Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be reelected for an unprecedented third term in office.

27 авг. 2024 г. · Willkie, a lawyer who had been a Roosevelt delegate at the 1932 Democratic convention, emerged as a dark-horse candidate. By the fourth ballot ...

The fact that FDR selected Wallace, rather than leaving the vice-presidential choice to the party, was also a first. Wendell Willkie: Republican Candidate. The ...

FD Roosevelt, the Democratic president, won the 1940 election and defeated Wendell Willkie. He was re-elected for the third term in office.

24 сент. 2018 г. · The outgoing President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Democratic candidate, broke with the tradition of not competing for a third term, which ...

State voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. 1940 United States presidential ...

The debate over foreign and domestic policy in the 1940 presidential campaign season most likely decided the election for voters. However, the campaigns.

Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), a Democrat, broke with tradition and ran for a third term, which became a major issue.

Many leaders of the Democratic Party saw in Roosevelt an attractive mixture of experience (as governor of New York and as a former vice presidential candidate) ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States four times: 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944.