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Henry A. Wallace to war's end; Secretary of the Treasury. Henry Morgenthau Jr. pre-war to June 1945; Fred M. Vinson to war's end; Secretary of Labor. Frances Perkins pre-war to June 1945; Schwellenback to war's end; Secretary of War. Henry L. Stimson throughout the war; Secretary of the Navy. Frank Knox pre-war to May 1944; James V. Forrestal ...
During World War II, the proportion of African American men employed in manufacturing positions rose significantly. [346] In response to Roosevelt's policies, African Americans increasingly defected from the Republican Party during the 1930s and 1940s, becoming an important Democratic voting bloc in several Northern states.
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World War II began in Europe on 1 September 1939 [1] [2] with the German invasion of Poland and the United Kingdom and France's declaration of war on Germany two days later on 3 September 1939. Dates for the beginning of the Pacific War include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] or the earlier Japanese ...
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, from 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897.He was the first Democrat to win election to the presidency after the Civil War and the first of two U.S. presidents to serve nonconsecutive terms.
9 states and 2 territories hold their gubernatorial elections during a presidential election year (although Puerto Rico and American Samoa do not hold an election for president). Recent years are 2004 , 2008 , 2012 , 2016 , and 2020 .
World War II shook up the Republican field, possibly preventing the nomination of isolationist congressional leaders like Taft or Vandenberg. The 1940 Republican National Convention instead nominated Wendell Willkie, the first major party nominee since 1872 who had never held public office. A well-known corporate attorney and executive, Willkie ...
Governor Dewey of New York emerged as the front-runner for the Republican nomination after his victory in the Wisconsin primary, and he defeated conservative Governor John W. Bricker at the 1944 Republican National Convention. As World War II was going well for the United States and the Allies, Roosevelt remained popular despite his long tenure.