On the morning after the election, according to Truman’s historian, Americans rose to news of the most surprising comeback in presidential election history. In Missouri, Truman learned of his victory ...

The Chicago Daily Tribune been decidedly against incumbent President Truman. They'd even gone so far as to call him a ...

Governor Thomas E. Dewey conceded today that President Truman had been elected in the closest presidential race in 32 years.

On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected results in U.S. presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeated the heavily favored Republican governor of New York, Thomas ...