Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1940. The Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace defeated the Re
FD Roosevelt 1938
Wendell Willkie
An American Labor Party campaign poster urging voters to reelect Franklin D. Roosevelt, contrasting his record with that of Herbert Hoover.
Presidential elections were held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took place during World War II which ended the following year. The Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roos
1940 United States presidential election
…the fourth presidential election in which both major party candidates were registered in the same home state; the others have been in 1860, 1904, 1920, 1944, and 2016. The election was contested in the shadow of World War II in Europe, as the United States was finally emerging from the Great Depression…
1944 portrait of FDR
Dewey circa 1946
Roosevelt/Truman poster
Poster from 1944 presidential campaign