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Hace 2 días · In one of the greatest election upsets in American history, incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to the presidency upon his predecessor's death and be elected to a full term.
Hace 4 días · The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway and colloquially "the Thruway") is a system of controlled-access toll roads spanning 569.83 miles (917.05 km) within the U.S. state of New York.
Hace 1 día · President Truman carried Illinois by only 33,612 votes against his Republican opponent, Thomas E. Dewey, leading a biographer to write that "Clearly, Adlai had carried the President in with him." Paul Douglas, a University of Chicago professor of economics, was elected senator on the same ticket.
16 de may. de 2024 · At the New York Public Library, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and New York City Mayor William O’Dwyer attended the celebration, as well as former New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia ...
Hace 3 días · Roll portrays Truman as a master at populist campaigning who was able to close the gap with Thomas Dewey by focusing on workers, veterans, farmers and Black voters. But he also credits figures like adviser Clark Clifford, as Truman ran against the Republican Party’s record in Congress rather than his opponent.
6 de may. de 2024 · Lucky Luciano was the first official boss of the modern Genovese crime family. He was tried and successfully convicted in 1936 by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey; Dewey also convicted Tammany ...
1 de may. de 2024 · Making Up for 1948: “Dewey Defeats Truman” “There was a crisis of credibility because news organizations had gotten it upside down in 1948,” reporting that President Harry Truman had lost to New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey—an image immortalized by Truman holding up the front page of The Chicago Daily Tribune with the ...
