1932 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
New York defeated the defending champion Canadiens in a best-of-five 3–1 to advance to the finals. The Leafs had to play  two total-goals series; 6–2 against 1931 finalists Chicago, and 4–3 against the Maroons.


1932 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
New York would have to play game two in Boston, due to the circus having been booked into Madison Square Garden.


1932 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Toronto's 'Kid Line' of Jackson, Conacher and Primeau, in their first Finals, combined for eight goals.


1932 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Toronto's coach Dick Irvin made his second straight Finals appearance, having coached for Chicago in 1931.


1932 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The 1932 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain Hap Day by NHL President Frank Calder following the Maple Leafs 6–4 win over the Rangers in game three.


1932 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The following Maple Leafs players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup


1932 Star Riders' Championship
The 1932 Star Riders' Championship was the fourth edition of the speedway Star Riders' Championship. The competition was decided on a knockout basis over nine heats.


1932 Star Riders' Championship, Final, Heat details
Heat 1 : Byers, Dook, ArthurHeat 2 : Case, N Parker (Ret), Johnson (Fell)Heat 3 : Langton, Wotton, Jackson (Ret)Heat 4 : Huxley, Spencer, PhillipsHeat 5 : J Parker, Varey, CroombsHeat 6 : Lees, Farndon, Clibbett


1932 Star Riders' Championship, Final, Heat details
Semi-final 1  : Case, Langton, J Parker Semi-final 2  : Huxley, Byers, Lees (Fell)


1932 Staten Island Stapletons season
The 1932 Staten Island Stapletons season was their fourth and final in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4–6–1, winning only two games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs.


1932 Staten Island Stapletons season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1932 Staten Island Stapletons season, Standings
1 The Bears and Spartans records include the result of the 1932 NFL Playoff Game; thus, the Spartans are ranked third behind the Packers.


1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held during the worldwide Great Depression, with some nations not traveling to Los Angeles; 37 nations competed, compared to the 46 in the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, and then-U.S. President Herbert Hoover did not attend the Games. The organizing committee did not report the financial details of the Games, although contemporary newspapers claimed that the Games had made a profit of US$1,000,000.


1932 Summer Olympics, Host city selection
The selection of the host city for the 1932 Summer Olympics was made at the 23rd IOC Session in Rome, Italy, on 9 April 1923. Remarkably, the selection process consisted of a single bid, from Los Angeles, and as there were no bids from any other city, Los Angeles was selected by default to host the 1932 Games.


1932 Summer Olympics, Medals awarded
117 events in 20 disciplines, comprising 14 sports, were part of the Olympic program in 1932. In one of two Equestrian jumping events (team competitions) no medals were awarded. The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.


1932 Summer Olympics, Medals awarded, Art
The Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics awarded medals for works inspired by sport-related themes in five categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture.


1932 Summer Olympics, Venues
Fifteen sports venues were used for the 1932 Summer Olympics. In order to control costs in the wake of the Great Depression, existing venues were used. They included two golf courses, two city parks, three public highways, and a city road. The Swimming Stadium was the only new venue constructed for these games. The Rose Bowl, constructed in 1921, was made into a temporary velodrome for track cycling events under the auspices of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, constructed in 1923, was used as the Olympic Stadium.


1932 Summer Olympics, Venues
The Olympic Auditorium was constructed in 1924 in preparation for Los Angeles being awarded the Games; it was modified to meet the specifications of the boxing, weightlifting, and wrestling federations. Long Beach Marine Stadium was created in 1925 when Alamitos Bay was dredged, then further dredged seven years later in time for the 1932 Games. Elysian Park, the oldest city park in Los Angeles, was founded in 1886, and has been part of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) training academy since 1925.


1932 Summer Olympics, Venues
The Riviera Country Club opened in 1926 as the Los Angeles Athletic Club Golf Course and was renamed Riviera by the time of the 1932 Games. The swimming stadium, constructed adjacent to the Coliseum in 1932, was intended to be a temporary structure. Riverside Drive, Los Angeles Avenue, Vineyard Avenue, and the Pacific Coast Highway were common driving routes in California at the time of the 1932 Games.


1932 Summer Olympics, Venues
The Coliseum was the first home for the Dodgers Major League Baseball (MLB) team when it moved from Brooklyn, New York in the 1958 season. The following year, it hosted the MLB All-Star Game and the World Series. Once Dodger Stadium was completed in 1962, the Dodgers moved there where they have been since. The Los Angeles Rams National Football League (NFL) team used the Coliseum as its host stadium from 1946 to 1980 when it moved to Anaheim, located southeast of Los Angeles. It also hosted what would become known as Super Bowl I in 1967.


1932 Summer Olympics, Venues
Even the American Football League's Chargers used the Coliseum as a venue in 1960 until their move to San Diego the following year. The Coliseum continues to host USC Trojans football games to this day, and also hosted UCLA Bruins football for a number of years. The Rams return to the Coliseum in 2016.


1932 Summer Olympics, Venues
The track constructed in the Rose Bowl was given to the Tournament of Roses Association upon completion of the 1932 Games. The Bowl was expanded between 1932 and the 1984 Summer Olympics three times, increasing its capacity from 83,000 in 1931 to 104,594 in 1972. It hosted Super Bowl XI in 1977, where the Oakland Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings 32–14. It is the current home of UCLA Bruins football and the Rose Bowl Game, and was the home of the L.A. Galaxy soccer team for a number of years.


1932 Summer Olympics, Venues
Elysian Park's shooting range was left intact for the LAPD to use. Sunset Fields Golf Club was renamed Brentwood Country Club in 1941 and is still in use as of 2010. All of the road courses were returned to public usage after the Olympics. The Olympic Auditorium continued to be of use for boxing and roller derby events until June 2005 when it was bought to be used as a megachurch.


1932 Summer Olympics, Venues
Los Angeles Harbor continues to be a major sea port in the Western United States, employing 919,000 people and generating US$39.1 billion in annual wages and tax revenues as of 2007. The Riveria Country Club continues to host golf events, hosting the 1948 U.S. Open and the PGA Championship in 1983 and 1995. The Swim Stadium was renovated in 2003 and continues to be in use as of 2010.


1932 Summer Olympics, Venues
For the 1984 Summer Olympics, the Coliseum and the Rose Bowl were used as venues.


1932 Summer Olympics, Participating nations
A total of 37 nations were represented at the 1932 Games. Colombia made its first appearance at the Olympic Games, and the Republic of China competed for the first time after its failed appearance at the 1924 Games.


1932 Summer Olympics, Medal count
These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1932 Games.


1932 Summer Olympics medal table
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States, from July 30 to August 14.


1932 Summer Olympics medal table
The 1932 Games had 1,332 athletes from 37 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participating in a total of 116 events in 14 sports. Athletes from 27 NOCs won medals, of which 19 won at least one gold medal. The 1932 Games featured the first appearance of NOCs from Colombia and the Republic of China.


1932 Summer Olympics medal table
The most successful NOC at the Games was that representing the host nation, the United States. They won the most gold and total medals, 41 and 103, respectively. The second place NOC, representing Italy, improved significantly compared to the previous Games, winning 36 medals, almost twice as much as in 1928. The Indian Men's Field Hockey team defended their gold medal from the previous Games, a feat they repeated until the 1956 Summer Olympics.


1932 Summer Olympics medal table, Medal table
The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a National Olympic Committee have won (a nation is represented at a Games by the associated National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If NOCs are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.


1932 Swedish Ice Hockey Championship
The 1932 Swedish Ice Hockey Championship was the 11th season of the Swedish Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Sweden. Hammarby IF won the championship.


1932 Swedish general election
General elections were held in Sweden on 17 and 18 September 1932. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 104 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag. The party returned to government after six years in opposition, marking the beginning of 44 years of near-uninterrupted rule (the only exception was three months in 1936). This was also the first time the socialist parties received an overall majority of the elected parties' popular vote, although the Hansson cabinet still required cross-aisle co-operation to govern since the centre-right parties won 118 out of 230 seats.


1932 Swedish general election, Results
Clerical People's Party, albeit a separate party, received 8,911 votes or 0.4 % of the vote share, but had the votes re-assigned to the General Electoral League as a result of them forfeiting their votes out of tactical purposes and were listed as Electoral League or "Rightist" votes in the official final results. No Clerical People's Party member got elected to the Riksdag, which meant the Electoral League covered the entire rightist delegation. Therefore the General Electoral League may correctly be attributed to both 23.1 % and 23.5 % of the overall vote share.


1932 Syracuse Orangemen football team
The 1932 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1932 college football season. The Orangemen were led by third-year head coach Vic Hanson and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.


1932 São Paulo FC season
The 1932 football season was São Paulo's 3rd season since club's existence.


1932 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 1932 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1932 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 10–0–1 overall and 6–0 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Francis Schmidt in his fourth year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.


1932 Temple Owls football team
The 1932 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1932 college football season. In its eighth and final season under head coach Heinie Miller, the team compiled a 5–1–2 record.


1932 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 1932 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1932 Southern Conference football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his seventh year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee.


