1948 United States presidential election in Texas

none June 2025 September 2023 1948 United States presidential election in Texas Texas presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in Texas 1944 November 2, 1948 1952 United States presidential election in Texas 1952 x160px Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Missouri Alben W. Barkley 23 824,235 65.96% Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 0 303,467 24.29% Strom Thurmond 1948 (cropped).jpg Strom Thurmond States' Rights Democratic FF9955 South Carolina Fielding L. Wright 0 113,776 9.11% 350px 350px County results Truman #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% Dewey #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #aa0000 80–90% 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 Texas was held on November 2, 1948. Texas voters chose 23 electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which chose the president and vice president. As a former Confederate state, Texas had a history of Jim Crow laws, disenfranchisement of its African-American and Mexican-American populations, and single-party Democratic rule outside a few Unionist German-American counties (chiefly Gillespie and Kendall) of Central Texas. However, President Harry S. Truman was attempting to launch a civil rights bill, involving desegregation of the military, which led to severe opposition from Southern Democrats, who aimed to have South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond listed as Democratic presidential nominee and Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright as the vice-presidential nominee. Thurmond, whose ticket was formally called the States' Rights Democratic Party and more popularly known as the Dixiecrats, was leading Truman in early polls even in the major metropolitan counties of Dallas and Harris, which suggested he would claim the state.Truman Bad 2d in Texas County Vote Chicago Tribune August 29, 1948 1 Texas' large number of electoral votes made it a coveted prize in Thurmond's quest to take the election into the House of Representatives.Frederickson Kari The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968 January 14, 2003 158 Univ of North Carolina Press 0807875449 At the time of this poll it remained uncertain as to whether Truman or Thurmond would be the official Democratic nominee in Texas.Texas Rebels Hail Victory over Truman: Thurmond Wins Nod in 3 Counties Chicago Tribune August 30, 1948 3 Unlike Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Carolina or Virginia, Texas did not have a major threat from the Republican Party to block local Democratic support for Thurmond,Key Valdimer Orlando Southern Politics in State and Nation 336 Alfred A. Knopf 1949 but it had only a third the proportion of blacks found in Mississippi or South Carolina.Key. Southern Politics, p. 254 More critically, Texas' party hierarchy was dominated by Truman loyalists,Cohodas Nadine Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change 1994 182 Mercer University Press 0865544468 most critically Governor Beauford Jester, and by mid-September it was clear that Truman would be the official Democratic nominee in Texas. Truman campaigned in Texas during late September, ignoring civil rights and focusing entirely upon Dewey.Truman, in Texas, Ducks Civil Rights: President Ignores Challenge From Gov. Thurmond, Attacks GOP on Power Policy Los Angeles Times September 26, 1948 8 The President's