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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was the 33rd vice president of the United States, serving from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin D. ...
If he died during his next term, the vice president would become president, making the vice presidential nomination very important. Truman's predecessor as vice president, the incumbent Henry A. Wallace , was unpopular with some of the leaders of the Democratic Party, who disliked his liberal politics and considered him unreliable and eccentric ...
The obvious physical decline in the president's appearance, as well as rumors of secret health problems, led many delegates and party leaders to strongly oppose Vice President Henry A. Wallace for a second term. Opposition to Wallace came especially from Catholic leaders in big cities and moderate Democrats.
Instead, Wallace (1888-1965) was dumped from the ticket before Roosevelt won a fourth term, and Wallace's replacement, Harry Truman, ascended to the presidency when Roosevelt died in 1945.
Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866–1924), U.S. secretary of agriculture, father of Henry A. Wallace; Henry Louis Wallace (born 1965), American serial killer; Henry Wallace (American football) (born 1938), American football player; Henry Wallace, inventor of the kinemassic field generator, an alleged anti-gravity device; Harry Wallace (politician ...
Henry Wallace killed 11 women – 10 of them in Charlotte – from 1990 to 1994.
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This was the last time that a presidential nominee failed to attend a national convention during the 20th century. Even so, many delegates refused to abandon Wallace. In the first ballot, with a pool of 17 candidates vying for 1143.5 votes, Wallace led with 429.5 votes, while Truman got 319.5 votes, but Wallace was short of the majority.