1948 United States presidential election in Indiana
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All 13 Indiana votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Harry S. Truman
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York Missouri
Running mate Earl Warren Alben W. Barkley
Electoral vote 13 0
Popular vote 821,079 807,833
Percentage 49.58% 48.78%
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Harry S. Truman
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Democratic

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The 1948 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 13[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.58% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 48.78% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that Johnson County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5] This was also the last time until 2012 that Indiana voted for a different candidate than nearby Virginia.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Indiana
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Dewey 821,079 49.58%
Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.) 807,833 48.78%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson 14,711 0.89%
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 9,649 0.58%
Write-in 2,942 0.18%
Total votes 1,656,214 100%

Results by county

County Thomas Edmund Dewey[6]
Republican 		Harry S. Truman[6]
Democratic 		Claude A. Watson[7]
Prohibition 		Henry Agard Wallace[7]
Progressive 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 4,832 50.10% 4,640 48.11% 151 1.57% 22 0.23% 192 1.99% 9,645
Allen 37,494 54.00% 31,239 44.99% 368 0.53% 335 0.48% 6,255 9.01% 69,436
Bartholomew 7,804 48.74% 7,960 49.71% 219 1.37% 29 0.18% -156 -0.97% 16,012
Benton 3,224 57.88% 2,317 41.60% 23 0.41% 6 0.11% 907 16.28% 5,570
Blackford 2,840 42.76% 3,611 54.37% 166 2.50% 24 0.36% -771 -11.61% 6,641
Boone 6,450 55.67% 5,037 43.47% 79 0.68% 20 0.17% 1,413 12.20% 11,586
Brown 1,092 41.54% 1,459 55.50% 59 2.24% 19 0.72% -367 -13.96% 2,629
Carroll 4,597 53.99% 3,845 45.16% 55 0.65% 17 0.20% 752 8.83% 8,514
Cass 9,105 46.97% 10,086 52.03% 126 0.65% 68 0.35% -981 -5.06% 19,385
Clark 7,001 38.57% 10,953 60.34% 160 0.88% 39 0.21% -3,952 -21.77% 18,153
Clay 5,654 47.49% 5,965 50.10% 196 1.65% 90 0.76% -311 -2.61% 11,905
Clinton 7,762 52.02% 7,001 46.92% 127 0.85% 31 0.21% 761 5.10% 14,921
Crawford 2,427 46.97% 2,625 50.80% 106 2.05% 9 0.17% -198 -3.83% 5,167
Daviess 7,030 53.89% 5,867 44.98% 111 0.85% 36 0.28% 1,163 8.92% 13,044
Dearborn 5,353 46.70% 6,040 52.70% 55 0.48% 14 0.12% -687 -5.99% 11,462
Decatur 5,163 56.95% 3,808 42.00% 84 0.93% 11 0.12% 1,355 14.95% 9,066
De Kalb 6,941 54.86% 5,439 42.99% 236 1.87% 36 0.28% 1,502 11.87% 12,652
Delaware 15,662 46.72% 17,060 50.89% 667 1.99% 136 0.41% -1,398 -4.17% 33,525
