{"id":6172,"date":"2016-11-09T22:07:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T04:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?p=6172"},"modified":"2016-11-09T22:07:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T04:07:17","slug":"this-week-in-the-war-6-12-november-1944-united-states-presidential-election-makes-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?p=6172","title":{"rendered":"This week in the War, 6–12 November 1944: United States presidential election makes history"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Poster advocating the election of FDR for an unprecedented fourth term in office, 1944 [Public domain]<\/p><\/div>This week in the war, on 7 November 1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt made history by becoming the first (and last) president of the United States to be elected to a fourth term in office.<\/p>\n

Roosevelt defeated the Republican challenger, New York governor, Thomas E. Dewey.<\/p>\n

During the election campaign, there was much mudslinging and some bizarre claims, including a Republican allegation that Roosevelt had dispatched a US Navy warship to bring home his Scottish Terrier, Fala.<\/p>\n

Roosevelt won the election handily, in part due to public confidence inspired by American victories in Europe and the Pacific.<\/p>\n

Roosevelt would not complete his term as president. He died on 12 April 1945 and was succeeded in office by his Vice-President, Harry S. Truman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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