1948 United States presidential election in Ohio

none June 2025 September 2023 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio Ohio 1912 presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in Ohio 1944 1952 United States presidential election in Ohio 1952 November 2, 1948 x200px Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Missouri Alben W. Barkley 25 1,452,791 49.48% Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 0 1,445,684 49.24% 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio results map by county.svg 250px County results Truman #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Dewey #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) 1948 United States presidential election The 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ohio was narrowly won by Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman with 49.48% of the popular vote. Republican Party candidate Thomas E. Dewey received 49.24% of the popular vote. The state had previously gone to Dewey against Franklin D. Roosevelt four years earlier. Furthermore, Truman won Ohio with a smaller share of the vote than Roosevelt had lost it with four years prior, made possible by Dewey's weaker performance than in 1944 in the state. To date, this is the last time a Democrat won Ohio but lost neighboring Pennsylvania; it is also the last time Ohio voted more Democratic than Pennsylvania. This was the closest margin of any state in the election.1948 Presidential General Election Data – National Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=1948&datatype=national&def=1&f=0&off=0&elect=0 On June 4, 1948, Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel attempted to block the Progressives from appearing on the ballot citing a 1941 law prohibiting "parties or groups engaged in un-American activities". He claimed that three of Wallace's campaigners in the state were communists. The Progressives sued and the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled in their favor. The Progressives chose to petition to place Wallace onto the ballot as an independent as the option for creating a party required 500,000 signatures. Hummel rejected their petition claiming that independents could not appear on the presidential ballot, but the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled in favor of the Progressives. Voters would have to vote for all 25 Wallace electors individually rather than using the straight party option available for the major parties.Schmidt 1960 143-145 Results 1948 United States presidential election in OhioPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Harry S. Truman (incumbent) 1,452,791 49.48% 25 Republican Thomas E. Dewey 1,445,684 49.24% 0 Progressive Henry A. Wallace 37,596 1.28% 0 Totals 2,936,071 100.0% 25 Results by county County Harry S. TrumanGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1948.htm 1948 Presidential Election Popular VoteDemocratic Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Henry