HIST 4060 Chapter : The Election Of 1932
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The election of 1932: democrats knew that the republicans were so broken (everyone believed that hoover and the. He went to private boarding schools, harvard, columbia. He comes from teddy"s family and marries tr"s neice. In law school, fdr said he had a plan to get into politics ny assembly (1910), Secretary of navy (1912 under wilson), vice president nominee (1920, doesn"t win), He doesn"t hide this, but it isn"t very public. Press respects this and doesn"t photograph him in his wheelchair. This shapes his ideas about the less fortunate. He gives the speech for the nominee in 1924, putting him back in the politically eye. Fdr is then asked to run in 1928 for gov. of ny to replace the democrat nominee (who doesn"t win again). But fdr won ny: fdr wanted people to vote for him, not just against hoover.
