In Popular Culture
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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