Borah considered challenging Hoover for renomination in 1932 , but concluded the president 's control over the party machinery , especially in the South , could not be overcome . Borah disagreed with the platform of the 1932 Republican National Convention over Prohibition ; after the party passed a vague compromise plank and renominated Hoover , Borah made a major address on June 20 , gaining nationwide attention by attacking his party 's platform for forty minutes . Between then and November , he rarely mentioned Hoover 's name publicly , though he said late in the campaign that he would vote for the president . He made speeches discussing issues , not candidates , and did nothing to aid Hoover 's doomed campaign against Franklin D. Roosevelt . When some Idahoans demanded that he support Hoover on pain of being opposed for renomination for Senate in 1936 , Borah responded that he regretted if his quarter century in the Senate had left them with the impression he might be moved by such an ultimatum
1932 Republican National Convention
1932 Republican National Convention
William Borah