Endorsements in the 1928 Republican Party presidential primaries

This is a list of endorsements for declared candidates in the Republican primaries for the 1928 United States presidential election.

This list only includes endorsements by notable individuals and organizations which have been reported in reliable independent sources. Endorsement by individuals does not imply endorsement by their organization.

Herbert Hoover

List of Herbert Hoover endorsements

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Current

Harry New, U.S. Postmaster General (1923–1929)^[1]
Curtis Wilbur, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1924–1929)^[2]
Hubert Work, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1923–1928)^[3]
Theodore Douglas Robinson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1924–1929)^[4]
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, U.S. Assistant Attorney General (1921–1929)^[5]
Seymour Lowman, Assistant U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1927–1932)^[6]
Walter Folger Brown, Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1927–1929)^[7]
Ogden L. Mills, U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury (1927–1932)^[8]

Former

George Wickersham, U.S. Attorney General (1909–1913)^[9]
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1921–1924)^[10]
James Garfield, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1907–1909)^[11]
Claudius H. Huston, Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce^[7]
Foster Bain, Director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines (1921–1924)^[12]

U.S. Senators

Current

Samuel Shortridge, U.S. Senator from California (1921–1933)^[13]
Frederic Sackett, U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1925–1930)^[14]
Arthur Gould, U.S. Senator from Maine (1926–1931)^[15]
Frederick Gillett, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1925–1931)^[16]
James Couzens, U.S. Senator from Michigan (1922–1936)^[3]
George Moses, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (1918–1933)^[17]
Walter Evans Edge, U.S. Senator from New Jersey (1919–1929)^[18]
Jesse Metcalf, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (1924–1937)^[16]
Wesley Jones, U.S. Senator from Washington (1909–1932)^[16]

Former

Frank Flint, U.S. Senator from California (1905–1911)^[5]
Simon Guggenheim, U.S. Senator from Colorado (1907–1913)^[19]
Joseph Frelinghuysen Sr., U.S. Senator from New Jersey (1917–1923)^[20]
William Calder, U.S. Senator from New York (1917–1923)^[21]

U.S. Representatives

Current

Harry Lane Englebright, U.S. Representative from CA-2 (1926–1943)^[22]
Charles Curry, U.S. Representative from CA-3 (1913–1930)^[22]
Florence Kahn, U.S. Representative from CA-4 (1925–1937)^[22]
Richard Welch, U.S. Representative from CA-5 (1926–1949)^[22]
Albert Carter, U.S. Representative from CA-6 (1925–1945)^[22]
Henry Barbour, U.S. Representative from CA-7 (1919–1933)^[22]
Arthur Free, U.S. Representative from CA-8 (1921–1933)^[22]
William Evans, U.S. Representative from CA-9 (1927–1933)^[22]
Joe Crail, U.S. Representative from CA-10 (1927–1933)^[22]
Phil Swing, U.S. Representative from CA-11 (1921–1933)^[22]
James Good, U.S. Representative from IA-5 (1909–1921)^[23]
Maurice Thatcher, U.S. Representative from KY-5 (1923–1933)^[24]
Katherine Langley, U.S. Representative from KY-10 (1927–1931)^[24]
James Begg, U.S. Representative from OH-13 (1919–1929)^[25]
Theodore Burton, U.S. Representative from OH-21 (1921–1928)^[26]
Edith Rogers, U.S. Representative from MA-5 (1925–1960)^[27]
John Ketcham, U.S. Representative from MI-4 (1921–1933)^[28]
Louis Cramton, U.S. Representative from MI-7 (1913–1931)^[29]
Walter Newton, U.S. Representative from MN-5 (1919–1929)^[16]
Leonidas C. Dyer, U.S. Representative from MO-12 (1915–1933)^[27]
Robert Bacon, U.S. Representative from NY-1 (1923–1938)^[30]
Thaddeus Sweet, U.S. Representative from NY-32 (1923–1928)^[6]
John Clarke, U.S. Representative from NY-34 (1927–1933)^[31]
Gale Stalker, U.S. Representative from NY-37 (1923–1935)^[32]
James Beck, U.S. Representative from PA-1 (1927–1933)^[33]^[34]
George Graham, U.S. Representative from PA-2 (1913–1931)^[33]^[34]
George Welsh, U.S. Representative from PA-6 (1923–1932)^[33]^[34]
Thomas Butler, U.S. Representative from PA-8 (1923–1928)^[33]^[34]
Cyrus Palmer, U.S. Representative from PA-13 (1927–1929)^[33]^[34]
Robert Bushong, U.S. Representative from PA-14 (1927–1929)^[33]^[34]
Louis McFadden, U.S. Representative from PA-15 (1915–1935)^[33]^[34]
Edgar Kiess, U.S. Representative from PA-16 (1923–1930)^[33]^[34]
Edward Beers, U.S. Representative from PA-18 (1923–1932)^[33]^[34]
Isaac Doutrich, U.S. Representative from PA-19 (1927–1937)^[33]^[34]
Russell Leech, U.S. Representative from PA-20 (1927–1932)^[33]^[34]
Jacob Kurtz, U.S. Representative from PA-23 (1923–1933)^[33]^[34]
Samuel Kendall, U.S. Representative from PA-24 (1927–1933)^[33]^[34]
Henry Temple, U.S. Representative from PA-25 (1923–1933)^[33]^[34]
J. Howard Swick, U.S. Representative from PA-26 (1927–1935)^[33]^[34]
Nathan Strong, U.S. Representative from PA-27 (1917–1935)^[33]^[34]
Thomas Cochran, U.S. Representative from PA-28 (1927–1933)^[33]^[34]
Milton Shreve, U.S. Representative from PA-29 (1923–1933)^[33]
Adam Wyant, U.S. Representative from PA-31 (1927–1933)^[33]^[34]
Stephen Porter, U.S. Representative from PA-32 (1923–1930)^[33]^[34]
M. Clyde Kelly, U.S. Representative from PA-33 (1923–1933)^[33]^[34]
John Morin, U.S. Representative from PA-34 (1923–1929)^[33]^[34]
Harry Estep, U.S. Representative from PA-35 (1927–1933)^[33]^[34]
Guy Campbell, U.S. Representative from PA-36 (1923–1933)^[33]^[34]
Richard Aldrich, U.S. Representative from RI-2 (1923–1933)^[16]
Will Taylor, U.S. Representative from TN-2 (1919–1939)^[35]
C. Bascom Slemp, U.S. Representative from VA-9 (1907–1923)^[27]
Albert Johnson, U.S. Representative from RI-2 (1913–1933)^[16]

Former

William Ward, U.S. Representative from NY-16 (1897–1899)^[6]
William Hill, U.S. Representative from NY-34 (1919–1921)^[31]

Governors

Current

C. C. Young, Governor of California (1927–1931)^[5]
Flem Sampson, Governor of Kentucky (1927–1931)^[14]
Alvan Fuller, Governor of Massachusetts (1925–1929)^[36]
Fred Green, Governor of Michigan (1927–1931)^[3]
Huntley Spaulding, Governor of New Hampshire (1927–1929)^[37]

Former

James Goodrich, Governor of Indiana (1917–1921)^[1]
Percival P. Baxter, Governor of Maine (1921–1925)^[38]
Alex Groesbeck, Governor of Michigan (1921–1927)^[3]
Samuel McKelvie, Governor of Nebraska (1919–1923)^[39]
Edward Stokes, Governor of New Jersey (1905–1908)^[18]

Statewide officials

William Maier, New York State Comptroller (1922)^[32]
Ivan Bowen, frmr. Minnesota State Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner^[40]
Charles S. Wilson, frmr. New York Commissioner of Agriculture^[31]
Buron Fitts, Lt. Governor of California (1927–1928)^[5]

State legislators

Robert Taft, Ohio State Representative (1921–1931)^[41]
Chester Bolton, Ohio State Senator (1923–1928)^[42]
Nettie B. Loughead, Ohio State Senator^[42]
Howard Gray, Missouri State Senator^[43]

