NEWARK — In this photo from 1928, Republican presidential candidate Herbert Hoover shakes hands with unidentified local dignitaries from the observation platform of a passenger train in Newark. Hoover and vice presidential candidate Charles Curtis went on to defeat democrats Al Smith and Joseph Robinson in the November election with 58.2 percent of the popular vote to Smith's 40.8 percent....
NEWARK -- In this photo from 1928, Republican presidential candidate Herbert Hoover shakes hands with unidentified local dignitaries from the observation platform of a passenger train in Newark.
Hoover and vice presidential candidate Charles Curtis went on to defeat democrats Al Smith and Joseph Robinson in the November election with 58.2 percent of the popular vote to Smith's 40.8 percent. Hoover won the electoral college 444 to 87.
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