1932 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 1932 Vols won nine, lost zero and tied one game (9–0–1 overall, 7–0–1 in the SoCon) and were Southern Conference champions. It was their last year in the conference before moving to the newly formed Southeastern Conference. The team was led by its backfield with Deke Brackett and Beattie Feathers.


1932 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Season summary, Ole Miss
In the second week of play, Tennessee beat Ole Miss 33–0.


1932 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Season summary, Alabama
Against rival Alabama, the Vols won 7–3 at Legion Field in rainy conditions. Alabama scored its only points of the game when Hillman Holley connected on a 12-yard field goal in the second quarter to take a 3–0 lead. Alabama held their lead through the fourth quarter when Johnny Cain had a punt of only 12-yards from his own endzone to give Tennessee the ball at the 12-yard line. Three plays later, Beattie Feathers scored on a seven-yard touchdown run and with the extra point, the Volunteers took a 7–3 lead that they would not relinquish.


1932 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Season summary, Alabama
Due to the poor weather conditions, the game was noted for both Alabama head coach Thomas and Tennessee head coach Robert Neyland calling for punt after punt, often on first and second down, in an attempt to gain field position advantage. As a result, Feathers punted 21 times for Tennessee, and Cain punted 19 times for Alabama. Cain's 19 punts and 914 total yards still stand as the single game school records for punts and punting yardage.


1932 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Season summary, Duke
In a game deemed a "thriller", the Vols beat Wallace Wade's Duke Blue Devils 16–13. Feathers ran through Duke's line time and again. The highlight of the contest came when Fred Crawford intercepted a pass and raced 72 yards for a touchdown. Wynn kicked Tennessee's winning field goal.


1932 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Season summary, Duke
The starting lineup was Rayburn (left end), Franklin (left tackle), Ellis (left guard), Maples (center), Frank (right guard), Aitken (right tackle), Warmath (right end), Robinson (quarterback), Vaughn (left halfback), Feathers (right halfback), Middletown (fullback).


1932 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Season summary, Vanderbilt
Clyde Roberts and Vanderbilt fought the Vols to a scoreless tie. The game's only score was called back in the second half. Feathers caught a pass but was called out of bounds at the 27-yard line, right in front of the Vanderbilt bench.


1932 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Season summary, Florida
The Vols defeated Charlie Bachman's Florida Gators 32–13. Beattie Feathers scored after the opening kickoff.


1932 Tennessee gubernatorial election
The 1932 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. Democratic nominee Hill McAlister defeated Republican nominee John McCall with 42.75% of the vote.


1932 Texas A&M Aggies football team
The 1932 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M during the 1932 college football season.


1932 Texas Longhorns football team
The 1932 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1932 college football season.


1932 Texas Mines Miners football team
The 1932 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas School of Mines (now known as the University of Texas at El Paso) as an independent during the 1932 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 207 to 115.


1932 Texas Tech Matadors football team
The 1932 Texas Tech Matadors football team represented Texas Tech University in the Border Conference during the 1932 college football season. In their third season under head coach Pete Cawthon, the Matadors compiled a 10–2 record (2–0 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a combined total of 382 to 35. The team played its home games at Tech Field.


1932 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 1932 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1932 college football season. Tatum Gressette served as head coach for the first season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.


1932 Thuringian state election
The 1932 Thuringia state election was held on 31 July 1932 to elect the 61 members of the Landtag of Thuringia.


1932 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The 1932 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 41st staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887.


1932 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Moycarkey-Borris won the championship after a 7–06 to 5–01 win over Killenaule in the final. It was the club's second title as Moycarkey-Borris but the sixth title to be claimed by a team representing the area.


1932 Toledo Rockets football team
The 1932 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1932 college football season. In their second season under head coach Jim Nicholson, the Rockets compiled a 3–4 record (3–1 against OAC opponents). Babe Hissong was the team captain. The team played its home games at St. John Field in Toledo, Ohio.


1932 Toronto Argonauts season
The 1932 Toronto Argonauts season was the club's 46th season since its inception in 1873 and its 23rd season in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team finished in third place in the IRFU with three wins and three losses and failed to qualify for the playoffs. It proved to be the last of Buck McKenna's four seasons as coach of the Argos, who left the job having amassed an overall record of thirteen wins, ten losses and one tie, and never having won the IRFU title.


1932 Toronto Argonauts season
The Argonauts' top player in 1932 was 22-year-old halfback Ab Box, who joined the team from Balmy Beach, winners of the 1930 Grey Cup, as part of a major retooling of the Argos' backfield.


1932 Toronto Argonauts season, Preseason
In the second annual City Championship preseason competition, the Argos reached the final and defeated the University of Toronto to claim their first Reg DeGruchy Memorial Trophy.


1932 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1932.


1932 Toronto municipal election
William James Stewart had been elected mayor the previous year. No one chose to run against him and so he was acclaimed as mayor, the first such acclamation since 1921.


1932 Toronto municipal election, Board of Control
There was one change on the Board of Control: Controller Albert Hacker was ousted as ex-mayor Sam McBride returned to municipal politics and won a spot.


1932 Toronto municipal election, City council
For the 1932 election, a new ward, Ward 9, was carved out of the northern portions of Wards 2 and 3. Ward 9 covered the rapidly growing areas of North Toronto. Because it still had a smaller population compared to the others, it elected only two councillors rather than the standard three.


1932 Toronto municipal election, City council
Results taken from the January 2, 1932 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.


1932 Tour de France
The 1932 Tour de France was the 26th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 6 to 31 July. It consisted of 21 stages over 4,479 km (2,783 mi).


1932 Tour de France
André Leducq, who also won six stages, won the race, thanks to the bonification system; had the bonification system not existed, the margin between Leducq and Kurt Stöpel would only have been three seconds.


1932 Tour de France, Innovations and changes
In the 1931 Tour de France, there had been a time bonification system, which gave 3 minutes of bonification to the winner of the stage, if he finished more than three minutes ahead of the second cyclist in that stage. In 1932, this bonification system changed: now the winner of the stage received 4 minutes, the second-placed cyclist 2 minutes and the third-placed cyclist 1 minute, plus an extra three minutes if the margin was more than three minutes. The bonification system was invented to give sprinters, who lost a lot of time in the mountains, a chance to battle for the general classification.


1932 Tour de France, Innovations and changes
The number of stages decreased from 24 to 21. The total distance also decreased, so the average length per stage remained about the same, 215 km (compared to 160–170 km in modern Tours).


1932 Tour de France, Teams
For the third year, the race was run in the national team format, with five different teams. Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and France each sent a team with eight cyclists, while Germany and Austria sent a combined team, with seven German cyclists and one Austrian cyclist. In addition, 40 cyclists joined as touriste-routiers.


1932 Tour de France, Teams
Charles Pélissier, who had won 13 stages in the 1930 and 1931 Tours, and Antonin Magne, the winner of 1931, were absent from the French team. Still, there were so many good French cyclists in that time that the French team was still considered superior.


1932 Tour de France, Teams
The Italian team included three Giro d'Italia winners: the winner from the 1930 Giro d'Italia, Luigi Marchisio; the winner from the 1931 Giro d'Italia, Francesco Camusso and the winner from the 1932 Giro d'Italia, Antonio Pesenti.


1932 Tour de France, Teams
The Belgium team had Jef Demuysere, who had fought for the victory in the previous Tour until the end and had come second, and two-time world champion Georges Ronsse.


1932 Tour de France, Race overview
In the first stage, the Belgians had a good start. Jean Aerts won the stage, with Jef Demuysere in second place. In the second stage, there were struggles in the Belgian team between the Dutch-speaking and the French-speaking cyclists. Aerst, Dutch-speaking, did not get the support from his French-speaking teammates, and lost ten minutes in that stage, together with the Italian favourites. German Kurt Stöpel won the stage, and donned the yellow jersey, thanks to the bonification. Stöpel was the first German cyclist to lead the general classification in the Tour de France.


1932 Tour de France, Race overview
In the third stage, the longest stage of this Tour with 387 km, Stöpel lost the lead to André Leducq. Leducq kept the lead for the rest of the race, winning six stages along the way. In the fifth stage, Spanish Vicente Trueba escaped and reached the top of the Col d'Aubisque first. On the way down, Benoît Fauré overtook him, and reached the Tourmalet first. But he didn't win the stage, as Italian Antonio Pesenti caught him. Behind the leaders in the stage, Leducq was fighting for the leading position in the general classification. He was not a good climber, but was one of the best descenders.


1932 Tour de France, Race overview
On one stage, Leducq flatted, and received a wheel from his teammate Georges Speicher, who would win the next Tour.


1932 Tour de France, Race overview
In the tenth stage, Leducq almost lost the lead. Camusso had escaped, and Stöpel had followed him. Leducq lost more than five minutes in the stage, and even more due to the bonification time. After that stage, Stöpel was within three minutes of Leducq, and Camusso within six minutes. In the eleventh stage, Leducq could have lost the race. Benoît Fauré, a French cyclist riding as a touriste-routier, escaped, and was followed by Francesco Camusso. At one point, they were so far ahead that Camusso was the virtual leader, but eventually they were caught back.


