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Also Known As Earl Russell Browder
Born May 20, 1891 • Wichita • Kansas
Died June 27, 1973 (aged 82) • Princeton • New Jersey
Political Affiliation Communist Party of the United States of America
Role In United States presidential election of 1936 • United States presidential election of 1940

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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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