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Dewey's foreign-policy position evolved during the 1940s ; by 1944 he was considered an internationalist and a supporter of projects such as the United Nations.

It was in 1940 that Dewey first clashed with Taft.

Taft — who maintained his non-interventionist views and economic conservatism to his death — became Dewey's great rival for control of the Republican Party in the 1940s and early 1950s.

Dewey became the leader of moderate-to-liberal Republicans, who were based in the northeastern and Pacific Coast states, while Taft became the leader of conservative Republicans who dominated most of the Midwest and parts of the South.