1948 Republican National Convention

1948 Republican National Convention
Convention
1948 presidential election
Nominees Dewey and Warren
Date(s)	June 21–25, 1948
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue	Convention Hall
Candidates
Presidential nominee	Thomas E. Dewey of New York
Vice Presidential nominee	Earl Warren of California

The 1948 Republican National Convention was held at the Municipal Auditorium, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from June 21 to 25, 1948.

New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey had paved the way to win the Republican presidential nomination in the primary elections, where he had beaten former Minnesota Governor Harold E. Stassen and World War II General Douglas MacArthur. In Philadelphia he was nominated on the third ballot over the opposition from die-hard conservative Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft, the future "minister of peace" Stassen, Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg, and California Governor Earl Warren. In all Republican conventions since 1948, the nominee has been selected on the first ballot. Warren was nominated for Vice President. The Republican ticket of Dewey and Warren surprisingly went on to lose the general election to the Democratic ticket of Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley. One of the decisive factors in convening both major party conventions in Philadelphia that year was the ability for two of the three then young television networks to telecast for the first time live gavel to gavel coverage.^[1] Televised primarily to the East Coast by The Columbia Broadcasting System, CBS, and The National Broadcasting Company, NBC, only a few minutes of kinescope film have survived of these historic broadcasts.

Platform

The party platform formally adopted at the convention included the following points:

Reduction of the public debt
Reduction of the inheritance tax
Labor reform
Promotion of small business through reduction of governmental intervention and regulation.
Elimination of unnecessary federal bureaus, and duplication of functions of necessary governmental agencies.
Federal aid to states for slum clearance and low-cost housing
Extension of Social Security benefits
A federal anti-lynching law
Federal civil rights legislation. Texas delegate Orville Bullington led a successful protest demanding southern representation on the platform panel considering the civil rights proposals.
Abolition of the poll tax
A crackdown on domestic Communism
Recognition of the state of Israel
International arms control "on basis of reliable disciplines against bad faith".
The admissions of Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico as states to the union.^[2]

Candidates before the convention

Businessman Riley A. Bender of Illinois
Speaker of the House Joseph William Martin, Jr. of Massachusetts

Governor
Thomas E. Dewey
of New York
Former Senator
Herbert E. Hitchcock
of South Dakota
General of the Army
Douglas MacArthur
of Arkansas
Governor
Harold Stassen
of Minnesota
Senator
Robert A. Taft
of Ohio
Senator
Arthur H. Vandenberg
of Michigan
Governor
Earl Warren
of California

Balloting

The tally:
Ballot	1	2	3
NY Governor Thomas E. Dewey	434	515	1094
OH Senator Robert A. Taft	224	274	0
Frm. MN Governor Harold Stassen	157	149	0
MI Senator and President pro tem Arthur Vandenberg	62	62	0
CA Governor Earl Warren	59	57	0
House Speaker Joseph Martin	18	10	0
General Douglas MacArthur	11	7	0
Others	127	20	0

Vice-presidential nomination

Dewey had a long list of potential running-mates, including the option of reselecting his 1944 running mate Senator John Bricker of Ohio or choosing someone else in Congressman Charles Halleck of Indiana, and former-Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota. Dewey however, chose two-term California Governor Earl Warren as his running-mate; Warren was nominated unopposed.

References

↑ Simmons, Amy V. (5 August 2016). "The first televised Democratic Convention, 70 years later: An unplanned delegate remembers". Philadelphia Sun. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
↑ "Republican Party Platform of 1948".

External links

Republican Party platform of 1948 at The American Presidency Project
Dewey acceptance speech at The American Presidency Project

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United States presidential election, 1948

Democratic Party

Convention
Primaries

Nominee	Harry Truman

VP nominee	Alben W. Barkley

Candidates	Harley M. Kilgore Richard Russell Jr. Henry A. Wallace

Republican Party

Convention
Primaries

Nominee	Thomas Dewey

VP nominee	Earl Warren

Candidates	Riley A. Bender Herbert E. Hitchcock Douglas MacArthur Joseph William Martin Jr. Edward Martin Leverett Saltonstall Harold Stassen Arthur H. Vandenberg Robert Taft

State's Rights Democratic Party

Nominee	Strom Thurmond

VP nominee	Fielding L. Wright

Other third party and independent candidates

Prohibition Party

Nominee	Claude A. Watson

Progressive Party

Nominee	Henry A. Wallace

VP nominee	Glen H. Taylor

Socialist Party

Nominee	Norman Thomas

VP nominee	Tucker P. Smith

Socialist Workers Party

Nominee	Farrell Dobbs

VP nominee	Grace Carlson

Independents and other candidates

Gerald L. K. Smith

Other 1948 elections: House
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