Senator from Michigan (1923-1928)[49]
- Burton Wheeler, U.S. Senator from Montana (1923-1947)[50]
- Henry Myers, U.S. Senator from Montana (1911-1923)[51]
- U.S. Representatives
- Tom Stout, U.S. Representative from MT-AL Seat B (1913-1917)[51]
- Governors
- Sam Stewart, Governor of Montana (1913-1921)[51]
- Statewide officials
- State legislators
- Claude F. Morris, State Senator from Montana (1916-1920)[51]
- James O'Connor, State Representative from Montana (1917-1918)[51]
- Local officials
- Party officials
- James Moyle, Democratic National Committeeman (D-UT)[26]
- Individuals
- George F. Milton, publisher[52]
- Ella Boole, temperance leader and social reformer[53]
- Kathleen Norris, novelist and newspaper columnist[54]
- George Creel, investigative journalist, writer and government official[54]
- Newspapers
- Organizations