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The "miracle man" of 1940: a look at the behind-the-scenes intrigue that catapulted unknown Wendell Willkie to head the Republican ticket in 1940--and guaranteed FDR an unprecedented third term.(HISTORY--PAST AND PERSPECTIVE)
As the familiar figure strode to the dais, the convention delegates rose in a thunderous ovation of cheers that went on and on. The figure was former President of the United States Herbert Hoover, and he had been chosen by Republican Party leaders to deliver one of the most important speeches of the 1940 convention. It was their hope that his speech would galvanize the party faithful behind the convention's still unchosen candidate to unseat the reigning White House occupant, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
However, when the roar of the convention crowd subsided and Mr. Hoover began his much anticipated speech, his voice could not be heard. His microphone mysteriously ...
- `Five Days in Philadelphia': Maybe we didn't want Willkie, but his politics...
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) August 24, 2005 700+ words
...shot businessman Wendell Willkie as the GOP nominee for president. Peters contends the remarkable and improbable "We Want Willkie" campaign saved the Western world from Nazi Germany because Willkie, unlike many of his Republican rivals, rejected isolationism...
- RON'S PICKS.(Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!"...
- Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections Faucheux, Ron September 1, 2005 700+ words
Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World, by Charles Peters, Public Affairs, 275 pages, June 2005...
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- Magazine article from: Washington Monthly Glastris, Paul July 1, 2005 700+ words
Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World By Charles Peters Public Affairs; $26.00 The big difference...
- We want Willkie!: Former Akron attorney made political history as GOP nominee...
- Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH) May 15, 2006 700+ words
Byline: Mark J. Price May 15--Wendell Willkie lost the election but saved the world. The former Akron attorney -- who rose from obscurity to win the 1940 Republican presidential nomination -- picked a heck of a time to run for public office. Europe was in flames. Ravaged nations fell beneath the
- Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States,...
- Magazine article from: Independent Review DOENECKE, JUSTUS D. June 22, 1999 700+ words
Desperate Deception: British Covert Operations in the United States, 1939-1944 By Thomas E. Mahl Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 1998. Pp...
- Tilting at Windmills.(briefs)
- Magazine article from: Washington Monthly PETERS, CHARLES October 1, 2000 700+ words
...Willkie. There were enough of us to pack the galleries at the Philadelphia Convention Hall, chanting "We Want Willkie, We Want Willkie!" I was back home listening to the radio and rooting as intensely as I did for my favorite baseball team...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe CHRISTOPHER KLEIN November 29, 2009 700+ words
...classical music lover you know, anatomical sketches for that medical student on your list, busts of Abraham Lincoln or "We Want Willkie" campaign buttons for your favorite political junkie, and shelves of beautifully illustrated antiquarian books for your...
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- Magazine article from: Washington Monthly Peters, Charles September 1, 2005 700+ words
...committed to stopping Hitler. His volunteers packed the gallery at the Republican National Convention, chanting, "We want Willkie!" After five exciting ballots, during which Willkie rose from 105 to 429 of the 501 votes needed to nominate, they finally...
Source: HighBeam Research, The "miracle man" of 1940: a look at the behind-the-scenes intrigue...