1948 United States presidential election in Ohio
The 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 2, 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Ohio was narrowly won by Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman with 49.48% of the popular vote. Republican Party candidate Thomas E. Dewey received 49.24% of the popular vote. The state had previously gone to Dewey against Franklin D. Roosevelt four years earlier.
It was the closest state in the election.[1]
Results
| 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman | 1,452,791 | 49.48% | 25 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 1,445,684 | 49.24% | 0 | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 37,596 | 1.28% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,936,071 | 100.0% | 25 | ||
Results by county
| County | Harry S. Truman[2] Democratic |
Thomas E. Dewey Republican |
Henry A. Wallace Progressive |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 4,293 | 45.63% | 5,103 | 54.24% | 12 | 0.13% | -810 | -8.61% | 9,408 |
| Allen | 13,161 | 42.91% | 17,380 | 56.67% | 127 | 0.41% | -4,219 | -13.76% | 30,668 |
| Ashland | 6,095 | 42.95% | 8,027 | 56.56% | 69 | 0.49% | -1,932 | -13.61% | 14,191 |
| Ashtabula | 12,560 | 44.34% | 15,389 | 54.33% | 377 | 1.33% | -2,829 | -9.99% | 28,326 |
| Athens | 7,398 | 45.24% | 8,902 | 54.43% | 54 | 0.33% | -1,504 | -9.20% | 16,354 |
| Auglaize | 5,670 | 45.28% | 6,818 | 54.45% | 34 | 0.27% | -1,148 | -9.17% | 12,522 |
| Belmont | 23,217 | 62.51% | 13,283 | 35.76% | 643 | 1.73% | 9,934 | 26.75% | 37,143 |
| Brown | 5,140 | 56.49% | 3,931 | 43.20% | 28 | 0.31% | 1,209 | 13.29% | 9,099 |
| Butler | 24,276 | 52.78% | 21,393 | 46.52% | 322 | 0.70% | 2,883 | 6.27% | 45,991 |
| Carroll | 2,996 | 40.97% | 4,283 | 58.57% | 34 | 0.46% | -1,287 | -17.60% | 7,313 |
| Champaign | 4,585 | 41.31% | 6,492 | 58.49% | 23 | 0.21% | -1,907 | -17.18% | 11,100 |
| Clark | 17,236 | 47.99% | 18,548 | 51.64% | 133 | 0.37% | -1,312 | -3.65% | 35,917 |
| Clermont | 8,224 | 48.70% | 8,592 | 50.88% | 71 | 0.42% | -368 | -2.18% | 16,887 |
| Clinton | 3,758 | 38.35% | 6,009 | 61.32% | 32 | 0.33% | -2,251 | -22.97% | 9,799 |
| Columbiana | 16,588 | 48.03% | 17,724 | 51.32% | 226 | 0.65% | -1,136 | -3.29% | 34,538 |
| Coshocton | 6,457 | 47.36% | 7,096 | 52.05% | 81 | 0.59% | -639 | -4.69% | 13,634 |
| Crawford | 7,600 | 46.05% | 8,862 | 53.70% | 41 | 0.25% | -1,262 | -7.65% | 16,503 |
| Cuyahoga | 257,958 | 52.58% | 214,889 | 43.80% | 17,781 | 3.62% | 43,069 | 8.78% | 490,628 |
| Darke | 8,770 | 49.23% | 8,956 | 50.28% | 87 | 0.49% | -186 | -1.04% | 17,813 |
| Defiance | 4,454 | 42.79% | 5,927 | 56.94% | 28 | 0.27% | -1,473 | -14.15% | 10,409 |
| Delaware | 4,371 | 34.95% | 8,089 | 64.68% | 46 | 0.37% | -3,718 | -29.73% | 12,506 |
| Erie | 8,644 | 47.23% | 9,568 | 52.28% | 90 | 0.49% | -924 | -5.05% | 18,302 |
| Fairfield | 9,375 | 49.58% | 9,471 | 50.09% | 61 | 0.32% | -96 | -0.51% | 18,907 |
