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The 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
President Truman signing a proclamation declaring a national emergency and authorizing U.S. entry into the Korean War President Truman (right) and General Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island, October 1950. Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union occupied Korea, which had been a colony of the Japanese Empire.
In 1939, he was convicted of income tax evasion and served 15 months in a federal prison. The Pendergast organization helped to launch the political career of future president Harry S. Truman , which caused Truman's early enemies to dub him "the senator from Pendergast".
Robert Emmet Hannegan (June 30, 1903 – October 6, 1949) was an American politician who served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue from October 1943 to January 1944. He also served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1944 to 1947 and United States Postmaster General from 1945 to 1947.
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), signed by then-President Trump, was the most recent major overhaul to the IRS tax code. However, the legislation was criticized -- by his opponents -- for...
President Warren G. Harding's (R-OH) administration was marred by scandals stemming from men in his administration who followed him from Ohio, who came to be known as the Ohio Gang. [121] They include; Albert Fall, Secretary of the Interior, was bribed by Harry F. Sinclair for control of the Teapot Dome federal oil reserves in Wyoming. He was ...
1 president served as an ordained minister, serving as a pastor in the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, James A. Garfield. [4] [5] 1 president served as speaker of the House of Representatives, James K. Polk. 1 president served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate, John Tyler.
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.