When it comes to the politics across the nation during this decade there were two elections, some trials, and new acts and legislations. After the Democratic party ruled the White House for a decade, it all changed with the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. At the beginning of the decade in office was vice President Harry S Truman, however due to him not rerunning so it was two new candidates in the running for the presidency. As the democratic nomination there was Adlai Stevenson; he was the Illinois governor from 1948-1952. He was born in Los Angeles. He was raised in Illinois where his family was important politically, economically, and even socially. He campaigned using a promise for continuation of the New Deal and Harry Truman’s
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During his campaigns there was the Republican National Convention held in Chicago. Eisenhower went through Taft supporters and as his running mate who would help him get through he chose Senator from California, Richard M. Nixon, who had strong anti communist references. They together with the party believed in an end to the Korean War and supported the Taft-Hartley act, which restricted actions with the labor unions. Two weeks later in Chicago, the Democratic National Convention was held; at this convention the people who stood for civil rights and those who opposed them stood on the opposite side of the stands from the Democratic party all together not just the people fighting for the nominations. In this case the people were Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and Senator Richard Russell of Georgia. The final nomination is neither one of these governors, instead it was Adlai E. Stevenson. He was chosen at the convention as a third ballot nomination as a compromise and as his running mate Stevenson chose Senator John Sparkman from Alabama. Contradictory to what the republicans believed in, the Democratic party stood to nullify the Taft- Hartley Act and insisted that there be a continuation of legislations brought forth by Truman and his predecessor as Franklin D. Roosevelt, and finally they wanted the Korean War to
During his campaigns there was the Republican National Convention held in Chicago. Eisenhower went through Taft supporters and as his running mate who would help him get through he chose Senator from California, Richard M. Nixon, who had strong anti communist references. They together with the party believed in an end to the Korean War and supported the Taft-Hartley act, which restricted actions with the labor unions. Two weeks later in Chicago, the Democratic National Convention was held; at this convention the people who stood for civil rights and those who opposed them stood on the opposite side of the stands from the Democratic party all together not just the people fighting for the nominations. In this case the people were Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and Senator Richard Russell of Georgia. The final nomination is neither one of these governors, instead it was Adlai E. Stevenson. He was chosen at the convention as a third ballot nomination as a compromise and as his running mate Stevenson chose Senator John Sparkman from Alabama. Contradictory to what the republicans believed in, the Democratic party stood to nullify the Taft- Hartley Act and insisted that there be a continuation of legislations brought forth by Truman and his predecessor as Franklin D. Roosevelt, and finally they wanted the Korean War to