Deseret News archives: Dewey concedes presidential race late on election night; Truman reelected president
A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected ...
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“Dewey defeats Truman”: When the newspapers and pollsters botched the result of the US election
What happened in the 1948 US presidential election? Ahead of the 1948 election, Democratic president Truman, who had stepped up from vice-president after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in ...
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99-year-old Fort Myers man is proud of his voting record. His first vote was cast in 1948
The first presidential election for Healy was in 1948 when Democratic Harry S. Truman defeated Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Healy's daughter, Joan Healy Bisciotti, contacted ...
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Social Media Declares Presidential Race Winner—Should You Believe It?
On November 3, 1948, the day after the Presidential Election, the headline of the Chicago Daily Tribune proclaimed "Dewey Defeats Truman." The now infamous and embarrassing headline came about ...
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'It's your duty' | A 101-year-old woman has voted in every election since 1948
HOUSTON — A Houston woman has voted in every election she’s been eligible -- nearly 70 years. Mary Adkins, 101, has voted in every election since Harry Truman won in 1948’s "Dewey defeats ...
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'It's your duty' | A 101-year-old Houston woman has voted in every election since 1948
HOUSTON — A Houston woman has voted in every election she’s been eligible -- nearly 70 years. Mary Adkins, 101, has voted in every election since Harry Truman won in 1948’s "Dewey defeats ...