1944 United States presidential election in Kansas 1944 United States presidential election in Kansas The 1944 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Kansas was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 60.25% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 39.18% of the popular vote. Dewey’s margin was the biggest against FDR in any state during
Cannabis policy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration from the president and Congress for the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act, which was signed by Roosevelt and took effect on 1 October, 1937. 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 While Roosevelt is known for his opposition to prohibition of alcohol, which was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, in a 1935 radio address he also advocated that the United States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