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Wendell 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. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist : although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor , he favored ...
The 1940 Republican National Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from June 24 to June 28, 1940.It nominated Wendell Willkie of New York for president and Senator Charles McNary of Oregon for vice president.
However, Wendell Willkie received a strong 5.55% of the vote as a write-in candidate in New Jersey. In May, Germany invaded the Low Countries and France in a major escalation of World War II . The events shook the primary race by ensuring the re-enlistment of President Roosevelt as a candidate for re-election to an unprecedented third term and ...
Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be reelected for an unprecedented third term in office. Until 1988 , this was the last time in which the incumbent's party won three consecutive presidential elections.
Pennsylvania voted to give Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt an unprecedented third term, over the Republican nominee, corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie, a dark horse candidate who had never before run for a political office. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a margin of 6.9%.
Maine was won by Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of New York, who was running against incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Willkie ran with Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon while Roosevelt ran with Henry A. Wallace of Iowa. Willkie won Maine by a narrow margin of 2.33%.
1940 Republican candidate for president Wendell Willkie (center, speaking into the microphone) speaks in front of the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon on March 20, 1944. The Republican Party was ...
Republican nominee Wendell Willkie and running mate Minority Leader and Oregon senior Senator Charles L. McNary did not comment [16] or visit the state. A Gallup poll in mid-october showed Roosevelt maintaining his 1936 68 percent vote percentage, [ 17 ] and in the end Roosevelt carried Tennessee with 67.25 percent of the popular vote to 32.35 ...