Election of 1932

Presidential Candidates:

June 20, 1863 - West Virginia was the 35th state. The western portion of Virginia did not wish to secede from the Union in 1861 and broke away to form its own state.

Vice Presidential Candidates:

Charleston

Popular Vote:

Mountain State

Electoral Vote:

Montani semper liberi.
Translation: Mountaineers Are Always Free

States Won:

Cardinal

Key Campaign Issues of the Election of 1932:

Rhododendron

Significant Outcomes:

Sugar Maple

Interesting Facts:

• Charleston
• Huntington

Inaugural Address:

• Pearl S. Buck, Author
• Thomas Stonewall Jackson, US Civil War General (in an area that would become West Virginia)
• Anna Jarvis, Helped Found Mother's Day
• Mary Lou Retton, Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist
• Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot