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Political candidates United States Biography Presidents United States Biography Presidents United States Election 1940 Republican National Convention (1940 : Philadelphia, Pa.) Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 United States Politics and government 1933-1945 Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis) 1892-1944 World War, 1939-1945 United StatesFilter By Authors
Peters, CharlesPeters, Charles
Summary: There were four strong contenders when the Republican Party met in June of 1940 to nominate its candidate: the crusading young attorney and rising Republican star Tom Dewey, two solid members of the Republican establishment, and dark horse Wendell Willkie, utilities executive, favorite of the literati and only very recently even a Republican. The leading candidates campaigned as isolationists....
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2005
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