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U.S. presidential election, 1944

Presidential Candidate	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote	Pct	Party	Running Mate (Electoral Votes)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York (W)	432	25,602,504	53.5%	Democrat	Harry S Truman of Missouri (432)
Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York	99	22,006,285	46.0%	Republican	John William Bricker of Ohio (99)
Others, including: Texas Regulars and Norman Thomas	0	336,051	0.5%
Total	531	47,944,840	100%

Introduction

In 1944 the U.S. was still in the middle of fighting World War II. The aging Roosevelt had been in power for longer than any other president, but remained popular.

Democratic Nomination

Roosevelt was a popular, war-time incumbent and faced little opposition. He replaced the unpopular vice president Henry Wallace with Missouri Senator Harry Truman.

Republican Nomination

Former prosecutor and New York governor Thomas E. Dewey defeated former candidate Wendell Willkie for the nomination.

General Election

The Republicans campaigned against the New Deal, seeking a smaller government and less regulated economy as the end of the war seemed in sight. Nonetheless Roosevelt's continuing popularity was the main theme of the campaign.

The election was held on November 7, 1944 and was won by Franklin D. Roosevelt, who beat Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey to become the only U.S. president to be elected to a fourth term.

Franklin D. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945. He was succeeded by Harry S. Truman.

See also: President of the United States, U.S. presidential election, 1944, History of the United States (1918-1945)

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