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[Roosevelt racing Willkie] – Historic Print

[Roosevelt racing Willkie], 1940 Oct. 21 — historic drawing
[Roosevelt racing Willkie], 1940 Oct. 21. Historic drawing from the Presidents collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Here the 1940 presidential contest is drawn as a race, with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Republican challenger Wendell Willkie running neck and neck, and the Democratic donkey and Republican elephant among the symbols named in the record. Roosevelt was seeking an unprecedented third term, while Willkie, a utilities executive with no prior government experience, had won his party's nomination that year. The Evening Star ran the cartoon two weeks before the November 5 vote, when the draft that Congress had enacted in September was also a live campaign issue. Though it sits among Theodore Roosevelt pictures, this one concerns Franklin.

Created / published1940 Oct. 21
Medium1 drawing.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1940.Editorial cartoons American 1940.Drawings American 1940.
NotesTitle supplied by cataloger. Published in: The Evening star (Washington, D.C.). (DLC/PP-1945:R2.34) mm / 860113; ljr / 010215. BAR updated record 1989-1994.
SubjectsWillkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis),--1892-1944. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945. Democratic Party (U.S.)--1940. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--1940. Presidential elections--United States--1940. Elephants--1940. Donkeys--1940. Draft--United States--1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,351 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164153

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