When Curley was denied by a place in the Massachusetts delegation to the 1932 Democratic National Convention by Governor Joseph B. Ely , Curley engineered his selection as a delegate from Puerto Rico ( under the alias of Alcalde Jaime Curleo ) . Some say his support was instrumental in winning the presidential nomination for Franklin D. Roosevelt , but he broke with Roosevelt after the president refused to appoint him Ambassador to Ireland
1932 Democratic National Convention
1932 Democratic National Convention
James Michael Curley