1948 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1948 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in Indiana 1944 1952 United States presidential election in Indiana 1952 67.2%Madison 1986 330 4.5 pp November 2, 1948 200x200px Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 13 821,079 49.58% Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Missouri Alben W. Barkley 0 807,833 48.78% 180px 180px County results Dewey #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Truman #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey and the governor of California Earl Warren defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Harry S. Truman and the senior U.S. senator from Kentucky Alben W. Barkley. Truman defeated Dewey in the national election with 303 electoral votes.Petersen 1963 103 General election Statistics 2020 11 As of 2024 presidential election, this remains the most recent presidential election in which the Democratic ticket carried Johnson County, Indiana.Sullivan 2016 Results 1948 United States presidential election in IndianaIndiana 1948 1,226–27 Thomas E. DeweyEarl Warren Republican Party (United States) 821,079 49.58 2.80 Harry S. TrumanAlben W. Barkley Democratic Party (United States) 807,833 48.78 2.05 Claude A. WatsonDale H. Learn Prohibition Party 14,711 0.89 0.14 Henry A. WallaceGlen H. Taylor Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955) 9,649 0.58 0.58 Norman ThomasTucker P. Smith Socialist Party of America 2,179 0.13 Edward A. TeichertStephen Emery Socialist Labor Party of America 763 0.05 0.05 1,656,214 100.00 Results by county + 1948 United States presidential election in Indiana by countyIndiana 1948 1,226–27 County Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Claude A. WatsonProhibition Henry A. WallaceProgressive Others Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Adams 4,832 50.10% 4,640 48.11% 143 1.48% 22 0.23% 8 0.08% 192 1.99% 9,645 Allen 37,494 54.00% 31,239 44.99% 224 0.32% 335 0.48% 144 0.21% 6,255 9.01% 69,436 Bartholomew 7,804 48.74% 7,960 49.71% 203 1.27% 29 0.18% 16 0.10% -156 -0.97% 16,012 Benton 3,224 57.88% 2,317 41.60% 20 0.36% 6 0.11% 3 0.06% 907 16.28% 5,570 Blackford 2,840 42.76% 3,611 54.37% 152 2.29% 24 0.36% 14 0.21% -771 -11.61% 6,641 Boone 6,450 55.67% 5,037 43.47% 71 0.61% 20 0.17% 8 0.07% 1,413 12.20% 11,586 Brown 1,092 41.54% 1,459 55.50% 50 1.90% 19 0.72% 9 0.35% -367 -13.96% 2,629 Carroll 4,597 53.99% 3,845 45.16% 53 0.62% 17 0.20% 2 0.02% 752 8.83% 8,514 Cass 9,105 46.97% 10,086 52.03% 103 0.53% 68 0.35% 23 0.12% -981 -5.06% 19,385 Clark 7,001 38.57% 10,953 