1932 Tour de France, Race overview
Leducq also crossed the finishline first in the eighteenth stage, but the jury relegated him because he had been pushed by Albert Barthélemy.


1932 Tour de France, Race overview
Leducq and Stöpel finished in the same group for most of the stages. Only in four stages was there a time difference:


1932 Tour de France, Race overview
Without the bonification system, the time difference between Leducq and Stöpel was three seconds. Leducq received 31 bonification minutes (six first places, two second places and three third place), while Stöpel received only 7 bonification minutes (one first place and three third places).


1932 Tour de France, Results
The cyclist to reach the finish in the least time was the winner of the stage. The time that each cyclist required to finish the stage was recorded. For the general classification, these times were added together. If a cyclist had received a time bonus, it was subtracted from this total; all time penalties were added to this total. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey.


1932 Tour de France, Results
The team classification was calculated by adding up the times in the general classification of the three highest ranking cyclists per team; the team with the least time was the winner.


1932 Tour de France, Results, General classification
Kurt Stöpel was the first German to reach the podium of the Tour de France. He would be the only German on the podium until Jan Ullrich became 2nd in 1996.


1932 Tour de France, Results, Other classifications
The organing newspaper, l'Auto named a meilleur grimpeur (best climber), an unofficial precursor to the modern King of the Mountains competition. This award was won by Vicente Trueba.


1932 Tour de France, Aftermath
Winner André Leducq kept riding the Tour de France until 1938, but he never managed to win again, although he had three more stage victories.


1932 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11
The 1932 Tour de France was the 26th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 6 July, and Stage 11 occurred on 21 July with a mountainous stage to Gap. The race finished in Paris on 31 July.


1932 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1
6 July 1932 - Paris to Caen, 208 km (129 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
7 July 1932 - Caen to Nantes, 300 km (190 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
9 July 1932 - Nantes to Bordeaux, 387 km (240 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
11 July 1932 - Bordeaux to Pau, 206 km (128 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
12 July 1932 - Pau to Luchon, 229 km (142 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
14 July 1932 - Luchon to Perpignan, 322 km (200 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
16 July 1932 - Perpignan to Montpellier, 168 km (104 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
17 July 1932 - Montpellier to Marseille, 206 km (128 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
18 July 1932 - Marseille to Cannes, 191 km (119 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
19 July 1932 - Cannes to Nice, 132 km (82 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
21 July 1932 - Nice to Gap, 233 km (145 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21
The 1932 Tour de France was the 26th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 6 July, and Stage 12 occurred on 22 July with a mountainous stage from Gap. The race finished in Paris on 31 July.


1932 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
22 July 1932 - Gap to Grenoble, 102 km (63 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13
23 July 1932 - Grenoble to Aix-les-Bains, 230 km (140 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14
24 July 1932 - Aix-les-Bains to Evian, 204 km (127 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
25 July 1932 - Evian to Belfort, 291 km (181 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
26 July 1932 - Belfort to Strasbourg, 145 km (90 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
27 July 1932 - Strasbourg to Metz, 165 km (103 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
28 July 1932 - Metz to Charleville, 159 km (99 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
29 July 1932 - Charleville to Malo-les-Bains, 271 km (168 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
30 July 1932 - Malo-les-Bains to Amiens, 212 km (132 mi)


1932 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
31 July 1932 - Amiens to Paris, 159 km (99 mi)


1932 Tour de Hongrie
The 1932 Tour de Hongrie was the seventh edition of the Tour de Hongrie cycle race and was held from 29 June to 3 July 1932. The race started and finished in Budapest. The race was won by József Vitéz.


1932 Tulane Green Wave football team
The 1932 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University during the 1932 Southern Conference football season. Don Zimmerman was All-American.


1932 Tulane Green Wave football team, Before the season
Previously in 1927, Nollie Felts played baseball with the Hattiesburg Pinetoppers of the Cotton States League, which resulted in his ineligibility ruled by the Southern Conference for the 1932 college football season. The Greenies lost "their great leader" Felts shortly before opening week against Texas A&M.


1932 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 1932 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1932 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Gus Henderson, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 7–1–1 record, won the Big Four Conference championship, and outscored 175 to 36. The team began the season with a loss to Oklahoma (0-7) and ended it with a win over Ole Miss (26-0).


1932 Tunis Grand Prix
The 1932 Tunis Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Carthage Street Circuit in Tunis, the capital of colonial Tunisia, on 17 April 1932. Achille Varzi, in a privateer Bugatti, won the 37-lap race ahead of fellow Bugatti driver Marcel Lehoux, with Philippe Étancelin, in an Alfa Romeo, claiming third position. The leading drivers in the voiturette class were Louis Joly, Pierre Veyron and Luigi Castelbarco.


1932 Turkish Football Championship
The 1932 Turkish Football Championship was the third edition of the competition. İstanbulspor won their first and only championship title by defeating Altınordu 3–0 in the final. For Altınordu it was the club's second appearance in the final, with one more to follow in 1935.


1932 Turkish Football Championship
The various regional champions competed in a group stage of five groups of three to six teams each, with the group winners qualifying for the final stage.


1932 Twickenham by-election
The Twickenham by-election, 1932 was a parliamentary by-election held on 16 September 1932 for the British House of Commons constituency of Twickenham in Middlesex.


1932 Twickenham by-election
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Sir John Ferguson, died on 17 July 1932, aged 62. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1929.


1932 Twickenham by-election
The result was a victory for the 29-year-old Conservative candidate Hylton Murray-Philipson, who died in office two years later, which caused another by-election.


1932 U.S. National Championships (tennis)
The 1932 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York City, United States. The tournament ran from 3 September until 10 September. It was the 52nd staging of the U.S. National Championships and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of the year.


1932 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's doubles
Ellsworth Vines /  Keith Gledhill defeated  Wilmer Allison /  John Van Ryn 6–4, 6–3, 6–2


1932 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's doubles
Helen Jacobs /  Sarah Palfrey defeated  Alice Marble /  Marjorie Morrill 8–6, 6–1


1932 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Mixed doubles
Sarah Palfrey /  Fred Perry defeated  Helen Jacobs /  Ellsworth Vines 6–3, 7–5


1932 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles
First-seeded Ellsworth Vines defeated first foreign seeded Henri Cochet 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1932 U.S. National Championships.


1932 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
The tournament used two lists of eight players for seeding the men's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Ellsworth Vines is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1932 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles
First-seeded Helen Jacobs defeated Carolin Babcock 6–2, 6–2 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1932 U.S. National Championships.


1932 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The tournament used two lists of players for seeding the women's singles event; one list of eight U.S. players and a list for three foreign players. Helen Jacobs is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.


1932 U.S. Open (golf)
The 1932 U.S. Open was the 36th U.S. Open, held June 23–25 at Fresh Meadow Country Club in Flushing, New York, a neighborhood in the north-central part of the  borough of Queens in New York City. Gene Sarazen won his second U.S. Open championship, and the fifth of his seven major titles, ten years after his first U.S. Open win. Earlier in the month, he won the 1932 British Open in England.


1932 U.S. Open (golf)
Sarazen began with rounds of 74 and 76, which left him five strokes behind co-leaders José Jurado and Philip Perkins. With a three-under-par back-nine in the third round, Sarazen carded an even-par 70 to get within a shot of Perkins after 54 holes. Perkins continued his solid play in the final round, shooting a 70 and a 289 total, while Bobby Cruickshank shot 68 to tie him. They were no match for Sarazen on this day, however, who carded a 66 (−4) to earn a three-stroke victory at 286.


1932 U.S. Open (golf)
Sarazen set several scoring records on his way to the Open title. His 66 in the final round set a new tournament record, and a champion did not shoot a better final round until Arnold Palmer closed with 65 in 1960. His 286 total tied the tournament record, while his 136 over the final 36 holes set a record that stood until 1983. Sarazen was certainly helped by his familiarity with the venue; he was club pro at Fresh Meadow for five years, from 1925 to 1930.


1932 U.S. Open (golf)
Four-time major champion Jim Barnes played his final major and finished in 55th place. Johnny Goodman won low-amateur honors at 14th; he went on to win the championship the following year, and remains the last amateur champion.


1932 U.S. Open (golf)
The course where this U.S. Open was played in Queens no longer exists. Designed by A. W. Tillinghast, it opened in 1923 and also hosted the PGA Championship in 1930, won by Tommy Armour. Under increasing development and tax pressure, the Fresh Meadow Country Club sold the property in 1946, which was developed as a residential neighborhood (the Fresh Meadows section of Queens). The club then purchased the property, clubhouse, and golf course of the defunct Lakeville Golf & Country Club in Lake Success, its current home.


1932 U.S. Open (golf)
Daily admission for the U.S. Open in 1932 was $2.20, or $5.50 for all three days.


1932 UCI Road World Championships
The 1932 UCI Road World Championships took place in Rome, Italy.


1932 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The men's road race at the 1932 UCI Road World Championships was the sixth edition of the event. The race took place on Wednesday 31 August 1932 in Rome, Italy. The race was won by Alfredo Binda of Italy.


