In 1926 , Steiwer was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate , defeating incumbent Robert Stanfield in the primary . He won with only 39 % of the vote , running against Democrat and later judge Bert Haney and Stanfield , then running for re-election as an independent . In 1928 , he was one of many candidates for the Republican Presidential nomination at the National Convention , with Herbert Hoover winning the nomination and then the fall election . At the 1936 Republican National Convention he was the keynote speaker and temporary chairman , as well as an unsuccessful candidate for the nomination . Steiwer was re-elected in 1932 and served from March 4 , 1927 until January 31 , 1938 , when he resigned to return to the practice of law after suffering health problems . He had undergone gall bladder surgery in November 1936
1936 Republican National Convention
1936 Republican National Convention
Frederick Steiwer