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  2. Electoral history of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    This is the electoral history of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served as the 32nd president of the United States (1933–1945) and the 44th governor of New York (1929–1932). A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt was first elected to the New York State Senate in 1910, representing the 26th district.

  3. 1940 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    They Voted for Roosevelt: The Presidential Vote 1932-1944 (1947). Election returns by County for every state. Ross, Hugh. "John L. Lewis and the Election of 1940." Labor History 1976 17(2) 160–189. Abstract: The breach between John L. Lewis and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 stemmed from domestic and foreign policy concerns.

  4. Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, third and fourth terms

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    Unlike 1940, Roosevelt openly sought re-election in 1944, and he faced little opposition for the Democratic nomination. [202] Roosevelt favored Henry Wallace or James Byrnes as his running mate in 1944, but Wallace was unpopular among conservatives in the party, while Byrnes was opposed by liberals and Catholics (Byrnes was an ex-Catholic).

  5. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, ... 1936 re-election handbill for Roosevelt promoting his economic policy.

  6. List of presidents of the United States by time in office

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    Of the individuals elected president of the United States, four died of natural causes while in office (William Henry Harrison, [1] Zachary Taylor, [2] Warren G. Harding [3] and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, [4] James A. Garfield, [4] [5] William McKinley [6] and John F. Kennedy) and one resigned from office ...

  7. 1940 United States elections - Wikipedia

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    In the presidential election, Democratic incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to serve an unprecedented third term, defeating Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of New York. Although Willkie fared better than the previous two Republican presidential candidates, Roosevelt crushed Willkie in the electoral college and won the ...

  8. 1936 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    In the midst of the Great Depression, incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican governor Alf Landon of Kansas in a landslide victory. Roosevelt won the highest share of the popular vote (60.8%) and the electoral vote (98.49%, carrying every state except Maine and Vermont) since the largely uncontested 1820 election .

  9. 1944 United States elections - Wikipedia

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    President Franklin D. Roosevelt was easily re-elected to an unprecedented fourth term, and the Democratic Party retained their majorities in both chambers of Congress. During the presidential election, Roosevelt was in office for three terms and eleven years, making him the longest-serving President in U.S. history.