Local officials

Ernest A. Balch, Mayor of Kalamazoo, Michigan (Democratic)^[44]
Arthur E. Moreau, Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire^[45]
Ruth Baker Pratt, Alderman for New York City (1925–1929)^[6]
Thad Brown, Ohio Secretary of State (1923–1927)^[41]
Harry Routzohn, probate judge(1917–1929)^[46]
Albert Beach, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1924–1930)^[47]

Party officials

Hamilton Fish Kean, Republican National Committeeman (R-NJ)^[18]
Thomas P. Cheney, Republican State Committeeman chairman (R-NH)^[45]
William Crocker, Republican State Committeeman chairman (R-CA)^[48]
John Adams, Chair of the Republican National Committee (1921–1924)^[7]
George B. Lockwood, frmr. Secretary of the Republican National Committee^[7]
O. D. Street, Republican National Committeeman (R-AL)^[46]
Maurice Maschke, Republican National Committeeman (R-OH)^[49]

Individuals

Henry Ford, businessman^[50]
William Donovan, soldier and lawyer^[6]
Meier Steinbrink, lawyer^[31]
William Thompson, President of Ohio State University^[42]
Charles Taft, lawyer^[51]
William Procter, head of Procter & Gamble^[52]
John Hays Hammond, mining engineer, diplomat, and philanthropist^[53]
Allen Hazen^[53]
Walter Aldridge mining and metallurgical engineer^[53]
Louis S. Cates mining engineer and businessman^[54]
Lillian Gilbreth, psychologist, industrial engineer, consultant, and educator^[55]
Mark Requa, mining engineer and petroleum conservationist^[56]
Eugene McAuliffe, President of the Union Pacific Coal Company^[57]
Samuel Vauclain, President of the Baldwin Locomotive Works^[57]
George Akerson, journalist^[58]
Edward Orton Jr., academic administrator, businessman, ceramic engineer, geologist, and philanthropist^[59]
August Mencken, civil engineer and author^[60]
Harry Guggenheim, businessman, diplomat, publisher, philanthropist, aviator, and horseman^[12]
Michael Pupin, physicist, physical chemist and philanthropist^[12]
Charles A. Stone, electrical engineer^[12]
A.W. Berresford, President of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers^[12]
Ambrose Swasey, mechanical engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, manager, astronomer, and philanthropist^[12]
Elmer Sperry, inventor and entrepreneur^[12]
Elihu Thomson, engineer and inventor^[12]
John Quinn, national commander of the American Legion^[5]
Harriot Stanton Blatch, writer and suffragist^[61]
Amelita Galli-Curci, coloratura soprano^[61]
Felix Warburg, banker^[61]
John Philip Sousa, composer and conductor^[61]
George Haven Putnam, publisher, soldier, and writer^[61]
Anthony Fiala, explorer^[61]
Daniel Beard, illustrator, author, youth leader, Georgist and social reformer^[61]
Christopher Morley, journalist, novelist, essayist and poet^[61]
Ernest Poole, journalist, novelist, and playwright^[61]
Sophie Kerr, writer^[61]
Ellis Parker Butler, author^[61]
Margaret Widdemer, poet and novelist^[61]
Meade Minnigerode, writer^[61]
Arthur Guiterman, writer^[61]
Will Irwin, author, writer and journalist^[61]
Earl Derr Biggers, novelist and playwright^[61]
Jesse S. Phillips, lawyer, politician, and insurance executive^[19]
Thomas C. Desmond, engineer^[19]
Herman Bernstein, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright, translator, Jewish activist, and diplomat^[62]
Clayton Hamilton, drama critic^[62]
Mary Brooks Picken, author^[62]
Annie Nathan Meyer, author^[62]
Edmund Pearson, librarian and author^[62]
Clarence Perry, urban planner, sociologist, author, and educator^[62]
Thomas Edison, inventor and businessman^[63]

Organizations

Newspapers

Frank Lowden

List of Frank Lowden endorsements

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Charles Dawes, U.S. Vice President from Illinois (1925–1929)^[66]

U.S. Senators

Charles McNary, U.S. Senator from Oregon (1918–1944)^[13]
Peter Norbeck, U.S. Senator from South Dakota (1921–1936)^[67]
William McMaster, U.S. Senator from South Dakota (1925–1931)^[13]

U.S. Representatives

Lester Dickinson, U.S. Representative from IA-10 (1919–1931)^[68]
William Johnson, U.S. Representative from IL-13 (1925–1933)^[69]
John Allen, U.S. Representative from IL-14 (1925–1933)^[69]
William Hull, U.S. Representative from IL-16 (1923–1933)^[69]
Homer Hall, U.S. Representative from IL-17 (1927–1933)^[69]
William Holaday, U.S. Representative from IL-18 (1923–1933)^[69]
Charles Adkins, U.S. Representative from IL-19 (1925–1933)^[69]
Edward Irwin, U.S. Representative from IL-22 (1925–1931)^[69]
Thomas Williams, U.S. Representative from IL-24 (1915–1929)^[69]
Edward Denison, U.S. Representative from IL-25 (1915–1931)^[69]

Governors

Current

Adam McMullen, Governor of Nebraska (1925–1929)^[70]

Former

Oliver Shoup, Governor of Colorado (1919–1923)^[71]
Arthur Hyde, Governor of Missouri (1921–1925)^[47]
L. B. Hanna, Governor of North Dakota (1913–1917)^[72]

Statewide officials

Omer Custer, Illinois State Treasurer (1925–1927)^[73]

State legislators

Alonzo Lindley, Ohio State Senator^[74]
Clarence Buck, Illinois State Senator^[22]
Peter B. Lennon, Michigan State Senator^[75]
Claude H. Mackenzie, Minnesota State Senator (1918–1926)^[75]
John Schumann, Wisconsin State Senator (1923–1931)^[76]

Local officials

Party officials

Willis Stern, Republican State chairman for Iowa^[77]

Individuals

Milton Foreman, Lieutenant General^[78]

Organizations

Nonpartisan League of North Dakota^[79]

Newspapers

George Norris

List of George Norris endorsements

U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. Senators

William Borah, U.S. Senator from Idaho (1907–1940)^[13]
Smith Brookhart, U.S. Senator from Iowa (1927–1933)^[80]
Henrik Shipstead, U.S. Senator from Minnesota (1923–1947) (Farmer-Labor)^[13]
Robert Howell, U.S. Senator from Nebraska (1923–1933)^[81]
Gerald Nye, U.S. Senator from North Dakota (1925–1945)^[82]
Lynn Frazier, U.S. Senator from North Dakota (1923–1941)^[80]
Robert La Follette Jr., U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1925–1947)^[83]
John Blaine, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1927–1933)^[83]

U.S. Representatives

Joseph Beck, U.S. Representative from WI-7 (1921–1929)^[84]

Governors

Statewide officials

Herman Ekern, Attorney General of Wisconsin (1923–1927)^[83]

State legislators

Local officials

Philip La Follette, District attorney from Wisconsin (1925–1927)^[85]

Party officials

Individuals

Christian Sorensen, lawyer^[86]
Margretta Dietrich, suffragette and activist^[87]

Organizations

Newspapers

Charles Curtis

List of Charles Curtis endorsements

U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. Senators

Arthur Capper, U.S. Senator from Kansas (1919–1949)^[88]

U.S. Representatives

Daniel Anthony Jr., U.S. Representative from KS-1 (1907–1929)^[89]
Ulysses Guyer, U.S. Representative from KS-2 (1927–1943)^[89]
William Sproul, U.S. Representative from KS-3 (1923–1931)^[89]
Homer Hoch, U.S. Representative from KS-4 (1919–1933)^[90]^[89]
James Strong, U.S. Representative from KS-5 (1919–1933)^[90]^[89]
Hays White, U.S. Representative from KS-6 (1919–1929)^[89]
Clifford Hope, U.S. Representative from KS-7 (1927–1943)^[89]

Governors

Benjamin S. Paulen, Governor of Kansas (1925–1929)^[91]

