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Vor 15 Stunden · Davis, a compromise candidate, triumphed on the 103rd ballot of the 1924 Democratic National Convention after a deadlock between supporters of William Gibbs McAdoo and Al Smith. Dissatisfied by the conservatism of both major party candidates, the newly formed Progressive Party nominated Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin.
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Vor einem Tag · In 1913, Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo – an appointee of the President – was heard to express his opinion of black and white women working together in one government office: "I feel sure that this must go against the grain of the white women. Is there any reason why the white women should not have only white women working ...
Vor 4 Tagen · At the 1924 Democratic National Convention, a resolution denouncing the Ku Klux Klan was introduced by Catholic and liberal forces allied with Al Smith and Oscar W. Underwood in order to embarrass the front-runner, William Gibbs McAdoo. After much debate, the resolution failed by a single vote.
Vor 2 Tagen · The Klan’s favorite for the presidential nomination that year was one William Gibbs McAdoo, who had served Democrat – and Klan supporter – President Woodrow Wilson as Secretary of the Treasury. Wilson, recall, was such a staunch Klan supporter that he hosted a White House screening of the pro-Klan, decidedly racist Hollywood blockbuster Birth of a Nation .
Vor einem Tag · El apoyo de Hearst a Franklin D. Roosevelt en la Convención Nacional Demócrata de 1932, a través de sus aliados William Gibbs McAdoo y John Nance Garner, también puede verse como parte de su venganza contra Smith, quien era un oponente de Roosevelt en esa convención.
Vor 3 Tagen · The Klan’s favorite for the presidential nomination that year was one William Gibbs McAdoo, who had served Democrat - and Klan supporter - President Woodrow Wilson as Secretary of the Treasury. Wilson, recall, was such a staunch Klan supporter that he hosted a White House screening of the pro-Klan, decidedly racist Hollywood blockbuster Birth of a Nation .
Vor 3 Tagen · William Gibbs McAdoo, the Klan’s favorite for the presidential candidacy that same year, served under Democrat President Woodrow Wilson, a known Klan enthusiast. Wilson’s support for the KKK was so unequivocal that he even permitted a Klan-centric movie, The Birth of a Nation, to be presented at the White House.
