Wendell Willkie 1892-1944. By Mary Earhart Dillon. Published 1952 by J.B. Lippincott Co. Stated first edition. Hardcover, no dj, frontispiece portrait, index, 378 pp., 8vo. Wendell Lewis Willkie (February 18, 1892 - October 8, 1944) was a lawyer, born in Elwood, Indiana, the only native of Indiana to be nominated as the presidential candidate for a national party, having never held any sort of high elected office. In 1940 he was the Republican nominee for the 1940 presidential election. Willkie lost the election to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Condition: Ex-Libris exterior and interior markings. Book is complete, and intact, with solid binding. Interior pages are in very good condition. Cover is in very good condition.