Statewide officials

William Johnston, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1903–1935)^[89]
William Hutchinson, Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1927–1939)^[89]
William Harvey, Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1923–1945)^[89]
Richard Hopkins, Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1923–1929)^[89]
John Marshall, Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1915–1931)^[89]
John Dawson, Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1915–1937)^[89]
Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster, Kansas State Superintendent of Public Instruction (1919–1923)^[92]

State legislators

Local officials

Party officials

Individuals

Joseph Steinberg, former New York State Assemblyman for District 15 (1919–1924)^[93]

Organizations

Newspapers

Frank Willis

List of Frank Willis endorsements

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Carmi Thompson, U.S. Treasurer (1912–1913)^[94]

U.S. Senators

Simeon Fess, U.S. Senator from Ohio (1923–1935)^[95]

U.S. Representatives

Roy Fitzgerald, U.S. Representative from OH-3 (1921–1931)^[96]
William Fitzgerald, U.S. Representative from OH-4 (1925–1929)^[96]
Charles Thompson, U.S. Representative from OH-5 (1919–1931)^[96]
Charles Kearns, U.S. Representative from OH-6 (1915–1931)^[96]
Charles Brand, U.S. Representative from OH-7 (1923–1933)^[96]
Thomas Jenkins, U.S. Representative from OH-10 (1925–1959)^[96]
John Speaks, U.S. Representative from OH-12 (1921–1931)^[96]
C. Ellis Moore, U.S. Representative from OH-15 (1919–1933)^[96]
B. Frank Murphy, U.S. Representative from OH-18 (1919–1933)^[96]
Charles Knight, U.S. Representative from OH-14 (1921–1923)^[97]

Governors

Statewide officials

State legislators

Lee Beaty, Ohio State Representative (1917–1920)^[59]

Local officials

Party officials

Wilma Sinclair Levan, Republican National Committeewoman (R-OH)^[97]

Individuals

Frank Seiberling, innovator and entrepreneur^[59]

Newspapers

Organizations

James Watson

List of James Watson endorsements

U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Harry Rowbottom, U.S. Representative from IN-1 (1925–1931)^[98]
Noble Johnson, U.S. Representative from IN-5 (1925–1931)^[98]
Richard Elliott, U.S. Representative from IN-6 (1917–1931)^[98]
Ralph Updike, U.S. Representative from IN-7 (1925–1929)^[98]
Albert Henry Vestal, U.S. Representative from IN-8 (1917–1932)^[98]
Fred Purnell, U.S. Representative from IN-9 (1917–1933)^[98]
William R. Wood, U.S. Representative from IN-10 (1915–193)^[98]
Albert Hall, U.S. Representative from IN-11 (1925–1931)^[98]
David Hogg, U.S. Representative from IN-12 (1925–1933)^[98]
Andrew Hickey, U.S. Representative from IN-13 (1919–1931)^[98]

