From the article: “Entering that political year, Roosevelt was on his second VP, the first—John Nance Garner—had opted out after two terms.”
Not exactly true. The fact is John Nance Garner decided to challenge Franklin Delano Roosevelt for the Democratic Party nomination in 1939 when it became clear FDR was a megalomaniac who would never relinquish power before death took it from him. The country later passed a constitutional amendment to prevent future Emperors who lacked the wisdom of our first president from abusing their power as FDR had done.
Does anyone know what caused FDR to drop Wallace in favor of Truman? I was too young to know anything about it, and those events were too fresh for my schools to teach anything about it.
Does anyone know what caused FDR to drop Wallace in favor of Truman? I was too young to know anything about it, and those events were too fresh for my schools to teach anything about it.