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19 de jul. de 2021 · In September 1942, Wendell Willkie and a handful of companions embarked on a trans-continental voyage by airplane, beginning in New York and heading down to South America and then across the Atlantic to Africa, the Middle East, the Soviet Union, and China, before returning to the United States through Alaska and Canada.
15 de mar. de 2016 · He was a former Democrat, a business tycoon and a media star. The story of Wendell Willkie, the Republicans’ surprise candidate in the 1940 election and how he disrupted the GOP.
The 1940 United States presidential election was the 39th quadrennial presidential election.It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be reelected for an unprecedented third term in office. Until 1988, this was the last time in which the incumbent's party won three consecutive presidential ...
22 de jul. de 2019 · Wendell Willkie waves to the crowd on his arrival for the ceremonies attending formal notification of his nomination by the Republican party as their candidate in the 1940 U.S. presidential ...
Wendell Lewis Willkie (nama lahir Lewis Wendell Willkie; 18 Februari 1892 – 8 Oktober 1944) adalah seorang pengacara dan eksekutif korporat asal Amerika Serikat. Ia adalah kandidat Partai Republik tahun 1940 untuk jabatan Presiden Amerika Serikat.Willkie menyanjung beberapa delegasi konvensi sebagai satu-satunya intervensionis dalam ranah Partai Republik: meskipun Amerika Serikat masih ...
21 de mar. de 2016 · Willkie learned that lesson the hard way. A Democrat throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Willkie became the candidate of the Republican Party after battling President Franklin Roosevelt over the New Deal and government ownership of electric power. He lost his fight, but gained national attention and the support of Republican leaders who nominated him as their candidate for president in 1940 ...
22 de sept. de 2020 · On a brisk morning in late August 1942, Wendell Willkie—a corporate lawyer, failed presidential candidate, and media darling—got onto an airplane for a trip around the world. Soon, he’d be ...
