Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1932. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the governor of New York and the vice presidential nominee of the 1920 presidential election. The election marked the effective end of the Fourth Party System, which had been dominated by Republicans, and it was the first time since 1916 that a Democrat was elected president.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1932 Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landsli.de by Democrat Franklin D Roosevelt the governor of New York and the vice presidential nominee of the 1920 presidential election. The election mar.ked the effective end of the Fourth Party System, which had been dominated by Republicans, and i,t was the first time since 1916 that a Democrat was elected president.