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 1944 and 1948, losing the latter to Harry S. Truman in a major upset. The 288 combined electoral votes Dewey received from both elections place him second behind William Jennings Bryan as the candidate with the most electoral votes who never acceded to the presidency.
Dewey in 1944
Dewey's portrait as Governor in 1948
Clifford K. Berryman's editorial cartoon of October 19, 1948, shows the consensus of experts in mid-October
Dewey on the campaign trail in Bakersfield, California, September 1948
Republican Party (United States)
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The Republican Party, also known as the GOP, is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. It emerged as the main political rival of the Democratic Party in the mid-1850s.
The Republican Party hosted its first Republican National Convention at Musical Fund Hall at 808 Locust Street in Philadelphia from June 17 to 19, 1856, nominating John C. Frémont as its presidential candidate in the 1856 presidential election.
Charles R. Jennison, an anti-slavery militia leader associated with the Jayhawkers from Kansas and an early Republican politician in the region
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president (1861–1865) and first Republican to hold the office
Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president (1869–1877)