1932 United States presidential election

The 1932 United States presidential election was the 37th election in the history of the United States. It happened on November 8, 1932. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic candidate who was the governor of New York, won the election, defeating the incumbent Republican president, Herbert Hoover. 

Hoover was blamed for the Great Depression, and tried to ease it, but the Depression got worse. Roosevelt also had the advantage of name recognition, since he was the fifth cousin of the late Theodore Roosevelt.

This election marked the start of a long period where Democrats controlled the White House, as Democrats would win the next five elections. It also marked the beginning of Roosevelt's 12 years and 1 month as president, the longest tenure of any president.
 Candidates 

 Democratic Party 
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 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor of New York (nominee)
 Al Smith, former Governor of New York and nominee in the 1928 United States presidential election
 John Nance Garner, Speaker of the House (vice-presidential nominee)

 Republican Party 
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 Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States from California (1929-1933) (Nominee)
 John J. Blaine, Senator from Wisconsin
 Joseph I. France, former Senator from Maryland (1929-1933) 
 Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States from Massachusetts (1923-1929)
 James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., former Senator from New York (1915-1927) 
 Charles G. Dawes, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1929-1931)  and 30th Vice President of the United States (1925-1929) 
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