The Parties in American Presidential Elections, 1789–2020

Chapter 5 The Democratic and Republican Parties in the New Deal Era and After, 1932 – 1976

“We can save the expense of bringing people here from all over the country later,” Governor Franklin Roosevelt said on Friday, July 1, 1932 as he and his family at the Governor’s Mansion in Albany celebrated the news of the hour from the Chicago, and got the word quickly back to the Democratic National Convention’s mangers still in Chicago Stadium not to adjourn the convention yet. Delegates at the convention had selected Roosevelt to head their ticket and finished their work. Under normal circumstances, they’d be adjourning and returning to their hotel rooms to begin packing for their travels back home. As telephones rang throughout the night that ...