South Carolina Senator Ellison D. Smith walked out of the convention hall once he saw that a black minister was going to deliver the invocation.
•
The convention resulted in the nomination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President John N. Garner for reelection.
•
Prior to 1936, the rule for nominating candidates for President and Vice President required a two-thirds vote of the delegates.
Democratic Party (United States) | National Football League | National Register of Historic Places | National Hockey League | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Democratic Party | England national football team | National Basketball Association | National Science Foundation | Social Democratic Party of Germany | National Geographic | National Trust | National Endowment for the Arts | National Geographic Society | Argentina national football team | National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty | National Park Service | National League | Australian National University | National Guard | National Geographic Channel | New Democratic Party | Democratic-Republican Party | National Institutes of Health | National Guard of the United States | Democratic-Republican Party (United States) | National Collegiate Athletic Association | United States National Research Council | Social Democratic Party | National Portrait Gallery |