A. WallaceProgressive Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Adams 4,293 45.63% 5,103 54.24% 12 0.13% -810 -8.61% 9,408 Allen 13,161 42.91% 17,380 56.67% 127 0.41% -4,219 -13.76% 30,668 Ashland 6,095 42.95% 8,027 56.56% 69 0.49% -1,932 -13.61% 14,191 Ashtabula 12,560 44.34% 15,389 54.33% 377 1.33% -2,829 -9.99% 28,326 Athens 7,398 45.24% 8,902 54.43% 54 0.33% -1,504 -9.20% 16,354 Auglaize 5,670 45.28% 6,818 54.45% 34 0.27% -1,148 -9.17% 12,522 Belmont 23,217 62.51% 13,283 35.76% 643 1.73% 9,934 26.75% 37,143 Brown 5,140 56.49% 3,931 43.20% 28 0.31% 1,209 13.29% 9,099 Butler 24,276 52.78% 21,393 46.52% 322 0.70% 2,883 6.27% 45,991 Carroll 2,996 40.97% 4,283 58.57% 34 0.46% -1,287 -17.60% 7,313 Champaign 4,585 41.31% 6,492 58.49% 23 0.21% -1,907 -17.18% 11,100 Clark 17,236 47.99% 18,548 51.64% 133 0.37% -1,312 -3.65% 35,917 Clermont 8,224 48.70% 8,592 50.88% 71 0.42% -368 -2.18% 16,887 Clinton 3,758 38.35% 6,009 61.32% 32 0.33% -2,251 -22.97% 9,799 Columbiana 16,588 48.03% 17,724 51.32% 226 0.65% -1,136 -3.29% 34,538 Coshocton 6,457 47.36% 7,096 52.05% 81 0.59% -639 -4.69% 13,634 Crawford 7,600 46.05% 8,862 53.70% 41 0.25% -1,262 -7.65% 16,503 Cuyahoga 257,958 52.58% 214,889 43.80% 17,781 3.62% 43,069 8.78% 490,628 Darke 8,770 49.23% 8,956 50.28% 87 0.49% -186 -1.04% 17,813 Defiance 4,454 42.79% 5,927 56.94% 28 0.27% -1,473 -14.15% 10,409 Delaware 4,371 34.95% 8,089 64.68% 46 0.37% -3,718 -29.73% 12,506 Erie 8,644 47.23% 9,568 52.28% 90 0.49% -924 -5.05% 18,302 Fairfield 9,375 49.58% 9,471 50.09% 61 0.32% -96 -0.51% 18,907 Fayette 3,513 41.85% 4,865 57.95% 17 0.20% -1,352 -16.10% 8,395 Franklin 84,806 45.84% 98,707 53.36% 1,486 0.80% -13,901 -7.51% 184,999 Fulton 2,672 28.95% 6,523 70.67% 35 0.38% -3,851 -41.72% 9,230 Gallia 3,430 37.25% 5,743 62.38% 34 0.37% -2,313 -25.12% 9,207 Geauga 2,960 34.33% 5,535 64.20% 127 1.47% -2,575 -29.87% 8,622 Greene 8,970 49.02% 9,186 50.20% 144 0.79% -216 -1.18% 18,300 Guernsey 6,639 46.17% 7,651 53.21% 90 0.63% -1,012 -7.04% 14,380 Hamilton 135,290 46.91% 151,055 52.37% 2,068 0.72% -15,765 -5.47% 288,413 Hancock 6,598 36.50% 11,427 63.21% 54 0.30% -4,829 -26.71% 18,079 Hardin 5,474 42.21% 7,441 57.38% 52 0.40% -1,967 -15.17% 12,967 Harrison 3,422 44.44% 4,215 54.74% 63 0.82% -793 -10.30% 7,700 Henry 3,689 42.29% 5,024 57.59% 11 0.13% -1,335 -15.30% 8,724 Highland 5,675 45.26% 6,849 54.62% 16 0.13% -1,174 -9.36% 12,540 Hocking 4,462 54.34% 3,733 45.46% 17 0.21% 729 8.88% 8,212 Holmes 2,480 49.78% 2,496 50.10% 6 0.12% -16 -0.32% 4,982 Huron 6,073 40.13% 9,004 59.50% 57 0.38% -2,931 -19.37% 15,134 Jackson 5,059 46.52% 5,782 53.17% 33 0.30% -723 -6.65% 10,874 Jefferson 23,725 61.77% 14,230 37.05% 454 1.18% 9,495 24.72% 38,409 Knox 6,120 41.48% 8,607 58.33% 28 0.19% -2,487 -16.86% 14,755 Lake 10,844 44.98% 12,973 53.81% 291 1.21% -2,129 -8.83% 24,108 Lawrence 9,495 53.69% 8,113 45.88% 76 0.43% 1,382 7.81% 17,684 Licking 12,511 45.07% 15,164 54.62% 87 0.31% -2,653 -9.56% 27,762 Logan 5,149 38.70% 8,118 61.01% 38 0.29% -2,969 -22.31% 13,305 Lorain 