1948 United States presidential election in Michigan
The 1948 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 19 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Michigan
Michigan was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.23% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 47.57% of the popular vote.


1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota
The 1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Minnesota was won by the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman, who had assumed the presidency following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, won the state over New York governor Thomas E. Dewey by a margin of 209,349 votes, or 17.27%. Nationally, the election was the greatest election upset in American history; nearly every prediction forecast that Truman would be defeated by Dewey, but in the end, Truman won the election with 303 electoral votes and a comfortable 4.5% lead over Dewey in the popular vote.


1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota
The election was the first presidential election since 1928 which did not feature Roosevelt as the Democratic nominee. It was also the last of six presidential elections in which Norman Thomas was the nominee of the Socialist Party of America, and the last presidential election in which the Socialist Party (which was once very popular in the state) attained ballot access in Minnesota, prior to its 1973 split.


1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi
The 1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 2, 1948, in Mississippi as part of the wider United States presidential election of 1948.


1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi
The Democratic Party candidate, South Carolina governor Strom Thurmond, overwhelmingly won Mississippi against fellow Democrat, incumbent President Harry S. Truman by a margin of 148,154 votes, or 77.08%. Although Truman was the national Democratic Party candidate, Thurmond managed to be placed on the ballot in Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Alabama as the official "Democratic" candidate. Outside of these four states, Thurmond was forced to run under the label of the States' Rights Democratic Party. The Republican Party candidate, New York governor Thomas E. Dewey, had no impact on the race in Mississippi, only obtaining 5,043 votes total, or 2.62% of the popular vote.


1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Background
Mississippi in this era was a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party, so that the only competitive contests were Democratic primaries that were by law excluded to non-whites until the landmark court case of Smith v. Allwright. Ever since seeing the potential effect on the United States' image abroad (and ability to win the Cold War against the radically egalitarian rhetoric of Communism) of the beating and blinding of Isaac Woodard three hours after being discharged from the army, President Truman was attempting to launch a Civil Rights bill, involving desegregation of the military. Southern Democrats immediately made such cries as "unconstitutional", "Communist inspired," "a blow to the loyal South and its traditions," "unwarranted and harmful," "not the answer," and "does irreparable harm to interracial relations".


1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Background
Southern Democrats walked out at the party's national convention in Philadelphia because of Truman's endorsement of civil rights for African Americans, and Mississippi, the state with the highest proportion of blacks in its population, was alongside neighbouring Alabama the most committed to an immediate bolt. Indeed, whereas only half of Alabama's delegation walked out, all of Mississippi's did.


1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Background
This segregationist faction met on July 17, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama, nominating South Carolina governor Strom Thurmond as its nominee for president. Mississippi governor Fielding L. Wright was nominated for vice president. Mississippi pledged its Democratic electors to Thurmond on August 3 without debate, and although a group of nine students from Mississippi State College qualified as Truman/Barkley electors after that ticket had sought to find electors from University of Mississippi students, all the nine nominated Truman electors personally supported the Dixiecrats rather than the national party.


1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Vote
Thurmond carried all of Mississippi's 82 counties, forty-seven with over ninety percent of the vote and seventy with over eighty percent. The "weakest" region for Thurmond came from the northeastern corner where he failed to break sixty percent in four counties. These northeastern counties are the least fertile in the state and were (and remain) populated by the smallest proportion of African Americans. They were also within the one-party Democratic primary system always opposed to the free-market business and landowning interests who were Thurmond's chief support base.


1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Vote
Consequently, whites in the far northeast of Mississippi – even those with enough money to pay the poll tax – supported the public works, minimum wage laws, and working hour laws of President Truman's "Fair Deal" which were strongly opposed by Black Belt landowners. In these northeastern hill counties preoccupations with race were also less overwhelming.


1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi, Vote
Thurmond's vote constitutes the highest ever statewide vote percentage for a candidate who was not a national major party nominee.


1948 United States presidential election in Missouri
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 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Missouri
Incumbent President Harry S. Truman, a native Missourian, won the state with 58.11% of the popular vote, against Republican Governor Thomas Dewey, with 41.49% of the popular vote. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Moniteau County and Cole County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.


1948 United States presidential election in Montana
The 1948 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 2, 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Montana
Montana voted for the Democratic nominee, President Harry Truman, over the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Truman won Montana by a substantial margin of 9.94%. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Carter County and Prairie County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.


1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska
The 1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Nebraska was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 54.15% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 45.85% of the popular vote. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion Wheeler County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.


1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska
With 54.15% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Dewey's third strongest state in the nation after Vermont and Maine.


1948 United States presidential election in Nevada
The 1948 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Nevada
Nevada was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 50.37% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 47.26% of the popular vote.


1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
The 1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
New Hampshire was won by the Republican nominees, former Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York and his running mate Governor Earl Warren of California. Dewey and Warren defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent President Harry S. Truman of Missouri and his running mate Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky. Also in the running was the Progressive Party candidate, former Democratic Vice President Henry A. Wallace, who ran with former Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho.


1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
Dewey took 52.41% of the vote to Truman's 46.66%, a margin of 5.75%. Wallace came in a distant third, with 0.85%.


1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
Dewey won seven counties to Truman's three; however, the race was kept close statewide by Truman's victories in the more populous counties of the state.


1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
Since Franklin Roosevelt won them in 1932, the counties of Hillsborough County, Strafford County, and Coos County had become reliable New Deal Democratic base counties, voting for Roosevelt all four times. Truman's most significant victory was winning a majority in populous Hillsborough County, home to Manchester and Nashua, which had been a reliable Democratic bastion since voting for Democrat Al Smith in 1928.


1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
Carroll County had long been the most Republican county in New Hampshire, voting 60% against FDR all four times, and would vote over 70% for Thomas E. Dewey.


1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
As Truman narrowly won an upset victory over Dewey nationally, New Hampshire's result would make the state about ten percentage points more Republican than the national average. Dewey's 52.41% of the popular vote made New Hampshire his fifth strongest state after Vermont, Maine, Nebraska and Kansas.


1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey
The 1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 2, 1948. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 16 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey
New Jersey was won by the Republican nominees, former Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York and his running mate Governor Earl Warren of California. Dewey and Warren defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent President Harry S. Truman of Missouri and his running mate Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky.


1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey
Also in the running was the Progressive Party candidate, former Democratic Vice President Henry A. Wallace, who ran with former Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho.


1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey
Dewey carried New Jersey with 50.33% of the vote to Truman's 45.93%, a margin of 4.39%. Wallace came in a distant third, with 2.19%.


1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey
Despite the closeness of the statewide result, Dewey won 15 of the state's 21 counties, while Truman won 6. However, Truman won several of the most heavily populated urban counties in the state, taking over 60% of the vote in Hudson County, winning majorities in Mercer County, Camden County, and Middlesex County, and winning with a plurality in Passaic County. Truman also won a majority in rural Salem County in the far south of the state.


1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey
However, Dewey won majorities in several heavily populated counties, including Bergen County, Morris County, Union County, Monmouth County, and Ocean County, also narrowly winning Essex County with a plurality, along with winning most of the state's rural counties. Wallace for his part performed most strongly in North Jersey, particularly in Essex, Union, and Passaic Counties.


1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey
New Jersey in this era was usually a swing state with a Republican lean, and its results in 1948 adhered to that pattern. Democrat Franklin Roosevelt had won New Jersey in all four of his decisive nationwide victories in the 1930s and 1940s, but with the exception of his 1936 landslide, always by very narrow margins. As Truman narrowly defeated Dewey nationally in an upset victory, Dewey's narrow victory in New Jersey made the state almost 9% more Republican than the national average.


1948 United States presidential election in New Mexico
The 1948 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 2, 1948. All 48 states were part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President.


1948 United States presidential election in New Mexico
New Mexico was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman, who took the Oval Office after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Running against Truman was Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, who was strongly predicted to win the contest. Dixiecrat candidate Strom Thurmond took portions of the South, but was not even on the ballot in New Mexico and other Western states.


