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Wendell Willkie

Wendell WillkieAKA Wendell Lewis Willkie

Born: 18-Feb-1892
Birthplace: Elwood, IN
Died: 8-Oct-1944
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, East Hill Cemetery, Rushville, IN

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Defeated by Roosevelt in 1940

Military service: US Army (WWI)

Father: Herman Willkie (b. 1857 Germany)
Mother: Henrietta
Sister: Julia
Brother: Robert
Brother: Fred
Brother: Edward
Sister: Charlotte
Wife: Edith Wilk (m. 12-Jan-1918)

    High School: Elwood, IN
    High School: Culver Military Academy
    University: Indiana University Bloomington (1913)
    Teacher: High School, Coffeyville, KS (one year, 1913)
    University: Oberlin College (briefly, 1915)
    Law School: Indiana University Bloomington (1916)

    Beta Theta Pi Fraternity 1912
    Freemasonry

Author of books:
One World (1943, nonfiction)


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