Wendell L. Willkie, 1892 - 1944

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.

Marker is on East 2nd Street east of Main Street (Indiana Road 3), on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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