1944 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection

none 1944 Republican vice presidential nomination Ohio John W. Bricker Charles L. McNary Vice Presidential nominee FF3333 John W. Bricker 160x160px 1944 06 28 1948 1948 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection 1940 1940 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection primary This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1944 election. At the start of the 1944 Republican National Convention, New York Governor Thomas Dewey seemed like the likely presidential nominee, but his nomination was not assured due to strong support for Ohio Governor John W. Bricker and former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen.Jordan David M. FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944 2011 Indiana University Press 115–118 https://archive.org/details/fdrdeweyelection0000jord registration bricker warren dewey 1944. 7 October 2015 Though Dewey wanted California Governor Earl Warren as his running mate, Warren was convinced that Franklin D. Roosevelt would win re-election, and refused to be anyone's running mate.Newton Jim Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made 2006 Penguin 182 978-1-59448-928-0 https://archive.org/details/justiceforallear0000newt registration bricker warren dewey 1944. 7 October 2015 Some Republicans wanted to ask Democratic Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia to be the Republican running mate in order to pursue the Southern vote, but this possibility was not seriously pursued. Dewey and his advisers instead worked out a deal in which Bricker's delegates voted for Dewey in the presidential ballot, and Dewey in return chose Bricker as his running mate. The Dewey–Bricker ticket, which balanced the moderate Northeastern and conservative Midwestern wings of the party, was ratified by the Republican convention. The ticket lost the 1944 presidential election to the Roosevelt–Truman ticket. Potential running mates Finalists Others See also 1944 Republican National Convention References Category:Republican Party (United States) vice presidential nominees Category:1944 United States presidential election Republican vice