From March 14 to June 11, 1944, voters of the Republican Party selected delegates to the 1944 Republican National Convention for the purpose of selecting their nominee for president in the 1944 electi
Thomas Dewey in 1944
Portrait of Ohio Governor John Bricker
Earl Warren Portrait, half figure, seated, facing front, as Governor
Harold E. Stassen
Harold Stassen
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Harold Edward Stassen was an American Republican Party politician, military officer, and attorney who was the 25th governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943. He was a leading candidate for the Republica
1944 Republican Party presidential primaries
…ongoing efforts to ally with the White House alienated Willkie from his adopted party and many of his former supporters. One such alienated supporter was Harold Stassen, whose backing had been crucial to Willkie's nomination in 1940; Stassen now began to consider a campaign of his own. A poll of delegates to the 1940…
Portrait by Harris & Ewing, 1940
Stassen in the University of Minnesota yearbook, 1926
Stassen as Governor
Commander Harold E. Stassen, USNR while serving as Aide to Admiral William F. Halsey, Commander, Third Fleet