Wendell Willkie

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Wendell Willkie (born February 18, 1892) was the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in 1940, selected as a "dark horse" after many ballots at the convention.

A veteran of World War I, Willkie had executive experience as the president of the nation's largest electric utility holding company, Commonwealth & Southern Corporation. He had not held public office but had been active in political parties, including serving as a delegate for Roosevelt in the 1932 Democratic Convention.

In 1940, he lost to incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt. Formerly a critic of Roosevelt's New Deal policies, he became a supporter of Roosevelt's policies after his 1940 defeat. His political leftward drift led all the way to globalism and he would go on to write the book One World, a bestseller in 1943. In 1944 he again sought the nomination of the Republican Party for President but lost the nomination to Thomas Dewey. Following his loss to Dewey for the nomination he left the Republican Party to become involved in the Liberal Party of New York.

He died on October 8, 1944 at the age of 52.