1932 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 1932 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Rome, Italy from 27 August to 4 September 1932. Three events for men were contested, two for professionals and one for amateurs.


1932 UCLA Bruins football team
The 1932 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1932 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Bruins compiled a 6–4 record (4–2 conference), finished third in the PCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 149 to 61.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The 1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the seventh year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The total annual attendance across the country for 1932 topped 20 Million, increasing to 20,178,260 from 17,906,917 (in 1931), a sixth consecutive annual increase.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
At least 43 new tracks opened during 1932. It is believed that there were 187 tracks (including independent tracks) in operation by December 1932 as the industry continued to experience phenomenal growth. The breakdown consisted of 50 tracks affiliated to the National Greyhound Racing Society and 14 tracks affiliated the rival organisation the British Greyhound Tracks Control Society (BGTCS) leaving 123 unaffiliated tracks.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
The London area was served by four new tracks Crayford & Bexleyheath Stadium, Hackney Wick Stadium, Catford Stadium and Brixton Greyhound Stadium. Catford held an inaugural meeting on Saturday 30 July where the crowd witnessed a seven card race of events comprising four or five runners. Mick the Miller was paraded around the track prior to the fourth race. Edinburgh welcomed two new tracks, Stenhouse Stadium and Marine Gardens and Shawfield Stadium opened in Glasgow.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
Plans were drawn up by the Blackpool Greyhound Syndicate, owners of Blackpool and Hanley, to put a track around the football and rugby pitch at Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness. The syndicate sold it as an ambitious project that would give the Furness public its first taste of a sport that has become tremendously popular since its inauguration five years previously.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
Walter Aland, the managing director, was negotiating for the construction of greyhound tracks on football grounds in several parts of the country and was confident that it was possible to run a greyhound meeting on a football ground less than an hour after a match had finished. He said "Negotiations have already been completed for the introduction of greyhound racing to Barrow, Walsall and Coventry, and by June we hope to have tracks on 12 grounds, four of which will be in Lancashire".


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
An application was to be made for a licence and facilities would be provided for private owners to enter dogs in races. Mr G Lumsden, was appointed general manager of all tracks under the control of the syndicate. The attempts to set up a track at Barrow met stiff opposition after being condemned by the clergymen claiming the plans as being an encouragement to gambling.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
At Eastville Stadium the totalisator system was introduced at the same time that Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium installed their hand-operated tote, but within six months both tracks would suffer due to the government ban on tote betting. The government Cabinet Committee conducted a report into the totalisator on greyhound racing tracks. The committee chaired by Sir J. Gilmour and using an interim report from the Royal Commission on Lotteries and Betting recommended that the government should adopt a policy on totalisator betting at greyhound tracks.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
The Royal Commission findings highlighted the spread of organised facilities for betting and gambling and recommended that totalisator betting on the greyhound trade should come to an end as soon as possible. A recent court case (Shuttleworth v Leeds Greyhound Racing Association) was quoted whereby Leeds actions constituted an offence because of tote deductions from the winnings. The committee agreed that it should become illegal, despite the fact that horse racing could continue with the use of totalisator systems. In a similar case in Scotland (Strathern v Scottish Greyhound Racing Company) the court ruled that there was no offence committed against the Act of 1853.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
The owner of Charlton Stadium (Thomas Murphy) died and had a memorial of two life sized greyhounds built on his grave in Charlton cemetery. Trainer Jock Hutchinson left Catford to be replaced by 1931 English Greyhound Derby winning owner Hammond. The Greyhound Express was launched giving readers the inside information to racing in London but it became so popular that the paper grew in size and was distributed throughout the country for the next 40 years.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
The hurdler Long Hop won the Grand National, Empire Stadium Hurdles and Wimbledon Challenge Trophy in the process of securing 16 consecutive wins. Future Cutlet returned to track racing and was expected to take over the mantle of leading greyhound following the retirement of Mick the Miller. The brindle won the Wembley Spring Cup but was quoted at 100-1 for the 1932 English Greyhound Derby which led to a surge in ante-post bets that left the bookmakers with huge liabilities on the dog. Following his Derby defeat Future Cutlet bounced back to his best winning a second successive Cesarewitch, a competition that included Seldom Led. Future Cutlet set a new world record of 33.78 sec in his semi-final.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
The new Derby champion Wild Woolley switched from Jack Rimmer to Jimmy Campbell at Belle Vue Stadium and whilst winning the Northern Flat later that year he set a world record of 28.49 for 500 yards in the process. Jack's brother Jimmy Rimmer set a trainer's record of 504 winners in one year whilst attached to the Greenfield Stadium, Bradford.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
The Laurels in September, drew a strong field with the final including Seldom Led and Scurry Gold Cup champion Experts Boast and a new star called Beef Cutlet (half-brother to Future Cutlet and full brother to Queen of the Suir). He had reached the last four of the Coursing National Breeders' Stakes at Powerstown in 1932 and was purchased from Mr J.A. Byrne, by Sir Herbert Merrett, chairman of Cardiff City Football Club as a present for his daughter, Miss Joan Merritt.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
He made his debut on the track at Cardiff Arms Park, winning the Glamorgan Gold Cup and setting a new track record, in 28.41sec. His Waterhall kennels trainer John Hegarty would later become a Racing Manager. In only his seventh track race he won the Laurels, breaking the track record and setting a new world record for 500 yards recording 28.47. Derby finalists performed well throughout the year and Fret Not trained by Leslie Reynolds won the St Leger from 4-9 favourite Curious Mickey. The Oaks went to Queen of the Suir, the sister of the two Cutlets.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Ireland
Mullingar Greyhound Stadium opened on 16 August, just two weeks before a calendar of classic events was distributed by the Irish Coursing Club for the first time, on 2 August, it read as follows; St Leger at Celtic Park, National Sprint at Dunmore Park, National Derby at Shelbourne Park, Grand National at Harold's Cross Stadium and the Oaks at Clonmel Greyhound Stadium. Harold's Cross were left angered by the decision to run the National Derby at Shelbourne because they had run the unofficial National Derby since 1928.


1932 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Ireland
Creamery Border was purchased by butter maker Michael Collins as a puppy, together with his litter brother Sly Mover, for £30, a large sum taking into account the depression. The blue dog by Border Line out of Cook had suffered from distemper at 12 months old but was cured by Arthur 'Doc' Callanan. Six months later he made his debut coursing in the Cork Cup in which he was defeated in the semi-final by coursing legend White Sandills. At two years old he contested the Kingdom Cup at Ballybeggan Park, Tralee, a thirty-two-dog stake and went through the event undefeated which gained the attention of the London owners and syndicates.


1932 USC Trojans football team
The 1932 USC Trojans football team is an American football team that represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1932 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Howard Jones, the team compiled a perfect 10–0 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the PCC championship, shut out eight of ten opponents, defeated Pittsburgh in the 1933 Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 201 to 13.


1932 USC Trojans football team
Although there was no AP Poll to determine a national champion in 1932, the Knute K. Rockne Trophy was presented at the end of the season to the team deemed to be the national champion using the Dickinson System, a rating system developed by Frank G. Dickinson, a professor of economics of the University of Illinois. Michigan won the Rockne Trophy, edging USC by a margin of 28.47 to 26.81. However, USC was later recognized as the 1932 national champion in several retrospective rankings, including Berryman, Billingsley, Boand, Dunkel, College Football Researchers Association, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Poling, and Williamson.


1932 USC Trojans football team
Tackle Ernie Smith was a consensus first-team pick for the 1932 All-America team. Guard Aaron Rosenberg was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and Liberty magazine. Six USC players were selected as first-team players on the 1932 All-Pacific Coast football team: Ernie Smith (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1); Rosenberg (AP-1; NEA-1); Tay Brown at tackle (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1); Orville Mohler at quarterback (NEA-1; UP-1); Homer Griffith at quarterback (AP-1); and Ray Sparling at end (NEA-1).


