A third term for FDR : the election of 1940

A third term for FDR : the election of 1940 /

The 1940 presidential election was the first election that featured a sitting president running for a third term. It was also an election conducted in the midst of a growing world war and debates over the involvement of the United States.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Jeffries, John W., 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2017
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Willkie, Wendell L. > (Wendell Lewis), > 1892-1944.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1940.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Roosevelt and the Democrats in the 1930s: triumph and troubles
  • The Republicans: "We want Willkie"
  • The Democrats: "the Sphinx"
  • The campaign: the challenger vs. the "champ"
  • The election: "another great Democratic victory."

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