Wendell L. Wilkie 1892-1944
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Another historical marker celebrating an Indiana politician from an earlier era.
Waymark Code: WMCH5W
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2011
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While exploring earlier, we discovered the site where Wendell Wilkie accepted the Republican nomination for president. Shortly after, we discovered this marker outside the cemetery in which he is buried.
The marker reads as follows:
Lawyer and business leader
Republican presidential nominee 1940-
the only native Hoosier to be nominated for the Presidency by a major political party-
Author of "One World"
Grave and memorial in East Hill Cemetery, Rushville
County: Rush
Year Placed: 1969
Name: Wendell L. Wilkie
ID#: 70.1969.1
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