Claim: In the 1948 United States presidential election in North Dakota Progressive Thomas Dewey lost to democrat Harry S. Truman by just under 20.000 votes.
Evidence: Thomas Dewey Republican Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.) Progressive Henry A. Wallace 8,391 95,812 115,139 
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican Harry S. Truman
Democratic Henry Agard Wallace
Progressive 115,139 95,812 8,391