Steven Shepard Retweeted Howard Mortman
FDR was reportedly prepared to deliver a speech *declining* the nomination if delegates didn't nominate Agriculture Secretary Henry Wallace for vice president.https://twitter.com/HowardMortman/status/1299142731818766338 …
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Howard MortmanVerified account @HowardMortman
President Franklin Roosevelt's July 19, 1940, speech accepting the Democratic re-nomination for president was made from the White House.
National Archives: "FDR the first President to appear on television accepting his party’s nomination."
https://fdr.blogs.archives.gov/2020/07/28/television-fdr-and-the-1940-presidential-conventions/ … pic.twitter.com/xGakB3Tijc
5:38 PM - 27 Aug 2020
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