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Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for president. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist : although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor ...
Graduação. Capitão. Conflitos. Primeira Guerra Mundial. Wendell Lewis Willkie ( 18 de fevereiro de 1892 – 8 de outubro de 1944) foi um advogado americano que, apesar de desconhecido do grande público, conseguiu a nomeação do Partido Republicano para as eleições presidenciais de 1940.
16 de abr. de 2024 · Wendell Willkie (born February 18, 1892, Elwood, Indiana, U.S.—died October 8, 1944, New York, New York) was a U.S. Republican presidential candidate in 1940 who tried unsuccessfully to unseat President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He subsequently became identified with his famous “One World” concept of international cooperation.
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14 de set. de 2018 · David Levering Lewis’s “The Improbable Wendell Willkie” describes a political shooting star who left an outsize legacy.
U.S. CAMPAIGNS: The Story of Wendell Willkie. 10 minute read. TIME. June 24, 1940 12:00 AM GMT-4. G reat was the political innocence of the few citizens who decided, seven weeks ago, that they...
27 de fev. de 2019 · An Untested Businessman Almost Became President During WWII. In 1940, Wendell Willkie ran against FDR. The rumpled “man of the people” was a New York businessman with no political experience, but voters loved him.
Wendell L. Willkie, a lawyer who had been a Roosevelt delegate at the 1932 Democratic convention, emerged as a dark-horse candidate. By the fourth ballot Willkie had taken the lead, and on the sixth ballot, after Michigan shifted its votes to Willkie, he secured the Republican nomination.
