Claim: During the 1948 United States presidential election in Kansas, Harry S. Truman had fewer votes than Thomas Dewey who was born in 1902.
Evidence: Kansas was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 53.63% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 44.61% of the popular vote. Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician.