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Elections in Missouri |
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The 1948 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Incumbent President Harry S. Truman won his home state of Missouri with 58.11% of the popular vote against Republican Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, who gained 41.49% of the popular vote. [3] [4] As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Moniteau County and Cole County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [5] [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 917,315 | 58.11% | |
Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 655,039 | 41.49% | |
Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955) | Henry A. Wallace | 3,998 | 0.25% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 2,222 | 0.14% | |
Write-in | Strom Thurmond | 42 [lower-alpha 1] | 0.00% | |
Write-in | Claude A. Watson | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | 0.00% | |
Write-in | Edward A. Teichert | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0.00% | |
Write-in | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0.00% | |
Total votes | 1,578,628 | 100% |
1948 United States presidential election in Missouri by county [8] [9] | |||||||||||
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County | Harry S. Truman Democratic | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican | Henry Agard Wallace Progressive | Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 4,136 | 50.43% | 4,024 | 49.07% | 33 | 0.40% | 8 | 0.10% | 112 | 1.37% | 8,201 |
Andrew | 2,576 | 44.96% | 3,142 | 54.84% | 9 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.03% | -566 | -9.88% | 5,729 |
Atchison | 2,498 | 53.23% | 2,190 | 46.67% | 2 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.06% | 308 | 6.56% | 4,693 |
Audrain | 7,495 | 73.12% | 2,739 | 26.72% | 13 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.03% | 4,756 | 46.40% | 10,250 |
Barry | 4,724 | 49.54% | 4,812 | 50.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -88 | -0.92% | 9,536 |
Barton | 3,008 | 53.79% | 2,577 | 46.08% | 6 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 431 | 7.71% | 5,592 |
Bates | 4,371 | 51.22% | 4,156 | 48.71% | 4 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.02% | 215 | 2.52% | 8,533 |
Benton | 1,360 | 32.92% | 2,768 | 67.01% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,408 | -34.08% | 4,131 |
Bollinger | 2,075 | 48.63% | 2,187 | 51.25% | 3 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.05% | -112 | -2.62% | 4,267 |
Boone | 10,200 | 69.61% | 4,289 | 29.27% | 81 | 0.55% | 83 | 0.57% | 5,911 | 40.34% | 14,653 |
Buchanan | 22,975 | 63.76% | 13,002 | 36.08% | 31 | 0.09% | 26 | 0.07% | 9,973 | 27.68% | 36,034 |
Butler | 5,319 | 55.23% | 4,276 | 44.40% | 24 | 0.25% | 11 | 0.11% | 1,043 | 10.83% | 9,630 |
Caldwell | 1,985 | 42.45% | 2,687 | 57.46% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | -702 | -15.01% | 4,676 |
Callaway | 6,215 | 71.78% | 2,433 | 28.10% | 6 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.05% | 3,782 | 43.68% | 8,658 |
Camden | 1,264 | 38.41% | 2,020 | 61.38% | 3 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.12% | -756 | -22.97% | 3,291 |
Cape Girardeau | 7,872 | 52.58% | 7,084 | 47.32% | 8 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.05% | 788 | 5.26% | 14,971 |
Carroll | 3,401 | 44.64% | 4,212 | 55.29% | 5 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -811 | -10.65% | 7,618 |
Carter | 1,255 | 56.10% | 964 | 43.09% | 13 | 0.58% | 5 | 0.22% | 291 | 13.01% | 2,237 |
Cass | 5,415 | 59.87% | 3,614 | 39.96% | 12 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,801 | 19.91% | 9,045 |
Cedar | 2,062 | 41.24% | 2,928 | 58.56% | 4 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.12% | -866 | -17.32% | 5,000 |
