What is Wendell Willkie?
{{Infobox person | name = Wendell Willkie | image = Wendell Willkie cph.3a38684.jpg | birth_name = Lewis Wendell Willkie | birth_date = {{birth date|1892|2|18}} | birth_place = [[Elwood, Indiana]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1944|10|8|1892|2|18}} | death_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Heart attack]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (before 1939)<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (1939–1944) | spouse = {{marriage|Edith Wilk|January 1918}} | children = [[Philip Willkie|Philip]] | education = [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University, Bloomington]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) | signature = Wendell Wilkie Signature.svg }} '''Wendell Lewis Willkie''' (born '''Lewis Wendell Willkie'''; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive, and politician. He was the unsuccessful 1940 [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee for [[President of the United States]] running against President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ellsworth|first=Barnard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xurZhUonAMAC&q=%22Herman+Francis+Willkie%22&pg=PA8|title=Wendell Willkie, Fighter for Freedom|publisher=University of Massachusetts|year=1966|page=8|isbn=0-87023-088-3}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Willkie, Wendell}} [[Category:1892 births]] [[Category:1944 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Lawyers from Indiana]] [[Category:Businesspeople from New York City]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Indiana]] [[Category:Politicians from Indiana]] [[Category:Politicians from New York City]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Lawyers from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}