Why the 1924 Democratic National Convention Was the Longest and Most Chaotic of Its Kind in U.S. History
Source: Smithsonian
“I belong to no organized party,” the humorist Will Rogers said in 1924. “I’m a Democrat.” Rogers had just witnessed the longest and by some accounts “wildest” political convention in American history: the 1924 Democratic National Convention, which took 16 days and 103 ballots to nominate a presidential candidate. Beginning on June 24, the summer convention was a bleak, sweltering affair for the Democrats.…
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