MacArthur vs. Roosevelt 1944

I wonder if, while being Shogun of Japan may boost MacArthur, if he wouldn't get delusions about what he was able and allowed to do as president were he to win.
 
in summer of 1944 US was trying to decide between liberating Philippines and liberating Taiwan. MacArthur and Nimitz and FDR met in Hawaii to discuss (https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=75). I've read that MacArthur might have threatened to campaign for Dewey (GOP nominee) if Philippines weren't chosen. I can't say whether I think right decision was made - Japanese had a lot of troops on Taiwan; and they could reinforce air bases more easily.
 

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if MacArthur had accepted nomination, he would've had to resign his commission. so he wouldn't have commanded at Leyte (two weeks before the election)
However the GOP convention was in late June, he would have to had to resign sometime before that.
 
if MacArthur had accepted nomination, he would've had to resign his commission. so he wouldn't have commanded at Leyte (two weeks before the election)

Not necessarily. There is no legal requirement that he resign his commission in such a scenario Grant never ever dd resign his commission as a general (he was held to have vacated it when he nominated William Sherman as his replacement). Winfield Scott Hancock never resigned his commission when, as a serving general, he accepted the nomination as presidential candidate for the Democrats in 1880, and remained in the Army afterwards. It is true that Eisenhower chose to resign even before being nominated, but this was out of personal conviction rather than something mandated by law. MacArthur, however, might be in legal jeopardy of the law if he tried to campaign actively, although be it noted, while still on the active duty list in 1952, he did precisely that without any consequence (by giving a speech at the Republican National Convention, among others). It is anyone's guess how people as a whole would react if he tried to remain in active command after accepting the presidential nomination.
 
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