1948 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Candidate
Harry S. Truman
William Alexander Julian
Home state
Missouri
Ohio
Contests won
8
0
Popular vote
1,375,452
271,146
Percentage
63.9%
12.35%
Previous Democratic nominee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic nominee
Harry S. Truman
From March 9 to June 1, 1948, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1948 United States presidential election .[1] Incumbent President Harry S. Truman was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1948 Democratic National Convention held from July 12 to July 14, 1948, in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . As a sitting President, his nomination was secured.
See also [ ]
Republican Party presidential primaries, 1948
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1948 United States presidential election (
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Democratic Party
Candidates
Incumbent nominee: Harry S. Truman
VP nominee: Alben W. Barkley
Other candidates: Harley M. Kilgore
Richard Russell Jr.
Henry A. Wallace
Republican Party
Candidates
Nominee: Thomas E. Dewey
VP nominee: Earl Warren
Other candidates: Riley A. Bender
Herbert E. Hitchcock
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Edward Martin
Leverett Saltonstall
Harold Stassen
Arthur Vandenberg
Robert A. Taft
States' Rights Democratic Party
Candidates
Nominee: Strom Thurmond
VP nominee: Fielding L. Wright
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Prohibition Party Progressive Party
Nominee: Henry A. Wallace
Nominee: Glen H. Taylor
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Nominee: Norman Thomas
VP nominee: Tucker P. Smith
Socialist Workers Party
Nominee: Farrell Dobbs
VP nominee: Grace Carlson
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