The 103rd ballot: Democrats and the disaster in Madison Square Garden
Robert K. Murray
"Divided over the contentious issues of Prohibition and the Ku Klux Klan, a fractured Democratic Party met in the summer of 1924 to elect a presidential nominee. With drastically opposing views between frontrunners William Gibbs McAdoo of California and Governor Al Smith of New York, and the "Favorite sons"--Candidates running without national support -- rigid division amongst the party led to the need for a 103rd ballot. Robert Keith Murray expertly captures the upheaval of the convention and the detrimental impact it had on the party long after a candidate had been officially selected. The riveting narrative and exceptional analysis provides a captivating look on one of the most controversial presidential conventions in American history, on that will highly resonate with readers given the state of political dissonance today"-- Page four of the cover of the paperback edition.
Jahr:
1976
Verlag:
HarperCollins Publishers
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
336
ISBN 10:
0060131241
ISBN 13:
9780060131241
Datei:
PDF, 19.61 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1976