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The 1948 presidential election was the first official federal Election Day Subscribers to Chart of the Week received this commentary on Sunday, July 28. Riding the coattails of election season ...
The presidential election of 1952 pitted Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Republicans against Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson for the Democrats.
The 1948 presidential election almost became a ... General Dwight Eisenhower. ... Thurmond and Mississippi’s Fielding Wright as their presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
The newspaper has been endorsing presidential candidates since Abraham Lincoln in 1860, including in each election since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. Editorial board endorsed Biden in 2020 ...
There were reasons for Democrats to be pessimistic about Truman’s chances of winning the 1948 election. After all, Americans had never chosen him for the job — he was elected vice president in ...
Harry S. Truman’s stunning, come-from-behind victory in the 1948 presidential election has encouraged frissons of optimism for long-shot candidates ever since. Walter Mondale invoked the 1948 ...