1948 United States presidential election in New Mexico
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Union County and Harding County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and the last until 2020 in which Valencia County voted for a losing candidate.


1948 United States presidential election in New York
The 1948 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 2, 1948. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 47 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in New York
New York was won by local Republican Governor Thomas E. Dewey, who was running against incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman. Dewey ran with California Governor Earl Warren for vice president, and Truman ran with Kentucky Senator Alben W. Barkley. Dewey took 45.99% of the vote to Truman's 45.01%, a margin of 0.98%. Progressive Party candidate Henry Wallace, a former Democratic Vice President who ran to the left of Truman and was nominated by the local American Labor Party, finished a strong third, with 8.25%.


1948 United States presidential election in New York
New York weighed in for this election as 1% more third-party than the national average, and less Democratic and Republican than the national average, despite New York being Governor Dewey's home state.


1948 United States presidential election in New York
The presidential election of 1948 was a very multi-partisan election for New York, with more than eight percent of the people who voted doing so for third parties. In typical form for the time, the highly populated urban centers of New York City, Buffalo, and Albany, voted primarily Democratic, while most of the smaller counties in New York turned out for Dewey as the Republican candidate.


1948 United States presidential election in New York
Henry Wallace's relatively strong third party support as a Progressive candidate was concentrated in the New York City area; in the three Democratic boroughs of New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx), Wallace took percentages in the double digits. Wallace's vote splitting among left-leaning voters in New York City contributed to Dewey's narrow defeat of Truman in the state, after New York had voted Democratic for Franklin D. Roosevelt—himself a former governor and favorite son—in the preceding four elections. Although Truman lost the state, he did pick up Oneida County, which Roosevelt had lost in all his four elections and which had last been won for the Democrats by Woodrow Wilson in the three-way 1912 election, and before that by Grover Cleveland in 1884.


1948 United States presidential election in New York
Dewey won the election in New York by a narrow margin of less than 1 point, despite it being his home state. Historical commentators have discussed how a major problem with the Dewey campaign was Dewey's almost crippling aloofness to the issues of the day. Commentators suggest any Dewey speech could be boiled down to the following: "Agriculture is important. Our rivers are full of fish. You cannot have freedom without liberty. Our future lies ahead." Many Republican voters claimed to feel difficulty identifying with the largely distant and enigmatic candidate. Truman, meanwhile, ran a very aggressive campaign, which he focused on fighting communism, furthering the social programs established under the FDR administration, and expansion of civil rights.


1948 United States presidential election in New York
The election of 1948 also greatly helped to solidify the new face of the Democratic Party as being more oriented toward human rights as backed by the Federal Government, than to states' rights, as was previously established during the Civil War. Truman's avocation of civil rights, particularly those of African Americans, alienated him from many southern Democrats and added ammunition to the growth of the Dixiecrat movement in the Deep South. This caused the first cracks to show in the Democratic dominance of that region; however the Dixiecrats were not even on the ballot outside the former Confederacy. Rather, the major third-party candidate in New York during this tumultuous election was former United States Vice President and new Progressive Party poster child Henry Wallace, who gained over eight percent of the vote in the state.


1948 United States presidential election in New York
New York was the most populous state in the country at the time. For the first presidential election since 1916, New York did not back the winning candidate. This was also the first election wherein the losing major-party candidate carried their home state since Charles Evans Hughes carried New York in 1916, and alongside Strom Thurmond’s win in South Carolina, the first time since Robert M. La Follette carried Wisconsin in 1924 that any losing candidate did so.


1948 United States presidential election in New York
Truman is the last Democrat to win a presidential election without winning the Empire State, and Dewey's victory made him the third and final Republican presidential candidate to win New York without winning the election, the first being John C. Frémont in 1856 and the second Hughes in 1916.


1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina
The 1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Background
As a former Confederate state, North Carolina had a history of Jim Crow laws, disfranchisement of its African-American population and dominance of the Democratic Party in state politics. However, unlike the Deep South, the Republican Party had sufficient historic Unionist white support from the mountains and northwestern Piedmont to gain one-third of the statewide vote total in most general elections, where turnout was higher than elsewhere in the former Confederacy due substantially to the state’s early abolition of the poll tax in 1920. Like Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma, the relative strength of Republican opposition meant that North Carolina did not have statewide white primaries, although certain counties did use the white primary. Consequently, local response to the landmark 1944 court case of Smith v. Allwright was generally calm.


1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Background
Nevertheless, the state was highly dissatisfied with the influence of blacks and labor unions on the national Democratic Party, and was initially satisfied when liberal Vice-President Henry A. Wallace was replaced on the Democratic ticket in 1944. However, by the beginning of 1946 most white North Carolinians were disapproving of President Truman, primarily because he appointed the first black federal judge and made overtures – though symbolic – toward civil rights.


1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Background
When Truman actually developed a proposal for black civil rights titled To Secure These Rights, however, North Carolina was the only Southern state where there was relatively little overt anger, and the state provided the only three votes from the former Confederacy for Truman as Democratic nominee during the party’s 1948 National Convention.


1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Background
Combined with the persistent local Republican threat from mountain Unionist descendants – whereas for Democrats from South Carolina, Louisiana and Mississippi “Republican” symbolized a remote Northerner and/or memories of Reconstruction – this meant that there was never any question of the state Democratic party bolting to support South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond.


1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Vote
North Carolina was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 58.02 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 32.68 percent of the popular vote. North Carolina was the worst former Confederate state for Thurmond, and one of only two, the other being Texas, in which he did not win at least one county.


1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Vote
Because the Black Belt of the state, unlike the economically conservative Black Belts of the Deep South, was economically more liberal than the Piedmont region where the establishment Democratic faction led since 1929 by O. Max Gardner was based, its entirely white electorate stayed exceedingly loyal to Truman. The greatest support for Thurmond was instead found in middle- and upper-class urban areas of the Piedmont, to such an extent that the best Dixiecrat counties correlated strongly with the largest urban areas.


1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina, Vote
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Cabarrus County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. This is also the last time a Democratic candidate won North Carolina by at least 15 points.


1948 United States presidential election in North Dakota
The 1948 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in North Dakota
North Dakota was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 52.17% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Kentucky Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 43.41% of the popular vote.


1948 United States presidential election in Ohio
The 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 2, 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Ohio
Ohio was narrowly won by Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman with 49.48% of the popular vote. Republican Party candidate Thomas E. Dewey received 49.24% of the popular vote. The state had previously gone to Dewey against Franklin D. Roosevelt four years earlier. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Democrat won Ohio without carrying neighbouring Pennsylvania.


1948 United States presidential election in Ohio
This was the closest margin of any state in the election.


1948 United States presidential election in Ohio
This was one of five states flipped by Truman (the others being Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, & Wyoming), and one of 18 states that changed party overall.


1948 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
The 1948 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 2, 1948. All forty-eight states were part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
Incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman won Oklahoma by a landslide 25.5 percentage points. This made Oklahoma the fourth most Democratic state in the nation, and 21 percent more Democratic than the nation as a whole. This makes it the third best performance (after Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 and 1936 landslides) of any Democratic nominee in the state. It was also the fourth and final election (after 1932, 1924 and 1920) that Oklahoma voted more Democratic than the nation at-large.


1948 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
Up to this election, Oklahoma was a reliably Democratic state, with the party winning all but two of the first eleven presidential elections in the state. However, like other states in this Solid South, Oklahoma has since become a Republican bastion. In Dwight D. Eisenhower's landslide elections of 1952 and 1956, Adlai Stevenson II lost every antebellum free-soil or postbellum state, however Oklahoma remained more Democratic than the nation as a whole. In 1960, John F. Kennedy lost most postbellum states, including Oklahoma, due to anti-Catholic sentiment. In 1964, Lyndon Johnson became the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state, with only Jimmy Carter in 1976 subsequently reaching even 45% of the vote, and no Democrat after 2000 reaching 35% of the vote or even winning a single county in the state.


