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Bookmark or Share- Wendell Willkie - WikipediaWendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for president.
- United States presidential election of 1940 | FDR vs. Willkie ...United States presidential election of 1940, American presidential election held on November 5, 1940, in which Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Wendell L. Willkie. By becoming the first president to win a third term, Roosevelt broke the two-term precedent established by the country’s first president, George Washington.
- CAMPAIGNS: The Story of Wendell Willkie - TIMECAMPAIGNS: The Story of Wendell Willkie. 10 minute read. TIME. June 24, 1940 12:00 AM GMT-4. G reat was the political innocence of the few citizens who decided, seven weeks ago, that they...
- An Untested Businessman Almost Became President During WWIIThe businessman candidate was Wendell Willkie, the year was 1940, and the country faced multiple crises as President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term. Republicans had been demolished in Roosevelt’s previous two runs.
- Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Election, and the Transformation ... - NYHistoryWendell Willkie, a Midwestern businessman-turned-Republican politician, fought for desegregation, workers’ rights, and small government in his 1940 bid for president. As a result, he won the largest percentage of Republican votes in a generation.
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