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Bookmark or Share- United States presidential election of 1948 | Truman vs Dewey, Cold War ...United States presidential election of 1948, American presidential election held on Nov. 2, 1948, in which Democratic Pres. Harry S. Truman defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey. Historical background. The roots of the 1948 election date to 1940, when Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to run for an unprecedented third term as president.
- 1948 United States presidential election - WikipediaIn one of the greatest election upsets in American history, [2] [3] [4] incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to the presidency upon his predecessor's death and be elected to a full term. [a]
- ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’: The Election Upset Behind the PhotoThe surprise victory of the plain-spoken Democratic nominee, Harry S Truman, would become one of the biggest upsets in U.S. presidential history —and it would forever be memorialized, thanks to...
- Dewey Defeats Truman - Wikipedia"Dewey Defeats Truman" was an incorrect banner headline on the front page of the Chicago Daily Tribune (later Chicago Tribune) on November 3, 1948, the day after incumbent United States president Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over his opponent, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, in the 1948 presidential election.
- Dewey defeats Truman: The most famous wrong call in electoral history ...The polls and the pundits left no room for doubt: Dewey was going to defeat President Harry S. Truman. And the Tribune would be the first to report it. Arguably the most famous headline in the...
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