The fact that Truman won surprised most experts.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey, former governor of New York. was the Republican candidate in 1948. He was not elected which fact surprised most of the experts.
1948 U.S. Presidential Election Results:266 votes (50.1%) - minimum required303 votes (57.1%) - Pres. Harry S. Truman (D-MO)189 votes (35.6%) - Gov. Thomas E. Dewey (R-NY)39 votes (7.3%) - Gov. J. Strom Thurmond (SR-SC)
In 1948, Republican Thomas Dewey was projected as the winner. The Chicago Daily Tribune famously published a "Dewey wins" headline. There's a famous picture of the actual winner, Harry Truman, holding up that newspaper while celebrating his victory.
Truman ran against Thomas Dewey of New York.
Thomas Dewey.
Dewey never won a presidential election. I don't think he ever defeated a future president in any kind of election.
Yes. Although the newspaper was wrong. Dwight D. Eisenhower became president after that in 1952
Thomas Dewey
Harry Truman.
thomas dewey
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.
Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas Dewey. One of my great-great-great somethings.
Harry Truman defeated Dewey in 1948. See attached link for the story behind the famous headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." Dewey also came in second to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1944 election.
A. Henry Kissinger B. Thomas Dewey C. George Gallup D. Harry Truman