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Map of the United States displaying the 1936 presidential election results by state, with states won by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) colored in blue and states won by Alf Landon (Republican) in red. Nearly all states are blue, except Maine and Vermont, which are red. Each state shows its electoral vote count, with Roosevelt receiving 523 electoral votes and Landon 8 electoral votes. Map of the United States showing the results of the 1940 presidential election by state. States won by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) are shaded in blue, while states won by Wendell Willkie (Republican) are shaded in red. Electoral vote totals are displayed within each state, with Roosevelt receiving 449 electoral votes and Willkie receiving 82.
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Earl Browder

American politician
Also known as: Earl Russell Browder
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Earl Browder (born May 20, 1891, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.β€”died June 27, 1973, Princeton, New Jersey) was the U.S. Communist Party leader for almost 25 years, until his split with official party doctrine after World War II. As a result of his opposition to the entrance of the United States into World War I, Browder was imprisoned in 1919–20. He became a member of the U.S. Communist Party in 1921, served as its general secretary from...

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