Title: William Lemke Description: Congressman William Lemke (William Frederick Lemke; August 13, 1878-May 30, 1950) at the Republican Party's Presidential Convention in 1936; Lemke was the candidate of the Union Party; elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from North Dakota in 1932 with Republican Party support, he served four two-year terms in Congress; a progressive populist, he supported the New Deal programs of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt; AKA: FDR: January 30, 1882-April 12, 1945); co-sponsored legislation against farm foreclosures during the Great Depression; in 1936 Lemke accepted the nomination of the Union Party for President, but got few popular votes and no electoral votes; Location: Des Moines, Iowa, 1936 Keywords: farms, farm foreclosures, Great Depression, William Lemke, New Deal, North Dakota, progressive populists, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Union Party, politicians, 1930s. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1200 x 2188 (2.63 MPixels) (1.82) Print Size: 10.2 x 18.5 cm; 4.0 x 7.3 inches File Size: 7.52 MB (7,885,778 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000096557 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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