Major Events
- January 20, 1937: Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President and John Nance Garner as Vice President
- February 5, 1937: President Franklin Roosevelt's court-packing plan proposed
- March 26, 1937: William Henry Hastie becomes the first African-American appointed to a federal judgeship.
- April 12, 1937: National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation: The Supreme Court of the United States ruled the National Labor Relations Act constitutional.
- July 22, 1937: Senate rejects the court-packing plan
- October 5, 1937: Roosevelt's delivers the Quarantine Speech
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