Post by Diarist on Oct 24, 2015 10:45:52 GMT 1
Huey Long, the 40th Governor of Louisiana, announces that he would run for U.S. president in 1936 as an independent candidate unless the Republicans nominated someone he would support. Long said he would seek the Democratic nomination instead if Roosevelt did not run for re-election.
Source: "Long Declares He's in Race to Beat Roosevelt". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 13, 1935. p. 1.
Source: "Long Declares He's in Race to Beat Roosevelt". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 13, 1935. p. 1.