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.
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