| Fayette | 3,513 | 41.85% | 4,865 | 57.95% | 17 | 0.20% | -1,352 | -16.10% | 8,395 |
| Franklin | 84,806 | 45.84% | 98,707 | 53.36% | 1,486 | 0.80% | -13,901 | -7.51% | 184,999 |
| Fulton | 2,672 | 28.95% | 6,523 | 70.67% | 35 | 0.38% | -3,851 | -41.72% | 9,230 |
| Gallia | 3,430 | 37.25% | 5,743 | 62.38% | 34 | 0.37% | -2,313 | -25.12% | 9,207 |
| Geauga | 2,960 | 34.33% | 5,535 | 64.20% | 127 | 1.47% | -2,575 | -29.87% | 8,622 |
| Greene | 8,970 | 49.02% | 9,186 | 50.20% | 144 | 0.79% | -216 | -1.18% | 18,300 |
| Guernsey | 6,639 | 46.17% | 7,651 | 53.21% | 90 | 0.63% | -1,012 | -7.04% | 14,380 |
| Hamilton | 135,290 | 46.91% | 151,055 | 52.37% | 2,068 | 0.72% | -15,765 | -5.47% | 288,413 |
| Hancock | 6,598 | 36.50% | 11,427 | 63.21% | 54 | 0.30% | -4,829 | -26.71% | 18,079 |
| Hardin | 5,474 | 42.21% | 7,441 | 57.38% | 52 | 0.40% | -1,967 | -15.17% | 12,967 |
| Harrison | 3,422 | 44.44% | 4,215 | 54.74% | 63 | 0.82% | -793 | -10.30% | 7,700 |
| Henry | 3,689 | 42.29% | 5,024 | 57.59% | 11 | 0.13% | -1,335 | -15.30% | 8,724 |
| Highland | 5,675 | 45.26% | 6,849 | 54.62% | 16 | 0.13% | -1,174 | -9.36% | 12,540 |
| Hocking | 4,462 | 54.34% | 3,733 | 45.46% | 17 | 0.21% | 729 | 8.88% | 8,212 |
| Holmes | 2,480 | 49.78% | 2,496 | 50.10% | 6 | 0.12% | -16 | -0.32% | 4,982 |
| Huron | 6,073 | 40.13% | 9,004 | 59.50% | 57 | 0.38% | -2,931 | -19.37% | 15,134 |
| Jackson | 5,059 | 46.52% | 5,782 | 53.17% | 33 | 0.30% | -723 | -6.65% | 10,874 |
| Jefferson | 23,725 | 61.77% | 14,230 | 37.05% | 454 | 1.18% | 9,495 | 24.72% | 38,409 |
| Knox | 6,120 | 41.48% | 8,607 | 58.33% | 28 | 0.19% | -2,487 | -16.86% | 14,755 |
| Lake | 10,844 | 44.98% | 12,973 | 53.81% | 291 | 1.21% | -2,129 | -8.83% | 24,108 |
| Lawrence | 9,495 | 53.69% | 8,113 | 45.88% | 76 | 0.43% | 1,382 | 7.81% | 17,684 |
| Licking | 12,511 | 45.07% | 15,164 | 54.62% | 87 | 0.31% | -2,653 | -9.56% | 27,762 |
| Logan | 5,149 | 38.70% | 8,118 | 61.01% | 38 | 0.29% | -2,969 | -22.31% | 13,305 |
| Lorain | 21,397 | 49.03% | 21,616 | 49.53% | 625 | 1.43% | -219 | -0.50% | 43,638 |
| Lucas | 74,064 | 51.85% | 66,798 | 46.76% | 1,991 | 1.39% | 7,266 | 5.09% | 142,853 |
| Madison | 3,356 | 41.46% | 4,730 | 58.44% | 8 | 0.10% | -1,374 | -16.98% | 8,094 |
| Mahoning | 62,468 | 61.76% | 37,365 | 36.94% | 1,313 | 1.30% | 25,103 | 24.82% | 101,146 |
| Marion | 8,223 | 44.20% | 10,333 | 55.54% | 50 | 0.27% | -2,110 | -11.34% | 18,606 |
| Medina | 5,133 | 34.88% | 9,462 | 64.29% | 122 | 0.83% | -4,329 | -29.41% | 14,717 |
| Meigs | 3,595 | 39.11% | 5,564 | 60.52% | 34 | 0.37% | -1,969 | -21.42% | 9,193 |
| Mercer | 5,928 | 52.92% | 5,266 | 47.01% | 8 | 0.07% | 662 | 5.91% | 11,202 |
| Miami | 10,066 | 43.29% | 13,100 | 56.33% | 89 | 0.38% | -3,034 | -13.05% | 23,255 |
| Monroe | 3,873 | 60.01% | 2,574 | 39.88% | 7 | 0.11% | 1,299 | 20.13% | 6,454 |
| Montgomery | 76,879 | 55.66% | 60,048 | 43.48% | 1,187 | 0.86% | 16,831 | 12.19% | 138,114 |