Governors

Statewide officials

State legislators

Local officials

Party officials

Individuals

Newspapers

Organizations

References

^ ^a ^b "ASK HOOVER TO FILE IN INDIANA PRIMARY; Leading Hoosier Republicans Press Move Against Watson-- Secretary Delays Decision. KLAN ISSUE INVOLVED THERE Many Oppose Senator Because He Never Pronounced Against the Hooded Order". The New York Times.
^ "WILBUR WILL SUPPORT HOOVER FOR PRESIDENT; He Comes Out at Omaha as Third Cabinet Member to Favor Colleague". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "BACKERS OF LOWDEN AND DAWES UNEASY AS HOOVER LOOMS; They Fear Secretary Will Get Southern Delegates and Win a Commanding Lead. TALK OF COUNCIL OF WAR Washington Hears They Plan a Confab to Concentrate on One or the Other. REED SILENT ON HIS PLANS He Fails to Confirm Rumor That He Will Eliminate Himself as Presidential Timber. BACKERS OF LOWDEN AND DAWES UNEASY". The New York Times.
^ "HOOVER BOOM HERE ROUSES WASHINGTON; ROBINSON FOR HIM; Assistant Naval Secretary Joins With Ogden Mills in Drive for New York Delegation. MELLON SILENT ON CHOICE Senator Shortridge Predicts on Floor That Commerce Chief Will Be Nominated. MORRIS IN COUNTER-MOVE Calls Meeting of New York Chairmen to Block the Plan to PledgeDelegates to Hoover". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "NAME HOOVER DELEGATES.; California Delegates Include Young, Fitts and Flint in List". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "FRIENDS OF HOOVER START DRIVE HERE TO GET DELEGATES; Mills Heads Group of State Leaders Who Open Fight to Nominate Secretary. HOLD A "SECRET" PARLEY Lawman, Donovan, Mrs. Pratt and Ward Are Among Those at the Conference. WILL OPEN HEADQUARTERS Deny the Movement Is Opposed to the Organization—To Name a Propaganda Committee". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "HOOVER RESOLVES TO SEEK DELEGATES IN NINE PRIMARIES; Decision Follows Call Sent to Him by Ohio Supporters From Columbus Meeting. WILL BID THEM GO AHEAD Fight in Open to Be Made Also in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Other States. NOT TO QUIT THE CABINET His Campaign Expected to Gain Impetus From Results of Early State Contests. HOOVER CONTESTS IN NINE PRIMARIES Expect Big Hoover Vote. Organization of This Committee". The New York Times.
^ "OGDEN L. MILLS OUT OPENLY FOR HOOVER; Treasury Official Says He Considers New York Field Clear With Hughes Eliminated". The New York Times.
^ "26 STATE DELEGATES CONCEDED TO HOOVER; Republican Leaders Deny His Manager's Claim That 47 Are Pledged to Him. VICTORY IN OHIO PREDICTED Maschke of National Committee Expects Defeat of Willis in the Primaries. Predicts Defeat of Willis. Wickersham Extols Hoover". The New York Times.
^ "TO CAMPAIGN FOR HOOVER.; Roosevelt Announces He Will Speak in West Virginia". The New York Times.
^ "HOOVER FACES FIELD ORGANIZED IN OHIO WITH NEW ENTRANTS; Lowden, Watson of Indiana and Curtis Are Added as Second Choices to Willis. EXPECT CONVENTION TIE-UP Willis Also Looks to Getting Dawes and Lowden Strength in the Rural Districts. CAPITAL TOLD HOOVER GAINS New York, New Jersey and California Visitors Report—Burton Explains His Support. The Second Choices. Scheme of the Alliance. HOOVER FACES FIELD ORGANIZED IN OHIO Willis to Fight the League. SAYS IT IS HOOVER OR BOSSES. Burton Explains His Support-- Hoover Gains Elsewhere Told. Sees No "Indecency." When Burton Beat Bosses. Calder Tells of Gains Here". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "HOOVER MEN LIST FOUR NEW BACKERS; H.F. Guggenheim, M.I. Pupin, J.H. Hammond and C.A. Stone on Committee. ALL ARE VICE PRESIDENTS Engineers Pick B.E. Eldred to Lead Them in Campaign—Unity to Be Sought Up-State". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Smith, Hoover, Reed Senate '28's Favorites". The Capital Times. January 6, 1928. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "KENTUCKIANS FOR HOOVER.; Banqueters Endorse Him, but Opposition Appears in State Committee". The New York Times.
^ "Gould for Hoover and Moses". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "CONGRESS MEMBERS LEAD HOOVER FIGHT; Men in Both Houses Are Directing Organization for Himin Home Districts.HE WILL NOT TAKE STUMPStrategy Planned Is for State Groups to Meet Attacks Such as That by Willis. Costs Are Kept at Minimum. Has Many Backers in Congress. CONGRESS MEMBERS LEAD HOOVER FIGHT Organized Only in States. Hoover Workers in Capitol. See Manoeuvers Against Him. Watson to Stump in Indiana". The New York Times.
^ "MOSES TELLS WHY HE BACKS HOOVER; Senator Declares Secretary's Election Would Insure the Party's Control Till 1937". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c "SEE BREAK IN EAST TO HOOVER'S CAUSE; Friends Rejoice in Announcement of Senator Edge Favoring Secretary. HE APPEALS TO NEW JERSEY Hopes Republicans Will Back Hoover's Candidacy in the May Primary. SEE BREAK IN EAST ] TO Iq.6OVER'8 GAUSE!". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c "HOOVER MAN IS HONORED.; Lawrence Nominated for President of National Republican Club". The New York Times.
^ "HOOVER IS BACKED BY FRELINGHUYSEN; Former New Jersey Senator Calls Him the Logical Successor to Coolidge.PRAISES HIS WAR RECORD Endorsement Indicates Jersey Leaders Will Be Solidly Lined Up for Commerce Secretary". The New York Times.
^ "CALDER TO SUPPORT HOOVER CANDIDACY; Ex-Senator, Slated as Delegate to Convention, Praises the Secretary's Fitness. FIGHT IN PARTY SHUNNED Friends of Hoover Seek to Check Trend—Present State Strength Put at 15 to 30 Delegates". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "LOWDEN IS ENTERING PRESIDENT PRIMARY; Will File in Illinois Saturday as Farm Relief Candidate, His Manager Announces. BACKS EQUALIZATION FEE His Campaign Manager Declares He Will Have StrongSupport in the East.ENDORSEMENT FOR HOOVERCalifornia Republicans in HouseUnanimously Pledge Their Efforts in His Behalf". The New York Times.
^ "GOOD MADE MANAGER OF HOOVER CAMPAIGN.; He Will Direct the Work of All Committees Backing Secretary of Commerce". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b "OHIO REPUBLICANS DIVIDE OVER WILLIS; Advance of Hoover Candidacy Brings Revolt Against the Senator's Ambitions KENTUCKY FOR SECRETARY Congress Members Declare State Wants Him for President—One Predicts Solid Delegation. Hoover Slate Urged in Ohio. Chiefs Meet With Longworth. Kentuckians Strong for Hoover. Solid Delegation Predicted". The New York Times.
^ "NORRIS GROUP PLANS DRIVE IN 17 STATES; Senate Radicals to Fight in West for Republican Delegates for Senator. MAY TRY MASSACHUSETTS Representatives Begg and Johnson Say Hoover Is Popular in Ohio and Washington. NORRIS GROUP PLANS DRIVE IN 17 STATES". The New York Times.
^ "BURTON FOR HOOVER, WARS UPON WILLIS; He Puts Secretary Forward for Ohio Primary and Senator Accepts Challenge. FORESEES DRAG-OUT FIGHT He Issues Fiery Statement as State Republican Committee Endorses His Candidacy". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c "SLEMP FOR HOOVER; PROMISES VIRGINIA; Committeeman Turns to Secretary at a Secret Dinner ofCongressional Forces.DYER ALSO SWINGS TO HIMSt. Louis Representative and Delegate Reflects Sentiment There, Capital Politicians Say". The New York Times.
^ "ENDORSES HOOVER AS FARMERS' FRIEND; Ketcham of Michigan, Ex-State Grange Head, Says Secretary Aided Them During War. HELP IN CABINET LAUDED Hoover Is Pictured as Certain of an Overwhelming Victory in Michigan Primary. BACK IN CAPITAL TODAY Answer to Borah Questionnaire, Satisfactory to Dry Ohio Republicans, Is Believed Likely". The New York Times.
^ "Michigan Forces Enter Hoover In Primary Race". The Chicago Daily Tribune. March 1, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "HOOVER AIDE CLAIMS STATE DELEGATION; W.H. Hill Predicts the Election of Majority of Delegates Favorable to Secretary. SEES SOLID VOTE FINALLY Declares Movement is Not a Fight on the Organization—Party Leaders Deny Such Strength". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "3 BOOMS CENTRE ON STATE FARMERS; Backers of Hoover, Lowden and Curtis Prepare for Fight for Rural Delegates. HEADQUARTERS ARE ACTIVE Secretary's Friends Open Offices Here—Plan Drive to Dispel Adverse Sentiment Up-State". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b "MORRIS COUNTERS PRO-HOOVER MOVE; Calls Parley of State Leaders to Insure an Unpledged Delegation. BANSACTION ON CANDIDATES Control by Chairman and Hillis Menaced by the Plan to Aid Commerce Secretary". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "PENNSYLVANIANS JOIN HOOVER HOUSE GROUP; Appear for First Time at These Gatherings and Pledge Support of Secretary". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "19 Penna. Congressmen At Dinner Urge Support Hoover". The Morning Press. May 25, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "TAYLOR FAVORS HOOVER.; Tennessee National Committeeman Declares He Will Draw Votes". The New York Times.
^ "FULLER PREFERS HOOVER.; Best Man for President, Governor Says, but May Not Win". The New York Times.
^ "SEEKS HOOVER DELEGATION; New Hampshire Governor Wants His State Pledged". The New York Times.
^ "MAINE REPUBLICANS FOR FREE DELEGATION; Bangor Convention Appears Likely to Send Hoover Men to Kansas City—Meets Today". The New York Times.
^ "SAYS HOOVER FOES GAIN IN FARM BELT; Former Governor McKelvie of Nebraska Finds Farmers Are Turning to Smith. BELIEVE HE WILL AID RELIEF Backer of Secretary Asserts AntiHoover Feeling Dominates Activityin a Dozen States". The New York Times.
^ "Opens Hoover Drive in Minnesota". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b "SEE HOOVER FIGHT IN OHIO ESSENTIAL; Secretary's Backers Deem It Way to Revitalize Boom and Thwart Deadlock Advocates. 'BAND WAGON' SLOWING UP Hoover Votes Now Counted Upon Are 300, Which is a Long Way From a Majority". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c "HOOVER RESOLVES TO SEEK DELEGATES IN NINE PRIMARIES; Decision Follows Call Sent to Him by Ohio Supporters From Columbus Meeting. WILL BID THEM GO AHEAD Fight in Open to Be Made Also in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Other States. NOT TO QUIT THE CABINET His Campaign Expected to Gain Impetus From Results of Early State Contests. HOOVER CONTESTS IN NINE PRIMARIES Expect Big Hoover Vote. Organization of This Committee". The New York Times.