Chariton | 4,170 | 61.40% | 2,615 | 38.51% | 3 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,555 | 22.90% | 6,791 |
Christian | 1,600 | 33.79% | 3,129 | 66.08% | 3 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.06% | -1,529 | -32.29% | 4,735 |
Clark | 2,352 | 50.92% | 2,264 | 49.01% | 1 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.04% | 88 | 1.91% | 4,619 |
Clay | 11,855 | 64.77% | 6,408 | 35.01% | 21 | 0.11% | 20 | 0.11% | 5,447 | 29.76% | 18,304 |
Clinton | 3,481 | 60.91% | 2,227 | 38.97% | 3 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,254 | 21.94% | 5,715 |
Cole | 7,891 | 53.23% | 6,909 | 46.60% | 14 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.07% | 982 | 6.62% | 14,825 |
Cooper | 3,865 | 48.51% | 4,094 | 51.38% | 1 | 0.01% | 8 | 0.10% | -229 | -2.87% | 7,968 |
Crawford | 2,289 | 46.25% | 2,650 | 53.55% | 7 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.06% | -361 | -7.29% | 4,949 |
Dade | 1,733 | 38.33% | 2,783 | 61.56% | 1 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.09% | -1,050 | -23.22% | 4,521 |
Dallas | 1,590 | 37.01% | 2,695 | 62.73% | 6 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.12% | -1,105 | -25.72% | 4,296 |
Daviess | 2,868 | 50.38% | 2,823 | 49.59% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 45 | 0.79% | 5,693 |
DeKalb | 2,033 | 49.17% | 2,098 | 50.74% | 2 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.05% | -65 | -1.57% | 4,135 |
Dent | 2,973 | 59.58% | 2,003 | 40.14% | 9 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.10% | 970 | 19.44% | 4,990 |
Douglas | 1,163 | 29.71% | 2,734 | 69.85% | 7 | 0.18% | 10 | 0.26% | -1,571 | -40.14% | 3,914 |
Dunklin | 10,979 | 81.56% | 2,466 | 18.32% | 8 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.06% | 8,513 | 63.24% | 13,461 |
Franklin | 7,822 | 50.19% | 7,725 | 49.57% | 28 | 0.18% | 10 | 0.06% | 97 | 0.62% | 15,585 |
Gasconade | 1,204 | 21.95% | 4,268 | 77.81% | 10 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.05% | -3,064 | -55.86% | 5,485 |
Gentry | 3,410 | 56.42% | 2,633 | 43.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.02% | 777 | 12.86% | 6,044 |
Greene | 20,762 | 52.34% | 18,836 | 47.49% | 32 | 0.08% | 34 | 0.09% | 1,926 | 4.86% | 39,664 |
Grundy | 3,177 | 48.79% | 3,331 | 51.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.06% | -154 | -2.36% | 6,512 |
Harrison | 2,854 | 43.82% | 3,646 | 55.98% | 5 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.12% | -792 | -12.16% | 6,513 |
Henry | 5,551 | 54.56% | 4,619 | 45.40% | 1 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.03% | 932 | 9.16% | 10,174 |
Hickory | 733 | 29.77% | 1,728 | 70.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.04% | -995 | -40.41% | 2,462 |
Holt | 2,040 | 43.86% | 2,607 | 56.05% | 2 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.04% | -567 | -12.19% | 4,651 |
Howard | 4,143 | 72.77% | 1,538 | 27.02% | 7 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.09% | 2,605 | 45.76% | 5,693 |
Howell | 3,599 | 44.65% | 4,427 | 54.93% | 13 | 0.16% | 21 | 0.26% | -828 | -10.27% | 8,060 |
Iron | 2,552 | 63.90% | 1,435 | 35.93% | 3 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,117 | 27.97% | 3,994 |
Jackson | 139,186 | 61.44% | 86,471 | 38.17% | 634 | 0.28% | 236 | 0.10% | 52,715 | 23.27% | 226,527 |
Jasper | 15,404 | 51.21% | 14,593 | 48.52% | 58 | 0.19% | 23 | 0.08% | 811 | 2.70% | 30,078 |
Jefferson | 10,280 | 62.55% | 6,085 | 37.02% | 47 | 0.29% | 23 | 0.14% | 4,195 | 25.52% | 16,435 |
Johnson | 4,888 | 49.85% | 4,903 | 50.01% | 8 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.06% | -15 | -0.15% | 9,805 |
Knox | 2,268 | 58.32% | 1,620 | 41.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 648 | 16.66% | 3,889 |
Laclede | 3,221 | 45.92% | 3,773 | 53.78% | 9 | 0.13% | 12 | 0.17% | -552 | -7.87% | 7,015 |
