James A. Farley

James A. Farley
Birth name	James Aloysius Farley
Role	Democratic candidate in the 1944 American presidential election
Location	United States of America
Born	30 May 1888 (age 73) Grassy Point, New York, United States of America
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic Party
Political alignment	Liberal

James A. Farley is an American politician and the Democratic candidate in the 1944 American presidential election against the Republican Thomas E. Dewey. He lost the election, receiving 175 electoral votes and 18,207,984 votes.

Trivia

James A. Farley was a close advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as Postmaster General of the United States from 1933 to 1940. He died in 1976.