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| Smoot-Hawley Tariff carries by two votes | June |  |
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|  | | | 1930 | Republican majority in House reduced to one seat |
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| Democrats lowers amount of signatures required for discharge petition | 1931 | |
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| | | | December | Hoover waits to address the economic crisis |
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| | 1931 | Congress passes servicemen loan bill over Hoover’s veto |
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| Presidential Elections Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Herbert C. Hoover (Republican)
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| Bonus March on Washington | 1932 | |
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| Republican convention in Chicago | June 14 | |
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| | | Popular Vote 57.4
39.7
| Electoral Vote 472
59
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| | Feb 16 | ‘Lame Duck’ amendment passes |
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| | 1932 | Hattie Caraway becomes first woman in Senate |
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| | June 27 | Barkley speaks at Democratic convention in Chicago |
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| Roosevelt calls Congress into special session | March 9 | |
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| | | | March | 73rd Congress convenes its first 100 days |
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| | May | National Labor Relations Act passes in Senate under Wagner |
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| - Rules Committee proposed that there would be no appropriation bill amendments, sparks furor | January | |
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| Liberty League appears, backed by wealthy | 1934 | |
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| | | | 1934 | Borah leads efforts to investigate munitions industry |
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| | 1934 | Democratic majority in Congress increases |
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| Congress passes Neutrality Act t | 1935 | |
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| | | | 1935 | Harry S. Truman begins Senate service |
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| Presidential Elections Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Alfred M. Landon (Republican)
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| Republican national convention in Cleveland | June 9 | |
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| Democratic convention gathers in Philadelphia | June 23-27 | |
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| | | Popular Vote 60.8
36.5
| Electoral Vote 523
8
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| | January 8 | Democrats begin practice of Jackson Day dinners |
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| | June 19 | Lemke and O’Brien announce candidacy for "Union Party" |
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| | Septmbr 11 | national conference of liberals endorse Roosevelt |
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| Majority Leader Robinson found dead, Barkley succeeds | July 14 | |
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| | | | July 6 | Senate debates begin over court-packing scheme |
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| | November | Roosevelt calls special session |
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| Republican revival in Congress | 1938 | |
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| | | | 1938 | Roosevelt attempts to "purge" party of conservative leaders |
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| Felix Frankfurter elevated to Supreme Court | 1939 | |
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| | | | January | Roosevelt asks for large defense appropriation |
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| | 1939 | Hatch Act passed prohibiting officials from politics |
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