Thomas E. Dewey and The Election of 1948 Thomas E. Dewey was born and raised in Owosso, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1923, then obtained his degree from Columbia Law School in 1925. [1] While at the University of Michigan, he was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He was also a writer for The Michigan Daily. Dewey was a prosecutor in New York City in the 1930s.[1] In 1936 Dewey assisted in the indictment and conviction of Richard Whitney, the former president in the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Dewey received The Hundred Year Association of New York's Gold Medal Award "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York in 1936. Dewey was elected District Attorney of New York County in 1937. He was said to be an efficient and honest governor. He cut taxes, increased the state aid for education, raised salaries for state employees, and reduced the state's debt. He also put through the first state law in the United States that made it illegal to discriminate racially in employment. Governor Dewey signed the paper that created New York State University. Dewey also was a strong supporter of the death penalty. During his 12 years as Governor New York authority executed just under 100 people. Dewey ran for the 1940 Republican nomination, but ended up losing to Wendell Willkie. At …show more content…
The Republican platform promised "a vigorous enforcement of existing laws against Communists. Republicans also endorsed participation by the United States in the newly organized United Nations, despite the isolationist sentiments of the party's conservative wing. The Democrats and Progressives also endorsed using the United Nations as a means to achieve international peace, and questioned the Republican commitment to the organization by reminding voters that the Republican congress had refused Truman's request to grant the United Nations a
But Nixon's work on behalf of fellow Republicans over the next few years help him win the party's nomination for President in 1968. They were not only part of a country were lies we disrespectable but also loved it when Nixon ...
In Eric Foner’s book, The Story of American Freedom, he writes a historical monograph about how liberty came to be. In the book, his argument does not focus on one fixed definition of freedom like others are tempted to do. Unlike others, Foner describes liberty as an ever changing entity; its definition is fluid and does not change in a linear progress. While others portray liberty as a pre-determined concept and gradually getting better, Foner argues the very history of liberty is constantly reshaping the definition of liberty, itself. Essentially, the multiple and conflicting views on liberty has always been a “terrain of conflict” and has changed in time (Foner xv).
In the 1948 there had been a series of elections. In these elections Truman had began to face not
President Harry Truman had many big decisions to make. Those decisions would greatly affect Americans and people around the world. In one of the most important of Truman’s decisions, he persuaded the American people to act generously to the defeated nations. What he had in mind had never been done before in the history of t...
... Bobrick, Benson. Fight for Freedom: The American Revolutionary War. New York: Atheneum, 2004. Print.
A multitude of influential presidents have come and gone in America, although none like Harry S. Truman. This above average president is one to be recognized for his unbelievable achievements within political foreign policies and governing here in the states. Although first struggling to gain his balance after the sudden death of his predecessor, Truman remained loyal to the Unites States and proved to be one of the most charismatic, and beneficial presidents that the nation has ever seen. The influences of Truman’s early life and introduction to politics, as well as the unexpected win of presidency and constant failures and triumphs shaped this man’s life as well as those of the American people.
Boyer, Paul S. The Oxford Companion to United States History. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2006. Internet resource.
The election of 1972 was one of the largest landslide victories by a presidential candidate in United States history. President Nixon was reelected to the presidency by beating Senator George McGovern of South Dakota in an impressive victory. The Nixon landslide victory tied FDR’s 60.8 percent of the popular vote in 1936 for the second largest popular vote get in American history. Nixon’s 60.8 percent of the vote compared to McGovern’s 37.6 percent, a difference of 23.2 percent, was also the fourth largest margin of victory in a presidential election in United States History. Nixon not only won with an impressive popular vote margin, but he also won 49 of the 50 states’ electoral votes amounting to 520, while McGovern only received 17 electoral votes. He only won Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. The Nixon landslide victory cannot necceasarily be attributed to Nixon’s policy beliefs, but there are a number of factors which gave Nixon his impressive win. A possible realignment among the American electorate, McGovern being seen as having few leadership capabilities, along with McGovern’s possible failure to get his political message out to the American electorate, and a divide within the Democratic Party are all possible explanations for the Nixon landslide win.
...y successful tool which helped Truman’s campaign and gave him a chance to defeat Dewey. Truman’s Vice-Presidency acceptance speech was shorter than a minute.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of George W. Bush in a vote of 5-4. The Court’s decision defeated the suspense of who would end up being the 43rd president. The court said there was no way to hold an acceptable recount by the final election deadline, and that the Florida Supreme Court had violated the U.S. Constitution when it ordered recounts in only certain districts. In the end, this case was a very highly controversial moment in the U.S. Supreme Court’s history, naming George Bush the president of the United States of America. (phschools.com)
...ection Nixon went on to serve as Vice President for eight years, traveling abroad as a national ambassador. Nixon won the Republican nomination for the upcoming presidential election and competed against John F. Kennedy. Nixon lost the election to Kennedy and went back to California to run for Governor in 1962. He ran against Pat Brown and ended up losing the election. Nixon’s political career took a break for awhile after his lose for Governor. After a break from politics Nixon announced that he was going to run for president in 1968, he selected Spiro Agnew the Governor of Maryland for his running mate. In his campaign Nixon promised to end the Vietnam War that had been going on for 11 years. His promised and familiarity to the people helped him to win the election against Hubert Humphrey and by a narrow margin became the President of the United States.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy had won the 1961 election due in large part to his positions on the Cold War and anti-Communist speech. Conflict in Vietnam had initially calmed, but then escalated toward the end of Eisenhower’s presidency. The new administration faced tough decisions concerning U.S. involvement in Indochina.
Long attended Tulane University Law School in 1914, he completed the course in only eight months obtaining a degree. Huey failed most of his classes, but this never deterred him. He petitioned to be able to take the Bar exam, and passed making it that any other people who want to be a lawyer must go to law school before taking the Bar. Even before becoming a politician he was changing laws. As an attorney Huey usually defended the underdog, this would transfer over to his career in politics. He was a member of the Democratic Party, Long went against the involvement...
Dewey, John, and Reginald D. Archambault. John Dewey on education; selected writings.. New York: Modern Library, 1964. Print.
“Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.” – Hubert Humphrey