1948 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
Truman won all but 10 counties in the state; of the 10, only Grant has voted Democratic since. This is the last occasion in which the contiguous counties of Texas, Beaver, Harper and Woods counties – which now form one of the most conservative regions in the nation – have voted Democratic, as well as the last time that Kay County has. This is also the most recent election in which Oklahoma voted for a different candidate than neighboring Kansas.


1948 United States presidential election in Oregon
The 1948 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Oregon
Oregon was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.78% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 46.40% of the popular vote.


1948 United States presidential election in Oregon
This was the last election until 1988 in which Oregon and California did not vote for the same candidate and, as of 2021, it has still not happened again.


1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
The 1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, over the Democratic nominee, President Harry Truman. Dewey won Pennsylvania by a margin of 4.01%. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that a Democrat won the national election without carrying Pennsylvania, the last time any candidate won Pennsylvania without carrying Northampton County, and the last time a Republican won Pennsylvania without carrying neighboring Ohio. Until 2016, it was also the last time a Democrat would win the national popular vote without carrying Pennsylvania.


1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
The 1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
Rhode Island was won by Democratic candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman of Missouri, over the Republican candidate, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Truman ran with Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky as his running mate, while Dewey ran with Governor Earl Warren of California as his running mate.


1948 United States presidential election in South Carolina
The 1948 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in South Carolina
South Carolina was won by States' Rights Democratic candidate Strom Thurmond, defeating the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman, and New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey.


1948 United States presidential election in South Carolina
Thurmond won his native state by a margin of 47.77 points, making him the first third-party candidate to carry the state since Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge in 1860.


1948 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Background
For six decades South Carolina had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. The Republican Party had been moribund due to the disfranchisement of blacks and the complete absence of other support bases as the Palmetto State completely lacked upland or German refugee whites opposed to secession. Between 1900 and 1944, no Republican presidential candidate ever obtained more than seven percent of the total presidential vote – a vote which in 1924 reached as low as 6.6% of the total voting-age population (or approximately 15% of the voting-age white population).


1948 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Background
This absolute loyalty to the Democratic Party – so strong that even Catholic Al Smith in 1928 received over 90% of South Carolina's limited vote total at the same time as five former Confederate states bolted to Herbert Hoover – began to break down with Henry A. Wallace's appointment as Vice-President and the 1943 Detroit race riots. The northern left wing of the Democratic Party became as a result of this riot committed to restoring black political rights, a policy vehemently opposed by most Southern Democrats as an infringement upon "states' rights".


1948 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Background
Tension widened much further when new President Harry Truman, himself a Southerner from Missouri, had described to him a number of horrifying lynchings and racial violence against black veterans, most crucially the beating and blinding of Isaac Woodard three hours after being discharged from the army. Truman, previously viewed as no friend of civil rights, came to believe that racial violence against blacks in the South was a threat to the United States' image abroad and its ability to win the Cold War against the radically egalitarian rhetoric of Communism.


1948 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Background
The result was a major civil rights plan titled To Secure These Rights a year later, and a civil rights plank in the 1948 Democratic platform. Southern Democrats were enraged by these proposals and thus sought to form a "States' Rights" Democratic ticket, which would replace Truman as the official Democratic nominee. In South Carolina, Dixiecrats completely controlled the situation and achieved this, so that Thurmond and Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright were listed as the official "Democratic" nominees.


1948 United States presidential election in South Carolina, Vote
Significant opposition to Thurmond came from the poor whites of the industrial upcountry, who rejected the Dixiecrats' opposition to public works and labor regulation. However, sufficiently few of these poorer whites voted that Thurmond was able to easily carry South Carolina, winning 44 of the state's 46 counties and over 71 percent of the total presidential vote. Thurmond exceeded 72 percent in all but 12 counties, and passed 90 percent in 10.


1948 United States presidential election in South Dakota
The 1948 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in South Dakota
South Dakota was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 51.84% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 47.04% of the popular vote.


1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee
The 1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Tennessee was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 49.14% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 36.87% of the popular vote. Truman received eleven of Tennessee's twelve electoral votes, the other was cast in favor of Strom Thurmond by a faithless elector. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Hamilton County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.


1948 United States presidential election in Texas
The 1948 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 2, 1948. Texas voters chose 23 electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which chose the president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Texas, Background
As a former Confederate state, Texas had a history of Jim Crow laws, disenfranchisement of its African-American and Mexican-American populations, and single-party Democratic rule outside a few Unionist German-American counties (chiefly Gillespie and Kendall) of Central Texas. However, President Harry S. Truman was attempting to launch a civil rights bill, involving desegregation of the military, which led to severe opposition from Southern Democrats, who aimed to have South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond listed as Democratic Presidential nominee and Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright as Vice-Presidential nominee.


1948 United States presidential election in Texas, Background
Thurmond, whose ticket was formally called the States’ Rights Democratic Party and more popularly known as the Dixiecrats, was leading Truman in early polls even in the major metropolitan counties of Dallas and Harris, which suggested he would claim the state. Texas’ large number of electoral votes made it a coveted prize in Thurmond’s quest to take the election into the House of Representatives.


1948 United States presidential election in Texas, Background
At the time of this poll it remained uncertain as to whether Truman or Thurmond would be the official Democratic nominee in Texas. Unlike Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Carolina or Virginia, Texas did not have a major threat from the Republican Party to block local Democratic support for Thurmond, but it had only a third the proportion of blacks found in Mississippi or South Carolina. More critically, Texas’ party hierarchy was dominated by Truman loyalists, most critically Governor Beauford Jester, and by mid-September it was clear that Truman would be the official Democratic nominee.


1948 United States presidential election in Texas, Background
Truman campaigned in the Lone Star State during late September, ignoring civil rights and focusing entirely upon Dewey. The President’s criticism of Dewey was largely focused on improving the transmission of hydroelectric power from dams at lower rates than Dewey had planned.


1948 United States presidential election in Texas, Vote
Ultimately Texas overwhelmingly voted for Truman, who received 66 percent of the vote. Texas was Truman’s strongest state, and one of four in the country which gave Truman over sixty percent of the popular vote. Truman carried 246 out of the state’s 254 counties. Thurmond received only a little over nine percent of the popular vote and failed to carry any counties, including those in East Texas, a region more culturally tied to the Deep South than to the rest of Texas. The Dixiecrat ticket did, nonetheless, run second behind Truman in thirty counties. Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican Party candidate, only won eight counties, with Gillespie County in the Texas Hill Country being his strongest performance by giving him over eighty percent of the vote. Dewey remains the last Republican candidate to lose Texas with under thirty percent of the popular vote.


1948 United States presidential election in Texas, Vote
This is one of the last presidential elections in Texas in which the following regions were considered strongholds for the Democratic Party: West Texas, the Texas Panhandle, and the Texas Hill Country. Although several Democratic candidates would win a majority of the counties in these regions in future presidential elections, notably Texas native Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, these regions were one of the first in the state to begin splitting their tickets by voting for Republicans on the national level while continuing to vote Democrat at the state level.


1948 United States presidential election in Texas, Vote
This is the last occasion the Plains counties of Ector, Gray, Hansford, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Midland, Ochiltree, Randall, and Roberts have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. In the twenty first century these counties typically give over ninety percent of their vote to Republican nominees, while Roberts and Ochiltree have alternated as the nation’s most Republican county. Additionally, 1948 constitutes the last election when Gregg County and Smith County in East Texas, plus Edwards County at the western extremity of its namesake plateau, have voted for the Democratic Presidential nominee.


1948 United States presidential election in Texas, Vote
As a result of Dallas and Harris counties seeing their populations increase as a result of Republican-leaning northern expatriates moving into the state, this would be the last occasion with the exception of Lyndon B. Johnson’s landslide win in the state in 1964 that these two counties backed Democratic presidential candidates until Barack Obama won them back in 2008.


