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State voters chose 25 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ohio was narrowly won by Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman with 49.48% of the popular vote. Republican Party candidate Thomas E. Dewey received 49.24% of the popular vote.
Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote; Harry S. Truman (incumbent) Democratic: Missouri: 24,178,347 49.55% 303 Alben W. Barkley: Kentucky: 303 Thomas E. Dewey: Republican: New York: 21,991,292 45.07% 189 Earl Warren: California: 189 Strom Thurmond: States' Rights Democratic: South Carolina: 1,176,023 2.41% 39: Fielding L. Wright ...
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Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote; Harry Truman: Alben Barkley: Democrat: 1,452,791: 49.48%: 25 : Thomas Dewey: Earl Warren: Republican: 1,445,684: 49.24%: 0 : Henry Wallace: Glen Taylor: Progressive: 37,596: 1.28%: 0 : Map Key
This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1948 election. At the 1948 Democratic National Convention, President Harry S. Truman won nomination for a full term. Truman had become president upon the death of his predecessor and 1944 running mate, Franklin D ...
Party Nominees: Electoral Vote: Popular Vote Presidential: Vice Presidential Democratic: Harry S Truman: Alben W. Barkley: 303: 57.1%: 24,105,810: 49.5% Republican
Down in the polls and under fire within his own party, Truman alone remained confident of his victory. On the morning after the election, Americans rose to news of the most surprising comeback in presidential election history. In Missouri, Truman learned of his victory at 4:00am, when a Secret Service agent woke him.
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