1948 - Truman runs against Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican nominee in the 1948 presidential election. The scientific pollsters, including George Gallup, all predicted that Dewey would beat Truman.

But for a handful of voters in a few key states, future generations would have learned about a 1948 presidential election that was not the triumph of an underdog, but an episode dominated by ...

1948’s election outcome was one of the closest presidential poll results in American history. Projections leading up to Election Day overwhelmingly chose New York Governor Thomas Dewey to win.

Harry S. Truman’s stunning, come-from-behind victory in the 1948 presidential election has encouraged frissons of optimism for long-shot candidates ever since. Walter Mondale invoked the 1948 ...

On this day in 1948, in one of the least foreseen upsets in the annals of presidential elections, Democrat Harry S. Truman, the incumbent, defeated New York Gov. Thomas Dewey, his Republican ...

President Harry S. Truman gleefully displays an early edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune from his train in St. Louis after his defeat of Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election.

Harry S. Truman’s stunning, come-from-behind victory in the 1948 presidential election has encouraged frissons of optimism for long-shot candidates ever since. Walter Mondale invoked the 1948 ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — It’s like a treasure trove of election season history. The latest exhibit at the Truman Presidential Library focuses on the 1948 Presidential Election, which resulted in a close ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — It’s like a treasure trove of election season history. The latest exhibit at the Truman Presidential Library focuses on the 1948 Presidential Election, which resulted in a ...