He was the supportive Democratic Party chairman for Erie County when Democratic-Liberal candidate for state governor John Hemphill visited Erie in October 1930 , pushing for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment . He represented his party to three of its national conventions . He seconded the nomination of former Governor Alfred E. Smith as the presidential candidate at the 1932 Democratic National Convention . He was also named to attend the 1936 Democratic National Convention
1932 Democratic National Convention
1932 Democratic National Convention
James Patrick Rossiter