1948 United States presidential election in Utah
The 1948 United States presidential election in Utah was held on November 2, 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Utah
Utah was won by Democratic Party candidate Harry S. Truman, who carried the state with 53.98 percent of the popular vote and winning its four electoral votes. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Davis County and Uintah County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.


1948 United States presidential election in Vermont
The 1948 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Vermont
Vermont voted for the Republican nominee, former Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Harry S. Truman of Missouri. Dewey's running mate was Governor Earl Warren of California, while Truman ran with Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky.


1948 United States presidential election in Vermont
Dewey took a landslide 61.54% of the vote to Truman’s 36.92%, a victory margin of 24.61%. Progressive Party candidate Henry A. Wallace came in a distant third, with 1.04%.


1948 United States presidential election in Vermont
Vermont historically was a bastion of liberal Northeastern Republicanism, and by 1948 the Green Mountain State had gone Republican in every presidential election since the founding of the Republican Party. From 1856 to 1944, Vermont had had the longest streak of voting Republican of any state, having never voted Democratic before, and this tradition easily continued in 1948 with Dewey's decisive win.


1948 United States presidential election in Vermont
Vermont had been one of only two states (along with nearby Maine) to reject Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt in all 4 of his presidential campaigns, even in the nationwide Democratic landslides of 1932 and 1936. Nevertheless, FDR had improved dramatically on previous Democrats’ performances in Vermont, and in an opposite trend of the nation, had been more Democratic in the 1940s than in either of the 1930s landslides, with Roosevelt coming within just under 10 points of winning Vermont in 1940. Thus Dewey's decisive win with 61.54% marked the first time since 1928 that a Republican broke sixty percent of the vote in Vermont. With 61.54% of the popular vote, the Green Mountain State was his strongest victory in the nation.


1948 United States presidential election in Vermont
Dewey carried eleven of the state’s 14 counties, breaking 60% in 9, and 75% in 5 of these. However, the three northwestern counties of Vermont had been Democratic enclaves in an otherwise Republican state throughout the 1930s and 1940s, and Truman once again won Chittenden County, Franklin County and Grand Isle County for the Democrats. Dewey did win back sparsely populated Essex County, in the northeast of the state, which had defected to the Democrats and voted for Roosevelt in 1940 and 1944.


1948 United States presidential election in Virginia
The 1948 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 1948, throughout the 48 contiguous states. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Virginia
Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Harry S. Truman, over the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond, who received the nomination of the States’ Rights Democratic Party.


1948 United States presidential election in Virginia
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the 5th congressional district has supported a Democratic presidential candidate. It is also the last election when Hanover County, King William County, Lancaster County, Middlesex County and Orange County have supported a Democratic Presidential nominee. Chesterfield County and Lynchburg City would not vote Democratic again at a presidential level until 2020, Henrico County not until 2008, Albemarle County and Danville City not until 2004, Prince Edward County not until 1996 and Amelia County not until 1976.


1948 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
The 1948 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
Washington was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Kentucky Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 52.61 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with California Governor Earl Warren, with 42.68 percent of the popular vote.


1948 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion Lincoln County has voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.


1948 United States presidential election in West Virginia
The 1948 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in West Virginia
West Virginia was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 57.32% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 42.24% of the popular vote.


1948 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
The 1948 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 2, 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Background
Politics in Wisconsin since the Populist movement had been dominated by the Republican Party. The Democratic Party became uncompetitive outside certain eastern German areas as the upper classes, along with the majority of workers who followed them, fled from William Jennings Bryan’s agrarian and free silver sympathies. Although the state did develop a strong Socialist Party to provide opposition to the GOP, Wisconsin developed the direct Republican primary in 1903 and this ultimately created competition between the “League” under Robert M. La Follette, and the conservative “Regular” faction. This ultimately would develop into the Wisconsin Progressive Party in the late 1930s, which was opposed to the conservative German Democrats and to the national Republican Party, and allied with Franklin D. Roosevelt at the federal level.


1948 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Background
During the two wartime elections, the formerly Democratic German counties in the east of the state – which had been powerfully opposed to the Civil War because they saw it as a “Yankee” war and opposed the military draft instituted during it – viewed Communism as a much greater threat to America than Nazism and consequently opposed President Roosevelt’s war effort. Consequently, these historically Democratic counties became virtually the most Republican in the entire state, and the two wartime elections were very close after Roosevelt had in 1932 and 1936, aided by the support of Robert M. La Follette Jr., carried the Badger State by more than two-to-one.


1948 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Background
As the Progressive Party disintegrated and its members returned to the GOP, that party regained its hegemony in the state legislature and Congressional representation, so that by 1946 Wisconsin had an entirely Republican Congressional delegation for the first time since the 71st Congress, and the Democrats’ representation in the state legislature fell as low as it had been since that same point.


1948 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Vote
Although the state’s Republican presidential primary went to Harold E. Stassen of neighboring Minnesota, the earliest polls had second-time nominee Thomas E. Dewey well ahead of incumbent Harry S. Truman. A final poll on the first day of November had Dewey leading by 56 percent to 41 percent, with “People’s Progressive” nominee and former Vice-President Henry A. Wallace on three percent.


1948 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Vote
Nonetheless, as he achieved elsewhere in the Midwest, Truman made a major comeback to claim Wisconsin by a larger margin than Roosevelt had done in 1940. His victory was attributed to the fact that Dewey, compared to 1944, soft-pedalled the issue of communism, to the fact that a large number of isolationist voters who had been responsible for the dramatic Republican presidential gains earlier in the decade stayed home, and to fear of loss of New Deal farm programs if Dewey were elected. Henry Wallace’s candidacy, of which much had been expected due to the state’s isolationism, disappointed, receiving only 1.98 percent of the vote mostly from historically progressive Scandinavian-Americans, further helping Truman.


1948 United States presidential election in Wyoming
The 1948 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


1948 United States presidential election in Wyoming
Wyoming was won by President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with the Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley, with 51.62 percent of the popular vote, against the 47th Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with California Governor and future Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren, with 47.27 percent of the popular vote.


1948 United States presidential election in Wyoming
This is the most recent presidential election in which Wyoming voted more Democratic than the national average, as the state would go on to become one of the most Republican in the nation.


1948 United States presidential election in Wyoming, Results
Dewey won the state in 1944 by a 2.46% margin, or 2,502 votes. However, in this election, Truman won the state, by 4.35%, or 4,407 votes. This was the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the state until Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, as throughout the 50s, the state transformed into a Republican stronghold. Since 1964, no Democratic presidential candidate has carried the state, and as a matter of fact, no Democrat has even been able to reach 40% of the vote.


1948 Upper Volta by-election
A by-election to the French National Assembly was held in Upper Volta on 27 June 1948, alongside Territorial Assembly elections. The election was held following the separation of the territory of Upper Volta from Ivory Coast, which created a new constituency. The Voltaic Union won all three seats, which were taken by Henri Guissou, Mamadou Ouédraogo and Nazi Boni.


1948 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election
Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 30 May 1948, with a second round on 20 June. They were the first elections to the new Territorial Assembly, which had been created following the separation of Upper Volta from Ivory Coast the previous year.


1948 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election, Electoral system
The Territorial Assembly had 50 seats, with 10 elected by the First College (French citizens) and 40 by the Second College (non-French citizens). The 1948 elections elected an additional 24 seats; six to the first college and 16 to the second.


1948 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election, Campaign
Governor Albert Mouragues was accused of favouring the Voltaic Union over the African Democratic Rally-affiliated Entente Voltaïque (EV), with some commandants "using strong-arm methods" against the EV candidates, whilst a significant number of EV supporters were imprisoned.


1948 Uruguayan Primera División, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and it was not finished due to a player strike.


1948 Utah Redskins football team
The 1948 Utah Redskins football team represented the University of Utah during the 1948 college football season.


