The 1928 Election Explained

[Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

"Vote For Al Smith And Make Your Wet Dreams Come True"? He's got my vote!

[edsova]

In hindsight, Calvin Coolige probably was thankful that he chose not to run for a 2nd term, because if he did, he would have inherited a mess

[goucho]

this channel has single-handedly saved my grade. thank you

[rockerdax]

Dude, you are on this like Kong! I'm VERY impressed with how fast you're churning these out, keep up the good work!

[danieloliveri]

im not even in school and i brush up on these vids...great stuff!

[APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

Herbert Hoover is the first presidential candidate to smash through the twenty million vote barrier.

[shirtless]

Mr. Hughes:

Great video. Two questions though:

1. Since the two-thirds rule was still in effect, giving the South an effective veto over the Democratic nomination, and the convention was held in the South (Houston, Texas), how in the world did Al Smith get the nomination in the first place?

2. Do you have any thoughts on the argument, made at the time, that Hoover was not constitutionally qualified to be President, because he had not been a resident of the United States for fourteen (consecutive) years? During part of the time between 1915 and 1929, he lived in Europe.

In retrospect, I am sure the Catholic church was grateful that Smith lost or at least should be. The Great Depression was inevitable, given the Republican policies of 1921 to 1929, but if Smith had been President, I am sure a lot of people would have blamed the Pope for stealing all the money.

[guodade]

I wonder whether most people know that Smith was the only rival to FDR in the 1932 Democratic nomination, as the pair had indeed been in 1928?

Could any alternate historian imagine what a Smith presidency in the 1930s (and such is not that implausible) would have produced? The question appeals quite a bit to me because of my experience dissecting the Politically Incorrect Guides – which my family says have a message of “BACVR” (“Be A Catholic, Vote Republican”) – and that organisation’s dislike of FDR.

[ianlyons]

A chicken in every pot, and a car in every garage.

[jamellfoster]

Al Smith would have my 🗳... I need my booze... I couldn't stand going without my 🍹 s & mimosas...

[taylorwickham]

If only Hoover had stuck to Coolidge's economic policies. Instead he took a 180 and followed Keynesian theory to the T.

[ericveneto]

Unfortunately m he doesn't mean the St. Louis Cardinals.

[mardasman]

As someone who was raised catholic, i can just laugh about all this stuff today. But it's really indicative of what kind of prejudices exist and how they still strongly affect our political system today, just in a different way. Prejudice against muslims or prejudice against atheists is a strong force that is either strongly believed by a strong faction or universally tolerated even today.

And once again, as someone raised catholic and who has since distanced itself from the faith strongly, seeing these posters is kinda like most non-practicing muslims or otherwise distant to fundamentalism persons have to feel today every time the anti-muslim-bigotry is being run down. You still kinda feel offended and attacked not because you believe in catholicism, but because you are being targeted just because of your heritage and family, who might still believe this nonsense.

[walterdennisclark]

You sure can make history interesting.
(If you would have only been there when I was learning differential equations. Now that shit is hard. More useful than history perhaps, but so in need of good teachers.)

[neutral]

It was preferable that Herbert hoover win for what came next because Al smith was an extremely horrible Candidate, he was even someone who lacked leadership and I don't imagine someone like that handling The great depression. It's true that Herbert hoover didn't exactly do a great job with The great depression, but at least it was better to happen under him than under Al smith.

[dariowiter]

Actually, Hoover began his aid to the displaced in Europe during the First World War around 1915 or so, first to the Belgians, whose country was invaded the previous year; his aid programs expanded after America entered the war in 1917. It was through his humanitarian work(Hoover was a wealthy mining engineer from California)that got Hoover the position of Secretary of Commerce under Harding and Coolidge combined during the 1920s decade.

[JoshVA]

You miss quoted ben Carson, he said no one should be Believe in sharia law and be president.

[scottaznavourian]

Fear? Paranoia is more like it. Jeesh jfk didnt face that much idiocy nor is biden now (hes catholic least we forget?)

[dariowiter]

Why are Muslims being compared to Catholics in this video? Islam is a completely different religion compared to Christianity. What a stupid comparison! 😠😠😠😠😠

[scottaznavourian]

Wtf? Since when are u not a 'real american' if u like to drink?