Author: Grace Tully
Year Published: 1949
Year Printed: 1949
Date Acquired: December 11, 2014
Where Purchased: City Center Galley & Books, Fayetteville, NC
Price Paid: $6
Read Status: Read (January 28, 2015)
Notes/Thoughts
- I did have to go beyond the local interest section to find a 1940s edition book this time and I was really trying to get beyond having so much related to where we live (D.C. area), but at the same time this and the other book (Reveille in Washington, 1860-65) I picked up seemed too interesting to not get.
- This book provides an interesting perspective from a secretary to F.D.R. from when he was a nominee for Governor of New York in 1928 through his death in 1945, especially since it focuses more on the day to day (daily routine, basic thoughts on cabinet members) than the big events.
- When talking about the Farley-Roosevelt falling out, which seems to have been mostly related to FDR running for a third term, Tully attributes it partially to Farley knowing he would be unable to become President, but had some triple play plan to become Vice President. (p. 182) She clearly says it's just her conjecture and I automatically considered it entirely improbable because she basically explains it being a complex plan because a Roosevelt-Farley ticket was impossible due the Constitution not allowing the President and Vice President to be from the same state. Well, considering how much I have been reading about Virginia and many early Presidents/Vice Presidents were both from Virginia, I figured that could not possibly be true. However, I thought maybe it was in the amendments and ended up coming across this Snopes article that explains the misconception that Tully had is actually quite common even among recent selection of running mates.
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