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The 1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 13, 1948, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1948 presidential election. The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates ...
Democratic nominee Harry S. Truman From March 9 to June 1, 1948, voters of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1948 Democratic National Convention where the party chose its nominee for president in the 1948 United States presidential election . [ 1 ]
Attorney General Democratic primary [2] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Ivan A. Elliott: 283,831 : 51.85 : ... 1948 Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts election;
In 1948, the Republican and Democratic parties did something unthinkable in today's climate of ferocious political animosity: They not only held their national conventions in the same city but ...
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to the presidency upon his predecessor's death and be elected to a full term.
Pages in category "1948 Illinois elections" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... 1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primary; G.
Democratic state Rep. Lance Yednock, of Ottawa, is stepping down from his seat representing a narrow J-shaped district that ranges from DeKalb south and then west along the Illinois River valley.
In November 1947, Democratic political strategist James H. Rowe wrote a memo titled "The Politics of 1948", highlighting the challenges and the road map for Truman's campaign. [28] Clifford edited and presented the forty-three page confidential memo to Truman, [ 29 ] [ 28 ] which stated: "The Democratic Party is an unhappy alliance of Southern ...