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IN McADOO'S STEPS

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 1928-1932

In November 1928 Jesse Grantham, an attorney in Fort Lau-
derdale, Florida, saw only one hope for his divided and defeated party.
The Democrats had just suffered their third landslide defeat in as many
elections, and even the South had shown that its loyalty to the party was
not unshakable. Only by achieving unity could the party hope to win pub-
lic confidence. "You are a real, civilized man, forceful, intelligent, liberal,
diplomatic, serene and calm," Grantham wrote Franklin Roosevelt; "of all
the outstanding men of the party, you are the one man who possesses the
necessary qualities to restore harmony in our ranks." 1

Grantham's opinion has since become historical orthodoxy. Historians
of the party and biographers of FDR have all portrayed him as the great

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Publication Information: Book Title: After Wilson: The Struggle for the Democratic Party, 1920-1934. Contributors: Douglas B. Craig - author. Publisher: University of North Carolina Press. Place of Publication: Chapel Hill, NC. Publication Year: 1992. Page Number: 205.
    
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