1948 Republican Party presidential primaries

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1948 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1944 March 9 to June 1, 1948 1952 →
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%
First place by first-instance vote First place by convention roll call      Dewey      Taft      Stassen      Various[a]
Previous Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey

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.

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.^[1] 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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