What type of details about james farley can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: james aloysius '' jim '' farley -lrb- may 30 , 1888 -- june 9 , 1976 -rrb- was one of the first irish catholic politicians in american history to achieve success on a national level , serving as chairman of the new york state democratic committee , chairman of the democratic national committee and as postmaster general simultaneously under the first two administrations of president franklin d. roosevelt . a business executive and dignitary , and a knight of malta , farley was commonly referred to as a political kingmaker , and was responsible for franklin d. roosevelt 's rise to the presidency . farley was the campaign manager for new york state politician alfred e. smith 's 1922 gubernatorial campaign and franklin d. roosevelt 's 1928 and 1930 gubernatorial campaigns , as well as fdr 's presidential campaigns of 1932 and 1936 . farley predicted large landslides in both , and revolutionized the use of polling , and polling data . he was responsible for pulling together the new deal coalition of catholics , labor unions , african americans , and farmers for fdr . farley , and the administration 's patronage machine he presided over , helped to fuel the social and infrastructure programs of the new deal . farley opposed franklin roosevelt breaking the two-term tradition of the presidency , and broke with roosevelt on that issue in 1940 . farley helped to normalize diplomatic relations with the holy see and in 1933 was the first high-ranking government official to travel to rome , where he had an audience with pope pius xi and dinner with cardinal pacelli -lrb- future pope pius xii -rrb- . as of 1942 , farley was considered the supreme democratic party boss of new york . in 1947 , president harry s. truman appointed farley to serve a senior post as a commissioner on the hoover commission , also known as the commission on organization of the executive branch of the government . farley 's work on the hoover commission would lead to the development and ratification of the 22nd amendment of the u.s. constitution ,...
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