On his own initiative , Jones tendered a $ 200,000 bid ( ) to bring the 1928 Democratic National Convention to Houston . Other cities matched or exceeded this amount , but Jones vowed that Houston would beat the others in hospitality . When Jones returned to Texas from Washington , D.C. , where he had been negotiating , local greeters mobbed the train depots in Marshall , Texas and Conroe , with a few brandishing " Jesse Jones for President " signs . At Union Station , 50,000 Houstonians staged a homecoming for Jones , replete with marching bands , bunting , and banners . They staged a parade from Union Station to the Jones home at the Lamar Hotel . This hero 's welcome preceded the decision by the Democratic Convention to select a site , though Walter Lippman and the '' New York Evening Post '' predicted that Houston would be chosen
1928 Democratic National Convention
1928 Democratic National Convention
Jesse H. Jones