1948 Utah Redskins football team, After the season, NFL Draft
Utah had two players selected in the 1949 NFL Draft.


1948 Utah State Aggies football team
The 1948 Utah State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Utah State Agricultural College in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1948 college football season. In their 29th season under head coach Dick Romney, the Aggies compiled a 5–6 record (2–3 against MSC opponents), finished fourth in the MSC, and were outscored by a total of 238 to 196.


1948 Utah gubernatorial election
The 1948 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948. Republican nominee J. Bracken Lee defeated Democratic incumbent Herbert B. Maw with 54.99% of the vote.


1948 VFA season
The 1948 Victorian Football Association season was the 67th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Brighton Football Club, which defeated Williamstown by nine points in the Grand Final on 9 October. It was the first and only Division 1 premiership won by the club in its time in the Association as either Brighton or Caulfield.


1948 VFA season, Premiership
The home-and-home season was played over twenty matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.


1948 VFL Grand Final
The 1948 VFL Grand Final and Grand Final Replay were a pair of Australian rules football games contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in October 1948. It was the 52nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1948 VFL season.


1948 VFL Grand Final
The Grand Final match, attended by 86,198 spectators on 2 October 1948, ended in a draw, the first time that a VFL Grand Final resulted in a draw. A replay was staged on 9 October 1948, attended by 52,226 spectators, in which Melbourne easily defeated Essendon by 39 points, marking that club's sixth VFL premiership.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Lead-up
Essendon had been the dominant performing club in 1948, finishing as minor premiers with a 16–2–1 record and a 14 point lead over its nearest rivals. Melbourne finished second with a 13–6 record, above Collingwood on percentage and one win ahead of Footscray in fourth. Essendon 13.16 (94) defeated Melbourne 8.10 (58) in the second semi-final to progress to the Grand Final; Melbourne then faced Collingwood in the preliminary final, and won 25.16 (166) d. 15.11 (101) to qualify. Entering the Grand Final, Essendon had won twelve games in a row.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Lead-up
Melbourne had sprung a series of surprise selections during the 1948 finals series. After he had spent most of the season as playing coach of the reserves team, 33-year-old forward Jack Mueller was recalled for the preliminary final against Collingwood and kicked eight goals. Centre half-back Alan McGowan was reported during the preliminary final and suspended; his place in the side was taken by leading amateur player and University Blacks captain Denis Cordner – and brother of club captain Don Cordner – whose only previous senior game VFL game had occurred while on leave from the navy in 1943.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Lead-up
Essendon made one change to its winning second semi-final team, veteran Wally Buttsworth returning from injury, Wally May dropped to the bench as reserve, and Harry Equid dropped to emergency. Shortly before the match began, Melbourne lost Bob McKenzie to injury; emergency Doug Heywood – also now a University Blacks amateur player whose first VFL game for the season had been the preliminary final – came into the team to replace him.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, First quarter
The game opened with several rough encounters, Essendon attacked first and had a couple of behinds on the board before Melbourne kicked the game's first goal with a kick over Jack Mueller's head which was crumbed by Eddie Craddock. Soon after, Melbourne kicked its second goal, when Norm Smith received a free kick for a high fend-off from Perc Bushby at the goal face. Essendon continued to attack but were repeatedly repelled, with late selection Denis Cordner playing a strong marking game at centre half-back for Melbourne. Mueller scored his first goal for the game later in the quarter, and at this stage Melbourne led by 15 points. Essendon continued attacking, but failed to score a goal for the quarter. The score at quarter time was Melbourne 3.0 (18), Essendon 0.6 (6).


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, First quarter
Essendon ultimately trailed by 12 points at quarter time, despite six scoring shots to three kicking with the aid of the breeze. Essendon put substantial defensive focus into countering Mueller's effectiveness, with usual ruck-rover Perc Bushby serving as his main defender, and Melbourne had adopted a strategy of handball and wide play along the wings and flanks. Bob McClure was strong in both the ruck and defense for Essendon through the quarter.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Second quarter
Essendon scored the first behind of the second quarter, before Melbourne rebounded and launched a sustained period of attack, in large part from a purple patch by centreman George Bickford. Over repeated forward entries, Melbourne peppered the goals for five successive behinds and several other shots missing out of bounds, before Mueller kicked his second goal from a set shot after 13 minutes to extend Melbourne's advantage to 22 points: 4.5 (29) leading 0.7 (7). The game throughout this period was somewhat of an arm wrestle, and through the early period it was Melbourne's stronger marking which gave it the advantage.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Second quarter
Essendon finally kicked its first goal of the game after roughly twenty minutes had elapsed, Bill Hutchison scoring with a snap shot; and as Essendon's marked more strongly and captain-coach Dick Reynolds began to dominate in the midfield over the following ten minutes, the Bombers mounted a comeback. However, over this period of dominance, Essendon managed only one more goal, to Keith Rawle; Essendon's other advances resulted in eight behinds – five of them consecutively to end the half. At half time, Melbourne led by only two points: 4.5 (29) leading 2.15 (27).


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Third quarter
The tight struggle continued into the third quarter. Early in the third quarter, Bill Brittingham (Essendon) kicked a goal from a set shot to give Essendon a five point lead, its first lead since the opening quarter. Melbourne responded quickly, Mueller kicking two goals in quick succession to regain a six point lead for Melbourne. Soon afterwards, Essendon levelled the scores again with a goal from a 50yd running kick from Bob Bradley.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Third quarter
In the latter part of the quarter, both clubs had several chances to attack; but it was Essendon, particularly after shifting Perc Bushby into the ruck, who began to control play. Two goals late in the quarter to Essendon – Hutchison from a set shot, followed by Rawle from general play – gave Essendon its game-high 13-point lead at three quarter time. Essendon 6.21 (57) led Melbourne 6.8 (44).


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Final quarter
Essendon began strongly with two behinds, before Mueller kicked Melbourne's opening goal of the final quarter to narrow the margin to nine points. Both teams attacked strongly over the following minutes, missing with several shots at goal. Melbourne was next to score a goal, Lance Arnold kicking his first to reduce the margin to six points. Brittingham responded with his second from a broken marking contest. With the game entering time-on, Essendon led by twelve points.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Final quarter
Melbourne then kicked two goals in quick succession to level the scores: Mueller kicking his sixth from a set shot, and Adrian Dullard marking and kicking his first for the game. With scores level, it was Melbourne who finished the game in attack and missed two opportunities to break the tie: Norm Smith marked and took a 45m running shot in the final minute which went out of bounds; and from the ensuing throw-in, he gained clean possession then fumbled due to interference from team-mate Don Cordner. The bell rang and the game was drawn, Essendon 7.27 (69) vs Melbourne 10.9 (69).


