Major candidates:
Democrat - Incumbent President Harry S Truman of Missouri (winner)
Republican - Governor Thomas Dewey of New York
Important 3rd party candidates:
States Rights Democrat - Governor Strom Thurmond of South Carolina
Progressive - Former Vice President Henry Wallace of Iowa
Minor candidates:
Socialist - Norman Thomas of New York
Prohibitionist - Claude A. Watson of California
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