Year with the worst pool of candidates?

[PBrunsel]

I'd say the best was the Republican field in 1920 (Herbert Hoover, Theodore Roosevelt, Hiram Johnson, Leonard Wood, Charles Hughes, Calvin Coolidge, and Warren Harding) however the worst has to be the Democratic pool in 1932:

Franklin D. Roosevelt was not seen than as he is now. Many viewed him as a sleazy machine politician with little experience. Harry Hopkins called the Roosevelt-Gardner Ticket, "A kangaroo ticket! The bottom is stronger than the top." Who would have thought he'd be in the White House for so long.

John Nance Gardner was a typical Texan politician of the 1930's: big, loud, and self-righteous.

Al Smith was still the corrupt Tammany Machine man of 1928. How in the world could he think the song "The Streets of New York" would be an appealing campaign song to the Midwest? Smith was a good governor of New York, but a god awful national contender.

William G. McAdoo, the darling of the KKK, was still the same man who lost the nod in 1920 and 1924.

The 1932 Democratic candidate pool was a shallow one indeed, but than again after the Bonus Army any of those men listed above could have defeated him.

[PBrunsel]

I'd say the best was the Republican field in 1920 (Herbert Hoover, Theodore Roosevelt, Hiram Johnson, Leonard Wood, Charles Hughes, Calvin Coolidge, and Warren Harding)

Hey, PBrunsel, good to see you back! Didn't TR die in 1919?

That is ture NewFederalist,

However he was viewed as the GOP front-runner throughout much of 1918. He had actually selected his running-mate: Warren Harding of Ohio.

Only death could stop TR.