21,397 49.03% 21,616 49.53% 625 1.43% -219 -0.50% 43,638 Lucas 74,064 51.85% 66,798 46.76% 1,991 1.39% 7,266 5.09% 142,853 Madison 3,356 41.46% 4,730 58.44% 8 0.10% -1,374 -16.98% 8,094 Mahoning 62,468 61.76% 37,365 36.94% 1,313 1.30% 25,103 24.82% 101,146 Marion 8,223 44.20% 10,333 55.54% 50 0.27% -2,110 -11.34% 18,606 Medina 5,133 34.88% 9,462 64.29% 122 0.83% -4,329 -29.41% 14,717 Meigs 3,595 39.11% 5,564 60.52% 34 0.37% -1,969 -21.42% 9,193 Mercer 5,928 52.92% 5,266 47.01% 8 0.07% 662 5.91% 11,202 Miami 10,066 43.29% 13,100 56.33% 89 0.38% -3,034 -13.05% 23,255 Monroe 3,873 60.01% 2,574 39.88% 7 0.11% 1,299 20.13% 6,454 Montgomery 76,879 55.66% 60,048 43.48% 1,187 0.86% 16,831 12.19% 138,114 Morgan 1,783 33.79% 3,480 65.96% 13 0.25% -1,697 -32.16% 5,276 Morrow 2,616 37.61% 4,327 62.21% 12 0.17% -1,711 -24.60% 6,955 Muskingum 12,765 44.18% 16,049 55.54% 81 0.28% -3,284 -11.37% 28,895 Noble 2,425 40.80% 3,494 58.79% 24 0.40% -1,069 -17.99% 5,943 Ottawa 6,157 52.25% 5,591 47.45% 35 0.30% 566 4.80% 11,783 Paulding 2,512 41.11% 3,579 58.58% 19 0.31% -1,067 -17.46% 6,110 Perry 5,264 47.89% 5,692 51.78% 36 0.33% -428 -3.89% 10,992 Pickaway 5,290 51.55% 4,965 48.38% 7 0.07% 325 3.17% 10,262 Pike 4,516 63.06% 2,639 36.85% 6 0.08% 1,877 26.21% 7,161 Portage 11,987 50.21% 11,621 48.67% 268 1.12% 366 1.53% 23,876 Preble 4,656 44.28% 5,837 55.51% 23 0.22% -1,181 -11.23% 10,516 Putnam 5,114 50.39% 5,006 49.33% 28 0.28% 108 1.06% 10,148 Richland 14,712 47.63% 15,894 51.46% 280 0.91% -1,182 -3.83% 30,886 Ross 9,524 47.71% 10,398 52.08% 42 0.21% -874 -4.38% 19,964 Sandusky 7,216 39.87% 10,847 59.93% 36 0.20% -3,631 -20.06% 18,099 Scioto 17,923 51.43% 16,800 48.20% 129 0.37% 1,123 3.22% 34,852 Seneca 7,954 40.74% 11,493 58.87% 77 0.39% -3,539 -18.13% 19,524 Shelby 6,939 56.06% 5,406 43.68% 32 0.26% 1,533 12.39% 12,377 Stark 47,533 47.46% 51,482 51.40% 1,135 1.13% -3,949 -3.94% 100,150 Summit 78,096 55.41% 60,174 42.69% 2,680 1.90% 17,922 12.72% 140,950 Trumbull 37,097 58.52% 25,297 39.91% 998 1.57% 11,800 18.61% 63,392 Tuscarawas 14,799 55.19% 11,873 44.27% 145 0.54% 2,926 10.91% 26,817 Union 3,008 34.52% 5,688 65.28% 17 0.20% -2,680 -30.76% 8,713 Van Wert 5,127 42.95% 6,785 56.84% 24 0.20% -1,658 -13.89% 11,936 Vinton 2,016 46.29% 2,323 53.34% 16 0.37% -307 -7.05% 4,355 Warren 5,793 43.20% 7,584 56.56% 32 0.24% -1,791 -13.36% 13,409 Washington 7,542 42.05% 10,349 57.70% 45 0.25% -2,807 -15.65% 17,936 Wayne 8,868 42.05% 12,152 57.62% 70 0.33% -3,284 -15.57% 21,090 Williams 3,662 34.98% 6,784 64.79% 24 0.23% -3,122 -29.82% 10,470 Wood 9,725 42.21% 13,197 57.28% 119 0.52% -3,472 -15.07% 23,041 Wyandot 3,308 40.43% 4,849 59.26% 25 0.31% -1,541 -18.83% 8,182Totals1,452,79149.48%1,445,68449.24%37,5961.28%7,1070.24%2,936,071 See also United States presidential elections in Ohio References Works cited Schmidt Karl Henry A. Wallace: Quixotic Crusade 1948 Syracuse University Press 1960 978-0-8156-0020-6 https://archive.org/details/henryawallacequi0000karl Ohio 1948 Category:1948 Ohio elections