In 1932 he became the first defeated vice presidential candidate of a major party elected president
He had tapped Secretary of War William Howard Taft to 
become his ... making Sherman the first sitting vice-president to be nominated for 
re-election since... [DOC] [TLE] United States presidential election, 1928 - Wikipedia [PAR] The United States presidential election of 1928 was the 36th quadrennial 
presidential election, ... Each candidate also faced serious discontent within his 
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