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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 ...
Apr 16, 2024 · Wendell Willkie was a U.S. Republican presidential candidate in 1940 who tried unsuccessfully to unseat President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He subsequently became identified with his famous “One World” concept of international cooperation. Willkie earned his law degree from Indiana University in 1916.
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Sep 14, 2018 · Sept. 14, 2018. THE IMPROBABLE WENDELL WILLKIE. The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order. By David Levering Lewis. Illustrated. 371 pp....
U.S. CAMPAIGNS: 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...
Feb 27, 2019 · An Untested Businessman Almost Became President During WWII. In 1940, Wendell Willkie ran against FDR. The rumpled “man of the people” was a New York businessman with no political experience, but voters loved him.
United States presidential election of 1940, American presidential election held on Nov. 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.
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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.