1932 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico
The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 8, 1932, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States elections, 1932.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections
The 1932 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1932 which coincided with the landslide election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections
The inability of Herbert Hoover to deal with the Great Depression was the main issue surrounding this election, with his overwhelming unpopularity causing his Republican Party to lose 101 seats to Roosevelt's Democratic Party and the small Farmer–Labor Party, as the Democrats expanded the majority they had gained through special elections to a commanding level.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections
This round of elections was seen as a referendum on the once popular Republican business practices, which were eschewed for new, more liberal Democratic ideas. This was the first time since 1894 (and the last time as of 2021) that any party suffered triple-digit losses, and the Democrats posted their largest net seat pick-up in their history. These elections marked the beginning of a period of dominance in the House for the Democrats: with the exception of 1946 and 1952, the party would win every House election until 1994.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections
Since no reapportionment (and in nearly all states no redistricting) had occurred after the 1920 census, the district boundary changes from the previous election were quite substantial, representing twenty years of population movement from small towns to the more Democratic cities.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, Special elections
There were special elections in 1932 to serve the remainder of the current 72nd United States Congress.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, California
Nine new seats were added in reapportionment, increasing the delegation from 11 to 20 seats. Six of the new seats were won by Democrats, three by Republicans. Three Republican incumbents lost re-election to Democrats. Therefore, Democrats increased by 10 seats and Republicans decreased by 1.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, Indiana
Indiana gained one seat in reapportionment. All of the incumbents were redistricted. The new seat was won by a Democrat and all the other incumbent Democrats won re-election. All three incumbent Republicans lost re-election, bringing the state from 8-3 Democratic to 12-0 Democratic.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, Kansas
The eighth district was eliminated when the state was reapportioned from eight to seven districts. Two incumbent Republicans lost re-election. One incumbent Republican lost renomination and his seat was won by the incumbent Democrat from the district that was merged into his.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, Kentucky
Kentucky, reapportioned from 11 districts down to 9, elected all of its representatives on a statewide at-large ticket. Of the nine incumbent Democratic representatives, seven were re-elected on the general ticket and two retired, while both incumbent Republicans retired.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, Louisiana
Louisiana continued to elect its representatives based upon districts adopted in 1912. Those districts did not change until the 1968 elections.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, Maine
Maine was redistricted from four seats down to three; of four Republican incumbents, only one was re-elected; one retired and two were defeated by Democratic challengers.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, Massachusetts
Massachusetts was redistricted from 16 districts to 15; 10 Republican and 4 Democratic incumbents were re-elected, while 2 Republican incumbents retired in the old 8th and 9th districts; the new 8th containing parts of both elected a Democrat.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, Michigan
Michigan was redistricted from 13 to 17 districts, adding four new districts in and around Detroit.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, Minnesota
Minnesota, reapportioned from 10 seats down to 9, elected all representatives on a statewide general ticket. Of the 10 incumbents, only 1 Farmer–Labor and 1 Republican were re-elected. The other Republicans either lost re-election (4), lost renomination (3), or retired (1). The delegation changed therefore from overwhelmingly Republican (9-1) to a majority Farmer-Labor (5–4).


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, Mississippi
Redistricted from 8 districts to 7, with most of the 8th district being added to the 7th.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, Missouri
Missouri was reapportioned from 16 seats to 13, which were elected on a general ticket. The delegation went from 12 Democrats and 4 Republicans to 13 Democrats, 8 of them previous incumbents.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, New York
New York, reapportioned from 43 to 45 seats, left its districts unchanged and elected the two new members at large.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections, North Dakota
North Dakota was reapportioned from 3 seats to 2, and elected them at large.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections in California
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1932 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 8, 1932. This election began the transition of California from a solidly Republican state to a swing state, which it would be for the next 60 years.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections in California
California gained nine seats as a result of the 1930 Census; it would have been six if the House seats were reapportioned in 1920 since California would have had 14 seats as a result of the 1920 Census. Democrats won six of those seats while Republicans won three. Of California's existing seats, Democrats won four Republican-held seats.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:


1932 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
The 1932 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 8, 1932 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The state lost a seat from redistricting that occurred from the 1930 Census. Four incumbents were re-elected and the two open seats were retained by the Democrats. The composition of the state delegation thus remained solely Democratic.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1st congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Thomas S. McMillan of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1925, defeated Republican challenger D.C. Sharpe.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2nd congressional district
Following the 1930 Census, South Carolina lost a congressional district due to redistricting. The 2nd congressional district was split between the 1st congressional district and the old 7th congressional district. Incumbent Democratic Congressmen Butler B. Hare and Hampton P. Fulmer were placed in the same district and Hare opted to retire rather than run against Fulmer in the newly constituted 2nd congressional district. Fulmer defeated Asbury Francis Lever in the Democratic primary and Republican challenger D.A. Gardner in the general election.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 3rd congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Frederick H. Dominick of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1917, was defeated in the Democratic primary by John C. Taylor. He defeated Republican challenger T. Frank McCord in the general election.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 4th congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman John J. McSwain of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1921, defeated Fred T. McCullough in the Democratic primary and Republican Otho Williams in the general election.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 5th congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman William F. Stevenson of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1917, was defeated in the Democratic primary by James P. Richards. He defeated Republican challenger G.M. Williams in the general election.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 6th congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Allard H. Gasque of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1923, defeated E.S.C. Baker in the Democratic primary and Republican C.B. Ruffin in the general election.


