Presidential elections were held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took place during World War II which ended the following year. The Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roos
1944 portrait of FDR
Dewey circa 1946
Roosevelt/Truman poster
Poster from 1944 presidential campaign
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1948. The Democratic ticket of incumbent President Harry S. Truman and Senator Alben Barkley defeated the Republican ticket of New
1944 United States presidential election
…preferred fellow liberal California Governor Earl Warren, but agreed on Bricker to preserve party unity (Warren would go on to run with Dewey in the 1948 election). Bricker was nominated for vice president by acclamation. The Republicans campaigned against the New Deal, seeking a smaller government and less-regulated…
Harry S Truman, bw half length photo portrait, facing front, 1945
Thomas Dewey
Strom Thurmond 1948
Congressman Vito Marcantonio (left) with former Vice President Henry A. Wallace at New York City's "Lucky Corner" on election eve, November 1, 1948