^ "Hoover Gets 2 Missouri Delegates". The New York Times.
^ "HOOVER STANDS HIGH IN MICHIGAN CANVASS; Sentiment of State Is Said to Favor Coolidge First and Secretary Next for President". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b "TimesMachine: Sunday January 15, 1928 - NYTimes.com". timesmachine.nytimes.com.
^ ^a ^b "HOOVER MEN CONFER ON REPLY TO OHIOANS; Secretary's Race in That State Will Start When Message Goes Out Next Week. ALABAMA SUPPORT WON Street, National Committeeman, Joins Secretary's Camp, Voicing Assurance of Delegation". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b "SEES LOWDEN GAINS SPREADING IN WEST; C.F. Buck, His Manager, Says He Will Have Nearly All Delegates in the Section. A STRONG SECOND CHOICE Declares Former Governor Will Get Votes After Favorite Sons Are Eliminated". The New York Times.
^ "CALIFORNIANS FOR HOOVER.; Republican Factions Unite in Appeal to Support Secretary". The New York Times.
^ "ASKS HOOVER TO TELL FLOOD CONTROL VIEW; Senate Committee, Led by Willis and Hawes, Political Opponents, Votes Inquiry by 7–6.AIM AT SOUTH'S VOTES SEENOhio National CommitteemanMaschke Throws Support toSecretary Against Willis. SENATOR DENOUNCES MOVEHoover's Washington Camp Elated, Counting 12 of State's Delegatesas Already in Hand". The New York Times.
^ "FORD BACKS HOOVER FOR THE PRESIDENCY; Says Secretary Is 'the Man for the Place'--Sees Good Business Year". The New York Times.
^ "Taft's Sons Favor Hoover". The New York Times.
^ "HOOVER COMES OUT FOR THE PRESIDENCY ON A PLATFORM OF COOLIDGE POLICIES, ENTERS OHIO PRIMARY; BARS ANY BIG FUND; WRITES TO OHIO BACKERS 'Shall Be Glad to Serve the American People,' Secretary Says. INSISTS ON A FAIR FIGHT Believes He Should Not Strive for Nomination and Will Make No Personal Campaign. HE'S WELCOME, SAYS WILLIS Senator Ready for Knockdown Battle—Hoover Soon to Enter Other State Contests". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c "MORRIS AND HILLES TO ACI ON HOOVER; State Leaders to Talk Today With Butler, Mellon, and May See Coolidge. SWITCH IN STAND PREDICTED Secretary's Backers Think New York Chiefs Will Be Brought Into Line Soon". The New York Times.
^ "Utah Engineers Form Hoover Club". The New York Times.
^ "MRS. HOOVER TO JOIN DRIVE FOR HUSBAND; Will Head Women's Section in Engineers' Campaign to Develop Sentiment. SHE IS ALSO AN ENGINEER Secretary's Supporters Here to Form Business Men's Group-- Gains Up-State Are Reported". The New York Times.
^ "HOOVER FACES FIELD ORGANIZED IN OHIO WITH NEW ENTRANTS; Lowden, Watson of Indiana and Curtis Are Added as Second Choices to Willis. EXPECT CONVENTION TIE-UP Willis Also Looks to Getting Dawes and Lowden Strength in the Rural Districts. CAPITAL TOLD HOOVER GAINS New York, New Jersey and California Visitors Report—Burton Explains His Support. The Second Choices. Scheme of the Alliance. HOOVER FACES FIELD ORGANIZED IN OHIO Willis to Fight the League. SAYS IT IS HOOVER OR BOSSES. Burton Explains His Support-- Hoover Gains Elsewhere Told. Sees No "Indecency." When Burton Beat Bosses. Calder Tells of Gains Here". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b "ENGINEERS ORGANIZE TOMORROW FOR HOOVER; Nation-Wide Chain of Dinners Planned at Which Guests Will Listen to His Speech Here". The New York Times.
^ "GAUGE HOOVER BACKING HERE; Leaders Expect to Win Goodly Bloc of State Votes in Convention". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c "HOOVER AND WILLIS FILE OHIO SLATES; Regulars Chose Senator's Delegates Except in Clevelandand Cincinnati.POMERENE LIST ALSO INDonahey Approves Them, Though40 of 48 Are Really Committedto Governor Smith". The New York Times.
^ "FOES OF DR. BUTLER TURNING TO HOOVER; Fight Against His Election as Delegate Becomes Move to Pick Secretary's Backers. CONTEST IN 19TH DISTRICT Official of Women Voters' League Denies Body Opposes Columbia Head or Endorses His Rivals". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "SAYS HOOVER LEADS 'WHO'S WHO' POLL; Committee Asked the Choice of 5,500 New Yorkers in Book-- 1,256 Replied. 1,010 FOR THE SECRETARY 149 for President Coolidge, 21 for Hughes, 17 for Dawes and 16 for Dr. Butler". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "WRITERS TO BACK HOOVER.; Margaret Widdemer Heads Committee to Advance His Candidacy". The New York Times.
^ "EDISON FAVORS HOOVER.; Picks Him for "Efficiency, Knowledge, Judgment and Record."". The New York Times.
^ "A YEAR FOR INDEPENDENT CHOICE". The New York Times.
^ "COMES OUT FOR HOOVER.; Philadelphia Inquirer Will Back Him for Nomination". The New York Times.
^ "Dawes Comes Out For Lowden For President". The Chicago Daily Tribune. December 2, 1927. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "NORBECK DECLARES HE IS FOR LOWDEN; INSURGENTS UPSET; South Dakota Senator Asserts Ex-Governor Is Man Most Acceptable to Farmers. HE WARNS AGAINST DISCORD Calls on West to 'Hold Together' on a Candidate With a Chance to Win. NORRIS FLAREBACK HINTED Borah Group Privately Discuss Invading South Dakota to Wrest Delegation for Nebraskan. NORBECK DECLARES HE IS FOR LOWDEN". The New York Times.
^ "PROGRESSIVE RIFT AT CAPITAL WIDENS; Nye Raps Lowden for 1920 Expenditures – House Leader Is Strong for Ex-Gov. Lowden. TEXANS TO URGE COOLIDGE Creager Threatens Move in National Committee to Ask President's Stand". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "LOWDEN IS ENDORSED BY 9 REPRESENTATIVES; Group From Illinois Outside of Chicago Will Seek Support for His Nomination". The New York Times.
^ "M'MULLEN FOR LOWDEN, HE REPLIES TO BORAH". The New York Times.
^ "Colorado Farm Leaders On Way To See Lowden". The Chicago Daily Tribune. October 24, 1927. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "Lowden Boosters Ready for His Fight in N. Dakota Primaries". The Chicago Daily Tribune. January 12, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "New Caravan to Visit Lowden's Farm on Oct. 12". The Chicago Tribune. October 7, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "LOWDEN WILL ENTER INDIANA PRIMARY; Supporters to Wage Active Campaign for State's Presidential Preference Vote". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b "LOWDEN OUT IN MICHIGAN.; Will Not Compete With Hoover In Primary There". The New York Times.
^ "Lowden's Name To Go On Ballot In Wisconsin". The Chicago Daily Tribune. January 26, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "SEEK IOWA FOR LOWDEN.; His Backers Hope to Get Solid Delegation by Early Convention". The New York Times.
^ "FOREMAN EXTOLS LOWDEN.; Ex-Commander of Legion Recommends Him to Republican Delegates". The New York Times.
^ "North Dakota Nonpartisan League Indorses Lowden". The Chicago Daily Tribune. February 10, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Senatorial Colleagues Endorse Candidacy of George W. Norris". The Sheboygan Press. April 2, 1928. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
^ "Senator Howell Endorses Norris". Evening State Journal. March 8, 1928. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
^ "NYE THINKS CURTIS THE LIKELY WINNER; North Dakota Senator Says the Floor Leader Would Be Acceptable to Most Progressives. NORRIS THEIR FIRST CHOICE Republicans Talk of Hughes as the Keynote Orator at Kansas City Convention". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c "LAFOLLETTE PLATFORM CALLS FOR LIGHT BEER; Candidates for Republican Convention Also Denounce OurAction in Nicaragua". The New York Times.
^ "Beck Endorses Norris". The Nebraska State Journal. February 23, 1928. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
^ "Norris Campaign For Presidency Opened In State". The Wisconsin State Journal. January 7, 1928. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
^ "NORRIS FACES FIGHT FOR NEBRASKA VOTE; Bigness of Names on Opposition Slate Gives Senator's Backers Cause for Worry. THEY HAVE ONE STRONG MAN Robert Smith of Omaha, Regarded as Most Astute, Guides the Supporting Forces. See No Hope for Senator. Little Support Elsewhere". The New York Times.
^ "Norris Republican Slate of Candidates for Delegates to Republican Convention". The Banner Press. April 5, 1928. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
^ "Kansas United on Curtis". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "20 Vice Chiefs For Curtis For President Club". The Parsons Daily Sun. October 6, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "SAYS CURTIS HOLDS BEST PLACE IN RACE; Representative Strong Declares He Is Strongest Candidate of the Republicans". The New York Times.
^ "Launch Curtis Boom Here Jan. 30". The New York Times.
^ "HERE TO AID CURTIS.; Miss Wooster of Kansas Will Organize Women's Club". The New York Times.
^ "CURTIS'S BACKERS FORM A CLUB HERE; Headquarters for Kansan's Campaign is Opened in West 52d Street. SPONSORED BY STEINBERG Move Seen as Challenge to Mills in Fight for Delegates in His District". The New York Times.
^ "WILLIS APPOINTS THOMPSON MANAGER; Colonel Will Try to Unite Ohio Republicans Behind Senator for Presidency. TO SEEK OTHER DELEGATES Willis, He Asserts, Has Better Chances for Nomination Than Hayes, Garfield or Harding Had. Submerges His Own Aspirations. Chances of United Ohio Support". The New York Times.
^ "FESS WILL SUGGEST WILLIS.; Ohio Senator, Convinced Coolidge Will Not Run, Backs His Colleague". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "HOOVERITES TO TEST SENTIMENT IN OHIO; They Plan to Await Reaction of Electorate There Before Entering Their Candidate.MORE SUPPORT FOR WILLISPoll Shows a Majority of OhioHouse Republicans Adhereto Senator's Cause. Hoover Refuses to Comment. Where Ohio Members Stand. How Other Members Feel. Willis Thanks Ohio Supporters". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b "OHIO REPUBLICANS BUSY.; Hoover and Willis Managers Working on Slates of Candidates". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "WATSON WILL ENTER PRESIDENTIAL RACE; Indiana Senator Names Campaign Manager and Will Announce His Candidacy". The New York Times.

