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363:. At his victory rally, various people from the crowd shouted "Dewey for President!". Dewey had decided initially not to run; but after his strong showing in 1944 presidential election, and his re-election as the governor, he appeared as a "winner", who could make the Republicans win the presidency after 16 years. In mid-December, when asked by the press whether he is going to announce his candidacy for the 1948 presidential election, he replied "Certainly not". After 14 years of Democratic government, the Republicans were beginning to gain momentum.
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as the "next president of the United States". Dewey replied to
Sprague by saying "That was a charming and overgenerous introduction, but I would like to assure Mr. Sprague again in public as I have in private, that I am happy where I am." Despite Dewey's refusal to seek the presidency, the next day's
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Lehman's vote total was a fusion of
Democratic Party's votes and American Labor Party's votes, while Dewey's vote total was a fusion of Republican Party's votes and Independent progressive Party's votes. Out of total 4,821,631 votes, Lehman received 1,971,307 Democratic votes and 419,979 Labor Party
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to quash any suggestions of him contesting the primaries or convention. The
Republican National Committee started fundraising, and hired Albert Frank-Guenther Law to publicize the campaign. It commissioned a statistical analysis of the 1946 mid-term election, which showed many traditional Democratic
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Eisenhower to contest as their nominee. Meanwhile, the Dewey campaign considered Eisenhower as the "Willkie of 1948". Determined to undercut Eisenhower, the Dewey campaign spent $ 5,000 (equivalent to $ 68,227 in 2023) campaigning against Eisenhower through magazine
435:. Although he called it a "non-political trip", it allowed him to travel in states with over 300 of the 547 delegates required to secure the presidential nomination. At the governor's conference, he looked for a possible running mate, mostly huddling around Earl Warren, the Republican
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were Robert Taft and Harold
Stassen. By early 1948, both Taft and Stassen were actively campaigning. Stassen, the 40 year old former governor of Minnesota was even younger than Dewey. He organised a door-to-door campaign, which likely helped him gain popularity.
307:. He supported Willkie, and humorously said "I led on the wrong three ballots out of six." After leaving the office of District Attorney in 1941, Dewey immediately emerged again as a potential gubernatorial candidate. The Republican State Convention convened at
446:; Dewey strongly opposed Truman administration's handling of communist offensive in China. On October 24, Robert A. Taft announced his presidential campaign from a press conference. By late 1947, military generals like Eisenhower and
487:, Dewey blamed the Truman Administration for high prices; and shortly after on January 16, 1948, he formally announced his candidacy for president of the United States. Addressing a small group of close advisors in New York's
359:, Republicans won control of both the houses of Congress for the first time since the 1920s. The same year, Dewey was decisively re-elected the governor of New York, easily defeating his Democratic opponent
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won his re-election, narrowly defeating Dewey by about 1.3% of the popular vote. After his loss in the gubernatorial election, Dewey's popularity as a nation leader surged when the
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at a relatively young age, he gained popularity In
January 1937, Dewey successfully prosecuted Tootsie Herbert, the leader of New York's poultry racket, and held him guilty for
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proclaimed Dewey as the front-runner for the
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vote, while Dewey received 2,302,505 Republican votes and 24,387 Independent progressive Party's vote. Thus, Lehman received more votes than Dewey.
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546:— Thomas E. Dewey
386:A political cartoon by
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