page_title: Dewey Defeats Truman
hierarchical_section_title: Dewey Defeats Truman
caption_attribution_description: English: President Harry S. Truman, shortly after being elected as President, smiles as he holds up a copy of the Chicago Tribune issue predicting his electoral defeat. This image has become iconic of the consequences of, and bad polling data. The press conference where photo was taken was held at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 3, 1948.
context_page_description: "Dewey Defeats Truman" was a famously incorrect headline on the front page of the Chicago Tribune. It was published on November 3, 1948.
  It happened the day after incumbent United States President Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over Republican challenger and Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election.
context_section_description: "Dewey Defeats Truman" was a famously incorrect headline on the front page of the Chicago Tribune. It was published on November 3, 1948.
  It happened the day after incumbent United States President Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over Republican challenger and Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election.
caption: Truman holding the Chicago Tribune's newspaper headline
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