Hickenlooper unsuccessfully ran for [[lieutenant governor]] of Iowa in 1936,<ref name="The First Hickenlooper">FascinatingPolitics (May 29, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/05/29/the-first-hickenlooper/ The First Hickenlooper]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved February 18, 2021.</ref> being a year Democrats performed well, including President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s landslide re-election over [[Moderate Republican]] [[Alf Landon]]. He ran again in 1938 and was successful the second time around to serve as the lieutenant of Governor [[George Allison Wilson]] (1884–1953). | Hickenlooper unsuccessfully ran for [[lieutenant governor]] of Iowa in 1936,<ref name="The First Hickenlooper">FascinatingPolitics (May 29, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/05/29/the-first-hickenlooper/ The First Hickenlooper]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved February 18, 2021.</ref> being a year Democrats performed well, including President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s landslide re-election over [[Moderate Republican]] [[Alf Landon]]. He ran again in 1938 and was successful the second time around to serve as the lieutenant of Governor [[George Allison Wilson]] (1884–1953). |