MacArthur, however, favored U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft, Sr., of Ohio, who lost the nomination to Dwight Eisenhower, who in turn defeated Governor Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr., of Illinois.
MacArthur, however, favored U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft, Sr., of Ohio, who lost the nomination to Willkie in 1940, to Dewey in 1948, and to Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. Eisenhower then defeated Governor Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr., of Illinois.