How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

[Rudy]

1856: John C. Frémont (R-California)
1860: Stephen Douglas (D-Illinois)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (R-Illinois)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (R-Ohio)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (R-Ohio)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (R-Ohio)
1880: James Garfield (R-Ohio)
1884: Grover Cleveland (D-New York)
1888: Grover Cleveland (D-New York)
1892: Grover Cleveland (D-New York)
1896: William McKinley (R-Ohio)
1900: William McKinley (R-Ohio)
1904: Alton Parker (D-New York)
1908: William Taft (R-Ohio)
1912: William Taft (R-Ohio)
1916: Charles E. Hughes (R-New York)
1920: James Cox (D-Ohio)
1924: Calvin Coolidge (R-Massachusetts)
1928: Al Smith (D-New York)
1932: Herbert Hoover (R- California)
1936: Alf Landon (R- Kansas)
1940: Wendell Willkie (R-New York)
1944: Thomas Dewey (R-New York)
1948: Thomas Dewey (R-New York)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (R-Kansas)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (R-Kansas)
1960: Richard Nixon (R-California)
1964: Barry Goldwater (R-Arizona)
1968: Richard Nixon (R-California)
1972: Richard Nixon (R-California)
1976: Gerald Ford (R-Michigan)
1980: Ronald Reagan (R-California)
1984: Ronald Reagan (R-California)
1988: George Bush (R-Texas)
1992: Ross Perot (Ind.-Texas)
1996: Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas)
2000: George W. Bush (R-Texas)
2004: George W. Bush (R-Texas)
2008: John McCain (R-Arizona)

[Rudy]

Smith then Hoover? Whoa.

I voted for Smith in 1928 because my primary issue would have been Prohibition, which I oppose, Hoover supported, and Smith opposed. I then proceeded to vote for Hoover in 1932 merely out of contempt for the Democratic Candidate, Franklin Roosevelt. Hoover was essentially the lesser of two evils.

If Smith had been the Democratic Candidate in 1932 however, I would have voted for him over President Hoover.