criticism of Dewey was largely focused on improving the transmission of hydroelectric power from dams at lower rates than Dewey had planned. Thurmond won 10% of white voters.Black Black 1992 147 Polls SourceRankingAs ofChattanooga Daily TimesGallup George Only Four States Go to Dixiecrats Chattanooga Daily Times Chattanooga, Tennessee October 15, 1948 6-ACertain DOctober 15, 1948The Montgomery AdvertiserDuckworth Allen Texas The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama 16 October 24, 1948Safe DOctober 24, 1948The Miami NewsDuckworth Allen October 25, 1948 Texas 8 The Miami News Miami, FloridaSafe DOctober 25, 1948Mount Vernon ArgusTucker Ray Truman Whistling in a White House Graveyard, Says Tucker, Predicting It'll Be a Dewey Sweep Mount Vernon Argus Mount Vernon, New York November 1, 1948 8Safe DNovember 1, 1948Oakland TribuneGallup George Final Gallup Poll Shows Dewey Winning Election with Wide Electoral Vote Margin Oakland Tribune Oakland, California November 1, 1948 1–2Certain DNovember 1, 1948 Results 1948 United States presidential election in Texashttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1948&fips=48&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1948 Presidential General Election Results - Texas uselectionatlas.orgPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Harry S. Truman (incumbent) 824,235 65.96% 23 Republican Thomas E. Dewey 303,467 24.29% 0 States' Rights Democratic Strom Thurmond 113,776 9.11% 0 Progressive Henry A. Wallace 3,920 0.31% 0 Prohibition Claude Watson 3,115 0.25% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 919 0.07% 0 Other Write-ins 145 0.01% 0 Total 1,249,577 100.0% 23 Voter turnout (Voting age) 26%Key; Southern Politics, p. 502 Results by county +1948 United States presidential election in Texas by countyGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1948.htm 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote County Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Strom ThurmondStates' Rights Democratic Henry A. WallaceProgressive Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % Anderson 3,242 62.37% 1,199 23.07% 735 14.14% 3 0.06% 19 0.37% 2,043 39.30% 5,198 Andrews 816 85.27% 101 10.55% 35 3.66% 5 0.52% 0 0.00% 715 74.72% 957 Angelina 4,377 69.05% 1,000 15.78% 928 14.64% 6 0.09% 28 0.44% 3,377 53.27% 6,339 Aransas 418 61.02% 235 34.31% 26 3.80% 4 0.58% 2 0.29% 183 26.71% 685 Archer 1,599 86.20% 191 10.30% 58 3.13% 0 0.00% 7 0.38% 1,408 75.90% 1,855 Armstrong 686 84.07% 97 11.89% 31 3.80% 2 0.25% 0 0.00% 589 72.18% 816 Atascosa 1,895 69.36% 704 25.77% 120 4.39% 4 0.15% 9 0.33% 1,191 43.59% 2,732 Austin 1,252 43.70% 1,260 43.98% 345 12.04% 2 0.07% 6 0.21% -8 -0.28% 2,865 Bailey 1,115 76.79% 234 16.12% 93 6.40% 1 0.07% 9 0.62% 881 60.67% 1,452 Bandera 445 39.31% 570 50.35% 107 9.45% 1 0.09% 9 0.80% -125 -11.04% 1,132 Bastrop 2,518 77.79% 443 13.69% 265 8.19% 5 0.15% 6 0.19% 2,075 64.10% 3,237 Baylor 1,522 90.81% 101 6.03% 47 2.80% 3 0.18% 3 0.18% 1,421 84.78% 1,676 Bee 1,441 60.70% 801 33.74% 123 5.18% 4 0.17% 5 0.21% 640 26.96% 2,374 Bell 7,548 82.83% 1,069 11.73% 436 4.78% 41 0.45% 19 0.21% 6,479 71.10% 9,113 Bexar 35,970 54.27% 26,202 39.53% 3,418 5.16% 384 0.58% 305 0.46% 9,768 14.74% 66,279 Blanco 1,003 63.93% 497 31.68% 66 4.21% 2 0.13% 1 0.06% 506 32.25% 1,569 Borden 203 87.12% 18 7.73% 9 3.86% 0 0.00% 3 1.29% 185 79.39% 233 Bosque 2,303 77.91% 501 16.95% 141 4.77% 6 0.20% 5 0.17% 1,802 60.96% 2,956 Bowie 7,028 67.95% 1,161 11.22% 2,096 20.26% 34 0.33% 24 0.23% 4,932"ThurmonddDewey" In this county where Thurmond ran second ahead of Dewey, margin given is Truman vote minus Thurmond vote and percentage margin Truman percentage minus Thurmond percentage. 