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The 1940 United States presidential election was the 39th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be reelected for an unprecedented third term in office.
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In 1945, President Harry Truman asked Jackson to serve as Chief US prosecutor at the Nuremburg trials. His opening and closing remarks given at the Nazi war crimes proceedings are counted among the best speeches of the 20th century.
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.
These transcripts are based on archival sources documenting President Roosevelt's daily activities, including the White House Usher's Log and the White House Stenographer's Diary. The transcripts were created for reference purposes.
Nov 5, 2020 · On November 5, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a third term in office in an unprecedented act that would be barred by a constitutional amendment a decade later.
1940 election materials included numerous campaign buttons opposing the third term candidacy of FDR and also expressions of dislike of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Buttons for Republican candidate Wendell Willkie play with his name.
Nov 1, 2015 · On November 5, 1940, seventy-five years ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to a third term as president, the first and likely the last chief executive ever to do so.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States four times: 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944. Prior to the third-term election of 1940, it was a presidential tradition set by George Washington that presidents only held the office for two terms.
This speech was given during the eighth year of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency. It was his seventh Annual Message.
