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Call from Above:
Wendell Willkie
was the dark horse at the 1940 GOP convention, but after supporters roared his name from on high, he won on the sixth ballot. (©classicstock/Alamy Stock Photo)
©classicstock/Alamy Stock Photo
Call from Above:
Wendell Willkie
was the dark horse at the 1940 GOP convention, but after supporters roared his name from on high, he won on the sixth ballot. (©classicstock/Alamy Stock Photo)
©classicstock/Alamy Stock Photo