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Who did Harry Truman run againstin 2nd term?
thomas dewey
Who did Truman defeat for the 1948 election in an upset victory?
Thomas E. Dewey
Who was the 1948 Republican presidential candidate?
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.
What are the number of electoral college votes taken for Harry S. Truman and Thomas Dewey?
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)
Who was the projected winner of the 1948 Presidential election?
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.
Who did Harry S. Truman run against?
Truman ran against Thomas Dewey of New York.
Who did truman upset in the 1948 election?
Thomas Dewey.
Who defeated thomas Dewey in 1948?
Dewey never won a presidential election. I don't think he ever defeated a future president in any kind of election.
Who did Harry Truman defeat in the election?
Yes. Although the newspaper was wrong. Dwight D. Eisenhower became president after that in 1952
Who was in the presidential race against Harry Truman?
Thomas Dewey
In 1948 he beat thomas Dewey and continued as president?
Harry Truman.
Who did Harry Truman run againstin 2nd term?
thomas dewey
Who won the presidential election in 1948?
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.
Who did Truman defeat for the 1948 election in an upset victory?
Thomas E. Dewey
Who were two people that ran for president against Harry Truman?
Thomas Dewey. One of my great-great-great somethings.
What year did Thomas Dewey run against FDR for President?
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.
Who is considered the founder of modern public opinion polling?
A. Henry Kissinger B. Thomas Dewey C. George Gallup D. Harry Truman
