In the 1932 presidential campaign , a coolness developed between Landon and then U.S. President Herbert Hoover . Osro Cobb of Arkansas , a friend of both men , tried to bring about a reconciliation , as he explains in his memoirs : For reasons I never understood , some friction developed between President Hoover and my friend , Governor Landon , who had a summer place in Evergreen , Colorado ... I was in and out of Colorado during the summers and visited frequently with Governor Landon . I was eager to get him and the President together in hopes of bringing about a reconciliation that would benefit them personally and the Republican Party . All of us were at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs for a meeting , which I saw as an opportunity to get them together ... for dinner , but whatever undercurrent existed remained , and they continued to be cool toward each other . President Hoover was one of the great Americans of this century . He was competent , compassionate , and a man of unequaled qualifications . The country paid an awful price when he was sacrificed by political caprice . During his gubernatorial years , Landon attempted to address the needs of his Depression-battered state while still advancing the Republican Party . After his speech at the Cleveland convention in 1936 , Landon stated , " My chief concern in this crisis is to see the Republican Party name its strongest possible candidate and a man that would be a good president . " During the election year , Landon called for a " special session of the Legislature to enact measures to bring Kansas within the requirements of the federal social security program . " In 1936 , Landon sought the Republican presidential nomination opposing the re-election of FDR . At the 1936 Republican National Convention , Landon 's campaign manager John Hamilton mobilized the younger elements of the party against the faction led by Herbert Hoover . Landon won the nomination on the first ballot ; the convention selected Chicago newspaper publisher ( and FDR 's future Secretary of the Navy ) Frank Knox as his running mate
1936 Republican National Convention
1936 Republican National Convention
Alf Landon