Dubois 4,295 39.30% 6,564 60.07% 43 0.39% 26 0.24% -2,269 -20.76% 10,928
Elkhart 18,999 56.68% 13,703 40.88% 655 1.95% 160 0.48% 5,296 15.80% 33,517
Fayette 5,399 47.62% 5,876 51.83% 45 0.40% 18 0.16% -477 -4.21% 11,338
Floyd 8,367 43.76% 10,593 55.40% 108 0.56% 53 0.28% -2,226 -11.64% 19,121
Fountain 5,186 54.76% 4,215 44.50% 46 0.49% 24 0.25% 971 10.25% 9,471
Franklin 3,566 55.13% 2,860 44.22% 31 0.48% 11 0.17% 706 10.92% 6,468
Fulton 4,930 58.70% 3,233 38.50% 212 2.52% 23 0.27% 1,697 20.21% 8,398
Gibson 7,431 47.30% 7,988 50.85% 226 1.44% 64 0.41% -557 -3.55% 15,709
Grant 13,138 50.31% 12,212 46.76% 695 2.66% 70 0.27% 926 3.55% 26,115
Greene 7,453 48.20% 7,709 49.85% 216 1.40% 85 0.55% -256 -1.66% 15,463
Hamilton 7,521 62.12% 4,384 36.21% 171 1.41% 31 0.26% 3,137 25.91% 12,107
Hancock 4,721 48.05% 4,948 50.36% 137 1.39% 20 0.20% -227 -2.31% 9,826
Harrison 4,104 46.90% 4,465 51.02% 168 1.92% 14 0.16% -361 -4.13% 8,751
Hendricks 6,327 59.23% 4,280 40.07% 55 0.51% 20 0.19% 2,047 19.16% 10,682
Henry 10,487 54.00% 8,523 43.89% 359 1.85% 52 0.27% 1,964 10.11% 19,421
Howard 10,874 44.64% 12,937 53.10% 432 1.77% 119 0.49% -2,063 -8.47% 24,362
Huntington 8,178 52.01% 7,202 45.81% 295 1.88% 48 0.31% 976 6.21% 15,723
Jackson 6,062 45.00% 7,258 53.88% 120 0.89% 31 0.23% -1,196 -8.88% 13,471
Jasper 4,320 65.42% 2,216 33.56% 31 0.47% 36 0.55% 2,104 31.86% 6,603
Jay 5,635 49.25% 5,520 48.24% 252 2.20% 35 0.31% 115 1.01% 11,442
Jefferson 5,166 53.79% 4,302 44.79% 120 1.25% 16 0.17% 864 9.00% 9,604
Jennings 3,485 52.52% 3,084 46.47% 56 0.84% 11 0.17% 401 6.04% 6,636
Johnson 6,151 49.39% 6,216 49.91% 56 0.45% 31 0.25% -65 -0.52% 12,454
Knox 9,250 43.67% 11,650 55.00% 180 0.85% 102 0.48% -2,400 -11.33% 21,182
Kosciusko 9,327 62.79% 5,102 34.35% 384 2.58% 42 0.28% 4,225 28.44% 14,855
Lagrange 3,106 63.82% 1,628 33.45% 122 2.51% 11 0.23% 1,478 30.37% 4,867
Lake 51,413 38.77% 77,025 58.09% 1,084 0.82% 3,073 2.32% -25,612 -19.32% 132,595
La Porte 15,661 52.45% 13,923 46.63% 138 0.46% 137 0.46% 1,738 5.82% 29,859
Lawrence 8,643 58.13% 6,131 41.23% 79 0.53% 16 0.11% 2,512 16.89% 14,869
Madison 18,917 43.04% 24,439 55.61% 387 0.88% 205 0.47% -5,522 -12.56% 43,948
Marion 103,603 50.78% 97,915 47.99% 1,311 0.64% 1,184 0.58% 5,688 2.79% 204,013
Marshall 7,873 56.97% 5,661 40.97% 226 1.64% 59 0.43% 2,212 16.01% 13,819
Martin 2,230 43.96% 2,788 54.96% 46 0.91% 9 0.18% -558 -11.00% 5,073
Miami 7,083 51.09% 6,538 47.16% 191 1.38% 51 0.37% 545 3.93% 13,863
Monroe 9,579 54.64% 7,375 42.07% 401 2.29% 177 1.01% 2,204 12.57% 17,532
Montgomery 7,890 58.28% 5,492 40.57% 135 1.00% 20 0.15% 2,398 17.71% 13,537
Morgan 5,677 55.13% 4,428 43.00% 159 1.54% 33 0.32% 1,249 12.13% 10,297
Newton 3,312 68.36% 1,483 30.61% 21 0.43% 29 0.60% 1,829 37.75% 4,845
Noble 6,503 57.33% 4,676 41.22% 142 1.25% 23 0.20% 1,827 16.11% 11,344
