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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.
Polls made during 1934 and 1935 suggested Long could have won between six [6] and seven million [7] votes, or approximately fifteen percent of the actual number cast in the 1936 election. Popular support for Long's Share Our Wealth program raised the possibility of a 1936 presidential bid against incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Pelley founded the Christian Party in 1935, and ran an unsuccessful campaign as candidate for president in 1936, winning only 1,600 votes. [2] He spoke often of protecting the U.S. Constitution. [8] He also proposed turning the United States into a corporation, with all white Christian citizens as shareholders. [8]
As the 1936 election approached, the Roosevelt Administration grew increasingly concerned by Long's popularity. [195] Democratic National Committee chairman James Farley commissioned a secret poll in early 1935. [197] Farley's poll revealed that if Long ran on a third-party ticket, he would win about four million votes, 10% of the electorate. [198]
1936 United States vice-presidential candidates (6 P) Pages in category "1936 United States presidential election" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
From March 10 to May 19, 1936, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1936 United States presidential election.The nominee was selected through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1936 Republican National Convention held from June 9 to June 12, 1936, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Eleven years later, he told Larry King that he was considering a political run, and that he was a registered Republican. He has not, however, said those particular words bashing the party.
Alfred Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) was an American oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 1936 presidential election, and was defeated in a landslide by incumbent president Franklin D. Roosevelt.