1932 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
The 1932 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 8, 1932 to determine who will represent the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. Virginia had only nine seats in the House, losing a seat due to re-apportionment following the 1930 United States Census. This election was unique because all representatives were elected at-large instead of the previously used electoral district system. However, this idea was not popular and the state returned to using electoral districts in the next election.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
The 1932 United States Olympic Trials for track and field were held on July 15 and July 16, 1932 and decided the United States team for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The Trials for men and women were held separately; men competed in Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California, while women competed in Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois. Both meetings also served as the annual United States outdoor track and field championships. For the first time, only the top three athletes in each event qualified for the Olympics; until 1928, every nation had been allowed four entrants per event.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
Official world records were set in the men's meet by Jack Keller of Ohio State University in the 110 m hurdles and by Bill Graber of the University of Southern California in the pole vault. The women's meet was dominated by Babe Didrikson of Employers Casualty, who won three of the five Olympic qualifying events and three additional national championship events; Employers Casualty won the women's national team title despite not entering any other athletes.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Organization
The American Olympic Committee (AOC) was responsible for the Olympic selections, while the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) controlled the national championships. This resulted in a controversy when AOC officials made a late change to the rules for field event qualifying (advancing eight athletes instead of five to the final rounds) without the approval of the AAU. Two athletes (Dick Barber in the long jump and Kenneth Churchill in the javelin throw) won their events after qualifying for the last rounds outside the top five; they were selected for the Olympics, but the AAU did not recognize them as national champions. For the next sixty years the men's Olympic Trials and national championships were held separately; they only became a single meet again in 1992.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Organization, Qualifying
As in previous years, athletes qualified for the men's Olympic Trials by competing in preliminary and semi-final tryouts; the two major collegiate championship meets (the NCAA championship and the IC4A championship) both had semi-final status. Although the number of preliminary meetings had increased, fewer athletes qualified for the final Trials. For the first time, only the top three finishers at the final Trials qualified for the Olympic team; up to 1928, each nation had been allowed four entrants per event. For the 4 × 100 meters relay and 4 × 400 meters relay, lower-placed athletes who had not qualified individually were selected; the top finishers from the 100 meters and 400 meters were only named to the relay pools as alternates to substitute in case of injury.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Organization, Qualifying
Some events held as part of the national championships did not have Olympic qualifying status (due to those events not being contested at the Olympics), while some Olympic qualifying events were held separately from the Trials proper and did not in all cases have national championship status. The marathon team was selected on the basis of three races (the top American finisher from each race qualified), while the 50 km race walk team was selected on the basis of two races. The decathlon team was selected on the basis of one competition, held in Evanston three weeks before the main Trials; although held separately, it did double as a national championship.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men
The men's Olympic Trials were held at Stanford Stadium on July 15 and July 16. In track events, hand timing was used as the primary timing method, while Gustavus Kirby's automatic timing device was used secondarily. Official world records were set by Jack Keller in the 110 m hurdles and by Bill Graber in the pole vault. In addition, Joe McCluskey set an unratified world best in the 3000 m steeplechase, and (as nearly all top competitions until then had been only hand-timed) several athletes set world automatic-time bests.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Track
Metcalfe, Tolan and Simpson qualified for the Olympics in both of the short sprints. Emmett Toppino and Frank Wykoff placed fourth and fifth in the 100 meters, while Bob Kiesel and Hec Dyer took fourth and fifth in the 200 meters; those four were named to the 4 × 100 meters relay. James Johnson, who placed sixth in both events, was suggested for the relay pool by team coach Lawson Robertson but not selected by the AOC. Tolan went on to win a sprint double at the Olympics.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Track
In the 400 meters, the United States had by far the best depth of any country. Ben Eastman, a Stanford runner, had set world records at both 440 yards and 880 yards earlier in 1932, and would have been a leading favorite at both the Trials and the Olympics in either the 400 m or the 800 m. He did not compete in the 800 m, and lost to the fast-finishing Carr in the one-lap race; Carr had already beaten him at the 1932 IC4A championships, and would do so again at the Olympics. The athletes who placed fourth to seventh (Ed Ablowich, Ivan Fuqua, Arnold Adams and Karl Warner) were named to the 4 × 400 m relay team; Adams later injured his foot and withdrew from the team, and Carr was used as a substitute.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Track
Eddie Genung won his third consecutive national title in the 800 meters, defeating NCAA champion Hornbostel; the Americans went on to place fourth, fifth and sixth at the Olympics, but the absence of Eastman cost the United States an excellent medal chance. The 1500 meters saw an upset, as the leading favorite, Gene Venzke, only placed fourth and failed to qualify; Venzke had set a world record during the indoor season and an American record outdoors, but had lost his best shape after an injury in training. NCAA champion Cunningham, who had also broken the previous American record in 1932, was an upcoming talent; at the Olympics he was the best American in fourth place, but his best years were still ahead of him.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Track
In the 5000 and 10,000 meters the American teams were relatively weak with the exception of Ralph Hill, who won his race easily; in Los Angeles he took a close silver in a controversial race, as Finland's world record holder Lauri Lehtinen obstructed Hill's attempts to pass him in the final straight.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Track
McCluskey's time in the 3000-meter steeplechase was an unofficial world best; the IAAF did not start ratifying official world records in the steeplechase until 1954. At the Olympics, McCluskey won bronze in an extra-long race after a mistake by the lap counter resulted in the athletes running one additional lap. In the 110 m hurdles, the United States fielded an extremely strong team; Keller, Saling and Beard all set both official and unratified world records during their careers, as did the man in fourth, Johnny Morriss. Keller's winning time, 14,4, equaled the world record; his Kirby time was 14.53, also a world best. The wind reading was -0.2 m/s; Keller's world record was the first to have an official wind reading.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Track
Glenn "Slats" Hardin crossed the finish line in first place in the 400 m hurdles, but was disqualified for running in the wrong lane. As only two other athletes finished the race (the fourth man in the final, Eugene Beatty, fell and failed to finish), the disqualification did not cost Hardin his place on the team. Morgan Taylor had won Olympic gold in 1924 and bronze in 1928; he won his third consecutive medal in Los Angeles, placing third behind Ireland's Bob Tisdall and Hardin.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Field
Johnson, Spitz and Van Osdel shared first place (and the national championship) in the high jump. Spitz had set a world record indoors and was generally considered the favorite, but he suffered from on-and-off injuries through the summer of 1932; at the Olympics, his ankle bothered him and he only placed ninth as Van Osdel took silver.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Field
The pole vault competition had the highest quality of any in the world yet; Graber broke both the amateur world record of Lee Barnes and the unofficial professional record of Charles Hoff, while Miller equaled the Barnes record. Four vaulters (Jefferson, Don Zimmerman, Fred Sturdy and Bud Deacon) cleared 13 ft 10 1⁄4 in; the third and final Olympic spot was decided by a jump-off, in which Jefferson prevailed. The United States dominated pole vault at the time; that the Americans only won gold (Miller) and bronze (Jefferson) at the Olympics was seen as a disappointment.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Field
In the long jump (then still usually called the broad jump), IC4A champion Dick Barber was only seventh after the qualifying rounds and benefited from the late rule change by AOC that allowed athletes in places six to eight to qualify for the final. His winning jump was originally flagged as a foul, but he successfully protested that ruling. Since he would not have qualified for the last three rounds under the AAU's rules, runner-up Ed Gordon won the AAU national championship; Gordon went on to win gold at the Olympics, ahead of NCAA champion Redd.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Field
The triple jump (contemporarily hop, step and jump) resulted in a minor controversy surrounding the third Olympic spot behind Bowman and Romero; 1928 Olympic silver medalist Levi Casey placed third at the Trials, but the AOC instead selected Sol Furth, who placed fourth. Why this substitution happened was left unexplained by AOC officials, though they said the reasons were known to Casey; Casey, for his part, stated he did not know why he had been left out of the team.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Field
Both Leo Sexton and Herman Brix, who placed fifth, had exceeded the shot put world record earlier in 1932 with throws of 52 ft 8 5⁄8 in (16.07 m); those records were never ratified, and Sexton's Trials mark equaled the official world record, though it too went unratified. Sexton went on to win Olympic gold in Los Angeles and set an official world record after the Olympics, becoming the first man to reach 53 feet.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Field
Returning Olympian John Anderson was an expected champion in the discus; although Jessup held the world record, he had not been as good as Anderson in 1932. Anderson and LaBorde took gold and silver at the Olympics. Hammer throw champion Frank Conner was also a returning Olympian; at the Olympics he failed to record a valid mark, while Trials runner-up Zaremba placed third. Like long jump champion Barber, Kenneth Churchill in the javelin benefited from the AOC's rule change; he was only sixth after the qualifying rounds but came close to breaking James DeMers's American record in the final. The runner-up, Malcolm Metcalf, was recognized as AAU champion.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Other qualifying events
The decathlon tryouts, which doubled as AAU championships, were held in Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois three weeks before the main trials. Jim Bausch, who went on to win Olympic gold with a new world record, was in third place after five events but ran away with the competition on the second day; he excelled particularly in the throws and the pole vault.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Other qualifying events
Marathon selections were based on three races, including the Boston Marathon; the top American from each of the races (Henigan, Oldag and Michelsen) qualified for the Olympic team. Oldag was a German-born newcomer, and AOC officials had to verify that he had been naturalized and was eligible to represent the United States. Henigan and Michelsen were both returning Olympians. In the 50 km walk, selections were based on two races; the top two from New York (Crosbie and Chisholm) and the winner of Los Angeles (Hinkel) were named to the team, with Los Angeles runner-up Pecora as alternate.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Men, Other AAU championship events
These non-Olympic events were contested in Stanford Stadium as part of the AAU national championships. McDonald, who placed third in the weight throw, was almost 54 years old; he had won the event at the 1920 Olympics when it was still part of the Olympic program, and was a multiple national champion. He won one more AAU title in 1933, becoming the oldest ever AAU champion.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Women
The women's Olympic Trials were held in Dyche Stadium on July 16. The star of the meet was Mildred "Babe" Didrikson, who won three of the five Olympic qualifying events and three of the five additional individual AAU events; she took part in all of the Trials events, the only athlete ever to do so. She represented Employers Casualty of Dallas, Texas, who won the women's team championship despite not entering any other athletes; Employers Casualty scored 30 points, while the Illinois Women's Athletic Club placed second with 22 points.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Women
Although some of Didrikson's marks were cited as "world records" in both contemporary and later sources, she did not set any official world records at the 1932 Trials; some of her marks were superior to the listed world records, but inferior to still-pending marks by other athletes that were subsequently ratified.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Women, Trials
The 100 meters was Babe Didrikson's weakest event; she was eliminated in the semi-finals. Harrington, the eventual winner, mistook the finish line in the preliminaries and stopped running too early; although she was eliminated from the AAU championships as a result, she was allowed to run in the final for Trials purposes. Von Bremen, who finished second, won the AAU title.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Women, Trials
In the 80 m hurdles, Didrikson and Evelyne Hall almost dead-heated, but Didrikson was declared the winner; the same thing happened again at the Olympics. In the high jump, Didrikson and Jean Shiley tied for first, both setting a new American record. Osburn set an American record in the discus throw, winning from Jenkins and the eventual Olympic champion, Copeland; Didrikson, who was relatively unfamiliar with this event, placed fourth. Nan Gindele had set a world record in the javelin four weeks before the Trials, but failed to replicate that form at the Trials; Didrikson won with a personal best.


1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), Women, Other AAU championship events
These events were not contested at the Olympics, but were part of the AAU national championships. Apart from the relay, the 50 yard and 220 yard dashes were the only events in the 1932 program in which Didrikson did not compete; she won all of the other AAU-only events, though she did not approach her baseball world best of 296 ft (90.22 m) from the 1931 championships.


1932 United States Senate election in Arizona
The 1932 United States Senate elections in Arizona took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Hayden ran for reelection to a second term, again defeating his 1926 challenger former U.S. Senator Ralph H. Cameron in the general election.


1932 United States Senate election in Arizona
Hayden, then U.S. Congressman for Arizona's at-large Congressional district, was elected to his first term in 1926 when he defeated the incumbent Cameron, and would be successfully reelected to his second term in a rematch in 1932, by a wide margin. Candidates from the Socialist and Communist Parties also ran in the election, but did not garner much support, barely registering at 1% or less. This would be Cameron's final attempt at returning to the U.S. Senate, leaving Arizona soon after, and living for a time in both Philadelphia and Los Angeles.


1932 United States Senate election in Arizona, Democratic primary
The Democratic primary was held on September 8, 1932. Incumbent U.S. Senator Carl T. Hayden received significant opposition in the primary from Harlow W. Akers, an attorney. Hayden went on to win his party's nomination, however.


1932 United States Senate election in Arkansas
The 1932 United States Senate election in Arkansas took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Senator Hattie Caraway, who had been appointed to succeed her late husband Thaddeus Caraway in 1931 and won a special election to complete his term in January, ran for a full term in office.


1932 United States Senate election in Arkansas
In winning, Caraway became the first woman ever elected to a full term in the United States Senate.


1932 United States Senate election in Arkansas, Background
Incumbent U.S. Senator Thaddeus Caraway died in office on November 6, 1931. Governor of Arkansas Harvey Parnell appointed Caraway's widow, Hattie, to fill the vacant seat until a successor could be duly elected. The special election to complete the unexpired term was held in January, and Hattie Caraway won against only nominal opposition.


1932 United States Senate election in Arkansas, Democratic primary, Campaign
In May 1932, Vice President Charles Curtis invited Senator Caraway to preside over the Senate, making her the first woman to do so. She took advantage of the opportunity to announce that she would run for reelection, surprising Arkansas politicians by joining a field already crowded with prominent candidates who had assumed she would step aside. She told reporters, "The time has passed when a woman should be placed in a position and kept there only while someone else is being groomed for the job."


