On the morning after the election, according to Truman’s historian, Americans rose to news of the most surprising comeback in ...

Truman's quandary 76 years ago in 1948 against New York Gov. Thomas Dewey. The comparisons are undeniable and offer lessons ...

The polls and the pundits left no room for doubt: Dewey was going to defeat President Harry S. Truman. And the Tribune would be the first to report it. Arguably the most famous headline in the ...

This time 76 years ago, when Harry Truman went up against Thomas Dewey for the presidency, the pollsters were far more confident about the outcome of the US election. Their predictions were defied ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 1948 (UPI) --Governor Thomas E. Dewey conceded today that President Truman had been elected in the closest presidential race in 32 years. It was perhaps the greatest upset in ...

On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected results in U.S. election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman won the ...

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In what was considered a major upset in the 1948 presidential election, Democratic President Harry Truman defeated Republican New York Governor Thomas Dewey and third-party candidates to win a ...

Mary Adkins said going with her father to vote became a tradition that continued until Mary herself was eligible to vote.