Sol Bloom, a member of Tammany Hall, was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1923, and served fourteen terms.

[5] The American Labor Party filed suit 28 days after Bloom's death for Dewey to schedule a special election.

[12] Marshall Field III, Joseph E. Davies, Henry Morgenthau Jr., Tallulah Bankhead, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. donated to his campaign.

[29] Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd attacked Roosevelt's candidacy as an attempt to start a political dynasty in control of the New York State Democratic Party.

[31] Shalleck was given the nomination after a two hour session, far longer than the normal few minutes, on April 11, and district leader Robert B. Blaikie, who opposed him and supported Roosevelt, walked out in protest.