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Democrats in Chicago Name Roosevelt Third Term Bid
The Chicago convention scene featured Roosevelt third term chants as leaders push for renomination. James A. Farley, Bankhead, and Barkley led speeches while leaders from Wheeler to Pepper pressed for Roosevelt seizing a possible draft. Delegates clashed over rules, platforms, and representation as the party steadies toward a historic decision.
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Kelly
Roosevelt
Farley
White House
Chicago
Resolutions Committee
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Francis E. Townsend
Louis Johnson
Garner
Jesse Jones
Wheeler
Montana
Lucas
Illinois
Douglas
Supreme Court
Samuel A. Stritch
Catholic Church
Phil Regan
L. W. Robert
Chicago Stadium
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Worth Clark
Idaho
Burton K. Wheeler
James A. Farley
National Committee
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
E. B
Germany
Rosevelt
Claude Pepper
Florida
Pepper
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Louis J. Brann
Maine
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Jim Farley
Willkie
Tammany Hall
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Wendell
Congress
Perkins
Labor Department
Bankhead
M. S.T
Louis Binstock
Temple Sholom
Jeremiah Mahoney
New York
Thomas Buckley
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Norton
Aves
Lucretia Grady
California
Hague
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Texas
Indiana
Frank McHale
Paul V. McNutt
Tydings
Sumner Welles
Ed Rivers
Georgia
Arthur W. Mitchell
Thomas F. McAllister
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Philippine Islands
Eddie Howard
McAllister
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Great Stadium
Michigan
Senator Bankhead
Mitchell