thumb|left|Barkley during his tenure as floor leader Barkley disagreed with Roosevelt's selection of Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace as his running mate; Libbey felt that "there is enough evidence from Barkley's tortuous private and public statements about the qualifications of Wallace to infer that Barkley wanted the vice presidency for himself", although he did not promote this idea to Roosevelt. Barkley was chosen permanent chairman of the convention; chants of "We want Roosevelt" interrupted his July 16 speech for 20 minutes, indicating that he had created a popular mandate for Roosevelt's renomination, which occurred the next day.Libbey in Dear Alben, p. 83 Roosevelt went on to win an unprecedented third term in a landslide.
thumb|left|Barkley during his tenure as floor leader Barkley disagreed with Roosevelt's selection of Agriculture Secretary Henry A Wallace as his running mate; Libbey felt that "there is enough evidence from Barkley's tortuous private and public statements about the qualifications of Wallace to infer that Barkley wanted the vice presidency for himself" although he did not promote this idea to Roosevelt Barkley was chosen permanent chairman of the convention; chants of "We want Roosevelt" interrupted his July 16 speech for 20 minutes indicating that he had created a popular mandate for Roosevelt's renomination which occurred the next dayLibbey in Dear Alben p 83 Roosevelt went on to win an unprecedented third term in a landslide