October 30, 1928 The “A Chicken for Every Pot” political ad is placed in the New York Times by a local committee during Republican candidate Herbert Hoover’s presidential campaign of 1928. The advertisement was used by Hoover’s opponents to claim that he had promised voters a chicken in every pot and two cars in every garage (the ad only mentions one car), although Hoover himself never made such a statement. Hoover won the election, but the Great Depression began in 1929 and Hoover’s opponents used this phrase against him in the 1932 presidential campaign. Hoover was decisively defeated by Democratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt. rochestermilitary.com