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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > presidential campaigns and elections > presidential election of 1940

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presidential election of 1940  

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  • THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION of 1940 took place as Europe was in the midst of World War II. The Democrats nominated Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a third term, breaking the two-term tradition established by George Washington in 1796. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Presidential Election of 1940]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WLM9CS0M-W

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