1948 United States presidential election in Missouri
The 1948 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Missouri voters chose fifteen[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Incumbent President Harry S. Truman, a native Missourian, won the state with 58.11% of the popular vote, against Republican Governor Thomas Dewey, with 41.49% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Moniteau County and Cole County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[5][6]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 917,315 | 58.11% | |
| Republican | Thomas Dewey | 655,039 | 41.49% | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 3,998 | 0.25% | |
| Write-ins | 2,276 | 0.14% | ||
| Total votes | 1,578,628 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Harry S. Truman[7] Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey[7] Republican |
Henry Agard Wallace[8] Progressive |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 4,136 | 50.43% | 4,024 | 49.07% | 33 | 0.40% | 8 | 0.10% | 112 | 1.37% | 8,201 |
| Andrew | 2,576 | 44.96% | 3,142 | 54.84% | 9 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.03% | -566 | -9.88% | 5,729 |
| Atchison | 2,498 | 53.23% | 2,190 | 46.67% | 2 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.06% | 308 | 6.56% | 4,693 |
| Audrain | 7,495 | 73.12% | 2,739 | 26.72% | 13 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.03% | 4,756 | 46.40% | 10,250 |
| Barry | 4,724 | 49.54% | 4,812 | 50.46% | 0 | 0.00% | -88 | -0.92% | 9,536 | ||
| Barton | 3,008 | 53.79% | 2,577 | 46.08% | 6 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 431 | 7.71% | 5,592 |
| Bates | 4,371 | 51.22% | 4,156 | 48.71% | 4 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.02% | 215 | 2.52% | 8,533 |
| Benton | 1,360 | 32.92% | 2,768 | 67.01% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,408 | -34.08% | 4,131 |
| Bollinger | 2,075 | 48.63% | 2,187 | 51.25% | 3 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.05% | -112 | -2.62% | 4,267 |
| Boone | 10,200 | 69.61% | 4,289 | 29.27% | 81 | 0.55% | 83 | 0.57% | 5,911 | 40.34% | 14,653 |
| Buchanan | 22,975 | 63.76% | 13,002 | 36.08% | 31 | 0.09% | 26 | 0.07% | 9,973 | 27.68% | 36,034 |
| Butler | 5,319 | 55.23% | 4,276 | 44.40% | 24 | 0.25% | 11 | 0.11% | 1,043 | 10.83% | 9,630 |
| Caldwell | 1,985 | 42.45% | 2,687 | 57.46% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | -702 | -15.01% | 4,676 |
| Callaway | 6,215 | 71.78% | 2,433 | 28.10% | 6 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.05% | 3,782 | 43.68% | 8,658 |
| Camden | 1,264 | 38.41% | 2,020 | 61.38% | 3 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.12% | -756 | -22.97% | 3,291 |
| Cape Girardeau | 7,872 | 52.58% | 7,084 | 47.32% | 8 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.05% | 788 | 5.26% | 14,971 |
| Carroll | 3,401 | 44.64% | 4,212 | 55.29% | 5 | 0.07% | -811 | -10.65% | 7,618 | ||
| Carter | 1,255 | 56.10% | 964 | 43.09% | 13 | 0.58% | 5 | 0.22% | 291 | 13.01% | 2,237 |
| Cass | 5,415 | 59.87% | 3,614 | 39.96% | 12 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,801 | 19.91% | 9,045 |
| Cedar | 2,062 | 41.24% | 2,928 | 58.56% | 4 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.12% | -866 | -17.32% | 5,000 |
| Chariton | 4,170 | 61.40% | 2,615 | 38.51% | 3 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,555 | 22.90% | 6,791 |
| Christian | 1,600 | 33.79% | 3,129 | 66.08% | 3 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.06% | -1,529 | -32.29% | 4,735 |
| Clark | 2,352 | 50.92% | 2,264 | 49.01% | 1 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.04% | 88 | 1.91% | 4,619 |
| Clay | 11,855 | 64.77% | 6,408 | 35.01% | 21 | 0.11% | 20 | 0.11% | 5,447 | 29.76% | 18,304 |
