Third Party Candidates

Originally registered as a Republican, Henry Wallace supported Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1932 presidential campaign. After serving in FDR’s cabinet, Wallace was nominated as Roosevelt’s Vice Presidential running mate in 1940. Roosevelt dropped Wallace as his running mate in 1944 because of Wallace’s increasingly liberal views. Later, as the editor of the New Republic, Wallace re-invigorated the Progressive Party, and ran as its candidate in the 1948 Presidential election. Under Wallace’s leadership, the party championed a variety of progressive causes, including civil rights, welfare and education.

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