Herbert Hoover Alf Landon From March 10 to May 19, 1936, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1936 United States presidential election.

Day of Ohio won their respective primaries, the 70-year-old Borah, a well-known progressive and "insurgent," carried the Wisconsin, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Oregon primaries, while also performing quite strongly in Knox's Illinois and Green's South Dakota.

However, the party machinery almost uniformly backed Landon, a wealthy businessman and centrist, who won primaries in Massachusetts and New Jersey and dominated in the caucuses and at state party conventions.

Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party(1928–1930) Kansas Secured nomination: June 9, 1936 These candidates participated in multiple state primaries or were included in multiple major national polls and withdrew their candidacy at the Republican National Convention.

Comptroller of the Currency (1926-1928) Illionis (17.8%) of South Dakota (1931-1933) South Dakota of Alameda County (1925 -1939) California The following persons were listed in two or more major national polls or were the subject of media speculation surrounding their potential candidacy, but declined to actively seek the nomination.