In 1932 , Murray sought the Democratic nomination for President and ran in several primaries , but he did not win any , though he received nearly 20 percent of the vote in Oregon . Huey Pierce Long , Jr. , the former governor of Louisiana and U.S. senator , recalled visiting Murray in his hotel room at the 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago : " Alfalfa Bill " was very gracious ... While we talked at length , he dwelt upon the virtue in the possible candidacies of everybody except Franklin Roosevelt and himself , even suggesting me as a candidate . He understood the favorite son game . I soon saw that I was fencing with a past master in politics . Had I listened to him very long , he would have been at work to make a favorite son candidate out of me . I was then moving Heaven and earth to keep down other favorite son candidates . ... Favorite son moves were the most dangerous things we had to fight . ... Murray initially supported President Franklin Roosevelt , but he later turned against the New Deal as did other conservative Oklahoma politicians of that time
1932 Democratic National Convention
1932 Democratic National Convention
William H. Murray