| Clinton | 3,481 | 60.91% | 2,227 | 38.97% | 3 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,254 | 21.94% | 5,715 |
| Cole | 7,891 | 53.23% | 6,909 | 46.60% | 14 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.07% | 982 | 6.62% | 14,825 |
| Cooper | 3,865 | 48.51% | 4,094 | 51.38% | 1 | 0.01% | 8 | 0.10% | -229 | -2.87% | 7,968 |
| Crawford | 2,289 | 46.25% | 2,650 | 53.55% | 7 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.06% | -361 | -7.29% | 4,949 |
| Dade | 1,733 | 38.33% | 2,783 | 61.56% | 1 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.09% | -1,050 | -23.22% | 4,521 |
| Dallas | 1,590 | 37.01% | 2,695 | 62.73% | 6 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.12% | -1,105 | -25.72% | 4,296 |
| Daviess | 2,868 | 50.38% | 2,823 | 49.59% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 45 | 0.79% | 5,693 |
| DeKalb | 2,033 | 49.17% | 2,098 | 50.74% | 2 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.05% | -65 | -1.57% | 4,135 |
| Dent | 2,973 | 59.58% | 2,003 | 40.14% | 9 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.10% | 970 | 19.44% | 4,990 |
| Douglas | 1,163 | 29.71% | 2,734 | 69.85% | 7 | 0.18% | 10 | 0.26% | -1,571 | -40.14% | 3,914 |
| Dunklin | 10,979 | 81.56% | 2,466 | 18.32% | 8 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.06% | 8,513 | 63.24% | 13,461 |
| Franklin | 7,822 | 50.19% | 7,725 | 49.57% | 28 | 0.18% | 10 | 0.06% | 97 | 0.62% | 15,585 |
| Gasconade | 1,204 | 21.95% | 4,268 | 77.81% | 10 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.05% | -3,064 | -55.86% | 5,485 |
| Gentry | 3,410 | 56.42% | 2,633 | 43.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.02% | 777 | 12.86% | 6,044 |
| Greene | 20,762 | 52.34% | 18,836 | 47.49% | 32 | 0.08% | 34 | 0.09% | 1,926 | 4.86% | 39,664 |
| Grundy | 3,177 | 48.79% | 3,331 | 51.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.06% | -154 | -2.36% | 6,512 |
| Harrison | 2,854 | 43.82% | 3,646 | 55.98% | 5 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.12% | -792 | -12.16% | 6,513 |
| Henry | 5,551 | 54.56% | 4,619 | 45.40% | 1 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.03% | 932 | 9.16% | 10,174 |
| Hickory | 733 | 29.77% | 1,728 | 70.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.04% | -995 | -40.41% | 2,462 |
| Holt | 2,040 | 43.86% | 2,607 | 56.05% | 2 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.04% | -567 | -12.19% | 4,651 |
| Howard | 4,143 | 72.77% | 1,538 | 27.02% | 7 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.09% | 2,605 | 45.76% | 5,693 |
| Howell | 3,599 | 44.65% | 4,427 | 54.93% | 13 | 0.16% | 21 | 0.26% | -828 | -10.27% | 8,060 |
| Iron | 2,552 | 63.90% | 1,435 | 35.93% | 3 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,117 | 27.97% | 3,994 |
| Jackson | 139,186 | 61.44% | 86,471 | 38.17% | 634 | 0.28% | 236 | 0.10% | 52,715 | 23.27% | 226,527 |
| Jasper | 15,404 | 51.21% | 14,593 | 48.52% | 58 | 0.19% | 23 | 0.08% | 811 | 2.70% | 30,078 |
| Jefferson | 10,280 | 62.55% | 6,085 | 37.02% | 47 | 0.29% | 23 | 0.14% | 4,195 | 25.52% | 16,435 |
| Johnson | 4,888 | 49.85% | 4,903 | 50.01% | 8 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.06% | -15 | -0.15% | 9,805 |
| Knox | 2,268 | 58.32% | 1,620 | 41.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 648 | 16.66% | 3,889 |
| Laclede | 3,221 | 45.92% | 3,773 | 53.78% | 9 | 0.13% | 12 | 0.17% | -552 | -7.87% | 7,015 |
| Lafayette | 5,988 | 47.37% | 6,634 | 52.48% | 11 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.07% | -646 | -5.11% | 12,642 |
| Lawrence | 4,649 | 46.22% | 5,392 | 53.61% | 10 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.07% | -743 | -7.39% | 10,058 |
| Lewis | 3,155 | 66.69% | 1,564 | 33.06% | 6 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.13% | 1,591 | 33.63% | 4,731 |