Lafayette | 5,988 | 47.37% | 6,634 | 52.48% | 11 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.07% | -646 | -5.11% | 12,642 |
Lawrence | 4,649 | 46.22% | 5,392 | 53.61% | 10 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.07% | -743 | -7.39% | 10,058 |
Lewis | 3,155 | 66.69% | 1,564 | 33.06% | 6 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.13% | 1,591 | 33.63% | 4,731 |
Lincoln | 4,190 | 66.13% | 2,135 | 33.70% | 5 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.09% | 2,055 | 32.43% | 6,336 |
Linn | 5,788 | 58.86% | 4,034 | 41.03% | 5 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.06% | 1,754 | 17.84% | 9,833 |
Livingston | 4,182 | 52.07% | 3,835 | 47.75% | 6 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.10% | 347 | 4.32% | 8,031 |
Macon | 5,193 | 57.45% | 3,833 | 42.41% | 6 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,360 | 15.05% | 9,039 |
Madison | 2,509 | 54.56% | 2,086 | 45.36% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 423 | 9.20% | 4,599 |
Maries | 1,948 | 68.45% | 894 | 31.41% | 1 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.11% | 1,054 | 37.03% | 2,846 |
Marion | 9,122 | 70.47% | 3,802 | 29.37% | 14 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.05% | 5,320 | 41.10% | 12,944 |
McDonald | 2,925 | 49.45% | 2,979 | 50.36% | 8 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.05% | -54 | -0.91% | 5,915 |
Mercer | 1,008 | 38.69% | 1,595 | 61.23% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | -587 | -22.53% | 2,605 |
Miller | 2,514 | 44.80% | 3,088 | 55.03% | 4 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.09% | -574 | -10.23% | 5,611 |
Mississippi | 4,592 | 77.63% | 1,293 | 21.86% | 25 | 0.42% | 5 | 0.08% | 3,299 | 55.77% | 5,915 |
Moniteau | 2,787 | 51.75% | 2,594 | 48.17% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.06% | 193 | 3.58% | 5,385 |
Monroe | 4,769 | 85.39% | 809 | 14.49% | 6 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,960 | 70.90% | 5,585 |
Montgomery | 2,792 | 49.04% | 2,889 | 50.75% | 3 | 0.05% | 9 | 0.16% | -97 | -1.70% | 5,693 |
Morgan | 1,862 | 43.94% | 2,365 | 55.80% | 4 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.17% | -503 | -11.87% | 4,238 |
New Madrid | 8,925 | 81.00% | 2,082 | 18.90% | 6 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.05% | 6,843 | 62.11% | 11,018 |
Newton | 5,598 | 48.92% | 5,820 | 50.86% | 15 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.09% | -222 | -1.94% | 11,443 |
Nodaway | 6,253 | 56.03% | 4,886 | 43.78% | 13 | 0.12% | 9 | 0.08% | 1,367 | 12.25% | 11,161 |
Oregon | 3,133 | 71.91% | 1,214 | 27.86% | 4 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,919 | 44.04% | 4,357 |
Osage | 2,672 | 51.68% | 2,488 | 48.12% | 4 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.12% | 184 | 3.56% | 5,170 |
Ozark | 859 | 30.33% | 1,967 | 69.46% | 2 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.14% | -1,108 | -39.12% | 2,832 |
Pemiscot | 10,269 | 81.98% | 2,249 | 17.95% | 1 | 0.01% | 7 | 0.06% | 8,020 | 64.03% | 12,526 |
Perry | 2,133 | 42.30% | 2,903 | 57.56% | 1 | 0.02% | 6 | 0.12% | -770 | -15.27% | 5,043 |
Pettis | 8,388 | 55.66% | 6,657 | 44.18% | 16 | 0.11% | 8 | 0.05% | 1,731 | 11.49% | 15,069 |
Phelps | 5,202 | 62.85% | 3,053 | 36.89% | 15 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.08% | 2,149 | 25.96% | 8,277 |
Pike | 4,934 | 66.68% | 2,448 | 33.08% | 7 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.15% | 2,486 | 33.59% | 7,400 |
Platte | 4,354 | 72.40% | 1,644 | 27.34% | 6 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.17% | 2,710 | 45.06% | 6,014 |
Polk | 3,079 | 43.32% | 4,026 | 56.65% | 1 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | -947 | -13.32% | 7,107 |
Pulaski | 2,858 | 63.33% | 1,644 | 36.43% | 8 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,214 | 26.90% | 4,513 |
