1948 United States presidential election

1948 United States presidential election
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All 531 electoral votes of the Electoral College; 266 electoral votes needed to win
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The 1948 United States presidential election happened on November 2, 1948. This election was between Harry S. Truman (president at that time) and Thomas E. Dewey (the Governor of New York). Truman won by 303 electoral votes. Dewey got 189 electoral votes. Thurmond got 39 electoral votes including a faithless elector in Tennessee.

This election is best known as an upset because of the election results. Predictions showed that Dewey would beat Truman at the polls. For example, a newspaper in Chicago printed an issue in advance which said that Dewey had won the election. However, Truman won the election instead.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Democratic candidates:

Harry S. Truman, 32nd President of the United States from Missouri (1945-1953) (Nominee)
Richard Russell, Jr., U.S. senator from Georgia (1933-1977)
William A. Julian, Treasurer of the United States (1933-1949)
Harley M. Kilgore, U.S. senator from West Virginia (1941-1956)
Scott W. Lucas, U.S. senator from Illionis (1933-1949)

President
Harry S. Truman
from Missouri
(1945–1953)
Senator
Richard Russell Jr.
from Georgia
(1933–1971)
Senator
William A. Julian
from Ohio
(1933–1949)
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Republican Party

Republican candidates:

Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York
Robert Taft, Senator from Ohio
Harold Stassen, former governor of Minnesota
Arthur H. Vandenberg, President pro tempore of the senate from Michigan
Earl Warren, governor of California
Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army from New York

Candidates gallery

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Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York
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Senator Robert Taft of Ohio
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Former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota
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President pro tempore of the Senate Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan
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Governor Earl Warren of California
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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of New York

1948 United States Presidential Election Media

Democratic Party (United States)
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Harry S. Truman, President of the USA in 1945.
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AlbenBarkley(cropped)
Republican Party (United States)
Earl Warren Portrait, half figure, seated, facing front, as Governor (cropped 3x4).jpg

Earl Warren; Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States.
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Henry Agard Wallace, 1888–1965, bust portrait, facing left
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Glen H. Taylor
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Congressman Vito Marcantonio (left) with former Vice President Henry A. Wallace at New York City's "Lucky Corner" on election eve, November 1, 1948
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Gov. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina

References

↑ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.

Other websites

1948 popular vote by counties
1948 State-by-state Popular vote Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
How close was the 1948 election? Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine – Michael Sheppard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Booknotes interview with Zachary Karabell on The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election, June 4, 2000.^{[dead link]}

[1] "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.

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