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(Tuesday, November 7, 1944, during the 1944 presidential campaign) — Democratic U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York was elected to an unprecedented fourth term today, soundly defeating Republican challenger Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York.
The election took place during World War II and The Holocaust, both of which would end the following year.
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Roosevelt and his running mate, Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri, received 53.39% of the national popular vote. Dewey and his running mate, Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio, received 45.89%.
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The Democratic ticket was officially elected on Dec. 18, 1944, when the nation’s presidential electors met and cast 432 Electoral votes for Roosevelt-Truman and 99 votes for Dewey-Bricker.
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The electors’ votes would be tabulated and certified on Jan. 6, 1945, during a joint session of Congress.
Roosevelt and Truman would be inaugurated on January 20, 1945 (the beginning of Roosevelt’s fourth term as president and Truman first term as VP, succeeding incumbent VP Henry A. Wallace, who failed to be nominated for a second term).
