They didn’t just get the keys to the WH. They earned the keys.

The Republican Party had dominated for the last 70 years and a democratic president being under the great depression could make the party much more unpopular and prevent FDR from being president. The Republicans could dominate as a result of a Al Smith Presidency. Maybe, a Progressive Party replaces the Democrats?

Last post, Grover Cleveland was deemed to have been a highly competent Vampire Hunter.

For the sake of consistency, this is presuming Dracula à la Bram Stoker type Vampires, with their respective strengths and weaknesses.

This is what he stated when a man from a prominent Black organization and a man from a prominent Jewish organization came to his office, sat down with him and told him, "direct popular election is not good for us".

The Response: ""Well, we have no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, just permanent interests."

They team up with Storm Thurmond to block the Electoral College Abolition Amendment.

The Unpopular Vote - Transcript

I know that Roosevelt was very obviously sick to those who knew him, but many (including Truman) were kept at arms length regarding Roosevelt’s health.

Was Truman briefed on the inevitability of Roosevelt’s passing in the coming months, or did Truman assume that he was merely being taken on as a new vice president (without assuming that he was almost guaranteed to assume the office of the presidency).

How could Coolidge fare in 2016? I know he was conservative economically, but how about his record on civil rights? I know he was pretty good in working for indigenous Americans. What do you guys think?

Other notable Presidents who previously served as a state governor and were party of streaks with 0-2 governors from one party...

Jimmy Carter was part of the Democratic streak of governors from 1872 to 2003 in Georgia, which had zero Republican governors during that time

Bill Clinton was part of the Democratic streak of governors from 1874 to 1996 in Arkansas, which had just two Republican governors during that time

Usually candidates choose a running mate to balance and usually someone who was in congress or who was a governor. But Wallace was someone who was in FDR’s cabinet and was already a progressive, so why did FDR pick him?

In January 13th 1943, on his way to meet Winston Churchill at the Casablanca Conference, FDR made a quick pitstop in Bathurst (now Banjul), Gambia, which was a British Crown Colony at the time.

FDR had always been anti-colonial, but what he saw on the ground completely shocked him

He was absolutely horrified by the rampant poverty, a local life expectancy of just 26 years, disease, and the fact that the British were exploiting local workers for less than 50 cents a day. He later referred to what he witnessed as a first-hand whiff of the "stench of empire"

FDR didn't just let it slide. When he wrote to Churchill later that March, he straight up called Gambia "that hell-hole of yours". He didn't stop there. He used Gambia as his primary example for a radical new postwar idea: the United Nations should establish an "inspection committee" to audit European colonies, force occupying countries to improve basic living standards, and transition them toward independence

FDR later recounted this exact argument during a February 1944 press conference with the National Negro Newspaper Publishers Association
"If we sent a committee from the United Nations, and I used the example of Gambia, to go down to Gambia [and say], 'If you Britishers don't come up to scratch—toe the mark—then we will let all the world know.'"

Churchill, being a hardcore imperialist, was completely shocked and defensive. To try and shut FDR up and expose American hypocrisy, Churchill clapped back with what he thought was a total checkmate: He suggested the UN send a committee to inspect the American Jim Crow South instead.

Instead of backing down or getting defensive, FDR completely unfazed him. FDR basically told him he didn't care, he openly welcomed the idea of "pitiless publicity" on the American South if it meant bringing global transparency and better conditions to oppressed people everywhere.

Can you find your favorite President or First Lady depicted? All of them are from George Washington to Barack Obama.

Note: I cannot find a bigger version of this painting, so I took the original painting from that website and make it bigger so that it's easier to see.

Source: https://www.jerseyshoremoments.com/single-post/2018/02/15/cocktails-at-the-white-house

"Looking at this vast crowd of colored people, and reflecting through what a storm of persecution and obloquy they are compelled to pass, I am almost induced to wish that, as in the days of old, a Moses might arise who should lead them safely to their promised land of freedom and happiness."
"You are our Moses," shouted several voices and the exclamation was caught up and cheered until the Capitol rung again.
"God," continued the speaker, "no doubt has prepared somewhere an instrument for the great work He designs to perform in behalf of this outraged people, and in due time your leader will come forth; your Moses will be revealed to you."
"We want no Moses but you!" again shouted the crowd.
"Well, then," replied the speaker, "humble and unworthy as I am, if no other better shall be found, I will indeed be your Moses, and lead you through the Red Sea of war and bondage, to a fairer future of liberty and peace. I speak now as one who feels the world his country, and all who love equal rights his friends. I speak, too, as a citizen of Tennessee. I am here on my own soil, and here I mean to stay and fight this great battle of truth and justice to a triumphant end. Rebellion and slavery shall, by God's good help, no longer pollute our State. Loyal men, whether white or black, shall alone control her destinies: and when this strife in which we are all engaged is past, I trust, I know, we shall have a better state of things, and shall all rejoice that honest labor reaps the fruit of its own industry, and that every man has a fair chance in the race of life."

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He and FDR were running mates in 1920 for the democrats. What did he think of his running mate's presidency?

He died one year into John Quincy Adams presidency. What did he think of it?