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6 de oct. de 2018 · Wendell Willkie ( Murray Becker / AP) October 6, 2018. I didn’t know my grandfather. He died in 1944, before I was born, felled by a heart attack at 52. This was but four years after his ...
Wendell Lewis Willkie (født 18. februar 1892 i Elwood i Indiana, død 8. oktober 1944 i New York) var en amerikansk forretningsadvokat og republikansk politiker. Han var Det republikanske partis presidentkandidat i 1940, til tross for at han aldri hadde skjøttet noe politisk verv. Willkie var den første demokratiske eller republikanske ...
As the American people nervously watch this year’s presidential campaign descend into a rant of name calling and outright crudity that would be inappropriate in a saloon, it might be wise to pause and look back 75 years to a remarkable partnership between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Wendell L. Willkie, opposing candidates in the 1940 election.
Wendell Willkie) Willkie e Lilienthal negoziarono per un anno, con Willkie che richiedeva 88 milioni di dollari per le proprietà della C&S nei dintorni della valle del Tennessee e la TVA che ne offriva 55. Dopo un'ultima sconfitta legale per la C&S alla Corte suprema nel gennaio del 1939, le negoziazioni si fecero più veloci, e l'uno febbraio dello stesso anno la C&S vendette il tutto per 78 ...
Wendell Willkie was born in Elwood, Indiana, on February 18, 1892. The Republican party tapped Willkie, a lawyer and utilities executive, to run against FDR in 1940, even though Willkie was a former Democrat. Willkie campaigned against the New Deal and the government's lack of military preparedness. During the election, Roosevelt preempted the ...
17 de may. de 2016 · Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Republican Candidate for President, was born in 1892 in Elwood, Indiana. Willkie attended Indiana University, where he became friends with another budding young student, Paul V. McNutt. When McNutt was the President of the Student Union, Willkie was the President of the Jackson Club, a Democratic leaning political group.
Wendell Willkie died in 1944 at the height of his powers. He left his family his Hoosier heritage. He left a nation bemused by his dazzling career. He left guidance in the continuing duel between private enterprise and public welfare. He left a dream of a world where nations submerge their parochial passions for peace and cooperation.
