Electoral history of Harry S. Truman
List of political elections featuring Harry S. Truman as a candidate
President Harry S. Truman, 1945 Electoral history of Harry S. Truman , who served as the 33rd president of the United States (1945–1953), the 34th vice president (1945), and as a United States senator from Missouri (1935–1945)
Electoral history prior to 1934
Before 1934, Truman ran four times for various administrative judgeships in Jackson County, Missouri .
In 1922, Truman won the Democratic Party Primary election and general election for Eastern Judge of Jackson County.
In 1924, Truman won the Democratic Party Primary election but lost the general election for Eastern Judge of Jackson County.
In 1926, Truman won the Democratic Party Primary election and general election for Presiding Judge of Jackson County.
In 1930, Truman won the Democratic Party Primary election and general election for Presiding Judge of Jackson County.
Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Missouri , 1934 :[ 1]
Missouri United States Senate election, 1934 [ 2]
Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Missouri, 1940 :[ 3]
Missouri United States Senate election, 1940 [ 4]
1944 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally)[ 5]
1st ballot:
2nd ballot before shifts:
2nd ballot after shifts:
1944 United States presidential election
Franklin D. Roosevelt /Harry S. Truman (D) - 25,612,916 (53.4%) and 432 electoral votes (81.36%, 36 states carried)Thomas E. Dewey /John W. Bricker (R) - 22,017,929 (45.9%) and 99 electoral votes (18.64%, 12 states carried)Texas Regulars - 135,439 (0.3%)Norman Thomas /Darlington Hoopes (Socialist) - 79,017 (0.2%)Claude Watson /Andrew Johnson (Prohibition) - 74,758 (0.2%)Others - 57,004 (0.1%)
1948 Democratic presidential primaries :[ 6]
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)[ 7]
1948 United States presidential election
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 :[ 8]
1952 Democratic presidential primaries [ 9]
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)[ 10]
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.
References
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