"Dewey Defeats Truman"
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By: Frank Cancellare
Date: November 4, 1948
Source: "Dewey Defeats Truman." Photograph. November 4, 1948. United Press International.
About the Publication: The editors of the Chicago Daily Tribune were not alone in assuming that President Harry S. Truman (served 1945–1953) could not win the 1948 U.S. presidential election. Most polls and political analysts predicted a victory by his Republican opponent, Thomas E. Dewey. Truman did win the race, however, thanks to aggressive personal campaigning across the country and his strategy of attacking the Republican Congress instead of the Republican presidential candidate. Papers with partisan Republican leanings, such as the Chicago Daily Tribune, pictured below, were anxious to report the defeat of the Democrat Truman. The Chicago Daily Tribune 's error is best remembered because of the famous...
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