60.34% 120 0.66% 39 0.21% 40 0.22% -3,952 -21.77% 18,153 Clay 5,654 47.49% 5,965 50.10% 175 1.47% 90 0.76% 21 0.18% -311 -2.61% 11,905 Clinton 7,762 52.02% 7,001 46.92% 114 0.76% 31 0.21% 13 0.09% 761 5.10% 14,921 Crawford 2,427 46.97% 2,625 50.80% 101 1.95% 9 0.17% 5 0.10% -198 -3.83% 5,167 Daviess 7,030 53.89% 5,867 44.98% 85 0.65% 36 0.28% 26 0.20% 1,163 8.91% 13,044 Dearborn 5,353 46.70% 6,040 52.70% 49 0.43% 14 0.12% 6 0.05% -687 -6.00% 11,462 Decatur 5,163 56.95% 3,808 42.00% 79 0.87% 11 0.12% 5 0.05% 1,355 14.95% 9,066 DeKalb 6,941 54.86% 5,439 42.99% 228 1.80% 36 0.28% 8 0.07% 1,502 11.87% 12,652 Delaware 15,662 46.72% 17,060 50.89% 617 1.84% 136 0.41% 50 0.15% -1,398 -4.17% 33,525 Dubois 4,295 39.30% 6,564 60.07% 33 0.30% 26 0.24% 10 0.09% -2,269 -20.77% 10,928 Elkhart 18,999 56.68% 13,703 40.88% 586 1.75% 160 0.48% 69 0.20% 5,296 15.80% 33,517 Fayette 5,399 47.62% 5,876 51.83% 41 0.36% 18 0.16% 4 0.04% -477 -4.21% 11,338 Floyd 8,367 43.76% 10,593 55.40% 95 0.50% 53 0.28% 13 0.07% -2,226 -11.64% 19,121 Fountain 5,186 54.76% 4,215 44.50% 43 0.45% 24 0.25% 3 0.03% 971 10.26% 9,471 Franklin 3,566 55.13% 2,860 44.22% 30 0.46% 11 0.17% 1 0.02% 706 10.91% 6,468 Fulton 4,930 58.70% 3,233 38.50% 202 2.41% 23 0.27% 10 0.12% 1,697 20.20% 8,398 Gibson 7,431 47.30% 7,988 50.85% 197 1.25% 64 0.41% 29 0.19% -557 -3.55% 15,709 Grant 13,138 50.31% 12,212 46.76% 666 2.55% 70 0.27% 29 0.11% 926 3.55% 26,115 Greene 7,453 48.20% 7,709 49.85% 188 1.22% 85 0.55% 28 0.18% -256 -1.65% 15,463 Hamilton 7,521 62.12% 4,384 36.21% 164 1.35% 31 0.26% 7 0.06% 3,137 25.91% 12,107 Hancock 4,721 48.05% 4,948 50.36% 134 1.36% 20 0.20% 3 0.03% -227 -2.31% 9,826 Harrison 4,104 46.90% 4,465 51.02% 162 1.85% 14 0.16% 6 0.07% -361 -4.12% 8,751 Hendricks 6,327 59.23% 4,280 40.07% 46 0.43% 20 0.19% 9 0.08% 2,047 19.16% 10,682 Henry 10,487 54.00% 8,523 43.89% 322 1.66% 52 0.27% 37 0.19% 1,964 10.11% 19,421 Howard 10,874 44.64% 12,937 53.10% 404 1.66% 119 0.49% 28 0.11% -2,063 -8.46% 24,362 Huntington 8,178 52.01% 7,202 45.81% 266 1.69% 48 0.31% 29 0.19% 976 6.20% 15,723 Jackson 6,062 45.00% 7,258 53.88% 117 0.87% 31 0.23% 3 0.02% -1,196 -8.88% 13,471 Jasper 4,320 65.42% 2,216 33.56% 19 0.29% 36 0.55% 12 0.19% 2,104 31.86% 6,603 Jay 5,635 49.25% 5,520 48.24% 245 2.14% 35 0.31% 7 0.06% 115 1.01% 11,442 Jefferson 5,166 53.79% 4,302 44.79% 102 1.06% 16 0.17% 18 0.19% 864 9.00% 9,604 Jennings 3,485 52.52% 3,084 46.47% 52 0.78% 11 0.17% 4 0.06% 401 6.05% 6,636 Johnson 6,151 49.39% 6,216 49.91% 45 0.36% 31 0.25% 9 0.07% -65 -0.52% 12,454 Knox 9,250 43.67% 11,650 55.00% 153 0.72% 102 0.48% 27 0.12% -2,400 -11.33% 