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.

Kelly Clifton first voted in the 1948 presidential election — one of the greatest political upsets in election history — when incumbent President Harry S. Truman defeated Republican nominee Thomas ...

In 1947, President Harry Truman noticed the White House was hardly structurally sound, and once he won the 1948 presidential election, he commissioned a group of engineers to tackle the issue.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 1948 (UPI) --Governor Thomas E. Dewey conceded today that President Truman had been elected in the closest presidential ... Dewey had conceded the election.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 1948 (UPI) --Governor Thomas E. Dewey conceded today that President Truman had been elected in the closest presidential ... Dewey had conceded the election.