Talk:Wendell Willkie
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Comparison to Donald Trump?
[edit]Shouldn't it be noted in the legacy section that during the 2016 election Willkie was frequently compared to Donald Trump, because they have several things in common? Both are/were wealthy businessmen, who never held political office or high military rank and both are considered charismatic and good speakers who attract large crowds?--217.110.69.30 (talk) 09:08, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
- I think we should wait to see if such comparisons become commonplace. The only president to win it in his first election without being a general was Hoover.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:30, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
- Hoover nevertheless held political office. Trump and Willkie are the only nominees without political or military experience. --217.110.69.30 (talk) 11:10, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
- True. While Hoover was the first president not to have held elected office or military office, he nonetheless had previously had tenures in appointed-office. SecretName101 (talk) 06:13, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hoover nevertheless held political office. Trump and Willkie are the only nominees without political or military experience. --217.110.69.30 (talk) 11:10, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
- I think we should wait to see if such comparisons become commonplace. The only president to win it in his first election without being a general was Hoover.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:30, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
Discussion about lead picture at Donald Trump
[edit]@Wehwalt: Interested editors are invited to participate in an ongoing talk-page discussion about the lead picture at Donald Trump. --Dervorguilla (talk) 06:11, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
There is an issue with the info box
[edit]It currently reads "Democratic (until 1939) Republican (after 1939) nominee for President of the United States" SecretName101 (talk) 06:11, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
Allegations against father
[edit]Theodore Bilbo made the following statement in his 1947 defense of ‘scientific’ racism, “Take Your Choice“:
“The late Wendell Wilkie, author of One World, was another of the nation-wide figures who advocated full racial equality. This position of Mr. Wilkie is especially interesting in view of the fact that he was born and reared in Elmwood, Indiana, the town from which his father helped drive away every Negro, and which had signs reading "No Negroes Admitted Here" on every road leading into the city limits”
Is it so? 207.177.225.141 (talk) 05:18, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- Biographies of Wendell Willkie I've read describe his father as liberal. However, in the 1890s, this might not translate into support for racial equality, look at William Jennings Bryan for example. I do not know for sure, but the Willkie bios I read did not mention what Bilbo did.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:22, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Spelling of name
[edit]Unusually for such a prominent, recent figure, Willkie seems to have been the victim of frequent misspelling. This Talk page, for example, includes a quoted passage that repeatedly uses the surprising common spelling "Wilkie". I have seen this in archival newspaper articles and scholarly books. Was Willkie consistent about the spelling of his own name? (There are many historical examples of this, though the examples I know all are either much older, or they involve transliteration.) Is there any merit to mentioning this issue on his main page? Brw12 (talk) 04:17, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
- As far as I know, yes. We would have to have a secondary source discussing the matter to include in his article.--Wehwalt (talk) 04:38, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
- In Richardson's To Make Men Free his family name is consistently spelled "Willke". Furti (talk) 15:08, 29 October 2019 (UTC).
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