1944 United States presidential election 1944 United States presidential election The United States presidential election of 1944 was the 40th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took place during World War II. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey. Roosevelt had become the first president to win a third term with his victory in the 1940 presidential election, and there was little doubt that he would seek a fourth term. Unlike in 1940, Roosevelt faced little opposition within his own party, and he easily won the presidential nomination of the 1944 Democratic National Convention. However, that
Cannabis policy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration Cannabis policy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration During the administration of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932–1945), the United States saw its first federal-level efforts to control cannabis as a drug. While Roosevelt is known for his opposition to prohibition of alcohol, which was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, in a 1935 radio address he also advocated that the United States apply the rulings of the International Opium Convention, which along with opiates also restricted the non-medicinal use of cannabis. Federal Bureau of Narcotics chief Harry Anslinger garnered support