1932 United States Senate election in Arkansas, Democratic primary, Campaign
Senator Huey Long of neighboring Louisiana traveled to Arkansas on a seven-day campaign swing on Caraway's behalf just before the primary. Caraway supported Long's efforts to limit income inequality and increase poverty aid. Long was also motivated by personal sympathy for the widow and his ambition to extend his influence into the home state of his party rival, Senator Joseph Robinson.


1932 United States Senate election in Arkansas, Democratic primary, Campaign
Long later recalled his campaign methods on behalf of Caraway:


1932 United States Senate election in Arkansas, Democratic primary, Campaign
Mrs. Caraway would never forget nor cease to laugh over the plans we made for caring for obstreperous infants in the audience so that their mothers might listen to the speeches without the crowds being disturbed. I remember when I saw her notice one of our campaigners take charge of the first baby. The child began fretting and then began to cry. One of the young men accompanying us immediately gave it a drink of water. The child quieted for a bit and resumed a whimper, whereupon the same campaign worker handed the baby an all-day sucker, which it immediately grasped and soon fell asleep. Mrs. Caraway did not understand that it was a matter of design until it had been repeated several times.


1932 United States Senate election in California
The 1932 United States Senate election in California was held on November 2, 1932. Incumbent Republican Senator Samuel Morgan Shortridge ran for a third term in office, but lost a highly competitive four-way Republican primary to Tallant Tubbs, who ran as a "wet" or anti-prohibition candidate.


1932 United States Senate election in California
In the general election, former Secretary of the Treasury and presidential candidate William Gibbs McAdoo won a three-way race against Tubbs and Prohibition candidate Robert P. Shuler, who received the most votes of any Prohibition candidate in United States history.


1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut
The 1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 8, 1932.


1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut
Incumbent Senator Hiram Bingham III ran for a second full term in office but was defeated by Democratic U.S. Representative Augustine Lonergan. Despite the fact that Connecticut was one of only six states President Herbert Hoover carried in his landslide defeat by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lonergan won the seat as one of eleven gains made by the Democrats in 1932.


1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Republican nomination
The Republican Party met in convention in New Haven on September 7 and nominated a unanimous ticket, including Senator Bingham.


1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic nomination, Campaign
Entering the September 7 convention at Groton, the Democratic Party was split between supporters of the presidential campaigns of Al Smith, who had carried the Connecticut delegation in April, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had won the nomination in July. In the Senate race, the Roosevelt faction backed professor Harry Morgan Ayres while the Smith faction supported Francis T. Maloney. In the event of deadlock, State Senator Michael Connor said he would present Thomas Hewes, a member of the staff of Governor Wilbur Cross, as a compromise.


1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic nomination, Convention
Lonergan was successful at the convention, aligning himself with the pro-Smith "old guard" faction over the pro-Roosevelt "new guard."


1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign
Bingham campaigned as a "wet," or anti-Prohibitionist, Republican in an effort to win Democratic votes. In April, Bingham blamed Prohibition as indirectly responsible for the Lindbergh kidnapping, which he believed to be the work of associates of Al Capone. In July, Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska commented on Bingham's persistent proposals to legislate the repeal of Prohibition, "If he dies and goes to Heaven, as I know he will, and St. Peter opens the gates, the Senator from Connecticut will refuse to go in unless he has a bottle of beer under his arm." He also campaigned as an opponent of paper money and free silver and a proponent of the Hoover administration.


1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign
Bingham's opposition to Prohibition led Milton Conover, a Yale professor and vigorous defender of the preservation and enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment, to enter the race.


1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Results
On Election Day, Lonergan narrowly unseated Bingham. Conover's 10,621 votes were more than double the number separating the incumbent Bingham from victory.


1932 United States Senate election in Illinois
The 1932 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican Otis F. Glenn was unseated by Democrat William H. Dieterich.


1932 United States Senate election in Illinois, Election information
The primaries and general election coincided with those for federal elections (president and House) and those for state elections. Primaries were held April 12, 1932.


1932 United States Senate election in Illinois, Election information, Background
The economic downturn that was the Great Depression was raging through the nation since the 1929 Wall Street crash. Many voters laid blame for the downturn and its impacts on Republican president Herbert Hoover.


1932 United States Senate election in Illinois, Election information, Background
The 1930 election for Illinois' other U.S. Senate seat saw the first instance after the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (adopted in 1912) went into effect (instituting popular elections for U.S. senate) that a Republican lost a U.S. Senate race in Illinois, with Democrat J. Hamilton Lewis winning that election.


1932 United States Senate election in Louisiana
The 1932 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic Senator Edwin Broussard ran for a third term in office, but was defeated in the primary by U.S. Representative John H. Overton.


1932 United States Senate election in Louisiana
On September 13, Overton won the Democratic primary with 61.64% of the vote.


1932 United States Senate election in Louisiana
At this time, Louisiana was a one-party state (no other party had run a candidate for Senate since the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment), and the Democratic nomination was tantamount to victory. Overton won the November general election without an opponent.


1932 United States Senate election in Maryland
The 1932 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican Wallace Williams.


1932 United States Senate election in New York
The United States Senate election of 1932 in New York was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic Senator Robert F. Wagner was re-elected to a second term over Republican George Z. Medalie.


1932 United States Senate election in North Carolina
The 1932 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 8, 1932. Interim Democratic Senator Cameron A. Morrison ran for election to a full term, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Robert Rice Reynolds. Reynolds defeated Republican Jacob F. Newell in the general election.


1932 United States Senate election in North Carolina, Background
Incumbent Senator Lee S. Overman died on December 12, 1930. Governor of North Carolina Oliver Max Gardner appointed Cameron A. Morrison, a former Governor, to fill Overman's vacant seat until a successor could be duly elected.


1932 United States Senate election in North Carolina, Background
A special election to complete Overman's term was scheduled for the same day as the 1932 election to the next term. Primaries for both elections were held on June 4.


1932 United States Senate election in North Dakota
The 1932 United States Senate election in North Dakota took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican Senator Gerald Nye ran for re-election to his second term. He was challenged in the Republican primary by Governor George F. Shafer, but easily won renomination. In the general election, he faced P. W. Lanier, a 1930 Democratic congressional candidate. Even as Democrats were performing well nationwide, Nye had little difficulty winning re-election in a landslide.


1932 United States Senate election in Ohio
The 1932 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Senator Robert J. Bulkley, who was elected to complete the unexpired term of Theodore Burton, was elected to a full term in office.


1932 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
The 1932 United States Senate election in Oklahoma took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic Senator Elmer Thomas ran for re-election to a second term. Thomas faced a crowded path to renomination, and only won the Democratic primary following a runoff election with attorney Gomer Smith. On the Republican side, oil magnate Wirt Franklin similarly won the Republican nomination in a runoff election. Thomas overwhelmingly defeated Franklin to win re-election, aided by Democratic presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide win in Oklahoma over Republican President Herbert Hoover.


1932 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
The 1932 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator James J. Davis successfully sought re-election, defeating Democratic nominee Lawrence H. Rupp.


1932 United States Senate election in South Carolina
The 1932 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 8.


1932 United States Senate election in South Carolina
On September 13, incumbent Senator Ellison D. Smith defeated former Senator Cole Blease in the Democratic primary with 56.7% of the vote.


1932 United States Senate election in South Carolina
At this time, South Carolina was a one-party state, and the Democratic nomination was tantamount to victory. Smith won the November general election without an opponent.


1932 United States Senate election in South Carolina, General election, Campaign
Since the end of Reconstruction in 1877, the Democratic Party dominated the politics of South Carolina and its statewide candidates were never seriously challenged. Smith did not campaign for the general election as there was no chance of defeat. Republican Clara Harrigal, an Aiken businesswoman and Republican National Committeewoman, was the first woman to run for statewide office in South Carolina.


1932 United States Senate election in South Dakota
The 1932 United States Senate election in South Dakota took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican Senator Peter Norbeck ran for re-election to a third term. After easily turning back a challenge from former State Senator Harry F. Brownell in the Republican primary, Norbeck faced attorney Ulysses Simpson Grant Cherry, the Democratic nominee, in the general election. Owing in part to Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide victory in South Dakota, the race was much closer than it was in 1926, but Norbeck still defeated Cherry by a decisive margin to win his third, and final, term. Norbeck died in office on December 20, 1936, triggering a special election in 1938.


1932 United States Senate election in Vermont
The 1932 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 8, 1932. Republican Porter H. Dale successfully ran for re-election to another term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Fred C. Martin. Dale died in October 1933, vacating the seat until a special election was held in January 1934.


1932 United States Senate elections
The United States Senate elections of 1932 coincided with Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's crushing victory over incumbent Herbert Hoover in the presidential election.


1932 United States Senate elections
With the Hoover administration widely blamed for the Great Depression, Republicans lost twelve seats and control of the chamber to the Democrats, who won  28 of the 34 contested races (two Democratic incumbents, Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida and John H. Overton of Louisiana, were re-elected unopposed).


