Chicago Tribune newspaper headlines wrongly trumpeted which candidate's victory over Truman in the 1948 US Presidential election?
Dewey Defeats Truman Dewey Defeats Truman "Dewey Defeats Truman" was an incorrect banner headline on the front page of the "Chicago Daily Tribune" on November 3, 1948, the day after incumbent United States President, Harry S. Truman, won an upset victory over Republican challenger and Governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey, in the 1948 presidential election. It was famously held up by Truman at a public appearance following his successful election, smiling triumphantly at the error. The erroneous headline of the "Chicago Daily Tribune" (which later shortened its name to "Chicago Tribune") became ill-famed after a jubilant Truman was photographed holding a
1948 United States presidential election in South Carolina winning 44 of the state's 46 counties and over seventy-one percent of the total presidential vote. Thurmond exceeded 72 percent in all but twelve counties, and passed ninety percent in ten. 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. South Carolina was won by States' Rights Democratic candidate Strom Thurmond, defeating the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman, and