[auto8-1] "ASK HOOVER TO FILE IN INDIANA PRIMARY; Leading Hoosier Republicans Press Move Against Watson-- Secretary Delays Decision. KLAN ISSUE INVOLVED THERE Many Oppose Senator Because He Never Pronounced Against the Hooded Order". The New York Times.

[2] "WILBUR WILL SUPPORT HOOVER FOR PRESIDENT; He Comes Out at Omaha as Third Cabinet Member to Favor Colleague". The New York Times.

[timesmachine.nytimes.com-3] "BACKERS OF LOWDEN AND DAWES UNEASY AS HOOVER LOOMS; They Fear Secretary Will Get Southern Delegates and Win a Commanding Lead. TALK OF COUNCIL OF WAR Washington Hears They Plan a Confab to Concentrate on One or the Other. REED SILENT ON HIS PLANS He Fails to Confirm Rumor That He Will Eliminate Himself as Presidential Timber. BACKERS OF LOWDEN AND DAWES UNEASY". The New York Times.

[4] "HOOVER BOOM HERE ROUSES WASHINGTON; ROBINSON FOR HIM; Assistant Naval Secretary Joins With Ogden Mills in Drive for New York Delegation. MELLON SILENT ON CHOICE Senator Shortridge Predicts on Floor That Commerce Chief Will Be Nominated. MORRIS IN COUNTER-MOVE Calls Meeting of New York Chairmen to Block the Plan to PledgeDelegates to Hoover". The New York Times.

[auto4-5] "NAME HOOVER DELEGATES.; California Delegates Include Young, Fitts and Flint in List". The New York Times.

[ReferenceA-6] "FRIENDS OF HOOVER START DRIVE HERE TO GET DELEGATES; Mills Heads Group of State Leaders Who Open Fight to Nominate Secretary. HOLD A "SECRET" PARLEY Lawman, Donovan, Mrs. Pratt and Ward Are Among Those at the Conference. WILL OPEN HEADQUARTERS Deny the Movement Is Opposed to the Organization—To Name a Propaganda Committee". The New York Times.

[auto6-7] "HOOVER RESOLVES TO SEEK DELEGATES IN NINE PRIMARIES; Decision Follows Call Sent to Him by Ohio Supporters From Columbus Meeting. WILL BID THEM GO AHEAD Fight in Open to Be Made Also in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Other States. NOT TO QUIT THE CABINET His Campaign Expected to Gain Impetus From Results of Early State Contests. HOOVER CONTESTS IN NINE PRIMARIES Expect Big Hoover Vote. Organization of This Committee". The New York Times.

[8] "OGDEN L. MILLS OUT OPENLY FOR HOOVER; Treasury Official Says He Considers New York Field Clear With Hughes Eliminated". The New York Times.

[9] "26 STATE DELEGATES CONCEDED TO HOOVER; Republican Leaders Deny His Manager's Claim That 47 Are Pledged to Him. VICTORY IN OHIO PREDICTED Maschke of National Committee Expects Defeat of Willis in the Primaries. Predicts Defeat of Willis. Wickersham Extols Hoover". The New York Times.

[10] "TO CAMPAIGN FOR HOOVER.; Roosevelt Announces He Will Speak in West Virginia". The New York Times.

[11] "HOOVER FACES FIELD ORGANIZED IN OHIO WITH NEW ENTRANTS; Lowden, Watson of Indiana and Curtis Are Added as Second Choices to Willis. EXPECT CONVENTION TIE-UP Willis Also Looks to Getting Dawes and Lowden Strength in the Rural Districts. CAPITAL TOLD HOOVER GAINS New York, New Jersey and California Visitors Report—Burton Explains His Support. The Second Choices. Scheme of the Alliance. HOOVER FACES FIELD ORGANIZED IN OHIO Willis to Fight the League. SAYS IT IS HOOVER OR BOSSES. Burton Explains His Support-- Hoover Gains Elsewhere Told. Sees No "Indecency." When Burton Beat Bosses. Calder Tells of Gains Here". The New York Times.

[auto20-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "HOOVER MEN LIST FOUR NEW BACKERS; H.F. Guggenheim, M.I. Pupin, J.H. Hammond and C.A. Stone on Committee. ALL ARE VICE PRESIDENTS Engineers Pick B.E. Eldred to Lead Them in Campaign—Unity to Be Sought Up-State". The New York Times.

[The_Capital_Times-13] "Smith, Hoover, Reed Senate '28's Favorites". The Capital Times. January 6, 1928. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

[auto-14] "KENTUCKIANS FOR HOOVER.; Banqueters Endorse Him, but Opposition Appears in State Committee". The New York Times.

[15] "Gould for Hoover and Moses". The New York Times.

[auto9-16] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "CONGRESS MEMBERS LEAD HOOVER FIGHT; Men in Both Houses Are Directing Organization for Himin Home Districts.HE WILL NOT TAKE STUMPStrategy Planned Is for State Groups to Meet Attacks Such as That by Willis. Costs Are Kept at Minimum. Has Many Backers in Congress. CONGRESS MEMBERS LEAD HOOVER FIGHT Organized Only in States. Hoover Workers in Capitol. See Manoeuvers Against Him. Watson to Stump in Indiana". The New York Times.

[17] "MOSES TELLS WHY HE BACKS HOOVER; Senator Declares Secretary's Election Would Insure the Party's Control Till 1937". The New York Times.

[ReferenceB-18] "SEE BREAK IN EAST TO HOOVER'S CAUSE; Friends Rejoice in Announcement of Senator Edge Favoring Secretary. HE APPEALS TO NEW JERSEY Hopes Republicans Will Back Hoover's Candidacy in the May Primary. SEE BREAK IN EAST ] TO Iq.6OVER'8 GAUSE!". The New York Times.

[auto25-19] "HOOVER MAN IS HONORED.; Lawrence Nominated for President of National Republican Club". The New York Times.

[20] "HOOVER IS BACKED BY FRELINGHUYSEN; Former New Jersey Senator Calls Him the Logical Successor to Coolidge.PRAISES HIS WAR RECORD Endorsement Indicates Jersey Leaders Will Be Solidly Lined Up for Commerce Secretary". The New York Times.

[21] "CALDER TO SUPPORT HOOVER CANDIDACY; Ex-Senator, Slated as Delegate to Convention, Praises the Secretary's Fitness. FIGHT IN PARTY SHUNNED Friends of Hoover Seek to Check Trend—Present State Strength Put at 15 to 30 Delegates". The New York Times.

[ReferenceE-22] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "LOWDEN IS ENTERING PRESIDENT PRIMARY; Will File in Illinois Saturday as Farm Relief Candidate, His Manager Announces. BACKS EQUALIZATION FEE His Campaign Manager Declares He Will Have StrongSupport in the East.ENDORSEMENT FOR HOOVERCalifornia Republicans in HouseUnanimously Pledge Their Efforts in His Behalf". The New York Times.

[23] "GOOD MADE MANAGER OF HOOVER CAMPAIGN.; He Will Direct the Work of All Committees Backing Secretary of Commerce". The New York Times.

[ReferenceC-24] "OHIO REPUBLICANS DIVIDE OVER WILLIS; Advance of Hoover Candidacy Brings Revolt Against the Senator's Ambitions KENTUCKY FOR SECRETARY Congress Members Declare State Wants Him for President—One Predicts Solid Delegation. Hoover Slate Urged in Ohio. Chiefs Meet With Longworth. Kentuckians Strong for Hoover. Solid Delegation Predicted". The New York Times.

