1944 United States elections 1944 United States elections The 1944 United States elections was held on November 7, 1944, taking place just a month after the Allies liberated Paris in World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected to an unprecedented fourth term, while the Democrats retained their majorities in both chambers of Congress. Seeking a record fourth term, Democratic incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt was challenged by Republican Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Dewey ran an energetic campaign, seeking a smaller government and a less-regulated economy as the end of World War II seemed in sight. Roosevelt dominated the electoral
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Paris Métro) area in the 1770s and was guillotined during the Reign of Terror. The line 9 station opened when the line was extended from Trocadéro to Saint-Augustin on 27 May 1923 and was called "Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées", or just "Rond-Point". On 6 October 1942 a connection between the two stations was opened and the new station was renamed "Marbeuf–Rond-Point des Champs-Elysees" (or more often "Champs-Elysees–Marbeuf"). This new station became Franklin D. Roosevelt station in 1946 when the nearby "Avenue Victor-Emmanuel III" was renamed "Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue", in honor of the American president who had been an ally of France during