1928 Democratic National Convention

U.S. political event held in Houston, Texas February 2026 June 2016 1928 Democratic AlfredSmith (3x4).png AR_Joseph_Robinson (3x4).jpg Nominees Smith and Robinson June 26–28, 1928 Sam Houston Hall Houston, Texas Alfred E. Smith New York Joseph T. Robinson Arkansas 1924 1932 thumb|Photograph of the convention The 1928 Democratic National Convention was held at Sam Houston Hall in Houston, Texas, June 26–28, 1928. The keynote speaker was Claude G. Bowers. The conventionhttps://texasarchive.org/2011_01683 The 1928 Democratic Convention Texas Archive of the Moving Image November 29, 2019 resulted in the nomination of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York for president and Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas for vice president. The convention was the first held by either party in the South since the Civil War. It was also the first to nominate a Roman Catholic for president, Al Smith. The Texas delegation, led by Governor Dan Moody, was vehemently opposed to Smith. Therefore, when Smith was nominated, they rallied against his anti-prohibition sentiment by fighting for a "dry", prohibitionist platform. Ultimately, the convention pledged "honest enforcement of the Constitution". Smith became the first Democrat since Reconstruction to lose more than one southern state in the general election, due to his "wet" stance, his opposition to the Ku Klux KlanOctober 2021, and his Catholicism. The convention was held in very hot summer weather in a venue without air conditioning.Smith Jack Z. Democrats looking Wet for 1984 convention site https://www.newspapers.com/image/635465496 Newspapers.com Fort Worth Star-Telegram en November 11, 1982 Presidential nomination Presidential candidates Other candidates for the nomination possibly included: James T. Heflin, U.S. senator from Alabama William G. McAdoo, former Treasury Secretary from California Henry T. Rainey, U.S. representative from Illinois Thomas J. Walsh, U.S. senator from Montana Presidential BallotingCandidate1st (Before Shifts)1st (After Shifts)Smith724.67849.67Hull71.8350.83George52.5052.50Reed4852Pomerene473Jones4343Woollen327Harrison208.50Ayres203Watts1818Hitchcock162Donahey55Thompson22Bilbo01Not Voting02.50 Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (June 28, 1928) Vice presidential nomination Vice presidential candidates Joseph T. Robinson was chosen as the vice presidential nominee. Other candidates for the nomination possibly included: Gilbert Hitchcock, former senator from NebraskaWarn WA Smith Wins Nomination on First Ballot With 849 2/3 Votes After States Shift to Him; Platform With a Dry Plank Is Adopted https://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/280629convention-dem-ra.html 8 October 2015 New York Times 29 June 1928 James A. Reed, senator from Missouri Atlee Pomerene former senator from Ohio Cordell Hull, Congressman from Tennessee John H. Taylor Vice Presidential BallotingCandidate1st (Before Shifts)1st (After Shifts)Robinson914.171,035.17Barkley779Ross332Allen2821Berry17.5011.50Moody9.339.33Fletcher77Taylor60Stevenson42Woollen22Tumulty10Not Voting11 Vice Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (June 28, 1928) See also Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1928 List of Democratic National Conventions U.S. presidential nomination convention 1928 United States presidential election 1928 Republican National Convention History of the United States Democratic Party References External links Governor Moody and the "Dry" Platform Democratic Party Platform of 1928 at The American Presidency Project Smith Nomination Acceptance Speech for President at DNC (transcript) at The American Presidency Project 1924New York, New York Democratic National Conventions 1932Chicago, Illinois Category:Democratic National Conventions Democratic Category:Conventions in Houston Category:Conventions in Texas Category:United States presidential nominating conventions in Texas Category:Texas Democratic Party dem Category:1928 in Texas Category:June 1928 in the United States Category:Al Smith