1948 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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1948 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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Candidate Harry S. Truman William Alexander Julian Harley M. Kilgore
Home state Missouri Ohio West Virginia
Contests won801
Popular vote1,419,875271,146157,102
Percentage64.7%12.5%7.2%
Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic nominee

Harry S. Truman

From March 9 to June 1, 1948, voters of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1948 Democratic National Convention where the party chose its nominee for president in the 1948 United States 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.

Contents

Delegates per state

StateDelegates [2] Primary date
New Hampshire 129 March
New York 986 April
Wisconsin 246 April
Illinois 6013 April
Nebraska 1213 April
New Jersey 3620 April
Massachusetts 3627 April
Pennsylvania 7427 April
Maryland 203 May
Alabama 264 May
Florida 204 May
Ohio 504 May
West Virginia 2011 May
Oregon 1621 May
California 541 June
South Dakota 81 June

Contests

DateContestPopular vote
TrumanJulian Eisenhower Lucas Unnamed
April 6Wisconsin [3] 25,415 (83.81%)–––4,906 (16.19%)
April 13Illinois [4] 16,299 (81.71%)–1,709 (8.57%)427 (2.14%)1,513 (7.58%)
Nebraska [5] 67,672 (98.70%)–––894 (1.30%)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kalb, Deborah (2016-02-19). Guide to U.S. Elections - Google Books. ISBN   9781483380353 . Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  2. ↑ McNickle, R. K; Patch, B. W. (14 January 1948). "Presidential Primaries". CQ Press. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Wisconsin Blue Book 1948 - Full view - UWDC - UW-Madison Libraries". search.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  4. ↑ Illinois Blue Book 1947-1948. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 747. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Official Report of the Nebraska State Canvassing Board (primary election). Available at: https://sos.nebraska.gov/elections/previous-elections
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