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Papers, 1931-1932

1931-1932

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This series of correspondence, memoranda, and other papers is related primarily to the endorsement of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1932 presidential election campaign by the National Progressive League. The endorsement is covered from two perspectives: First, that of the Democratic Party leadership as disclosed in the correspondence and memoranda of James A. Farley, Louis Howe, Robert H. Jackson, and F. Ryan Duffy, who welcomed the endorsement, but had concerns about its independence and commitment to other party candidates. The Progressive League's independent activity in state and local contests in Wisconsin were discussed frequently in this context. Second, that of the National Progressive League, expressed mostly by David K. Niles, the director of the organization. His desire was to work closely with the Democratic Party to ensure the election of Roosevelt, especially in Massachusetts where he made overtures to Boston Mayor James Michael Curley. Correspondents of Niles included Democratic Party leaders and prominent progressives such as Frank Murphy and George W. Norris.

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Jackson, Robert H. (Robert Houghwout), 1892-1954

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Robert Houghwout Jackson (February 13, 1892 – October 9, 1954) was an American attorney and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He had previously served as United States Solicitor General and United States Attorney General, and is the only person to have held all three of those offices. Jackson was also notable for his work as Chief United States Prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals following World War II. Jackson was born in Spring...

Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958

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Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949

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Mayor of Detroit; Governor of Michigan; Governor General of the Philippine Islands; associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of Frank Murphy papers, 1893-1960 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 369174924 Mayor of Detroit, governor of Michigan; justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of Frank Murphy autograph book, 1930-1942. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778857 Detroit (Mich.) Recorder...

National Progressive League.

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Norris, George W. 1881-1944.

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Democratic Party.

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Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976

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Business executive and U.S. postmaster general 1933-1940. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1949. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122446088 James A. Farley was a Democratic party leader and a U.S. Postmaster General. From the description of James A. Farley letter, 1971 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122411243 Politician. From the description of Reminiscences of James Aloysius ...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Howe, Louis M. (Louis McHenry), 1871-1936

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Louis McHenry Howe (1871-1936) was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and moved to Saratoga Springs, New York, where he attended the Saratoga Institute, a private day school. His father had purchased the Saratoga Sun in 1882 and Louis worked for him, eventually taking charge of the publication when his father became ill. He also assumed his father''s supplemental position as local reporter for the New York Herald. In 1906, Howe became involved in an attempt to reform the Democratic Party in New York...

Niles, David K., 1888-1952

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Duffy, Francis Ryan 1886-1979.

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