FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944

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1. Off to the Teamsters dinner. Clifford Berryman cartoon, September 23, 1944, Washington Star (Library of Congress). 2. Alben Barkley, Henry Wallace, and Harry Truman (Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives, Philadelphia). 3. Official 1944 election war ballot mailer. 4. Wendell Willkie campaigning in Richland Center, Wisconsin, March 16, 1944 (Wisconsin Historical Society). 5. John Bricker’s speech to the Republican convention, Chicago, June 28, 1944 (Library of Congress). 6. Thomas Dewey waves to the Republican convention, with Chairman Joseph Martin standing by, June 28, 1944 (Library of Congress). 7. (facing, top) George Skadding photo of Roosevelt’s acceptance speech, San Diego, with his son James and wife, July 22, 1944 (National Archives). 8. (facing, bottom) Truman wins the vice presidential nomination, with Senators Bennett Champ Clark (left) and Samuel Jackson, July 22, 1944 (National Archives). 9. MacArthur, Roosevelt, and Nimitz at lunch, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, July 26, 1944 (U.S. Army Signal Corps). 186 10. Republican items from 1944 campaign. 11. Dewey signs autographs in Louisville, September 11, 1944 (Library of Congress). 12. Dewey speaks in San Francisco, September 21, 1944, with Governor Earl Warren (right) listening (Library of Congress). 13. Harry Truman and Franklin Roosevelt, lunch on the White House lawn, August 18, 1944 (National Archives). 14. Roosevelt and Voters Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and the Professions at the White House, October 9, 1944. Left to right: Van Wyck Brooks, Hannah Dorner, Jo Davidson, Jan Kiepura, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Gish, Dr. Harlow Shapley (National Archives). 15. Churchill, Roosevelt, and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King at Quebec (U.S. Army Signal Corps) (Library of Congress). 17. (facing, top) Roosevelt at Foreign Policy Association, New York, October 21, 1944, and (left to right) Wm. W. Lancaster, Henry Stimson, James V. Forrestal, and Herbert Lehman (National Archives). 18. (facing, bottom) Franklin Roosevelt and Admiral Milo Draemel, Philadelphia, October 26, 1944 (Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives, Philadelphia). 16. FDR’s motorcade in New York City, October 21, 1944 (National Archives). 194 Running Head 19. Democratic campaign buttons and ticket to FDR’s Chicago speech. 20. John Bricker formally accepts vice presidential nomination, French Lick, Indiana, September 12, 1944 (Library of Congress). 21. Harry Truman at Central Junior High School, Madison, Wisconsin, October 24, 1944 (National Archives). 22. Dewey concedes the election, November 8, 1944 (Library of Congress). 23. Roosevelt, Truman, and Wallace returning to Washington, November 10, 1944 (Library of Congress). 24. Roosevelt’s fourth-term inaugural, Washington, January 20, 1945, with Vice President Truman and Roosevelt’s son James looking on (National Archives). ...