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In the alternate history novel The Plot Against America (2004) by Philip Roth, Wheeler serves as Vice President in the administration of President Charles Lindbergh. Roth depicted Wheeler as a political opportunist who imposes martial law in Lindbergh's absence, whereas the real Wheeler had been a leading opponent of the martial law imposed in Montana during World War I. Bill Kauffman described Wheeler as being an "anti-draft, antiwar, anti-big business defender of civil liberties".
The Plot Against America: Senator Wheeler and the Forces Behind Him is also the name of a pamphlet by David George Kin, published against Wheeler during the 1946 campaign by supporters of the Communist Party USA, which accused both Wheeler and Harry S. Truman of a being part of a fascist conspiracy.
| United States Senate | ||
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| Preceded by Henry L. Myers |
United States Senator (Class 1) from Montana 1923-1947 |
Succeeded by Zales Ecton |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by John N. Heiskell |
Most Senior Living U.S. Senator (Sitting or Former) December 28, 1972 – January 6, 1975 |
Succeeded by Clarence Dill |
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