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In 1948, Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley were elected president and vice president of the United States, defeating Republican nominees Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren. Truman, a Democrat and vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt, had ascended to the presidency upon Roosevelt's death in 1945.
May 15, 2024 · INDEPENDENCE, MO (May 15, 2024) – A new temporary exhibition, UPSET! Harry Truman and the 1948 Campaign, allows visitors to travel back in time to see how the most stunning surprise in U.S. presidential election history came about.
September 28, 1948. President Harry S. Truman prepares to speak from a campaign platform while on a campaign stop in Oklahoma. All others are unidentified.
This collection focuses on the presidential election of 1948. The collection includes 95 documents totaling 872 pages covering the years 1946 through 1981. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts, political cartoons, audio recordings and Truman Library museum objects.
This campaign poster from 1948 features an image of President Harry S. Truman from his service in World War I with text that reads, "Nobody Wants War; Harry S. Truman Knows Why!" This object is in the Truman Library Museum collection. Date (s) February 1964.
Campaign signs for the three presidentia. Politics. Personalities. USA. pic: 1948. President Harry S. Truman introduced to a goat during his election tour, wearing the name of his Presidential opponent. President Truman (1884-1972) became the 33rd President of the United States 1945-1953. He help.
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He resolved in 1948, then, to speak mostly in generalities and to refrain from using invective. While he appeared "presidential" during the campaign, Dewey's bland campaign speeches only reinforced his milquetoast image among much of the electorate.
