FDR: “I would accept and serve, but I would not run, in the usual partisan…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1944

I would accept and serve, but I would not run, in the usual partisan, political sense.

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Democratic · New York

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Letter Agreeing to Accept a Nomination for a Fourth Term

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FDR: “I would accept and serve, but I would not run, in the usual partisan, political sense.”