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Review
According to the Sporting Globe newspaper, Melbourne forward Norm Smith was the best player on the ground. Although he himself kicked only one goal, he regularly launched the Melbourne attacks and assisted on many of Mueller's six goals. Dick Reynolds was best for Essendon, his strong midfield play bringing the Bombers back into the game at key times. Reflecting on the game in his column for The Argus, Reynolds heralded Melbourne ruckman Don Cordner as the best on ground, his ruckwork and defensive work proving to be Essendon's biggest challenge on the day.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Review
Other players considered among the best for Melbourne were rover Alby Rodda and amateur centre half-back Denis Cordner – although the latter tired as the game went on. Bob McClure was Essendon's top key position player, and half-forward Ted Leehane became prominent once he broke away from Denis Cordner in the second half. Mueller's six goals proved important for Melbourne, and Essendon was criticised for using the too-slow Perc Bushby to defend him.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Review
Essendon's inaccurate goalkicking proved to be its downfall, failing to win despite registering fifteen more scoring shots than Melbourne. As of 2020, this remains an equal record for any VFL/AFL game. The Age writer Percy Beames was particularly scathing of the Bombers' forward play, noting that "position play was completely ignored, and forward work resulted in a hopeless jumble of self-seeking glorification". It was the second straight year that the Bombers were left to lament their poor kicking in the Grand Final, having lost 11.19 (85) to 13.8 (86) in 1947.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand final, Review
Overall, scribes considered general play to have been relatively even, despite Essendon's advantage in scoring shots, and considered that Melbourne's structure and teamwork was superior to Essendon's.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand Final Replay, Lead-up
Both teams made changes to their Grand Final teams. Melbourne brought back Bob McKenzie, who had been forced out on the morning of the grand final with injury, and dropped Doug Heywood back to emergency. Essendon made three published changes: Wally May, Les Gardiner and Harry Equid all came into the starting 18 for Bob Syme (who was dropped to reserve), Doug Bigelow (omitted from the 20) and Harold Lambert (injured). On the morning of the match, Essendon lost Wally Buttsworth after a training incident caused a recurrence of the knee injury which had kept him out of the semi-final; and Bob Syme returned to the starting 18 to replace him, and emergency Ron McEwin stripped as reserve.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand Final Replay, Lead-up
Essendon won the coin toss for choice of dressing rooms, choosing Melbourne's larger home rooms and forcing Melbourne to use the visitors' rooms. The replay was played in wet conditions, and a substantially smaller crowd of 52,226 turned out to the match.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand Final Replay, First quarter
The frantic opening minutes saw Essendon kick the first two behinds of the game, before Melbourne began to dominate play, winning in the ruck, winning the physical contests, and preventing Essendon from winning through the centreline. Adrian Dullard kicked the opening goal from a set shot after five minutes of play. Three more goals quickly followed over a four-minute period, to Jack Mueller, Noel McMahen, and Mueller again.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand Final Replay, First quarter
As in the first Grand Final, Dick Reynolds went to the ruck to try to turn the game, but Melbourne continued to attack and Lance Arnold scored their fifth goal from a snap shot out the back of a pack. Mueller kicked his third goal for the quarter, and the quarter time score showed Melbourne 6.2 (38) leading Essendon 0.3 (3) by 35 points.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand Final Replay, Second quarter
Essendon's position improved through the second quarter, and Bill Hutchison kicked their opening goal early in the quarter; but Melbourne responded quickly with goals to George Bickford and Arnold, extending the margin to a game-high 40 points. Essendon responded with the next four goals: led by Perc Bushby in the ruck, Essendon kicked the next two goals, first to Jack Jones, then Bill Brittingham from a mark in the goal square; two more goals to Bob Syme and Brittingham following, narrowing the margin to 16 points and giving Essendon a chance. There was a short incident when Mueller dropped Essendon defender Norm McDonald and Essendon's Cec Ruddell remonstrated, and soon afterwards Norm Smith kicked Melbourne's ninth goal. At half time Melbourne 9.3 (57) led Essendon 5.5 (35) by 22 points.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand Final Replay, Third quarter
A positional chance saw Essendon forward Brittingham moved to centre half-back with good success, and Reynolds kicked the first goal for the quarter to Essendon to narrow the margin to only 16 points – it having previously been as high as 40. However, this was as close as Essendon could get. Mueller kicked his fifth goal shortly afterwards, then after ten minutes of wild play, Alby Rodda kicked a goal from a set shot. Melbourne's defense offered Essendon few other chances, and at three quarter time the Demons held a five goal lead, Melbourne 11.6 (72) vs Essendon 6.6 (42).


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand Final Replay, Final quarter
A defensive, rough, wet-weather opening to the final quarter yielded little in the way of scoring, allowing Melbourne to comfortably defend its five goal lead. Goals were eventually scored by Mueller (his sixth for the game) for Melbourne, Syme for Essendon and Rodda for Melbourne before the game was brought to a close. Melbourne 13.11 (89) ultimately defeated Essendon 7.8 (50) by 39 points.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand Final Replay, Review
Chief football writers Hector de Lacy of The Sporting Globe and Alf Brown of the Herald both considered Norm Smith the best on ground for his work in leading the Melbourne forward-line, the Herald calling it one of the greatest games of his career.


1948 VFL Grand Final, Grand Final Replay, Review
Other players highlighted for their efforts were Melbourne full-forward Jack Mueller and centre half-forward Lance Arnold, centreman George Bickford and wingman Max Spittle. Essendon's best were Bob McClure and Norm McDonald.


1948 VFL season
The 1948 Victorian Football League season was the 52nd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.


1948 VFL season, Premiership season
In 1948, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.


1948 VFL season, Premiership season
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 19 rounds; matches 12 to 19 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 8.


1948 VFL season, Premiership season
Once the 19 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1948 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.


1948 VFL season, Finals, Grand final
The 1948 Grand Final between Melbourne and Essendon, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 2 October 1948, was a drawn match: Melbourne 10.9 (69) to Essendon 7.27 (69). The crowd was 85,815. The two teams played again a week later. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).


1948 VFL season, Finals, Grand Final Replay
Melbourne defeated Essendon 13.11 (89) to Essendon 7.8 (50), in the Grand Final Replay that was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 9 October 1948, in front of 52,226 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).


1948 VPI Gobblers football team
The 1948 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1948 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Robert McNeish and finished with a record of zero wins, eight losses and one tie (0–8–1).


1948 VPI Gobblers football team, Players
The following players were members of the 1948 football team according to the roster published in the 1949 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.


1948 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1948 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1948 college football season. This was Red Sanders's last season as the Commodores' head coach. Vanderbilt lost their first game of the season to Georgia Tech, tied their second with Alabama, and then lost the next to Mississippi, who finished the season 8–1. Vanderbilt won the last eight games of the season, which ties as the school's second longest and remained the longest win streak for the program until a seven-game streak to end the 2012 season. The 1948 Vanderbilt team outscored their opponents 328 to 73 and posted four shutouts. The Commodores played only four home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. Lee Nalley broke the record for punt return yardage.


1948 Venezuelan coup d'état
The 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état took place on 24 November 1948, when Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Luis Felipe Llovera Páez overthrew the elected president, Rómulo Gallegos, who had been elected in the 1947 Venezuelan general election (generally believed to be the country's first honest election) and had taken office in February 1948. Chalbaud had been Gallegos' minister of defense. Jiménez took command of the country as its dictator.


1948 Venezuelan coup d'état
Democracy would not be restored until the 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état overthrew Jiménez.


1948 Venezuelan municipal elections
Elections to local municipal councils were held across Venezuela on May 9, 1948, except for the Federal District and the Federal Territories were local authorities had been elected in December 1947. These were the first municipal elections with direct universal and secret suffrage held separately from the national presidential or legislative elections.


1948 Venezuelan municipal elections
Participation declined compared with the presidential and legislative elections the previous year. As it was the third election in two years, there was considerable voter fatigue. In total 693,154 people cast their votes.


1948 Venezuelan municipal elections
The elections resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Democratic Action party, following the pattern of the 1946-1947 elections. COPEI won the election in the Tachira state and its local affiliate the Republican Federal Union won the polls in the Mérida state. Most of the COPEI votes came from these two states, where the party won majorities in almost all of the municipal councils. The Communist Party gained representation in councils in the Federal District, Anzoátegui, Lara and Zulia. The Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat, the so-called 'Black Communists', won a seat in Anzoátegui.


1948 Vermont Catamounts football team
The 1948 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented  the University of Vermont in the Yankee Conference during the 1948 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach John C. Evans, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record.


1948 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1948 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Republican Ernest W. Gibson Jr. ran successfully for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont, defeating Democratic candidate Charles F. Ryan.


1948 Villanova Wildcats football team
The 1948 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1948 college football season. The head coach was Jordan Olivar, coaching his sixth season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.


1948 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1948 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1948 college football season. The Cavaliers were led by third-year head coach Art Guepe and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as independents, finishing with a record of 5–3–1.


1948 Vtoraya Gruppa
Following are the results of the 1948 Soviet First League football championship. Lokomotiv Kharkov winning the championship.


1948 Vtoraya Gruppa, Qualifying stage, Ukrainian Zone
The zone was expanded from 13 to 16 teams split into two subgroups. The relegated Bolshevik Zaporozhie was replaced with the best three teams of Donbas group (Group 6) and the champion of the 1947 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR.


