Wendell Willkie

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Person.png Wendell Willkie  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(lawyer, politician)
Wendell Willkie.jpg
BornFebruary 18, 1892
Elwood, Indiana, U.S.
DiedOctober 8, 1944 (Age 52)
New York City, U.S.
Cause of death
"heart attack"
NationalityUS
Alma materIndiana University Bloomington
Victim of • premature death
• MI6?
PartyDemocratic (until 1939), Republican (from 1939)

Wendell Lewis Willkie was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for president.

A longtime Democratic activist, Willkie changed his party registration to Republican in late 1939. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the only Republican candidate eager and willing to join World War 2 against Germany.


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