On November 3, 1936, President Roosevelt was swept back into office by what was, at the time, the largest landslide victory, of the twentieth century. Roosevelt carried all but two states and won 523 electoral votes to Landon's 8. Such an overwhelming victory was an obvious expression of approval of Roosevelt's first four years in office and was also a mandate for a continuation of the policies of his first term. The outlook for new legislation was rosy, for the Democrats as a whole had done almost as well as Roosevelt. They controlled the House with 331 seats to the Republicans' 89 and they enjoyed over a three to one majority in the Senate. Under such circumstances it was expected that Roosevelt would be able to embark on a series of legislative initiatives that would make the "100 Days" of 1933 pale in retrospect. Yet, by the end of July, 1937, Roosevelt had absorbed the worst political defeat of his years as President.
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