Truman was not expected to win
Truman's own party split over his candidacy
Democrats had put up two candidates against him
The Republicans gained control of Congress for the first time in eighteen years.
john l Lewis
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only President elected to four terms of office.
In 1946 the US Jefferson Nickel contained 75% copper and 25% mickel.
George Faith was born in 1946.
The 1946 midterm elections let to the passing of the Taft-Hartley Act which was called by labor leaders a "slave labor" bill.
Joseph McCarthy
The cast of General Election - 1946 includes: Gilbert Mitchison as himself John Profumo as himself Geoffrey Sumner as Himself - Narrator
The labor strike and unrest are the two issues that helped the Republicans gain control of both houses of congress in November 1946 election.
labor problems
The Republicans gained control for the first time in eighteen years.
The Republicans gained control of Congress for the first time in eighteen years.
Yes, Kennedy won election to the House of Representatives in 1946.
21 years old. Not until 1971 did it change to 18.
labor problems
labor problems
ENIAC, in in 1946