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
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
Thomas E. Dewey
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Thomas Edmund Dewey was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in 194
1948 United States presidential election
…2, 1948. The Democratic ticket of incumbent President Harry S. Truman and Senator Alben Barkley defeated the Republican ticket of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and California Governor Earl Warren and the Dixiecrat ticket of South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond and Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright in one…
Dewey in 1944
Dewey in the University of Michigan yearbook, 1923
Portrait by The New York Times, 1937
Dewey's portrait as governor in 1948