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United States presidential election of 1932: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date November 8, 1932
Location United States
Context Great Depression

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Hoover, Herbert
Franklin D. Roosevelt smiling and leaning on a surface, holding a cigarette in a holder, wearing a suit and glasses, photographed in 1937.
New Deal pin
Map of the United States showing the 1932 presidential election results by state. States won by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) are shaded blue, covering nearly the entire country, while states won by Herbert Hoover (Republican) are shaded red in the Northeast. Electoral vote counts are labeled within each state. Roosevelt received 472 electoral votes, Hoover 59.
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Key People

Franklin D. Roosevelt smiling and leaning on a surface, holding a cigarette in a holder, wearing a suit and glasses, photographed in 1937.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
president of United States
Herbert Hoover, 1928
Herbert Hoover
president of United States
Thomas, Norman
Norman Thomas
American politician
John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner
vice president of United States
Foster, William Z.
William Z. Foster
American labour organizer and political leader
Curtis, Charles
Charles Curtis
vice president of United States
Harbord, James G.
James G. Harbord
United States military officer

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