[25] "NORRIS GROUP PLANS DRIVE IN 17 STATES; Senate Radicals to Fight in West for Republican Delegates for Senator. MAY TRY MASSACHUSETTS Representatives Begg and Johnson Say Hoover Is Popular in Ohio and Washington. NORRIS GROUP PLANS DRIVE IN 17 STATES". The New York Times.

[26] "BURTON FOR HOOVER, WARS UPON WILLIS; He Puts Secretary Forward for Ohio Primary and Senator Accepts Challenge. FORESEES DRAG-OUT FIGHT He Issues Fiery Statement as State Republican Committee Endorses His Candidacy". The New York Times.

[auto23-27] "SLEMP FOR HOOVER; PROMISES VIRGINIA; Committeeman Turns to Secretary at a Secret Dinner ofCongressional Forces.DYER ALSO SWINGS TO HIMSt. Louis Representative and Delegate Reflects Sentiment There, Capital Politicians Say". The New York Times.

[28] "ENDORSES HOOVER AS FARMERS' FRIEND; Ketcham of Michigan, Ex-State Grange Head, Says Secretary Aided Them During War. HELP IN CABINET LAUDED Hoover Is Pictured as Certain of an Overwhelming Victory in Michigan Primary. BACK IN CAPITAL TODAY Answer to Borah Questionnaire, Satisfactory to Dry Ohio Republicans, Is Believed Likely". The New York Times.

[29] "Michigan Forces Enter Hoover In Primary Race". The Chicago Daily Tribune. March 1, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[30] "HOOVER AIDE CLAIMS STATE DELEGATION; W.H. Hill Predicts the Election of Majority of Delegates Favorable to Secretary. SEES SOLID VOTE FINALLY Declares Movement is Not a Fight on the Organization—Party Leaders Deny Such Strength". The New York Times.

[auto15-31] "3 BOOMS CENTRE ON STATE FARMERS; Backers of Hoover, Lowden and Curtis Prepare for Fight for Rural Delegates. HEADQUARTERS ARE ACTIVE Secretary's Friends Open Offices Here—Plan Drive to Dispel Adverse Sentiment Up-State". The New York Times.

[ReferenceD-32] "MORRIS COUNTERS PRO-HOOVER MOVE; Calls Parley of State Leaders to Insure an Unpledged Delegation. BANSACTION ON CANDIDATES Control by Chairman and Hillis Menaced by the Plan to Aid Commerce Secretary". The New York Times.

[auto7-33] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "PENNSYLVANIANS JOIN HOOVER HOUSE GROUP; Appear for First Time at These Gatherings and Pledge Support of Secretary". The New York Times.

[The_Morning_Press-34] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "19 Penna. Congressmen At Dinner Urge Support Hoover". The Morning Press. May 25, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[35] "TAYLOR FAVORS HOOVER.; Tennessee National Committeeman Declares He Will Draw Votes". The New York Times.

[36] "FULLER PREFERS HOOVER.; Best Man for President, Governor Says, but May Not Win". The New York Times.

[37] "SEEKS HOOVER DELEGATION; New Hampshire Governor Wants His State Pledged". The New York Times.

[38] "MAINE REPUBLICANS FOR FREE DELEGATION; Bangor Convention Appears Likely to Send Hoover Men to Kansas City—Meets Today". The New York Times.

[39] "SAYS HOOVER FOES GAIN IN FARM BELT; Former Governor McKelvie of Nebraska Finds Farmers Are Turning to Smith. BELIEVE HE WILL AID RELIEF Backer of Secretary Asserts AntiHoover Feeling Dominates Activityin a Dozen States". The New York Times.

[40] "Opens Hoover Drive in Minnesota". The New York Times.

[auto2-41] "SEE HOOVER FIGHT IN OHIO ESSENTIAL; Secretary's Backers Deem It Way to Revitalize Boom and Thwart Deadlock Advocates. 'BAND WAGON' SLOWING UP Hoover Votes Now Counted Upon Are 300, Which is a Long Way From a Majority". The New York Times.

[auto18-42] "HOOVER RESOLVES TO SEEK DELEGATES IN NINE PRIMARIES; Decision Follows Call Sent to Him by Ohio Supporters From Columbus Meeting. WILL BID THEM GO AHEAD Fight in Open to Be Made Also in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Other States. NOT TO QUIT THE CABINET His Campaign Expected to Gain Impetus From Results of Early State Contests. HOOVER CONTESTS IN NINE PRIMARIES Expect Big Hoover Vote. Organization of This Committee". The New York Times.

[43] "Hoover Gets 2 Missouri Delegates". The New York Times.

[44] "HOOVER STANDS HIGH IN MICHIGAN CANVASS; Sentiment of State Is Said to Favor Coolidge First and Secretary Next for President". The New York Times.

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[auto19-46] "HOOVER MEN CONFER ON REPLY TO OHIOANS; Secretary's Race in That State Will Start When Message Goes Out Next Week. ALABAMA SUPPORT WON Street, National Committeeman, Joins Secretary's Camp, Voicing Assurance of Delegation". The New York Times.

[auto3-47] "SEES LOWDEN GAINS SPREADING IN WEST; C.F. Buck, His Manager, Says He Will Have Nearly All Delegates in the Section. A STRONG SECOND CHOICE Declares Former Governor Will Get Votes After Favorite Sons Are Eliminated". The New York Times.

[48] "CALIFORNIANS FOR HOOVER.; Republican Factions Unite in Appeal to Support Secretary". The New York Times.

[49] "ASKS HOOVER TO TELL FLOOD CONTROL VIEW; Senate Committee, Led by Willis and Hawes, Political Opponents, Votes Inquiry by 7–6.AIM AT SOUTH'S VOTES SEENOhio National CommitteemanMaschke Throws Support toSecretary Against Willis. SENATOR DENOUNCES MOVEHoover's Washington Camp Elated, Counting 12 of State's Delegatesas Already in Hand". The New York Times.

[50] "FORD BACKS HOOVER FOR THE PRESIDENCY; Says Secretary Is 'the Man for the Place'--Sees Good Business Year". The New York Times.

[51] "Taft's Sons Favor Hoover". The New York Times.

[52] "HOOVER COMES OUT FOR THE PRESIDENCY ON A PLATFORM OF COOLIDGE POLICIES, ENTERS OHIO PRIMARY; BARS ANY BIG FUND; WRITES TO OHIO BACKERS 'Shall Be Glad to Serve the American People,' Secretary Says. INSISTS ON A FAIR FIGHT Believes He Should Not Strive for Nomination and Will Make No Personal Campaign. HE'S WELCOME, SAYS WILLIS Senator Ready for Knockdown Battle—Hoover Soon to Enter Other State Contests". The New York Times.

[auto13-53] "MORRIS AND HILLES TO ACI ON HOOVER; State Leaders to Talk Today With Butler, Mellon, and May See Coolidge. SWITCH IN STAND PREDICTED Secretary's Backers Think New York Chiefs Will Be Brought Into Line Soon". The New York Times.

[54] "Utah Engineers Form Hoover Club". The New York Times.

[55] "MRS. HOOVER TO JOIN DRIVE FOR HUSBAND; Will Head Women's Section in Engineers' Campaign to Develop Sentiment. SHE IS ALSO AN ENGINEER Secretary's Supporters Here to Form Business Men's Group-- Gains Up-State Are Reported". The New York Times.

[auto14-56] "HOOVER FACES FIELD ORGANIZED IN OHIO WITH NEW ENTRANTS; Lowden, Watson of Indiana and Curtis Are Added as Second Choices to Willis. EXPECT CONVENTION TIE-UP Willis Also Looks to Getting Dawes and Lowden Strength in the Rural Districts. CAPITAL TOLD HOOVER GAINS New York, New Jersey and California Visitors Report—Burton Explains His Support. The Second Choices. Scheme of the Alliance. HOOVER FACES FIELD ORGANIZED IN OHIO Willis to Fight the League. SAYS IT IS HOOVER OR BOSSES. Burton Explains His Support-- Hoover Gains Elsewhere Told. Sees No "Indecency." When Burton Beat Bosses. Calder Tells of Gains Here". The New York Times.

