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.

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[citation needed], and his Catholicism.

The election was held in very hot summer weather in a venue without air conditioning.

Other candidates for the nomination possibly included: Vice Presidential Balloting / 3rd Day of Convention (June 28, 1928)