[1] As the year 1932 began, the Republican Party believed that Herbert Hoover's protectionism and aggressive fiscal policies would solve the then-ongoing Great Depression.

President Hoover controlled the party and had little trouble securing a re-nomination.

(1929–1933) U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928) California Secured nomination: June 14, 1932 France Maryland (1917-1923) Maryland June 14, 1932 (47.5%) Coxey (1931) Ohio (4.2%) Johnson from South Dakota (1915–1933) South Dakota (2.7%) Norris (1913–1943) U.S. Representative from NE-05 (1903-1913) Nebraska (5.8%) Little-known former United States Senator Joseph I. France ran against Hoover in the primaries, but Hoover was often unopposed.

Hoover's managers at the Republican National Convention, which met in Chicago between June 14 and 16, ran a tight ship, not allowing expressions of concern for the direction of the nation.

The tally was spectacularly lopsided: Both rural Republicans and hard-money Republicans (the latter hoping to nominate former President Calvin Coolidge) balked at the floor managers and voted against the renomination of Vice President Charles Curtis, who won with just 55% of the delegate votes.