Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to the presidency upon his predecessor's death and be elected to a full term.
You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania; 1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island; 1948 United States presidential election in South Carolina; 1948 United States presidential election in South Dakota; 1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee; 1948 United States presidential election in Texas
The 1948 United States elections were held on November 2, 1948. The election took place during the beginning stages of the Cold War. Democratic incumbent President Harry S. Truman was elected to a full term in an upset, defeating Republican nominee New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and two erstwhile Democrats.
Pages in category "1948 United States presidential election by state" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The following is a table of United States presidential election results by state. They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College who pledge to vote for a specific political party's nominee for president. Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election
The presidential election of 1948 was a very multi-partisan election for New York, with more than nine percent of the people who voted doing so for third parties. [2] In typical form for the time, the highly populated urban centers of New York City , Buffalo , and Albany , voted primarily Democratic, while most of the smaller counties in New ...
1948 United States presidential election by state (1 C, 49 P) A. 1948 Alabama elections (3 P) 1948 Alaska elections (1 P) 1948 Arizona elections (3 P)