Besides having an influential hand in city and state politics , Montana was known in Republican circles throughout the nation . In June 1936 , the Republican National Convention met in Cleveland as they do every four years to nominate a top candidate from the party . During prohibition , Herbert Hoover was the Republican president eventually replaced by the Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt ; the Republicans wanted the position back . Montana was chosen as an alternate delegate from New York and mingled with top politicians as they endorsed Alf M. Landon and Frank Knox to run against FDR and his Vice President . While the Republicans lost the election , Montana was still noted as an influential man in Republican circles
Republican National Convention
1936 Republican National Convention
John C. Montana