Wendell Willkie was the Republican Party presidential nominee in 1940, not 1944. In 1944 (and in 1948), the Republican Party nominated New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Both Willkie and Dewey lost to the incumbent Democratic Presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 and 1944 and Harry S. Truman in 1948.
John Eisenhower, son of President Dwight Eisenhower, graduated from West Point in 1944.
Frankin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president in 1944. He was the only president to be elected 4 times. He started in 1933 and served until his death in 1945 when he died and his vice president, Herbert S. Truman took office.
It was founded in 1944 by Marty Mann. I am not sure if she was the first President.
November 15, 1935 - August 1, 1944
Wendell Willkie died on October 8, 1944 at the age of 52.
Wendell Willkie was born on February 18, 1892 and died on October 8, 1944. Wendell Willkie would have been 52 years old at the time of death or 123 years old today.
Wendell Willkie was Roosevelt's main opposition.The candidates for the Presidential election of 1940 were;Franklin D. Roosevelt - Henry A. Wallace (Democratic)Wendell Willkie - Charles L. McNary (Republican)Norman Thomas - Maynard C. Krueger (Socialist),Roger W. Babson - Edgar V. Moorman (Prohibition).
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Republican opponents were incumbent President Herbert Hoover in 1932, Kansas Governor Alf Landon in 1936, Wendell Willkie, lawyer for Commonwealth and Southern Corp., in 1940, and New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey in 1944.
Wendell L. Willkie (1892 - 1944), lawyer and CEO of the Southern Corporation, a major electrical generation and distribution company still in existence.FDR received 27 million votes to Willkie's 22 million, but the election was even more one-sided in the Electoral College - Roosevelt's 449 electoral votes handily trounced Willkie's 82 electoral votes.Trivia Bonus: Willkie's running mate was Charles L. McNary (1874 -1944), a Senator from Washington state, lawyer, Senate Minority Leader from 1933 to his death in 1944.
In 1932, his major opponent was incumbent President Herbert Hoover. In 1936, it was Kansas Governor Alf Landon. In 1940, it was corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie. In 1944, it was New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey.
Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican candidate and the Socialt candidate Norman Thomas.
Wendell Willkie, a relatively unknown businessman from Indiana. Willkie was a fairly moderate Republican on most issues, and criticized Roosevelt for failing to end the Depression. The impeding World War II was another big issue. Although not a hardline isolationist like some Republicans, Willkie believed Roosevelt was eager to participate in the conflcit. Roosevelt had lost some of his popularity since the Court Packing Plan issue in 1937 and his decision to break with tradition and seek a third term was controversial. However, with the combined support of traditional Democrats in the South, big cities and unions in the North and minority groups, Roosevelt's reelection was assured. Willkie conducted an energetic campaign and revived some Republican support in the Northwest and Northeast, carrying Iowa, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Michigan and his home state of Indiana. He also carried Maine and Vermont, the only states to oppose Roosevelt in the previous election. Roosevelt won 54.7% of the vote and took the electoral college by a landslide.
FDR .
because he felt like it
In 1932 against Herbert Hoover and won the electoral vote by 472 to 59. In 1936 he defeated Alfred Landon 523 to eight. In 1940 he made his third run for the office against Wendell Wilkie and the win was 449 to 82. In 1944 with a World War raging he had his closest election for an unprecedented fourth term against Thomas E. Dewey, winning the electoral vote 432 to 99.
Harry Truman defeated Dewey in 1948. See attached link for the story behind the famous headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." Dewey also came in second to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1944 election.