| Morgan | 1,783 | 33.79% | 3,480 | 65.96% | 13 | 0.25% | -1,697 | -32.16% | 5,276 |
| Morrow | 2,616 | 37.61% | 4,327 | 62.21% | 12 | 0.17% | -1,711 | -24.60% | 6,955 |
| Muskingum | 12,765 | 44.18% | 16,049 | 55.54% | 81 | 0.28% | -3,284 | -11.37% | 28,895 |
| Noble | 2,425 | 40.80% | 3,494 | 58.79% | 24 | 0.40% | -1,069 | -17.99% | 5,943 |
| Ottawa | 6,157 | 52.25% | 5,591 | 47.45% | 35 | 0.30% | 566 | 4.80% | 11,783 |
| Paulding | 2,512 | 41.11% | 3,579 | 58.58% | 19 | 0.31% | -1,067 | -17.46% | 6,110 |
| Perry | 5,264 | 47.89% | 5,692 | 51.78% | 36 | 0.33% | -428 | -3.89% | 10,992 |
| Pickaway | 5,290 | 51.55% | 4,965 | 48.38% | 7 | 0.07% | 325 | 3.17% | 10,262 |
| Pike | 4,516 | 63.06% | 2,639 | 36.85% | 6 | 0.08% | 1,877 | 26.21% | 7,161 |
| Portage | 11,987 | 50.21% | 11,621 | 48.67% | 268 | 1.12% | 366 | 1.53% | 23,876 |
| Preble | 4,656 | 44.28% | 5,837 | 55.51% | 23 | 0.22% | -1,181 | -11.23% | 10,516 |
| Putnam | 5,114 | 50.39% | 5,006 | 49.33% | 28 | 0.28% | 108 | 1.06% | 10,148 |
| Richland | 14,712 | 47.63% | 15,894 | 51.46% | 280 | 0.91% | -1,182 | -3.83% | 30,886 |
| Ross | 9,524 | 47.71% | 10,398 | 52.08% | 42 | 0.21% | -874 | -4.38% | 19,964 |
| Sandusky | 7,216 | 39.87% | 10,847 | 59.93% | 36 | 0.20% | -3,631 | -20.06% | 18,099 |
| Scioto | 17,923 | 51.43% | 16,800 | 48.20% | 129 | 0.37% | 1,123 | 3.22% | 34,852 |
| Seneca | 7,954 | 40.74% | 11,493 | 58.87% | 77 | 0.39% | -3,539 | -18.13% | 19,524 |
| Shelby | 6,939 | 56.06% | 5,406 | 43.68% | 32 | 0.26% | 1,533 | 12.39% | 12,377 |
| Stark | 47,533 | 47.46% | 51,482 | 51.40% | 1,135 | 1.13% | -3,949 | -3.94% | 100,150 |
| Summit | 78,096 | 55.41% | 60,174 | 42.69% | 2,680 | 1.90% | 17,922 | 12.72% | 140,950 |
| Trumbull | 37,097 | 58.52% | 25,297 | 39.91% | 998 | 1.57% | 11,800 | 18.61% | 63,392 |
| Tuscarawas | 14,799 | 55.19% | 11,873 | 44.27% | 145 | 0.54% | 2,926 | 10.91% | 26,817 |
| Union | 3,008 | 34.52% | 5,688 | 65.28% | 17 | 0.20% | -2,680 | -30.76% | 8,713 |
| Van Wert | 5,127 | 42.95% | 6,785 | 56.84% | 24 | 0.20% | -1,658 | -13.89% | 11,936 |
| Vinton | 2,016 | 46.29% | 2,323 | 53.34% | 16 | 0.37% | -307 | -7.05% | 4,355 |
| Warren | 5,793 | 43.20% | 7,584 | 56.56% | 32 | 0.24% | -1,791 | -13.36% | 13,409 |
| Washington | 7,542 | 42.05% | 10,349 | 57.70% | 45 | 0.25% | -2,807 | -15.65% | 17,936 |
| Wayne | 8,868 | 42.05% | 12,152 | 57.62% | 70 | 0.33% | -3,284 | -15.57% | 21,090 |
| Williams | 3,662 | 34.98% | 6,784 | 64.79% | 24 | 0.23% | -3,122 | -29.82% | 10,470 |
| Wood | 9,725 | 42.21% | 13,197 | 57.28% | 119 | 0.52% | -3,472 | -15.07% | 23,041 |
| Wyandot | 3,308 | 40.43% | 4,849 | 59.26% | 25 | 0.31% | -1,541 | -18.83% | 8,182 |
| Totals | 1,452,791 | 49.48% | 1,445,684 | 49.24% | 37,596 | 1.28% | 7,107 | 0.24% | 2,936,071 |
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References
- "1948 Presidential General Election Data – National". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
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