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James W Ridgeway 1916 - 2004

James W Ridgeway of Tacoma, Pierce County, WA was born on August 27, 1916, and died at age 88 years old on December 26, 2004.
James W Ridgeway
Tacoma, Pierce County, WA 98402
August 27, 1916
December 26, 2004
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  • 08/27
    1916

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    August 27, 1916
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  • 12/26
    2004

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    December 26, 2004
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    James W Ridgeway lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1916, in the year that James W Ridgeway was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1940, James was 24 years old when on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.
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