| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 1, 1940 |
Presedential Elections: Popular Vote Electoral VoteFranklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) 54.8 499 |
| January 1, 1940 |
stringent campaign finance act passed |
| March 8, 1940 |
Senate approves president's "Lend-Lease" plan |
| July 15, 1940 |
Democratic convention at Chicago |
| August 17, 1940 |
Wilkie accepts Republican nomination |
| September 16, 1940 |
Congress enacts first peacetime draft |
| October 25, 1940 |
John Lewis urges labor to vote for Willkie |
| January 1, 1941 |
Senator Chandler proposes hiring 'research experts' |
| March 1, 1941 |
Senate creates Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program |
| August 1, 1941 |
opposition arises in renewal of the draft |
| December 8, 1941 |
Sen. Arthur Vandeer reverses isolationist position,nation goes to war |
| January 1, 1942 |
Republicans gain seats in Congress as there is a swing to the right |
| September 1, 1942 |
Roosevelt threats Congress with action |
| January 1, 1943 |
conservative coalition repeals many New Deal agencies |
| July 1, 1943 |
C.I.O. forms first Political Action Committee |
| January 1, 1944 |
Presedential Elections: Popular Vote Electoral VoteFranklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) 53.5 432 |
| January 1, 1944 |
Henry Wallace replaced by Truman as vice presidential nominee |
| February 23, 1944 |
Roosevelt vetoes Barkley's tax bill |
| May 1, 1944 |
Communist Party dissolves,forms Communist Political Association |
| July 19, 1944 |
Democratic convention in Chicago |
| August 4, 1944 |
soldier voting act amended |
| August 30, 1944 |
America First party holds convention in Detriot,nominates Smith |
| January 1, 1945 |
Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress established |
| January 1, 1945 |
Senate agrees to the United Nations Charter |
| April 12, 1945 |
President Roosevelt dies,replaced by Truman |
| January 1, 1946 |
number of Republicans increase in Senate to majority,pass Taft-Hartley Act |
| January 1, 1946 |
Henry Wallace resigns |
| May 1, 1946 |
Truman proposes law to draft strikers,labor relations hurt |
| January 1, 1947 |
""Vandenburg Resolution" adopted " |
| January 1, 1947 |
Senate approves "Truman Doctrine" |
| January 1, 1948 |
Presedential Elections: Popular Vote Electoral VoteHarry S. Truman (Democratic) 54.8 499 |
| January 1, 1948 |
Lyndon Johnson,Hubert Humphrey elected to Senate |
| January 1, 1948 |
Democrats return to majority status in house |
| January 1, 1948 |
Eisenhower refuses to run |
| March 1, 1948 |
General MacArthur announces possible candidacy |
| July 12, 1948 |
Democratic convention held in Philadelphia |
| July 17, 1948 |
Dixiecrats hold convention,nominate Strom Thurmond |
| July 22, 1948 |
Progressive Party convention in Philadelphia nominates Wallace |
| August 1, 1948 |
Communist Party endorses Wallace |
| January 1, 1949 |
1940-1949 - Rise of Money Politics
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