1948 Vtoraya Gruppa, Qualifying stage, Ukrainian Zone
For undetermined reasons (for finishing second in the zone last season?) FC Shakhter Stalino was promoted to the 1949 Pervaya Gruppa without the need to qualify for the league's finals.


1948 Vuelta a España
The 8th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 13 June to 4 July 1948. It consisted of 20 stages covering a total of 4,090 km (2,540 mi), and was won by Bernardo Ruiz. Ruiz also won the mountains classification.


1948 WANFL season
The 1948 WANFL season was the 64th season of senior football in Perth, Western Australia.


1948 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1948 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1948 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 6–4 record, finished in fifth place in the Southern Conference, and lost to Baylor in the 1949 Dixie Bowl.


1948 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
Back Bill Gregus and end John O'Quinn were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1948 All-Southern Conference football team.


1948 Washington Homestead Grays season
The 1948 Washington Homestead Grays baseball team represented the Washington Homestead Grays in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1948 baseball season. The team compiled a 56–24–2 record (44–23–1 against NNL opponents), won the NNL pennant, and defeated the Birmingham Black Barons in the 1948 Negro World Series.


1948 Washington Homestead Grays season
Vic Harris was the team's manager. The team played its home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh and Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.


1948 Washington Homestead Grays season
The team's leading pitchers were Wilmer Fields (6–1, 2.89 ERA, 26 strikeouts) and Tom Parker (6–2, 2.78 ERA, 44 strikeouts).


1948 Washington Huskies football team
The 1948 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1948 college football season. In its first season under head coach Howard Odell, the team compiled a 2–7–1 record, finished in seventh place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored 189 to 89. Alf Hemsted was the team captain.


1948 Washington Huskies football team, Professional football draft selections
One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1949 AAFC Draft, which lasted 29 rounds with 136 selections.


1948 Washington Redskins season
The 1948 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 17th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 12th in Washington, D.C..  the team improved on their 4–8 record from 1947 and finished 7-5.


1948 Washington Redskins season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1948 Washington Senators season
The 1948 Washington Senators won 56 games, lost 97, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Kuhel and played home games at Griffith Stadium. It was the first Senators season to be broadcast on television with Bob Wolff on the booth for gameday broadcasts on WTTG-TV.


1948 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1948 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1948 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1948 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1948 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1948 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1948 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1948 college football season. Fourth-year head coach Phil Sarboe led the team to a 4–3–1 mark in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and 4–5–1 overall.


1948 Washington State Cougars football team
The Cougars' had four home games on campus in Pullman at Rogers Field, with the season finale in Tacoma.


1948 Washington gubernatorial election
The 1948 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948. Republican nominee Arthur B. Langlie defeated incumbent Democrat Monrad Wallgren with 50.50% of the vote in a rematch of the 1944 contest.


1948 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 1948 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 48th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.


1948 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 12 December 1948, Mount Sion won the championship after a 9-07 to 0-05 defeat of Avonmore in the final. This was their sixth championship title overall and their first title since 1945.


1948 Wayne Tartars football team
The 1948 Wayne Tartars football team represented Wayne University (later renamed Wayne State University) as an independent during the 1948 college football season. Under first-year head coach Herbert L. Smith, the team compiled a 4–4 record.


1948 West Berlin state election
The election to the city council of Greater Berlin from December 5, 1948 took place in exceptional circumstances. The last election had occurred just two years earlier however since then the city had been separated into East and West. These elections were held only in the Western sectors accordingly. Moreover, West Berlin was experiencing a blockade since June 1948 from the outside world and was only surviving due to the airlift. Against this background, the elections to the city council took place.


1948 West Berlin state election, Aftermath
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) experienced its largest ever election victory. They increased their share of the vote by 15.8 percentage points to receive 64.5% of the votes, the highest percentage that has ever been achieved by a party in a democratic election in Germany. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) slumped by 2.8 percentage points to 19.4% of the vote, while the Free Democratic Party (FDP) improved its showing to 16.1% of the vote. The Socialist Unity Party did not compete in these elections to the West Berlin City Council which they regarded as illegitimate.


1948 West Berlin state election, Aftermath
Although the SPD had a clear absolute majority, due to the complex political situation it formed a unity coalition with the CDU and the FDP. Consequently, Social Democrat Ernst Reuter was elected mayor of West Berlin.


1948 West Texas State Buffaloes football team
The 1948 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State College (now known as West Texas A&M University) in the Border Conference during the 1948 college football season. In its second season under head coach Frank Kimbrough, the team compiled a 6–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 192 to 153.


1948 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1948 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In its first season under head coach Dudley DeGroot, the team compiled a 9–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 257 to 140. The team played its home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. Victor Bonfili, Russell Combs, and Frank Reno were the team captains.


1948 West Virginia gubernatorial election
The 1948 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1948, to elect the governor of West Virginia.


1948 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1948 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan College of Education (later renamed Western Michigan University) in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1948 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach John Gill, the Broncos compiled a 6–3 record (3–1 against MAC opponents), finished in second place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents, 199 to 106. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1948 Western Michigan Broncos football team
Fullback Art Gillespie and guard Emerson Grossman were the team captains. Quarterback Hilton Foster received the team's most outstanding player award.


1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football team
The 1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented the Western Reserve University in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1948 college football season. The Red Cats were a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).


1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football team
The team was coached by Mike Scarry, a former Cleveland Browns player who played under and learned his coaching style from Paul Brown. Assistant coaches were Dick Luther and Lou Zontini.


1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football team
On October 23, 1948, Western Reserve battled Kent State to a 14-14 tie, which was broadcast on television in the Cleveland-Akron area, making it Ohio’s first intercollegiate televised football game.


1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football team
Western Reserve lost to rival Case Institute of Technology for the first time since 1927, ending a seventeen-game Red Cats win streak.


1948 Western Samoan general election
General elections were held in Western Samoa on 28 April 1948, the first to the new Legislative Assembly. The United Citizens Party won four of the five directly-elected seats.


1948 Western Samoan general election, Electoral system
The new 26-member Legislative Assembly consisted of the Administrator, six civil servants, eleven Samoans appointed by the Fono of Faipule, three Fautua (Samoan chiefs) and five members directly elected by people with European status, which included people of mixed European and Samoan descent.


1948 Western Samoan general election, Campaign
The European seats were contested between the United Citizens Party, which was formed at a meeting on 16 March and supported by prominent businessmen in Apia, and the Labour Party led by Amando Stowers. Both parties nominated a full slate of five candidates, with the United Citizens Party holding a primary election to select its candidates after nine members put themselves forwards.


1948 Western Samoan general election, Results, Samoan members
A series of meetings was held in January 1948 to select the 11 Samoan representatives. However, the meetings were inconclusive, and instead a list of 31 names was given to the three fautua, Mata'afa, Malietoa and Tamasese to choose from. The choices were announced in mid-April.


1948 Western Samoan general election, Aftermath
The new Legislative Assembly was opened on 2 June 1948 with a ceremony at Mulinu'u involving the new national flag being formally raised for the first time.


1948 Western Samoan general election, Aftermath
After the death of Fautua Mata'afa Faumuina Fiame Mulinu'u I in 1948, the Fono requested that they be allowed to elect a twelfth member to replace him. This was authorised by the Samoa Amendment Act 1949, and Gatoloai Peseta Sio was elected by the Fono to be the twelfth member on 1 April 1950.


1948 Wichita Shockers football team
The 1948 Wichita Shockers football team, sometimes known as the Wheatshockers, was an American football team that represented Wichita  University (now known as Wichita State University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1948 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jim Trimble, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (2–1–1 against conference opponents), finished second out of five teams in the MVC, lost to Hardin–Simmons in the Camellia Bowl, and was outscored by a total of 234 to 196. The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.


