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On July 12, the Democratic National Convention convened in Philadelphia in the same arena where the Republicans had met a few weeks earlier. Spirits were low; the Republicans had taken control of both houses of the United States Congress and a majority of state governorships during the 1946 mid-term elections, and the public opinion polls showed Truman trailing Republican nominee Dewey ...
"Dewey Defeats Truman" was an erroneous banner headline on the front page of the early editions of the Chicago Daily Tribune (later Chicago Tribune) on November 3, 1948, the day after incumbent United States president Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over his opponent, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, in the 1948 presidential election.
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.
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 ...
On October 31, two days before election day, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt urged voters to vote for Truman in a nationally broadcast radio address. Soon after, various leading authors, including Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis, endorsed Truman. [140]
The 1948 United States presidential election in California took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
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The 1948 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 13 [ 2 ] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .