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.
Wendell Willkie
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Wendell Lewis Willkie was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for president of the United States. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican fi
1940 United States presidential election
…Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace defeated the Republican ticket of businessman Wendell Willkie and senator Charles McNary, to be re-elected for an unprecedented third term in office. Until 1988, this was the last time in which the incumbent party…
Willkie in 1940
Willkie (right) and David E. Lilienthal
Willkie testifying before a congressional committee, 1939
Willkie on the cover of Time magazine, July 31, 1939