Lawrence had attended his first Democratic National Convention as a page in 1912 and would attend every subsequent convention until his death . He was instrumental in the nominations of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932 and John F. Kennedy in 1960 , and became known as the " maker of presidents " . In the weeks leading up to the 1948 Democratic National Convention , Lawrence was one of the few urban bosses to support Harry S Truman 's attempts to win the Presidential nomination
1948 Democratic National Convention
1948 Democratic National Convention
David L. Lawrence