Word: rosenman
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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Rejected by Tammany for nomination was Supreme Court Justice Samuel Rosenman. Long Governor Roosevelt's legal adviser, Justice Rosenman had been temporarily appointed to the bench by the Governor earlier this year...
Governor Roosevelt's relations with Tammany were strained almost to the breaking point. Its turndown of Justice Rosenman in Manhattan was a direct slap at him on local patronage. If it succeeded in defeating Mr. Lehman at Albany and then encumbered the party ticket with Walker's renomination in New York City. Governor Roosevelt's chances of carrying New York State would become slim indeed. But the Democratic presidential nominee still had one mighty weapon with which to bludgeon Tammany into line? prospective Federal patronage. Boss Curry knew only too well that as far as Federal jobs were concerned Governor...