Dewey Defeats Truman
date: label: Date made
content: 1948
name: label: associated person
content: Dewey, Thomas E.
label: associated person
content: Truman, Harry S.
notes: label: Description
content: The <i>Chicago Daily Tribune</i> staff expected a landslide Thomas E. Dewey victory over Harry S. Truman in the Presidential election of 1948, and therefore decided to make <i>Dewey Defeats Truman</i> the headline for the front page of the November 3, 1948 issue of the newspaper. The actual results from the November 2 election showed, however, that Truman was the winning candidate.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Presidential Candidates
label: Subject
content: Political Campaigns
label: Subject
content: News
label: Subject
content: Newspaper
label: Subject
content: Election Day
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1948
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
label: See more items in
content: Government, Politics, and Reform
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227213.01
label: catalog number
content: 227213.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Newspaper