| Lincoln | 4,190 | 66.13% | 2,135 | 33.70% | 5 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.09% | 2,055 | 32.43% | 6,336 |
| Linn | 5,788 | 58.86% | 4,034 | 41.03% | 5 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.06% | 1,754 | 17.84% | 9,833 |
| Livingston | 4,182 | 52.07% | 3,835 | 47.75% | 6 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.10% | 347 | 4.32% | 8,031 |
| Macon | 5,193 | 57.45% | 3,833 | 42.41% | 6 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,360 | 15.05% | 9,039 |
| Madison | 2,509 | 54.56% | 2,086 | 45.36% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 423 | 9.20% | 4,599 |
| Maries | 1,948 | 68.45% | 894 | 31.41% | 1 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.11% | 1,054 | 37.03% | 2,846 |
| Marion | 9,122 | 70.47% | 3,802 | 29.37% | 14 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.05% | 5,320 | 41.10% | 12,944 |
| McDonald | 2,925 | 49.45% | 2,979 | 50.36% | 8 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.05% | -54 | -0.91% | 5,915 |
| Mercer | 1,008 | 38.69% | 1,595 | 61.23% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | -587 | -22.53% | 2,605 |
| Miller | 2,514 | 44.80% | 3,088 | 55.03% | 4 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.09% | -574 | -10.23% | 5,611 |
| Mississippi | 4,592 | 77.63% | 1,293 | 21.86% | 25 | 0.42% | 5 | 0.08% | 3,299 | 55.77% | 5,915 |
| Moniteau | 2,787 | 51.75% | 2,594 | 48.17% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.06% | 193 | 3.58% | 5,385 |
| Monroe | 4,769 | 85.39% | 809 | 14.49% | 6 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,960 | 70.90% | 5,585 |
| Montgomery | 2,792 | 49.04% | 2,889 | 50.75% | 3 | 0.05% | 9 | 0.16% | -97 | -1.70% | 5,693 |
| Morgan | 1,862 | 43.94% | 2,365 | 55.80% | 4 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.17% | -503 | -11.87% | 4,238 |
| New Madrid | 8,925 | 81.00% | 2,082 | 18.90% | 6 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.05% | 6,843 | 62.11% | 11,018 |
| Newton | 5,598 | 48.92% | 5,820 | 50.86% | 15 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.09% | -222 | -1.94% | 11,443 |
| Nodaway | 6,253 | 56.03% | 4,886 | 43.78% | 13 | 0.12% | 9 | 0.08% | 1,367 | 12.25% | 11,161 |
| Oregon | 3,133 | 71.91% | 1,214 | 27.86% | 4 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,919 | 44.04% | 4,357 |
| Osage | 2,672 | 51.68% | 2,488 | 48.12% | 4 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.12% | 184 | 3.56% | 5,170 |
| Ozark | 859 | 30.33% | 1,967 | 69.46% | 2 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.14% | -1,108 | -39.12% | 2,832 |
| Pemiscot | 10,269 | 81.98% | 2,249 | 17.95% | 1 | 0.01% | 7 | 0.06% | 8,020 | 64.03% | 12,526 |
| Perry | 2,133 | 42.30% | 2,903 | 57.56% | 1 | 0.02% | 6 | 0.12% | -770 | -15.27% | 5,043 |
| Pettis | 8,388 | 55.66% | 6,657 | 44.18% | 16 | 0.11% | 8 | 0.05% | 1,731 | 11.49% | 15,069 |
| Phelps | 5,202 | 62.85% | 3,053 | 36.89% | 15 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.08% | 2,149 | 25.96% | 8,277 |
| Pike | 4,934 | 66.68% | 2,448 | 33.08% | 7 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.15% | 2,486 | 33.59% | 7,400 |
| Platte | 4,354 | 72.40% | 1,644 | 27.34% | 6 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.17% | 2,710 | 45.06% | 6,014 |
| Polk | 3,079 | 43.32% | 4,026 | 56.65% | 1 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | -947 | -13.32% | 7,107 |
| Pulaski | 2,858 | 63.33% | 1,644 | 36.43% | 8 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,214 | 26.90% | 4,513 |
| Putnam | 1,463 | 36.79% | 2,499 | 62.84% | 8 | 0.20% | 7 | 0.18% | -1,036 | -26.05% | 3,977 |
| Ralls | 3,013 | 76.82% | 908 | 23.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,105 | 53.67% | 3,922 |
| Randolph | 7,912 | 77.74% | 2,256 | 22.17% | 7 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.03% | 5,656 | 55.57% | 10,178 |
