The main reason that Hoover lost was the fact that the US was in a great depression. The Stock Market collapsed, businesses and banks failed and people lost their jobs and their farms. Times were really tough and Hoover believed in a free market economy.
Herbert Hoover won the 1928 presidential election defeating Alfred Smith.
Alfred Emanual Smith ran against Herbert Hoover in the 1928 presidential election.
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No- in 1928, Hoover won the presidency against Al Smith. FDR did not run until 1932.
Republican Herbert Hoover lost the 1932 U.S. Presidential Election to Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Governor of New York.
Herbert Hoover was elected president in 1928.
Herbert Hoover was the man.
Warren Harding.
Herbert Hoover won the 1928 presidential election defeating Alfred Smith. In the 1928 presidential election Herbert Hoover received 444 electoral votes and Alfred Smith received 87 electoral votes. Franklin D. Roosevelt won the 1932 presidential election defeating incumbent President Herbert Hoover. In the 1932 presidential election Franklin Roosevelt received 472 electoral votes and Herbert Hoover received 59 electoral votes.
Franklin Roosevelt won the 1932 presidential election.
Herbert Hoover won the 1928 presidential election defeating Alfred Smith. In the 1928 presidential election Herbert Hoover received 444 electoral votes and Alfred Smith received 87 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Hoover 21,437,277 and Smith 15,007,698.
Herbert Hoover won the 1928 presidential election defeating Alfred Smith. In the 1928 presidential election Herbert Hoover received 444 electoral votes and Alfred Smith received 87 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Hoover 21,437,277 and Smith 15,007,698.
Herbert Hoover won the 1928 presidential election defeating Alfred Smith.
Franklin D. Roosevelt won the 1932 presidential election defeating incumbent President Herbert Hoover. In the 1932 presidential election Franklin Roosevelt received 472 electoral votes and Herbert Hoover received 59 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Roosevelt 22,829,501 and Hoover 15,760,684. Socialist Party candidate Norman Thomas received 884,781 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.
Franklin D. Roosevelt won the 1932 presidential election defeating incumbent President Herbert Hoover. In the 1932 presidential election Franklin Roosevelt received 472 electoral votes (89%) and Herbert Hoover received 59 electoral votes (11%). The popular vote totals were Roosevelt 22,829,501 and Hoover 15,760,684.
Herbert Hoover won the 1928 presidential election defeating Alfred Smith.
Alfred Emanual Smith ran against Herbert Hoover in the 1928 presidential election.