Talk:1928 United States presidential election

Candidate agreement?
what did hoover and dmith agree about? -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.38.191.99 (talk • contribs) 18:40, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Electoral picture peculiarity
Why is the graphic depiction of electoral votes skewed? Rarely nowadays does one see democratic votes colored red and and republican votes blue. --maru (talk) Contribs 20:51, 15 January 2006 (UTC)


 * This post has been copied to Wikipedia talk:Style for U.S. presidential election, yyyy. Please direct your responses there.
 * — DLJessup (talk) 21:57, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Prohibition Party nomination
Question - Is there some reason that the article suggests Hoover ran with the Prohibition Party endorsement? At the Prohibition Party National Convention (Chicago IL, 7/10-12/1928), William F. Varney was nominated for President over Hoover by a margin of 68-45. "Ohio Elects the President" (Mansfield OH: Bookmasters, Inc., 2000), p. 100. Hoover did appear on the ballot in California as the Prohibition Party nominee, where he received 14,394 votes. Varney received 20,095 votes from other states. Chronicler3 19:07, 8 February 2006 (UTC) Chronicler3

Hoover's state
Did Hoover run as a candidate from Iowa or California? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.15.209.161 (talk) 18:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Hoover was from Iowa. Why is its home state California then? The user that made this change made some other vandalism elsewhere.--Dans (talk) 19:04, 19 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Hoover may have been born in Iowa, but California was his political base. He ran in the 1920 Republican presidential primary in California, which he considered his home state. Barack Obama was born in Hawaii, but he is considered for all intents and purposes a politician from Illinois, because it was there that he made is political base. Hoover was a California politician. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.143.165.212 (talk) 22:49, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Coolidge and Dawes
These two gentlemen did not seek the Republican presidential nominaton. Therefore, they should be removed from the article. GoodDay (talk) 22:30, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

William Foster Home State?
On this page, Foster's home state is Illinois, yet on the wiki article about Foster, he is from Massachusetts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Video Gamer3 (talk • contribs) 01:08, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


 * My impression from the Foster article is that in 1928 he was living in Illinois (Chicago, I think). Mangoe (talk) 01:28, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Can we choose a picture?
What with all the edit-warring over the Smith picture, can we discuss this and agree on one? Mangoe (talk) 11:05, 7 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Agree. Either photo has positive aspects, but the edit warring back and forth is quite annoying. Please make a case for what photo you think should be where on the talk page, and let others comment, thanks. -- Infrogmation (talk) 15:05, 7 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I prefer "waving Al" since it is in the proper timeframe. Mangoe (talk) 17:09, 7 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I've added another possibility, File:AlSmithStandingSmileHatCrop.jpg, which does indeed show Smith at the proper age/relevent year. Infrogmation (talk) 02:26, 17 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I personally prefer the picture of Al Smith not smiling. "Waving Al" has poor quality and has a million people around Smith.  I don't think this picture is fitting for a national candidate.  "Smith with Hat" is a million times better but his hat is goofy.  Also, Smith is showing off his dog teeth in the picture.  Therefore, I believe the current one is best because Smith is by himself and he is not showing his nasty teeth.  Sorry about not not writing about this earlier. I could have sworn the discussion button was not there.  My bad.--Tilden76 (talk) 01:45, 18 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and as such should strive to be factual and neutral. The article covers the year 1928 and the photo should reflect his appearance during this period in order to be factual (true to reality). There has been no solid reason given for not keeping the article grounded in the reality of the time ( This is contradictory to the mission of the site). So unless there is an exceptional reason (not the POV reasons of "better photo", "Why is someone posting awful pictures of Al Smith?" (only a matter of personal opinion that the photo is awful)) to change the photo I believe the overall mission of wikipedia should be honored - and stick to the facts! Highground79 (talk) 06:26, 18 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I understand that it is nice to get the picture of a person as close as possible to the election year. However, the picture I uploaded was taken only five years before the election. I believe this is an acceptable trade. If we do not use my picture, can we PLEASE not use "Al Wave". I dislike that picture so much. Its more of a disgrace than the picture of Adlai Stevenson. I vote on the compromise picture "Al Smile".--Tilden76 (talk) 22:15, 18 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I hope this is alright with everyone but I added the compromise picture of Al Smith known as "Al Smile". I have slightly changed the dimensions of the picture so there was less excess. I hope everyone else agrees on this picture. If not let me know and I'm sure we can work something out.--Tilden76 (talk) 22:33, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Nixon or Bush Family Member on Winning Ticket
For some reason, the following statement has been increasingly challenged of late: "It was also the last presidential election in American history won by the Republicans without Richard Nixon or a member of the Bush family on the ticket." I've added a more definitive source to authenticate it.

But the fact is accurate. The Republican Party won the following presidential elections between 1928 and 2016:
 * 1952 - Dwight Eisenhower won, with Richard Nixon on the ticket
 * 1956 - Dwight Eisenhower won, with Richard Nixon on the ticket
 * 1968 - Richard Nixon won
 * 1972 - Richard Nixon won
 * 1980 - Ronald Reagan won, with George H. W. Bush (a member of the Bush family) on the ticket
 * 1984 - Ronald Reagan won, with George H. W. Bush (a member of the Bush family) on the ticket
 * 1988 - George H. W. Bush won
 * 2000 - George W. Bush (a member of the Bush family) won
 * 2004 - George W. Bush (a member of the Bush family) won

If folks want to discuss whether the information belongs in this article (I think the information is noteworthy enough to warrant inclusion, personally), we can have a discussion, but please don't just remove the information because you think it's inaccurate because Ronald Reagan won.Ethelred unraed (talk) 14:59, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Was Robinson the first "Southerner" on a major ticket since the Civil War?
Obviously, Wilson was born in Virginia, etc. But his home state was New Jersey. Based on my research (looking through Wikipedia), Joseph T. Robinson was the first Democrat or Republican on a national ticket whose "home state" was in the former Confederacy since the Civil War. Did I miss someone, and if I didn't, is this notable? (Again, the difference between "birth state" and "home state" makes this a bit difficult to be certain.) 147.226.239.80 (talk) 05:44, 10 March 2023 (UTC)