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Richard Cochrane is trained in chemistry and metallurgy but is far more interested and practiced as a political and fund raising consultant, writer and amateur historian. He grew up in a Navy family and with his two younger brothers carried on its 500+ year tradition of naval service to Great Britain and the USA then enjoyed a career with one of the largest advertising and public relations agencies working with numerous Fortune 500 companies and many of America's premier educational institutions. He maintains friendships and acquaintanceships around the world. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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1932 Democrat Nomination Last Tammany Hall and Brokered Conventions

August 12th, 2008 • Richard Cochrane

If it smells like a skunk it most probably is a skunk.

The pro-Hillary people are exercised by the 1932 Democratic National Convention which was held in Chicago, Illinois from June 27 - July 2, 1932 and arguably a brokered convention between Randolph Heart and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.

The three major contenders for the presidential nomination were Roosevelt, Garner and former governor of New York and 1928

presidential candidate, Al Smith. They roughly represented three competing factions of the Democratic Party. Smith was supported by the Tammany Hall machine in New York City, and had many supporters in the Democratic National Committee, as well as in Chicago. Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak packed the hall with Smith supporters.

The three major contenders for the presidential nomination were Roosevelt, Garner and former governor of New York and 1928 presidential candidate, Al Smith. They roughly represented three competing factions of the Democratic Party. Smith was supported by the Tammany Hall machine in New York City, and had many supporters

in the Democratic National Committee, as well as in Chicago. Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak packed the hall with Smith supporters.

A late night call was made by leading Democrat Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr, (then a Roosevelt supporter) to Hearst, reminding Hearst that if the convention continued in the same way, Smith or Baker would be nominated, two people who embodied all the political beliefs diametrically opposed to Hearst’s own. Kennedy convinced Hearst to notify Garner to bow out of the race, and to support Roosevelt. When McAdoo learned of this decision, he threw California’s delegates to Roosevelt, and the other states fell in line behind Roosevelt.

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