1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Catawba, Davidson and Henderson. 1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina The 1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose fourteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. North Carolina was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 66.71% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John
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 While Roosevelt is known for his opposition to prohibition of alcohol, which was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, in a 1935 radio address he also advocated that the United States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