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 portrait of FDR
Dewey circa 1946
Roosevelt/Truman poster
Poster from 1944 presidential campaign
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and the only one to have se
1944 United States presidential election
…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. Roosevelt and Senator Harry Truman defeated the Republican ticket of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and Ohio Governor John Bricker, to win an unprecedented…
Campaign portrait, 1944
A young, unbreeched Roosevelt in 1884, aged 2
Eleanor and Franklin with their first two children, 1908
Roosevelt in 1912