Electoral History of Harry S. Truman - Presidential Races, 1948-1952

Presidential Races, 1948-1952

1948 Democratic presidential primaries:

• Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 1,419,875 (64.65%)
• William Alexander Julian - 271,146 (12.35%)
• Unpledged delegates - 161,629 (7.36%)
• Harley M. Kilgore - 157,102 (7.15%)
• W. B. Bixler - 136,401 (6.21%)
• Lynn Fellows - 11,193 (0.51%)
• Fred H. Hildebrandt - 8,016 (0.37%)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower - 6,211 (0.28%)
• Henry A. Wallace - 4,416 (0.20%)

1948 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):

• Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 926 (76.47%)
• Richard B. Russell - 266 (21.97%)
• James A. Roe - 15 (1.24%)
• Paul V. McNutt - 3 (0.25%)
• Alben W. Barkley - 1 (0.08%)

United States presidential election, 1948:

• Harry S. Truman/Alben W. Barkley (D) - 24,179,347 (49.6%) and 303 electoral votes (57.06%, 28 states carried)
• Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren (R) - 21,991,292 (45.1%) and 189 electoral votes (35.59%, 16 states carried)
• Strom Thurmond/Fielding L. Wright (Dixiecrat) - 1,175,930 (2.4%) and 39 electoral votes (7.35%, 4 states carried)
• Henry A. Wallace/Glen H. Taylor (Progressive) - 1,157,328 (2.4%)
• Norman Thomas/Tucker P. Smith (Socialist) - 139,569 (0.3%)
• Claude Watson/Dale Learn (Prohibition) - 103,708 (0.2%)
• Others - 46,361 (0.1%)

1952 Democratic New Hampshire primary:

• Estes Kefauver - 19,800 (55.01%)
• Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 15,927 (44.25%)
• Douglas MacArthur - 151 (0.42%)
• Jim Farley - 77 (0.21%)
• Adlai Stevenson II - 40 (0.11%)

1952 Democratic presidential primaries:

• Estes Kefauver - 3,169,448 (65.04%)
• Pat Brown - 485,578 (9.97%)
• Richard B. Russell - 371,179 (7.62%)
• Matthew M. Neely - 191,471 (3.93%)
• Robert J. Bulkley - 184,880 (3.79%)
• Hubert Humphrey - 102,527 (2.10%)
• Adlai Stevenson II - 81,096 (1.66%)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower - 64,911 (1.33%)
• Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 62,345 (1.28%)
• Unpledged delegates - 46,361 (0.95%)
• Robert S. Kerr - 45,285 (0.93%)
• William O. Douglas - 29,532 (0.61%)
• W. Averell Harriman - 19,806 (0.41%)
• Jerome F. Fox - 18,322 (0.38%)

1952 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):

Most votes received by candidates for party presidential nomination, up to the point where a nominee was determined. Vote totals are rounded up to the next whole number.

• Adlai Stevenson II - 618 (37.36%)
• Estes Kefauver - 363 (21.95%)
• Richard B. Russell - 294 (17.78%)
• W. Averell Harriman - 124 (7.50%)
• Alben W. Barkley - 79 (4.78%)
• Robert S. Kerr - 65 (3.93%)
• Paul A. Dever - 38 (2.30%)
• Hubert Humphrey - 26 (1.57%)
• J. William Fulbright - 22 (1.33%)
• James E. Murray - 12 (0.73%)
• Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 6 (0.36%)
• Oscar R. Ewing - 4 (0.24%)
• Paul H. Douglas - 2 (0.12%)
• William O. Douglas - 1 (0.06%)