The United States maintained its
Constitutional Republic government structure throughout
World War II. Certain expediencies were taken within the existing structure of the Federal government, such as conscription and other violations of civil liberties, including the internment and later dispersal of Japanese-Americans. Still, elections were held as scheduled in 1944.
Overview
The United States entered World War II with the Administration that had been at the helm of the nation since 1932, that of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This administration had been preparing for war for a while by the time of the
attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
President of the United States
President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Vice President
Henry A. Wallace won the
election of 1940, and were at the helm of the nation as it prepared for and entered World War II. Roosevelt sought and won an unprecedented fourth term in office in 1944, but this time with
Harry S. Truman as his Vice President. Roosevelt, who had been a victim of
Guillain-Barré Syndrome early in life, died in April 1945, and Truman assumed the Presidency through the end of the war.
Office of Price Administration under Administrators Henderson, Brown, and Bowles, formed April 1941 (originally named the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply).