The election of 1944 hinges more on the potential for world peace than domestic reform. Roosevelt abandons many New Deal policies and replaces controversial vice-president Henry Wallace with Senator Harry S. Truman from Missouri. Republicans nominat...
In the 1948 Presidential election, the Democratic Party is split with Truman's approval at an all time low. The various factions support Strom Thurman, and then Henry Wallace. Republicans unite behind a single candidate, Thomas E. Dewey of New York ...