1932 United States Senate elections
Among the defeated Republican incumbents in 1932 were Majority Leader James Watson (R-IN) and five-term Senator Reed Smoot (R-UT); in Smoot's regard, although economists disagree by how much, the consensus view among economists and economic historians is that the passage of his Smoot-Hawley tariff exacerbated the Great Depression.


1932 United States Senate elections
This is also one of only five occasions where 10 or more Senate seats changed hands in an election, with the other occasions being in 1920, 1946, 1958, and 1980.


1932 United States Senate elections
As of 2021, this is the last time Democrats won a Senate election in Kansas.


1932 United States Senate elections, Race summary
All races are general elections for class 3 seats, unless noted.


1932 United States Senate elections, Race summary, Elections during the 72nd Congress
In these elections, the winners were elected and seated during 1932; ordered by election date.


1932 United States Senate elections, Arkansas
There were two elections for the same seat, due to the November 6, 1931 death of two-term Democrat Thaddeus H. Caraway.


1932 United States Senate elections, Arkansas
Caraway's widow, Democrat Hattie Wyatt Caraway, was appointed November 13, 1931 to continue his term.


1932 United States Senate elections, Arkansas, Arkansas (Regular)
In May 1932, Caraway surprised Arkansas politicians by announcing that she would run for a full term in the upcoming election, joining a field already crowded with prominent candidates who had assumed she would step aside. She told reporters, "The time has passed when a woman should be placed in a position and kept there only while someone else is being groomed for the job." When she was invited by Vice President Charles Curtis to preside over the Senate she took advantage of the situation to announce that she would run for reelection.


1932 United States Senate elections, Arkansas, Arkansas (Regular)
Populist former Governor and Senator Huey Long of neighboring Louisiana traveled to Arkansas on a seven-day campaign swing on her behalf. She was the first female senator to preside over the body as well as the first to chair a committee (Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills). Lacking any significant political backing, Caraway accepted the offer of help from Long, whose efforts to limit incomes of the wealthy and increase aid to the poor she had supported.


1932 United States Senate elections, Arkansas, Arkansas (Regular)
Long was also motivated by sympathy for the widow and his ambition to extend his influence into the home state of his party rival, Senator Joseph Robinson, who had been Al Smith's vice-presidential candidate in 1928. Bringing his colorful and flamboyant campaign style to Arkansas, Long stumped the state with Caraway for a week just before the Democratic primary. He helped her to amass nearly twice as many votes as her closest opponent.


1932 United States Senate elections, Arkansas, Arkansas (Regular)
Long effectively used a method to quiet crying babies at campaign stops in Arkansas to encourage voter interest:


1932 United States Senate elections, Arkansas, Arkansas (Regular)
Mrs. Caraway would never forget nor cease to laugh over the plans we made for caring for obstreperous infants in the audience so that their mothers might listen to the speeches without the crowds being disturbed. I remember when I saw her notice one of our campaigners take charge of the first baby. The child began fretting and then began to cry. One of the young men accompanying us immediately gave it a drink of water. The child quieted for a bit and resumed a whimper, whereupon the same campaign worker handed the baby an all-day sucker, which it immediately grasped and soon fell asleep. Mrs. Caraway did not understand that it was a matter of design until it had been repeated several times.


1932 United States Senate elections, Arkansas, Arkansas (Regular)
Caraway went on to win the general election in November, with the accompanying victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt as U.S. President.


1932 United States Senate elections, Colorado
There were 2 elections November 8, 1932 for the same seat, due to the death of one-term Republican Charles W. Waterman. The primaries were held September 13, 1932.


1932 United States Senate elections, Colorado, Colorado (Special)
Democrat Walter Walker was appointed to continue the term, pending the special election, which he then lost.


1932 United States Senate elections, Colorado, Colorado (Special)
Republican attorney Karl C. Schuyler was elected finish the term, but he lost the contemporaneous election to the next term. He died in 1933.


1932 United States Senate elections, Colorado, Colorado (Regular)
Democratic former senator Alva B. Adams was elected to start the new term that would begin in March 1933.


1932 United States Senate elections, Colorado, Colorado (Regular)
Adams would be re-elected once and serve until his December 1, 1941 death.


1932 United States Senate elections, Georgia
There were two elections due to the death of William J. Harris. It was only the second time that both of Georgia's Senate seats have been up for election at the same time, following double-barrel elections in 1914.


1932 United States Senate elections, Georgia, Georgia (Special)
Democratic incumbent William J. Harris died April 18, 1932. Richard Russell Jr., the Democratic Governor of Georgia, appointed fellow-Democrat John S. Cohen April 25, 1932 to continue the term but Cohen was not a candidate for election.


1932 United States Senate elections, Georgia, Georgia (Special)
Russell then won the September 14, 1932 Democratic primary over Charles R. Crisp, 57.72% to 42.28%. Russell was then unopposed in the November 8, 1932 special election.


1932 United States Senate elections, Iowa
Murphy served only 3 years until his July 16, 1936 death.


1932 United States Senate elections, North Carolina
North Carolina had 2 elections for the same seat, due to the December 12, 1930 death of five-term Democrat Lee S. Overman.


1932 United States Senate elections, North Carolina, North Carolina (Special)
Democratic former-Governor of North Carolina Cameron A. Morrison was appointed December 13, 1930 to continue Overman's term, pending a special election. Primaries for both parties were held June 4, 1932  Morrison lost the primary run-off election.


1932 United States Senate elections, North Carolina, North Carolina (Regular)
Primaries for both parties were held June 4, 1932 and a Democratic run-off primary was held July 2, 1932. Interim appointee Cameron A. Morrison lost the primary run-off election.


1932 United States Senate elections, North Carolina, North Carolina (Regular)
Reynolds would be re-elected once and serve until his 1945 retirement.


1932 United States elections
The 1932 United States elections were held on November 8, during the Great Depression. The presidential election coincided with U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and gubernatorial elections in several states. The election marked the end of the Fourth Party System and the start of the Fifth Party System. The election is widely considered to be a realigning election, and the newly established Democratic New Deal coalition experienced much more success than their predecessors had in the Fourth Party System.


1932 United States elections
Democratic New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican incumbent  president Herbert Hoover in a landslide, with Hoover winning only six Northeastern states. Roosevelt's victory was the first by a Democratic candidate since Woodrow Wilson won re-election in 1916. Roosevelt took his party's nomination on the fourth ballot, defeating 1928 nominee Al Smith and Speaker of the House John Nance Garner.


1932 United States elections
In addition to Hoover's defeat, the Republicans also suffered crushing defeats in both congressional chambers: they lost 101 seats in the House of Representatives, with the Democrats expanding their House majority to a supermajority, and also lost twelve seats in the Senate,  with Democrats winning control of the chamber for the first time since 1918. This would be the last time that an incumbent president lost re-election and his party lost control of both chambers of Congress in a single term until 2020.


1932 United States elections
The election took place after the 1930 United States Census and the subsequent Congressional re-apportionment. The Reapportionment Act of 1929 provided a permanent method of apportioning 435 House seats; previously, Congress had had to pass apportionment legislation after each census.


1932 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1932, in 35 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 8, 1932 (September 12 in Maine).


1932 United States presidential election
The 1932 United States presidential election was the 37th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1932. The election took place 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. Roosevelt was the first Democrat in 80 years to win an outright majority in the popular and electoral votes, the last one being Franklin Pierce in 1852. Hoover was the last elected incumbent president to lose reelection until Jimmy Carter lost 48 years later. The election marked the effective end of the Fourth Party System, which had been dominated by Republicans.


1932 United States presidential election
Despite poor economic conditions due to the Great Depression, Hoover faced little opposition at the 1932 Republican National Convention. Roosevelt was widely considered the front-runner at the start of the 1932 Democratic National Convention, but was not able to clinch the nomination until the fourth ballot of the convention. The Democratic convention chose a leading Southern Democrat, Speaker of the House John Nance Garner of Texas, as the party's vice presidential nominee. Roosevelt united the party around him, campaigning on the failures of the Hoover administration. He promised recovery with a "New Deal" for the American people.


1932 United States presidential election
Roosevelt won by a landslide in both the electoral and popular vote, carrying every state outside of the Northeast and receiving the highest percentage of the popular vote of any Democratic nominee up to that time. Hoover had won over 58% of the popular vote in the 1928 presidential election, but saw his share of the popular vote decline to 39.7%. Socialist Party nominee Norman Thomas won 2.2% of the popular vote. Subsequent Democratic landslides in the 1934 mid-term elections and the 1936 presidential election confirmed the commencement of the Fifth Party System, which would be dominated by Roosevelt's New Deal Coalition.


1932 United States presidential election, Nominations, Democratic Party nomination
The leading candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1932 was New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had won most of the primaries by wide margins. However, the practice of state primaries was still uncommon in 1932, and most of the delegates at the convention were unbound by the results of a popular vote. Additionally, a two-thirds majority was required in order for any candidate to obtain the nomination.