| Ray | 4,826 | 69.57% | 2,102 | 30.30% | 4 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.07% | 2,724 | 39.27% | 6,937 |
| Reynolds | 2,050 | 74.60% | 692 | 25.18% | 4 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,358 | 49.42% | 2,748 |
| Ripley | 2,304 | 59.72% | 1,533 | 39.74% | 16 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.13% | 771 | 19.98% | 3,858 |
| Saint Charles | 6,049 | 50.14% | 5,976 | 49.54% | 23 | 0.19% | 16 | 0.13% | 73 | 0.61% | 12,064 |
| Saint Clair | 2,489 | 49.35% | 2,548 | 50.52% | 5 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.04% | -59 | -1.17% | 5,044 |
| Saint Francois | 7,276 | 53.73% | 6,234 | 46.03% | 23 | 0.17% | 9 | 0.07% | 1,042 | 7.69% | 13,542 |
| Saint Louis County | 62,684 | 47.00% | 69,592 | 52.17% | 700 | 0.52% | 407 | 0.31% | -6,908 | -5.18% | 133,383 |
| Saint Louis City | 220,654 | 64.19% | 120,656 | 35.10% | 1638 | 0.48% | 822 | 0.24% | 99,998 | 29.09% | 343,770 |
| Sainte Genevieve | 1,984 | 55.61% | 1,567 | 43.92% | 12 | 0.34% | 5 | 0.14% | 417 | 11.69% | 3,568 |
| Saline | 7,185 | 59.73% | 4,822 | 40.09% | 13 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.07% | 2,363 | 19.64% | 12,029 |
| Schuyler | 1,892 | 57.74% | 1,377 | 42.02% | 2 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.18% | 515 | 15.72% | 3,277 |
| Scotland | 2,451 | 59.02% | 1,693 | 40.77% | 8 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.02% | 758 | 18.25% | 4,153 |
| Scott | 8,266 | 76.52% | 2,519 | 23.32% | 8 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.09% | 5,747 | 53.20% | 10,803 |
| Shannon | 2,352 | 74.10% | 805 | 25.36% | 8 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.28% | 1,547 | 48.74% | 3,174 |
| Shelby | 3,400 | 71.43% | 1,348 | 28.32% | 11 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,052 | 43.11% | 4,760 |
| Stoddard | 7,029 | 69.12% | 3,117 | 30.65% | 17 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.06% | 3,912 | 38.47% | 10,169 |
| Stone | 892 | 28.58% | 2,222 | 71.20% | 5 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.06% | -1,330 | -42.61% | 3,121 |
| Sullivan | 3,443 | 52.23% | 3,140 | 47.63% | 5 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.06% | 303 | 4.60% | 6,592 |
| Taney | 1,427 | 37.58% | 2,361 | 62.18% | 6 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.08% | -934 | -24.60% | 3,797 |
| Texas | 4,664 | 58.34% | 3,320 | 41.53% | 6 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,344 | 16.81% | 7,994 |
| Vernon | 5,342 | 58.29% | 3,808 | 41.55% | 9 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.05% | 1,534 | 16.74% | 9,164 |
| Warren | 1,071 | 30.88% | 2,380 | 68.63% | 7 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.29% | -1,309 | -37.75% | 3,468 |
| Washington | 2,370 | 51.69% | 2,200 | 47.98% | 9 | 0.20% | 6 | 0.13% | 170 | 3.71% | 4,585 |
| Wayne | 2,695 | 58.16% | 1,937 | 41.80% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 758 | 16.36% | 4,634 |
| Webster | 3,292 | 47.78% | 3,581 | 51.97% | 9 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.12% | -289 | -4.19% | 6,890 |
| Worth | 1,563 | 57.21% | 1,162 | 42.53% | 4 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.11% | 401 | 14.68% | 2,732 |
| Wright | 2,505 | 41.35% | 3,542 | 58.47% | 8 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.05% | -1,037 | -17.12% | 6,058 |
| Totals | 917,315 | 58.11% | 655,039 | 41.50% | 3,998 | 0.25% | 2,222 | 0.14% | 262,276 | 16.61% | 1,578,574 |
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References
- "United States Presidential election of 1948 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 239-246 ISBN 0786422173
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)
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