1948 Wigan by-election
The Wigan by-election of 4 March 1948 was held after the death of the incumbent Labour MP, William Foster.


1948 Wigan by-election
The by-election was contested by four candidates: Ronald Williams (Labour), Harold Dowling (Conservative), Thomas Rowlandson (Communist), and Owen L Roberts (King's Cavalier), who was an ex-RAF Pathfinder observer fighting the election 'for the peace and prosperity of the country.'


1948 Wigan by-election
The result was a hold for the Labour Party, with Williams gaining 59.1% of the vote, in spite of a 6.5% swing to the Conservative Party.


1948 Wightman Cup
The 1948 Wightman Cup was the 20th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London in England in the United Kingdom.


1948 Wilberforce State Green Wave football team
The 1948 Wilberforce State Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Wilberforce State University in the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1948 college football season. In its 13th season under head coach Gaston F. Lewis, the team compiled an 9–1–1 record, won the MAA championship, was defeated by Hampton in the Fish Bowl but defeated Prairie View A&M in the Prairie View Bowl, and all outscored opponents by a total of 237 to 61. The team was also recognized as a black college national co-champion.


1948 William & Mary Indians football team
The 1948 William & Mary Indians football team represented William & Mary during the 1948 college football season. The William & Mary Indians finished the regular season ranked #17 in the AP Poll after their 9–0 win over Arkansas. Also notably, Indians tied #3 North Carolina, 7–7, in Chapel Hill.


1948 Wimbledon Championships
The 1948 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 21 June until Saturday 3 July. It was the 62nd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1948. Bob Falkenburg and Louise Brough won the singles titles.


1948 Wimbledon Championships, Finals, Seniors, Men's Singles
Bob Falkenburg defeated  John Bromwich, 7–5, 0–6, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5


1948 Wimbledon Championships, Finals, Seniors, Men's Doubles
John Bromwich /  Frank Sedgman defeated  Tom Brown /  Gardnar Mulloy, 5–7, 7–5, 7–5, 9–7


1948 Wimbledon Championships, Finals, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Louise Brough /  Margaret Osborne duPont defeated  Doris Hart /  Patricia Todd, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3


1948 Wimbledon Championships, Finals, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
John Bromwich /  Louise Brough defeated  Doris Hart /  Frank Sedgman, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3


1948 Wimbledon Championships, Finals, Juniors, Boys' Singles
Staffan Stockenberg defeated  Dezső Vad, 6–0, 6–8, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2


1948 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Staffan Stockenberg defeated Dezső Vad in the final, 6–0, 6–8, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships.


1948 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Olga Mišková defeated Violette Rigollet in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships.


1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Bob Falkenburg and Jack Kramer were the defending champions, but Kramer was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1947 season. Falkenburg partnered with Frank Parker, but lost to John Bromwich and Frank Sedgman in the semifinals.


1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Bromwich and Sedgman defeated Tom Brown and Gardnar Mulloy in the final, 5–7, 7–5, 7–5, 9–7 to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championship.


1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Bob Falkenburg defeated John Bromwich in the final 7–5, 0–6, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships. Jack Kramer was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1947 season.


1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
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1948 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
John Bromwich and Louise Brough successfully defended their title, defeating Frank Sedgman and Doris Hart in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships.


1948 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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1948 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Louise Brough and Margaret duPont defeated the defending champions Doris Hart and Pat Todd in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships.


1948 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
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1948 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Louise Brough defeated Doris Hart in the final, 6–3, 8–6 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships. Margaret duPont was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Doris Hart.


1948 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
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1948 Winsford railway accident
On 17 April 1948, 24 people died when the 17:40 Glasgow to London Euston train hauled by LMS Princess Royal Class 4-6-2 No 6207 Princess Arthur of Connaught was stopped after the communication cord was pulled by a passenger (a soldier on leave who presumably lived near Winsford and was seen to leave the train after it had stopped). The stopped train was then run into by a following postal express hauled by LMS Coronation Class 4-6-2 No 6251 City of Nottingham.


1948 Winsford railway accident
The collision happened at between 40 and 45 mph (64 and 72 km/h) and was so severe that only five of the ten passenger coaches could be pulled away on their wheels and only the rear eight of the 13 Postal coaches could be pulled back. 24 passengers were killed. The signalman at Winsford had, in error, reported the passenger train clear of the section and accepted the postal train.


1948 Winsford railway accident
The person who pulled the emergency cord was a railway employee who worked as a signalbox lad in Winsford Junction, but was currently serving in the army having been called up. He thought that the train would be perfectly safe because he knew how the signalling equipment of the time in that area worked; but he did not know that the train had stopped short of the track circuit, which would have reminded the signalman of its presence. He attended the enquiry to confess, and was still a signalman in Winsford Junction until he retired in the 1990s.


1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (German: V. Olympische Winterspiele; French: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; Italian: V Giochi olimpici invernali; Romansh: V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948 (French: Saint-Moritz 1948; Romansh: San Murezzan 1948), were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936.


1948 Winter Olympics
From the selection of a host city in a neutral country to the exclusion of Japan and Germany, the political atmosphere of the post-war world was inescapable during the 1948 Games. The organizing committee faced several challenges due to the lack of financial and human resources consumed by the war. These were the first of two winter Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Sigfrid Edström.


1948 Winter Olympics
There were 28 nations that marched in the opening ceremonies on 30 January 1948. Bibi Torriani played for the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team, and became the first ice hockey player to recite the Olympic Oath on behalf of all athletes. Nearly 670 athletes competed in 22 events in four sports. The 1948 Games also featured two demonstration sports: military patrol, which later became the biathlon, and winter pentathlon, which was discontinued after these Games. Notable performances were turned in by figure skaters Dick Button and Barbara Ann Scott and skier Henri Oreiller. Most of the athletic venues were already in existence from the first time St. Moritz hosted the Winter Games in 1928. All of the venues were outdoors, which meant the Games were heavily dependent on favorable weather conditions.


1948 Winter Olympics, Host city selection
The IOC selected St. Moritz to host the 1948 Games by acclamation at the 40 general session in Lausanne, Switzerland, on September 6, 1946. The selection process consisted of two bids, and saw St. Moritz be selected ahead of Lake Placid, New York, United States. St. Moritz was chosen due to the fact that all of the venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics were available and the Swiss resort could organise the Games much quicker than any other cite except for 1936 host Garmish-Partenkirchen which was not considered. Despite the existence of many of the 1928 cites, it was still a difficult task to organize a Winter Olympic Games in less than 18 months.


1948 Winter Olympics, Organizing
The Comite Olympique (CO) was composed of local dignitaries and members of the Swiss National Olympic Committee (COS). They decided to separate into several sub-committees responsible for various aspects of the Games. These committees included housing and maintenance, venue construction, finances, and media and advertising. The local committees worked very closely with the Swiss federal government and the IOC to ensure that the organization of the Games proceeded without hindrance. Since no athletes' village existed from the previous Games, the athletes and officials were housed in hotels around the city. It was very important for the committees to draw upon their experiences from the 1928 Olympics. Their selection of locations for the various events was contingent on the weather conditions as all the events were held outdoors.


1948 Winter Olympics, Organizing
Over 800 people were involved in reporting the news of the Games to the world. Nearly 500 press credentials were issued by the Press Commission for the Games. Television would not make its Olympic debut until 1956. The coverage of the 1948 Games was split between newspapers and radio broadcasts. The organizing committee had to provide technology, such as long-distance telephone lines and telegraph services, to assist the press in communicating with their constituents.


1948 Winter Olympics, Organizing
Over 2,200 people were needed to provide all the services for the press, officials and athletes at the Games. These services included sanitation, security, and care of the venues. Accommodating the influx of people into St. Moritz was a difficult task for the organizing committee. It was complicated by the mountainous region in which the community was situated. A massive project to improve the village's transportation infrastructure had to be completed prior to the Games. This included building and widening roads for vehicular traffic. Several train stations were built to accommodate the increased demands for public transit.