Abstract: Whatever Hoover thought about running for president when he began his 1920 campaign, by the end of it he had entered his name on the list of Republicans who would be potential candidates throughout the decade. Exactly when willingness to serve transformed into outright ambition is difficult to pinpoint. Hiram Johnson believed that Hoover had “been a candidate for President from the very instant he came to Washington as Food Administrator,” but the 1920 California contest definitely made him an active politician. Stung by Johnson’s personal attacks and encouraged by anti-Johnson Republicans in Southern California in particular, he began building the skeleton of a political organization. In 1922, a few of his admirers suggested that he challenge the senator in that year’s California senatorial race.1
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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