The Klanbake convention is a designation given to the 1924 Democratic National Convention held in New York City. The 1924 Democratic National Convention, also called the Klanbake, held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City from June The City of New York The term, a play on clambake, comes from the heavy participation of members of the Ku Klux Klan within the Democratic Party at that convention. Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party.
Their participation at the DNC produced an intense and sometimes violent showdown between convention attendees from the states of Colorado and Missouri. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee
Presidential nomination
Klan delegates opposed the nomination of New York Governor Al Smith as the Democrat's candidate for president on account of Smith being Catholic. Alfred Emanuel Smith Jr, known in private and public life as Al Smith, ( December 30, 1873 - October 4, 1944) was elected Governor Smith campaigned in opposition to William Gibbs McAdoo, who had the support of most Klan delegates. William Gibbs McAdoo ( October 31, 1863 &ndash February 1, 1941) was an American Lawyer and political leader who served The dispute was resolved when McAdoo and Smith both withdrew from the nomination. The Convention then nominated compromise candidate John W. Davis of West Virginia. John William Davis ( April 13 1873 &ndash March 24 1955) was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by
KKK platform plank
The second dispute of the convention revolved around an attempt by non-Klan delegates, led by Forney Johnston of Alabama, to condemn the organization for its violence in the Democratic Party's platform. Klan delegates succeeded in defeating the platform plank in a series of floor debates. To celebrate the defeat of the plank, tens of thousands of hooded Klansmen rallied in a field in New Jersey opposite of the convention building. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The event was attended by hundreds of Klan delegates to the convention, who burned crosses, urged violence and intimidation against African Americans and Catholics, and attacked effigies of Smith. Cross burning or cross lighting is a practice widely associated with the Ku Klux Klan as a reminder of faith
The plank was defeated by one vote. [1]
Impact
The notoriety of the Klanbake convention and the violence it produced cast a lasting shadow over the Democratic Party's prospects in the 1924 Election and contributed to their defeat by incumbent Republican President Calvin Coolidge. The United States presidential election of 1924 was won by incumbent President Calvin Coolidge, the Republican candidate John Calvin Coolidge Jr (July 4 1872 January 5 1933 was the thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929
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