21,182 Kosciusko 9,327 62.79% 5,102 34.35% 364 2.45% 42 0.28% 20 0.13% 4,225 28.44% 14,855 LaGrange 3,106 63.82% 1,628 33.45% 114 2.34% 11 0.23% 8 0.16% 1,478 30.37% 4,867 Lake 51,413 38.77% 77,025 58.09% 626 0.47% 3,073 2.32% 458 0.34% -25,612 -19.32% 132,595 LaPorte 15,661 52.45% 13,923 46.63% 97 0.32% 137 0.46% 41 0.14% 1,738 5.82% 29,859 Lawrence 8,643 58.13% 6,131 41.23% 74 0.50% 16 0.11% 5 0.03% 2,512 16.90% 14,869 Madison 18,917 43.04% 24,439 55.61% 341 0.78% 205 0.47% 46 0.10% -5,522 -12.57% 43,948 Marion 103,603 50.78% 97,915 47.99% 956 0.47% 1,184 0.58% 355 0.18% 5,688 2.79% 204,013 Marshall 7,873 56.97% 5,661 40.97% 210 1.52% 59 0.43% 16 0.12% 2,212 16.00% 13,819 Martin 2,230 43.96% 2,788 54.96% 40 0.79% 9 0.18% 6 0.12% -558 -11.00% 5,073 Miami 7,083 51.09% 6,538 47.16% 184 1.33% 51 0.37% 7 0.05% 545 3.93% 13,863 Monroe 9,579 54.64% 7,375 42.07% 307 1.75% 177 1.01% 94 0.53% 2,204 12.57% 17,532 Montgomery 7,890 58.28% 5,492 40.57% 121 0.89% 20 0.15% 14 0.10% 2,398 17.71% 13,537 Morgan 5,677 55.13% 4,428 43.00% 147 1.43% 33 0.32% 12 0.12% 1,249 12.13% 10,297 Newton 3,312 68.36% 1,483 30.61% 17 0.35% 29 0.60% 4 0.08% 1,829 37.75% 4,845 Noble 6,503 57.33% 4,676 41.22% 128 1.13% 23 0.20% 14 0.12% 1,827 16.11% 11,344 Ohio 1,031 46.55% 1,173 52.96% 9 0.41% 2 0.09% 0 0.00% -142 -6.41% 2,215 Orange 4,574 57.03% 3,359 41.88% 79 0.98% 7 0.09% 2 0.02% 1,215 15.15% 8,021 Owen 3,002 51.14% 2,738 46.64% 95 1.62% 28 0.48% 7 0.12% 264 4.50% 5,870 Parke 4,326 53.33% 3,681 45.38% 41 0.51% 54 0.67% 10 0.13% 645 7.95% 8,112 Perry 3,761 45.02% 4,569 54.69% 12 0.14% 9 0.11% 3 0.04% -808 -9.67% 8,354 Pike 3,696 49.60% 3,596 48.26% 116 1.56% 33 0.44% 11 0.15% 100 1.34% 7,452 Porter 8,907 62.21% 5,161 36.05% 52 0.36% 115 0.80% 83 0.58% 3,746 26.16% 14,318 Posey 3,879 44.43% 4,729 54.16% 95 1.09% 12 0.14% 14 0.16% -850 -9.73% 8,731 Pulaski 3,039 50.72% 2,736 45.66% 185 3.09% 22 0.37% 10 0.16% 303 5.06% 5,992 Putnam 5,072 50.91% 4,814 48.32% 40 0.40% 23 0.23% 14 0.14% 258 2.59% 9,963 Randolph 7,122 57.96% 4,655 37.89% 456 3.71% 34 0.28% 20 0.16% 2,467 20.07% 12,287 Ripley 5,313 53.34% 4,574 45.92% 57 0.57% 13 0.13% 4 0.04% 739 7.42% 9,961 Rush 5,362 57.53% 3,814 40.92% 127 1.36% 14 0.15% 4 0.04% 1,548 16.61% 9,321 St. Joseph 39,593 43.58% 49,866 54.89% 367 0.40% 783 0.86% 237 0.26% -10,273 -11.31% 90,846 Scott 2,429 43.11% 3,128 55.51% 57 1.01% 17 0.30% 4 0.07% -699 -12.40% 5,635 Shelby 6,068 45.54% 6,992 52.48% 235 1.76% 23 0.17% 6 0.05% -924 -6.94% 13,324 Spencer 4,496 51.52% 4,163 47.71% 56 0.64% 4 0.05% 7 0.08% 333 3.81% 8,726 Starke 3,518 50.55% 3,312 47.59% 34 0.49% 82 1.18% 14 0.20% 