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Harry Truman won the 1948 presidential election defeating Thomas Dewey. In the 1948 presidential election Harry Truman received 303 electoral votes and Thomas Dewey received 189 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Truman 24,179,345 and Dewey 21,991,291. Truman's victory was one of the greatest election upsets in American history. Virtually every prediction indicated Dewey would defeat Truman.

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Truman won the election


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Harry S. Truman (Dem) won over Thomas E. Dewey (Rep) in 1948.

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Calvin C. Coolidge

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Harry Truman

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