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Franklin Roosevelt's most notable speech in the 1936 campaign was an address he gave in Madison Square Garden in New York City on 31 October. Roosevelt offered a vigorous defense of the New Deal: For twelve years this Nation was afflicted with hear-nothing, see-nothing, do-nothing Government.
The 1936 United States elections were held on November 3, 1936, during the Great Depression. Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt trounced Governor Alf Landon of Kansas in a landslide and the Democrats built on their majorities in both chambers of Congress .
The 1936 United States presidential election in California was held on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose twenty-two electors, or representatives to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
The 1936 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1936. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, over the Republican nominee, Kansas Governor Alf Landon ...
Montgomery County had not voted Democratic since 1876. 1936 also saw FDR flip Erie County into the Democratic column, home to the city of Buffalo in western New York, which up to that point was a Republican county that had even held for Herbert Hoover in 1932. Finally flipping in 1936, Buffalo has largely remained a loyal Democratic bastion ...
The 1936 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The No. 3 Nittany Lions (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten) lost for the eighth straight time to the No. 4 Buckeyes (7-1, 4-1). This time it was 20-13. And much of it hinged on Penn State failures to end the first ...
The 1936 Madison Square Garden speech was a speech given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 31, 1936, three days before that year's presidential election.In the speech, Roosevelt pledged to continue the New Deal and criticized those who, in his view, were putting personal gain and politics over national economic recovery from the Great Depression.