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  1. In 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. [c]

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  2. Since 1824, a national popular vote has been tallied for each election, but the national popular vote does not directly affect the winner of the presidential election. The United States has had a two-party system for much of its history, and the major parties of the two-party system have dominated presidential elections for most of U.S. history ...

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  4. He was a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 1948. Though he was considered for a time to be the front-runner, he lost the nomination to New York governor Thomas E. Dewey.

  5. Progressive candidate Henry A. Wallace received 1,157,172 votes, but no Electoral Votes. Truman won Tennessee; however one elector cast a vote for Thurmond. Issues of the Day: Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift. Results of the presidential election of 1948, won by Harry S. Truman with 303 electoral votes.

  6. Jun 12, 2006 · The press and the polls agreed: Harry Truman was certain to lose. But instead of giving up, the president decided to 'give 'em hell.'. Few people believed that President Harry S. Truman had a chance of winning the 1948 presidential election.

  7. Date: November 2, 1948. Participants: Alben W. Barkley. Thomas E. Dewey. Norman Thomas. Strom Thurmond. Harry S. Truman. Henry A. Wallace. Earl Warren. (Show more) 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.

  8. Jun 21, 2021 · Fifteen months later, Wallace announced that he would be a third-party candidate for President in 1948, advocating the need for post-war accommodation with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) to ensure peace.

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