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Convention Review: Ambitiously Recreating the 1944 "Conspiracy" for Truman by Jonathan Mandell

In 1944, when FDR was running for an unprecedented fourth term as President, the Democrats kicked out his then-Vice President, Henry Wallace, and nominated Missouri Senator Harry Truman to run for the office instead, even though Truman wasn't actively seeking the office. Just 82 days after getting elected, Truman took over as President when Roosevelt...

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:30PM on June 13, 2019

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