206 2.96% 6,960 Steuben 4,341 67.28% 1,996 30.94% 78 1.21% 27 0.42% 10 0.15% 2,345 36.34% 6,452 Sullivan 4,824 40.88% 6,705 56.82% 100 0.85% 141 1.19% 31 0.26% -1,881 -15.94% 11,801 Switzerland 1,839 43.30% 2,375 55.92% 28 0.66% 5 0.12% 0 0.00% -536 -12.62% 4,247 Tippecanoe 17,034 60.60% 10,825 38.51% 66 0.23% 106 0.38% 76 0.27% 6,209 22.09% 28,107 Tipton 4,169 50.78% 3,925 47.81% 84 1.02% 20 0.24% 12 0.14% 244 2.97% 8,210 Union 1,859 63.25% 1,049 35.69% 26 0.88% 3 0.10% 2 0.07% 810 27.56% 2,939 Vanderburgh 27,584 45.25% 32,640 53.55% 391 0.64% 190 0.31% 151 0.25% -5,056 -8.30% 60,956 Vermillion 4,685 45.03% 5,426 52.15% 61 0.59% 198 1.90% 34 0.32% -741 -7.12% 10,404 Vigo 19,049 41.81% 25,906 56.86% 192 0.42% 298 0.65% 119 0.26% -6,857 -15.05% 45,564 Wabash 8,149 61.53% 4,692 35.42% 288 2.17% 77 0.58% 39 0.29% 3,457 26.11% 13,245 Warren 2,444 63.17% 1,391 35.95% 27 0.70% 6 0.16% 1 0.03% 1,053 27.22% 3,869 Warrick 4,602 48.75% 4,750 50.32% 46 0.49% 28 0.30% 14 0.15% -148 -1.57% 9,440 Washington 3,660 47.18% 4,033 51.99% 46 0.59% 16 0.21% 2 0.03% -373 -4.81% 7,757 Wayne 15,445 57.81% 10,749 40.23% 358 1.34% 86 0.32% 78 0.29% 4,696 17.58% 26,716 Wells 4,288 47.15% 4,726 51.97% 52 0.57% 20 0.22% 8 0.09% -438 -4.82% 9,094 White 4,911 55.72% 3,849 43.67% 38 0.43% 10 0.11% 5 0.06% 1,062 12.05% 8,813 Whitley 4,715 51.88% 4,240 46.65% 92 1.01% 32 0.35% 10 0.11% 475 5.23% 9,089 TOTAL 821,079 49.58% 807,833 48.78% 14,711 0.89% 9,649 0.58% 2,942 0.18% 13,246 0.80% 1,656,214 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 10em Bartholomew Cass Clay Crawford Dearborn Fayette Gibson Greene Hancock Harrison Howard Jackson Johnson Ohio Perry Posey Shelby Vermillion Warrick Washington Wells See also United States presidential elections in Indiana References Bibliography Indiana Year Book of the State of Indiana for the Year 1948 1948 Division of Accounting and Statistics [Indianapolis] https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015053633718&seq=1 Madison James H. The Indiana Way: A State History 1986 Indiana University Press Bloomington https://archive.org/details/indianawaystate00madi Petersen Svend A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections 1963 Frederick Ungar Publishing Company New York 62-21786 https://archive.org/details/statisticalhisto00pete Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved over the Past Century https://www.americamagazine.org/unconventional-wisdom/2016/06/29/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century/ America June 29, 2016 Indiana 1948 Category:1948 Indiana elections Category:Long stubs with short prose