That's The Ticket:
A Parade of Presidential Elections
Democratic Ticket ![]() | |
Presidential candidate: | FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, New York Governor |
VP candidate: | JOHN N. GARNER, Texas Congressman |
Popular votes: | 22,818,740 (57.4%) |
Electoral votes: | 472 |
Republican Ticket | |
Presidential candidate: | Herbert Hoover, President |
VP candidate: | Charles Curtis, Vice President |
Popular votes: | 15,760,425 (39.6%) |
Electoral votes: | 59 |

Election Facts
- The economic crisis of the Great Depression embittered many voters toward the dour Hoover.
- The charismatic Roosevelt promised the nation a "New Deal" and gathered support from a coalition of farmers, city dwellers, immigrants, Catholics, Jews, blacks, Southern whites, financiers, and labor unions.
Herbert Hoover (right) with former Wisconsin Governor Walter J. Kohler on a campaign visit to Madison, November 5, 1932.
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