Ohio 1,031 46.55% 1,173 52.96% 9 0.41% 2 0.09% -142 -6.41% 2,215
Orange 4,574 57.03% 3,359 41.88% 81 1.01% 7 0.09% 1,215 15.15% 8,021
Owen 3,002 51.14% 2,738 46.64% 102 1.74% 28 0.48% 264 4.50% 5,870
Parke 4,326 53.33% 3,681 45.38% 51 0.63% 54 0.67% 645 7.95% 8,112
Perry 3,761 45.02% 4,569 54.69% 15 0.18% 9 0.11% -808 -9.67% 8,354
Pike 3,696 49.60% 3,596 48.26% 127 1.70% 33 0.44% 100 1.34% 7,452
Porter 8,907 62.21% 5,161 36.05% 135 0.94% 115 0.80% 3,746 26.16% 14,318
Posey 3,879 44.43% 4,729 54.16% 111 1.27% 12 0.14% -850 -9.74% 8,731
Pulaski 3,039 50.72% 2,736 45.66% 195 3.25% 22 0.37% 303 5.06% 5,992
Putnam 5,072 50.91% 4,814 48.32% 54 0.54% 23 0.23% 258 2.59% 9,963
Randolph 7,122 57.96% 4,655 37.89% 476 3.87% 34 0.28% 2,467 20.08% 12,287
Ripley 5,313 53.34% 4,574 45.92% 61 0.61% 13 0.13% 739 7.42% 9,961
Rush 5,362 57.53% 3,814 40.92% 131 1.41% 14 0.15% 1,548 16.61% 9,321
St. Joseph 39,593 43.58% 49,866 54.89% 604 0.66% 783 0.86% -10,273 -11.31% 90,846
Scott 2,429 43.11% 3,128 55.51% 61 1.08% 17 0.30% -699 -12.40% 5,635
Shelby 6,068 45.54% 6,992 52.48% 241 1.81% 23 0.17% -924 -6.93% 13,324
Spencer 4,496 51.52% 4,163 47.71% 63 0.72% 4 0.05% 333 3.82% 8,726
Starke 3,518 50.55% 3,312 47.59% 48 0.69% 82 1.18% 206 2.96% 6,960
Steuben 4,341 67.28% 1,996 30.94% 88 1.36% 27 0.42% 2,345 36.35% 6,452
Sullivan 4,824 40.88% 6,705 56.82% 131 1.11% 141 1.19% -1,881 -15.94% 11,801
Switzerland 1,839 43.30% 2,375 55.92% 28 0.66% 5 0.12% -536 -12.62% 4,247
Tippecanoe 17,034 60.60% 10,825 38.51% 142 0.51% 106 0.38% 6,209 22.09% 28,107
Tipton 4,169 50.78% 3,925 47.81% 96 1.17% 20 0.24% 244 2.97% 8,210
Union 1,859 63.25% 1,049 35.69% 28 0.95% 3 0.10% 810 27.56% 2,939
Vanderburgh 27,584 45.25% 32,640 53.55% 542 0.89% 190 0.31% -5,056 -8.29% 60,956
Vermillion 4,685 45.03% 5,426 52.15% 95 0.91% 198 1.90% -741 -7.12% 10,404
Vigo 19,049 41.81% 25,906 56.86% 311 0.68% 298 0.65% -6,857 -15.05% 45,564
Wabash 8,149 61.53% 4,692 35.42% 327 2.47% 77 0.58% 3,457 26.10% 13,245
Warren 2,444 63.17% 1,391 35.95% 28 0.72% 6 0.16% 1,053 27.22% 3,869
Warrick 4,602 48.75% 4,750 50.32% 60 0.64% 28 0.30% -148 -1.57% 9,440
Washington 3,660 47.18% 4,033 51.99% 48 0.62% 16 0.21% -373 -4.81% 7,757
Wayne 15,445 57.81% 10,749 40.23% 436 1.63% 86 0.32% 4,696 17.58% 26,716
Wells 4,288 47.15% 4,726 51.97% 60 0.66% 20 0.22% -438 -4.82% 9,094
White 4,911 55.72% 3,849 43.67% 43 0.49% 10 0.11% 1,062 12.05% 8,813
Whitley 4,715 51.88% 4,240 46.65% 102 1.12% 32 0.35% 475 5.23% 9,089
Totals 821,079 49.58% 807,831 48.78% 17,653 1.07% 9,649 0.58% 13,248 0.80% 1,656,212

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  3. ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. ^ a b "1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  7. ^ a b "Popular Vote for Henry Wallace". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
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