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Hace 1 día · Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in 1944 and 1948, losing the latter to Harry S. Truman in a major upset.
Hace 1 día · In one of the greatest election upsets in American history, [2] [3] [4] incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to the presidency upon his predecessor's death and be elected to a full term.
Hace 1 día · The 1944 United States presidential election was the 40th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took place during World War II, which ended the following year. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey to win an unprecedented fourth term.
19 de jul. de 2024 · - Candidates: Thomas E. Dewey, Robert A. Taft, and Harold Stassen - Outcome: Thomas E. Dewey secured the nomination after a contentious convention. He went on to lose the general election to Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman in one of the greatest upsets in American political history.
Hace 3 días · U.S. Pres. Harry S. Truman celebrating his dramatic upset victory while holding a copy of the Chicago Tribune that erroneously announced his defeat by Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election.
Hace 5 días · Former Governor Thomas E. Dewey was planning an expansive New York State Thruway, a project, that at the time, would be one first highway systems in the country.
15 de jul. de 2024 · The man who all the polls predicted would be elected president in 1948 but whose moving plans were upended as incumbent President Harry Truman won a stunning and totally unexpected victory: Thomas E. Dewey.
