From March 9 to June 1, 1948, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1948 United States presidential election. The nominee was selected through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1948 Republican National Convention held from June 21 to June 25, 1948, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with New York Governor, Thomas E. Dewey being nominated for president and California Governor, Earl Warren being nominated for Vice President. Dewey and Warren went on to lose the general election to the Democratic Party's ticket of incumbent President Harry S. Truman and Kentucky senator Alben W. Barkley