I only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I was, all of whom were known by the FBI and were known to the Committee.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I also served on many government committees.
My father joined our party because the Democrats in Jim Crow Alabama of 1952 would not register him to vote. The Republicans did.
There was no Congressional Club for my first campaign. There was no organized state group of Young Republicans, but there was a dedicated core of young people who volunteered to do anything my campaign needed.
I was a very, very good congressman.
I joined the Party definitely in 1923 after having already been in sympathy with it before.
My entire family were Democrats all our lives. But because how furious I was about the previous administration, I turned in my card to become a Republican. I did not want to be known as a Democrat under that person's regime.
People need to know, before I'm associated with any party, I am an American, and that's what I want to drive home at the RNC.
There were many in the party that did not want me to run.
I was the network president. I thought I knew everything.
I met senators, diplomats and the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.