In 1940 , Farley resigned as postmaster general and party chairman after placing second in delegates at the 1940 Democratic National Convention in Chicago in which Roosevelt was " drafted " for a third term . Farley was the third Irish-American Roman Catholic to be nominated for the presidency . He was also the first Irish-American Roman Catholic to achieve national success when Roosevelt appointed Farley to his cabinet as postmaster general and chairman of the Democratic National Committee
1940 Democratic National Convention
1940 Democratic National Convention
James Farley