Putnam | 1,463 | 36.79% | 2,499 | 62.84% | 8 | 0.20% | 7 | 0.18% | -1,036 | -26.05% | 3,977 |
Ralls | 3,013 | 76.82% | 908 | 23.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,105 | 53.67% | 3,922 |
Randolph | 7,912 | 77.74% | 2,256 | 22.17% | 7 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.03% | 5,656 | 55.57% | 10,178 |
Ray | 4,826 | 69.57% | 2,102 | 30.30% | 4 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.07% | 2,724 | 39.27% | 6,937 |
Reynolds | 2,050 | 74.60% | 692 | 25.18% | 4 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,358 | 49.42% | 2,748 |
Ripley | 2,304 | 59.72% | 1,533 | 39.74% | 16 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.13% | 771 | 19.98% | 3,858 |
Saint Charles | 6,049 | 50.14% | 5,976 | 49.54% | 23 | 0.19% | 16 | 0.13% | 73 | 0.61% | 12,064 |
Saint Clair | 2,489 | 49.35% | 2,548 | 50.52% | 5 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.04% | -59 | -1.17% | 5,044 |
Saint Francois | 7,276 | 53.73% | 6,234 | 46.03% | 23 | 0.17% | 9 | 0.07% | 1,042 | 7.69% | 13,542 |
Saint Louis County | 62,684 | 47.00% | 69,592 | 52.17% | 700 | 0.52% | 407 | 0.31% | -6,908 | -5.18% | 133,383 |
Saint Louis City | 220,654 | 64.19% | 120,656 | 35.10% | 1638 | 0.48% | 822 | 0.24% | 99,998 | 29.09% | 343,770 |
Sainte Genevieve | 1,984 | 55.61% | 1,567 | 43.92% | 12 | 0.34% | 5 | 0.14% | 417 | 11.69% | 3,568 |
Saline | 7,185 | 59.73% | 4,822 | 40.09% | 13 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.07% | 2,363 | 19.64% | 12,029 |
Schuyler | 1,892 | 57.74% | 1,377 | 42.02% | 2 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.18% | 515 | 15.72% | 3,277 |
Scotland | 2,451 | 59.02% | 1,693 | 40.77% | 8 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.02% | 758 | 18.25% | 4,153 |
Scott | 8,266 | 76.52% | 2,519 | 23.32% | 8 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.09% | 5,747 | 53.20% | 10,803 |
Shannon | 2,352 | 74.10% | 805 | 25.36% | 8 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.28% | 1,547 | 48.74% | 3,174 |
Shelby | 3,400 | 71.43% | 1,348 | 28.32% | 11 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,052 | 43.11% | 4,760 |
Stoddard | 7,029 | 69.12% | 3,117 | 30.65% | 17 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.06% | 3,912 | 38.47% | 10,169 |
Stone | 892 | 28.58% | 2,222 | 71.20% | 5 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.06% | -1,330 | -42.61% | 3,121 |
Sullivan | 3,443 | 52.23% | 3,140 | 47.63% | 5 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.06% | 303 | 4.60% | 6,592 |
Taney | 1,427 | 37.58% | 2,361 | 62.18% | 6 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.08% | -934 | -24.60% | 3,797 |
Texas | 4,664 | 58.34% | 3,320 | 41.53% | 6 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,344 | 16.81% | 7,994 |
Vernon | 5,342 | 58.29% | 3,808 | 41.55% | 9 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.05% | 1,534 | 16.74% | 9,164 |
Warren | 1,071 | 30.88% | 2,380 | 68.63% | 7 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.29% | -1,309 | -37.75% | 3,468 |
Washington | 2,370 | 51.69% | 2,200 | 47.98% | 9 | 0.20% | 6 | 0.13% | 170 | 3.71% | 4,585 |
Wayne | 2,695 | 58.16% | 1,937 | 41.80% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 758 | 16.36% | 4,634 |
Webster | 3,292 | 47.78% | 3,581 | 51.97% | 9 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.12% | -289 | -4.19% | 6,890 |
Worth | 1,563 | 57.21% | 1,162 | 42.53% | 4 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.11% | 401 | 14.68% | 2,732 |
Wright | 2,505 | 41.35% | 3,542 | 58.47% | 8 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.05% | -1,037 | -17.12% | 6,058 |
Totals | 917,315 | 58.11% | 655,039 | 41.50% | 3,998 | 0.25% | 2,222 | 0.14% | 262,276 | 16.61% | 1,578,574 |
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