Date(s) June 26–28, 1928 Venue Sam Houston Hall | City Houston, Texas | |
Presidential nominee Alfred E. Smith of New York Vice Presidential nominee Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas | ||
The 1928 Democratic National Convention was held at Sam Houston Hall in Houston, Texas, June 26–28, 1928. The convention resulted in the nomination of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York for President and Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas for Vice President.
Contents
- Candidates for the nomination before and during the convention
- Candidates for the Vice Presidential nomination
- References
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 Klan, and his Catholicism.
Candidates for the nomination before and during the convention
Candidates for the Vice-Presidential nomination
Joseph T. Robinson was chosen as the vice presidential nominee. Among the candidates for nomination were: