The Democratic Party's 1944 nomination for Vice President of the United States was determined at the 1944 Democratic National Convention on July 21, 1944. U.S. Senator Harry S. Truman from Missouri wa
Harry S Truman, bw half length photo portrait, facing front, 1945
Henry A. Wallace Townsend
John H Bankhead II
Scott Wike Lucas
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
1944 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection
…these controversies had no impact. Few Americans wanted to change their leadership as the Second World War was still going on, so Roosevelt and Truman easily defeated the Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey and his running mate John W. Bricker. On January 20, 1945, Truman was sworn in as Vice President of the United…
1944 portrait of FDR
Dewey circa 1946
Roosevelt/Truman poster
Poster from 1944 presidential campaign