Video: 'President Franklin D. Roosevelt Is Nominated For 4th Term 1944 | HD Stock Footage'
(Thursday, July 20, 1944, 8:20 p.m. PWT; during World War II) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York accepted the Democratic nomination for an unprecedented fourth term of office tonight during an address from an observation car on the presidential train located at a naval base in San Diego, California, (FDR on his way to a military conference in Hawaii) to delegates at the 1944 Democratic National Convention at Chicago Stadium in Chicago. Continue reading U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepts Democratic nomination for unprecedented fourth term 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 20 1944)