1944 United States presidential election in Vermont 1944 United States presidential election in Vermont The 1944 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States Presidential Election which was held throughout all 48 states. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Vermont voted for the Republican nominee, former Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Dewey’s running mate was Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio, while Roosevelt ran with Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri.
Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt not reached a consensus as to the best policy for freeing their European counterparts from Nazi persecution. Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt Both during and after his presidential terms and continuing today, there has been much criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Critics have questioned not only his policies and positions, but also charged him with centralizing power in his own hands by controlling both the government and the Democratic Party. Many denounced his breaking the no-third-term tradition in 1940. By the middle of his second term, much criticism of Roosevelt centered on fears that he was heading toward a dictatorship