1948 Republican Party presidential primaries

From March 9 to June 1, 1948, voters of the Republican Party elected delegates to the 1948 Republican National Convention, in part to choose the party nominee for president in the 1948 United States presidential election.

1948 Republican Party presidential primaries

March 9 to June 1, 1948

1,092 delegates to the Republican National Convention
547 (majority) votes needed to win
 
Candidate Thomas E. Dewey Harold Stassen Robert A. Taft
Home state New York Minnesota Ohio
Delegate count 434 157 224
Contests won 2 4 1
Popular vote 330,799 627,321 464,741
Percentage 11.6% 22.0% 16.3%

     Dewey      Taft      Stassen      Various

Previous Republican nominee

Thomas E. Dewey

Republican nominee

Thomas E. Dewey

The 1948 Republican National Convention was held from June 21 to June 25, 1948, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey was nominated for president and California Governor Earl Warren was nominated for vice president. Dewey and Warren went on to lose the general election to the Democratic Party's ticket of incumbent President Harry S. Truman and Kentucky senator Alben W. Barkley

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