1948 United States presidential election

The 1948 United States presidential election happened on November 2, 1948. This election was between Harry S. Truman (president at that time) and Thomas E. Dewey (the Governor of New York). Truman won by 303 electoral votes. Dewey got 189 electoral votes. Thurmond got 39 electoral votes including a faithless elector in Tennessee.

This election is best known as an upset because of the election results. Predictions showed that Dewey would beat Truman at the polls. For example, a newspaper in Chicago printed an issue in advance which said that Dewey had won the election. However, Truman won the election instead.

Candidates

 Democratic Party 
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Democratic candidates:

 Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States from Missouri (1945-1953) (Nominee)
 Richard Russell, Jr., U.S. senator from Georgia (1933-1977)
 William A. Julian, Treasurer of the United States (1933-1949) 
 Harley M. Kilgore, U.S. senator from West Virginia (1941-1956)
 Scott W. Lucas, U.S. senator from Illionis (1933-1949)

Republican Party
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Republican candidates:
Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York 
Robert Taft, Senator from Ohio
Harold Stassen, former governor of Minnesota
Arthur H. Vandenberg, President pro tempore of the senate from Michigan
Earl Warren, governor of California
Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army from New York
Candidates gallery

Dixiecrat Ticket
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References

Other websites
1948 popular vote by counties
1948 State-by-state Popular vote 
How close was the 1948 election?  – Michael Sheppard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Booknotes interview with Zachary Karabell on The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election, June 4, 2000.

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