1948 National Election - U.S. Election History

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National Election Statistics

94,877,000

Voting Age Population

51.5%

Turnout by VAP

1948 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1948, won by Harry S. Truman with 303 electoral votes.

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Harry S. Truman’s Cabinet

President: Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)

Vice President: Alben W. Barkley (1949-1953)

Secretary of State: Dean Acheson (1949-1953)

Secretary of the Treasury: John Wesley Snyder (1946-1953)

Secretary of War: Henry L. Stimson (1945), Robert P. Patterson (1945-1947), and Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1947)

Secretary of Defense: Louis A. Johnson (1949-1950), George C. Marshall (1950-1951), Robert A. Lovett (1951-1953)

Attorney General: J. Howard McGrath (1949-1952), James P. McGranery (1952-1953)

Postmaster General: Jesse M. Donaldson (1947-1953)

Secretary of the Navy: James Forrestal (1945-1947)

Secretary of the Interior: Oscar L. Chapman (1949-1953)

Secretary of Agriculture: Charles F. Brannan (1948-1953)

Secretary of Commerce: Charles W. Sawyer (1948-1953)

Electoral Vote Totals

303 for Harry S. Truman (Democrat)
189 for Thomas E. Dewey (Republican)
39 for Strom Thurmond (States’ Rights)

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303

Harry S. Truman

189

Thomas E. Dewey

267 to win

24,105,810 votes (49.5%)
Running Mate: Alben W. Barkley

21,970,064 votes (45.1%)
Running Mate: Earl Warren

States’ Rights Democratic candidate Strom Thurmond (States’ Rights) received 1,169,021 votes and 39 electoral votes. Progressive candidate Henry A. Wallace received 1,169,114 votes, but no Electoral Votes.

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State Electoral Votes

Alabama

11

Alaska

Arizona

4

Arkansas

9

California

25

Colorado

6

Connecticut

8

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

Florida

8

Georgia

12

Hawaii

Idaho

4

Illinois

28

Indiana

13

Iowa

10

Kansas

8

Kentucky

11

Louisiana

10

Maine

5

Maryland

8

Massachusetts

16

Michigan

19

Minnesota

11

Mississippi

9

Missouri

15

Montana

4

Nebraska

6

Nevada

3

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

16

New Mexico

4

New York

47

North Carolina

14

North Dakota

4

Ohio

25

Oklahoma

10

Oregon

6

Pennsylvania

35

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

8

South Dakota

4

Tennessee

11

Texas

23

Utah

4

Vermont

3

Virginia

11

Washington

8

West Virginia

8

Wisconsin

12

Wyoming

3