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The Republican Convention, held in Kansas City, Missouri from June 12 to June 15, nominated Hoover on the first ballot.

With Hoover disinclined to interfere in the selection of his running mate, the party leaders were at first partial to giving Dawes a shot at a second term, but when this information leaked, Coolidge sent an angry telegram saying that he would consider a second nomination for Dawes, whom he hated, a " personal affront.

" To attract votes from farmers concerned about Hoover's pro-business orientation, it was instead offered to Senator Curtis, who accepted.

He was nominated overwhelmingly on the first ballot.