Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1948

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1948

March 9 to June 1, 1948



Nominee	Harry S. Truman
Home state	Missouri
Contests won	8
Popular vote	1,375,452
Percentage	63.9%

Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic nominee

Harry S. Truman

The 1948 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1948 U.S. presidential election.^[1] Incumbent President Harry S. Truman was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1948 Democratic National Convention held from July 12 to July 14, 1948, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

See also

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1948

References

↑ "Guide to U.S. Elections - Google Books". Books.google.com. 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2016-02-19.

United States presidential primaries and caucuses

Election timelines

National polling

Democratic Party: 2008; 2016
Republican Party: 2008; 2012; 2016

State polling

Democratic Party: 2008; 2016
Republican Party: 2008; 2012; 2016

Fundraising

2008
2012

Debates and forums

Democratic Party: 2008; 2016
Republican Party: 2008; 2012; 2016
Libertarian Party: 2016

Conservative Political Action Conference
(Defunct: Iowa
Texas)

Major events

Caucuses
and primaries

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Republican Party	1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Libertarian Party	2016

Green Party	2008 2012 2016

Constitution Party	2016

Results breakdown

List of candidates by number of primary votes
Democratic Party: 2008; 2016
Republican Party: 2008; 2012; 2016

National
conventions

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Republican Party Whig Party	1832 1835 1839 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Libertarian Party	1983 1987 1991 1996 2000 2004 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Green Party	2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Reforms

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
Senate

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