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"Both primary winners [Hoover and Smith] were selected as their respective party’s candidate on the first ballot at the party conventions. Charles Curtis, the former Senate majority leader, was unable to block Hoover’s nomination on June 12 at the Republican convention because of the latter’s sway in the committees and solid support among Southern black delegates. Smith emerged as the victor at the Democratic convention in Houston on June 26. Like Hoover, Smith ran in 12 primaries, winning nine and garnering 39.5 percent of the vote despite opposition from Democratic power player William McAdoo—against whom he had run for the 1924 nomination for president—and Missouri Sen. James A. Reed, who captured more than 20 percent despite only winning one of the five primaries he entered."
"United States Presidential Election of 1928." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Nov. 2014. Web. 18 May 2015.
Creator Name: Sykes, Charles Henry, 1882-1942 - Artist