[auto12-57] "ENGINEERS ORGANIZE TOMORROW FOR HOOVER; Nation-Wide Chain of Dinners Planned at Which Guests Will Listen to His Speech Here". The New York Times.

[58] "GAUGE HOOVER BACKING HERE; Leaders Expect to Win Goodly Bloc of State Votes in Convention". The New York Times.

[auto5-59] "HOOVER AND WILLIS FILE OHIO SLATES; Regulars Chose Senator's Delegates Except in Clevelandand Cincinnati.POMERENE LIST ALSO INDonahey Approves Them, Though40 of 48 Are Really Committedto Governor Smith". The New York Times.

[60] "FOES OF DR. BUTLER TURNING TO HOOVER; Fight Against His Election as Delegate Becomes Move to Pick Secretary's Backers. CONTEST IN 19TH DISTRICT Official of Women Voters' League Denies Body Opposes Columbia Head or Endorses His Rivals". The New York Times.

[auto21-61] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "SAYS HOOVER LEADS 'WHO'S WHO' POLL; Committee Asked the Choice of 5,500 New Yorkers in Book-- 1,256 Replied. 1,010 FOR THE SECRETARY 149 for President Coolidge, 21 for Hughes, 17 for Dawes and 16 for Dr. Butler". The New York Times.

[auto16-62] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "WRITERS TO BACK HOOVER.; Margaret Widdemer Heads Committee to Advance His Candidacy". The New York Times.

[63] "EDISON FAVORS HOOVER.; Picks Him for "Efficiency, Knowledge, Judgment and Record."". The New York Times.

[64] "A YEAR FOR INDEPENDENT CHOICE". The New York Times.

[65] "COMES OUT FOR HOOVER.; Philadelphia Inquirer Will Back Him for Nomination". The New York Times.

[66] "Dawes Comes Out For Lowden For President". The Chicago Daily Tribune. December 2, 1927. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[67] "NORBECK DECLARES HE IS FOR LOWDEN; INSURGENTS UPSET; South Dakota Senator Asserts Ex-Governor Is Man Most Acceptable to Farmers. HE WARNS AGAINST DISCORD Calls on West to 'Hold Together' on a Candidate With a Chance to Win. NORRIS FLAREBACK HINTED Borah Group Privately Discuss Invading South Dakota to Wrest Delegation for Nebraskan. NORBECK DECLARES HE IS FOR LOWDEN". The New York Times.

[68] "PROGRESSIVE RIFT AT CAPITAL WIDENS; Nye Raps Lowden for 1920 Expenditures – House Leader Is Strong for Ex-Gov. Lowden. TEXANS TO URGE COOLIDGE Creager Threatens Move in National Committee to Ask President's Stand". The New York Times.

[auto26-69] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "LOWDEN IS ENDORSED BY 9 REPRESENTATIVES; Group From Illinois Outside of Chicago Will Seek Support for His Nomination". The New York Times.

[70] "M'MULLEN FOR LOWDEN, HE REPLIES TO BORAH". The New York Times.

[71] "Colorado Farm Leaders On Way To See Lowden". The Chicago Daily Tribune. October 24, 1927. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[72] "Lowden Boosters Ready for His Fight in N. Dakota Primaries". The Chicago Daily Tribune. January 12, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[73] "New Caravan to Visit Lowden's Farm on Oct. 12". The Chicago Tribune. October 7, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[74] "LOWDEN WILL ENTER INDIANA PRIMARY; Supporters to Wage Active Campaign for State's Presidential Preference Vote". The New York Times.

[auto10-75] "LOWDEN OUT IN MICHIGAN.; Will Not Compete With Hoover In Primary There". The New York Times.

[76] "Lowden's Name To Go On Ballot In Wisconsin". The Chicago Daily Tribune. January 26, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[77] "SEEK IOWA FOR LOWDEN.; His Backers Hope to Get Solid Delegation by Early Convention". The New York Times.

[78] "FOREMAN EXTOLS LOWDEN.; Ex-Commander of Legion Recommends Him to Republican Delegates". The New York Times.

[79] "North Dakota Nonpartisan League Indorses Lowden". The Chicago Daily Tribune. February 10, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[The_Sheboygan_Press-80] "Senatorial Colleagues Endorse Candidacy of George W. Norris". The Sheboygan Press. April 2, 1928. Retrieved November 10, 2022.

[81] "Senator Howell Endorses Norris". Evening State Journal. March 8, 1928. Retrieved November 10, 2022.

[82] "NYE THINKS CURTIS THE LIKELY WINNER; North Dakota Senator Says the Floor Leader Would Be Acceptable to Most Progressives. NORRIS THEIR FIRST CHOICE Republicans Talk of Hughes as the Keynote Orator at Kansas City Convention". The New York Times.

[ReferenceG-83] "LAFOLLETTE PLATFORM CALLS FOR LIGHT BEER; Candidates for Republican Convention Also Denounce OurAction in Nicaragua". The New York Times.

[84] "Beck Endorses Norris". The Nebraska State Journal. February 23, 1928. Retrieved November 10, 2022.

[85] "Norris Campaign For Presidency Opened In State". The Wisconsin State Journal. January 7, 1928. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

[86] "NORRIS FACES FIGHT FOR NEBRASKA VOTE; Bigness of Names on Opposition Slate Gives Senator's Backers Cause for Worry. THEY HAVE ONE STRONG MAN Robert Smith of Omaha, Regarded as Most Astute, Guides the Supporting Forces. See No Hope for Senator. Little Support Elsewhere". The New York Times.

[87] "Norris Republican Slate of Candidates for Delegates to Republican Convention". The Banner Press. April 5, 1928. Retrieved November 10, 2022.

[88] "Kansas United on Curtis". The New York Times.

[auto22-89] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "20 Vice Chiefs For Curtis For President Club". The Parsons Daily Sun. October 6, 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[auto1-90] "SAYS CURTIS HOLDS BEST PLACE IN RACE; Representative Strong Declares He Is Strongest Candidate of the Republicans". The New York Times.

[91] "Launch Curtis Boom Here Jan. 30". The New York Times.

[92] "HERE TO AID CURTIS.; Miss Wooster of Kansas Will Organize Women's Club". The New York Times.

[93] "CURTIS'S BACKERS FORM A CLUB HERE; Headquarters for Kansan's Campaign is Opened in West 52d Street. SPONSORED BY STEINBERG Move Seen as Challenge to Mills in Fight for Delegates in His District". The New York Times.

[94] "WILLIS APPOINTS THOMPSON MANAGER; Colonel Will Try to Unite Ohio Republicans Behind Senator for Presidency. TO SEEK OTHER DELEGATES Willis, He Asserts, Has Better Chances for Nomination Than Hayes, Garfield or Harding Had. Submerges His Own Aspirations. Chances of United Ohio Support". The New York Times.

[95] "FESS WILL SUGGEST WILLIS.; Ohio Senator, Convinced Coolidge Will Not Run, Backs His Colleague". The New York Times.

[auto17-96] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "HOOVERITES TO TEST SENTIMENT IN OHIO; They Plan to Await Reaction of Electorate There Before Entering Their Candidate.MORE SUPPORT FOR WILLISPoll Shows a Majority of OhioHouse Republicans Adhereto Senator's Cause. Hoover Refuses to Comment. Where Ohio Members Stand. How Other Members Feel. Willis Thanks Ohio Supporters". The New York Times.

[auto24-97] "OHIO REPUBLICANS BUSY.; Hoover and Willis Managers Working on Slates of Candidates". The New York Times.

[auto11-98] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "WATSON WILL ENTER PRESIDENTIAL RACE; Indiana Senator Names Campaign Manager and Will Announce His Candidacy". The New York Times.

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