The Religious Issue in American Politics

Archive Report

In the election of 1928 one of two long-established political traditions will be broken, if current predictions are fulfilled by the nomination of Calvin Coolidge and Alfred E. Smith as the Republican and Democratic candidates for President. Either an American President will be elected to a third term, or a candidate of the Roman Catholic faith will be chosen as the next President of the United States. Precedent will be broken even by the nomination of either of these men, for no American President has ever been selected by his party as a candidate for a third consecutive term, and no Catholic candidate for the presidential nomination has ever received a majority vote in the national convention of any major party.

In the deadlocked 1924 ...

locked icon

Sign in to access this content

Get a 30 day FREE TRIAL

  • Watch videos from a variety of sources bringing classroom topics to life
  • Read modern, diverse business cases
  • Explore hundreds of books and reference titles