47.69% 10,343 Brazoria 4,783 57.19% 2,133 25.51% 1,408 16.84% 15 0.18% 24 0.29% 2,650 31.68% 8,363 Brazos 3,459 62.55% 1,533 27.72% 522 9.44% 6 0.11% 10 0.18% 1,926 34.83% 5,530 Brewster 940 70.10% 312 23.27% 82 6.11% 2 0.15% 5 0.37% 628 46.83% 1,341 Briscoe 692 85.75% 83 10.29% 28 3.47% 1 0.12% 3 0.37% 609 75.46% 807 Brooks 1,029 80.27% 217 16.93% 30 2.34% 3 0.23% 3 0.23% 812 63.34% 1,282 Brown 5,059 78.06% 1,071 16.53% 327 5.05% 3 0.05% 21 0.32% 3,988 61.53% 6,481 Burleson 2,051 84.26% 240 9.86% 135 5.55% 2 0.08% 6 0.25% 1,811 74.40% 2,434 Burnet 1,955 84.12% 287 12.35% 78 3.36% 1 0.04% 3 0.13% 1,668 71.77% 2,324 Caldwell 2,792 77.21% 623 17.23% 169 4.67% 9 0.25% 23 0.64% 2,169 59.98% 3,616 Calhoun 589 57.18% 346 33.59% 87 8.45% 0 0.00% 8 0.78% 243 23.59% 1,030 Callahan 1,844 83.40% 258 11.67% 104 4.70% 1 0.05% 4 0.18% 1,586 71.73% 2,211 Cameron 6,778 57.15% 4,689 39.54% 342 2.88% 20 0.17% 30 0.25% 2,089 17.61% 11,859 Camp 923 62.03% 180 12.10% 385 25.87% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 538"ThurmonddDewey" 36.16% 1,488 Carson 1,301 74.17% 413 23.55% 32 1.82% 5 0.29% 3 0.17% 888 50.62% 1,754 Cass 2,540 65.14% 457 11.72% 878 22.52% 3 0.08% 21 0.54% 1,662"ThurmonddDewey" 42.62% 3,899 Castro 1,158 84.28% 189 13.76% 20 1.46% 1 0.07% 6 0.44% 969 70.52% 1,374 Chambers 787 56.54% 302 21.70% 299 21.48% 0 0.00% 4 0.29% 485 34.84% 1,392 Cherokee 3,079 64.07% 1,154 24.01% 544 11.32% 4 0.08% 25 0.52% 1,925 40.06% 4,806 Childress 2,415 86.22% 273 9.75% 94 3.36% 4 0.14% 15 0.54% 2,142 76.47% 2,801 Clay 2,131 82.50% 332 12.85% 107 4.14% 2 0.08% 11 0.43% 1,799 69.65% 2,583 Cochran 971 81.87% 119 10.03% 94 7.93% 0 0.00% 2 0.17% 852 71.84% 1,186 Coke 909 90.18% 65 6.45% 30 2.98% 4 0.40% 0 0.00% 844 83.73% 1,008 Coleman 2,695 78.59% 545 15.89% 176 5.13% 2 0.06% 11 0.32% 2,150 62.70% 3,429 Collin 5,516 76.08% 1,155 15.93% 543 7.49% 17 0.23% 19 0.26% 4,361 60.15% 7,250 Collingsworth 1,779 85.16% 198 9.48% 98 4.69% 5 0.24% 9 0.43% 1,581 75.68% 2,089 Colorado 1,316 41.71% 900 28.53% 930 29.48% 3 0.10% 6 0.19% 386"ThurmonddDewey" 12.23% 3,155 Comal 1,212 39.43% 1,752 56.99% 105 3.42% 2 0.07% 3 0.10% -540 -17.56% 3,074 Comanche 2,915 83.17% 408 11.64% 164 4.68% 1 0.03% 17 0.49% 2,507 71.53% 3,505 Concho 1,156 85.88% 174 12.93% 12 0.89% 3 0.22% 1 0.07% 982 72.95% 1,346 Cooke 3,241 64.48% 1,194 23.76% 564 11.22% 10 0.20% 17 0.34% 2,047 40.72% 5,026 Coryell 2,350 85.11% 310 11.23% 88 3.19% 1 0.04% 12 0.43% 2,040 73.88% 2,761 Cottle 1,318 90.71% 102 7.02% 32 2.20% 0 0.00% 1 0.07% 1,216 83.69% 1,453 Crane 812 88.17% 70 7.60% 37 4.02% 0 0.00% 2 0.22% 742 80.57% 921 Crockett 400 73.39% 127 23.30% 18 3.30% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 273 50.09% 545 Crosby 1,731 83.66% 168 8.12% 158 7.64% 0 0.00% 12 0.58% 1,563 75.54% 2,069 Culberson 244 79.74% 38 12.42% 22 7.19% 0 0.00% 2 0.65% 206 67.32% 306 Dallam 1,504 77.41% 399 20.54% 28 1.44% 3 0.15% 9 0.46% 1,105 56.87% 1,943 Dallas 47,464 50.31% 35,664 37.80% 10,162 10.77% 536 0.57% 518 0.55% 11,800 12.51% 94,344 Dawson 2,605 82.94% 393 12.51% 136 4.33% 1 0.03% 6 0.19% 2,212 70.43% 3,141 Deaf Smith 1,496 71.61% 535 25.61% 42 2.01% 1 0.05% 15 0.72% 961 46.00% 2,089 Delta 1,594 83.89% 146 7.68% 132 6.95% 4 0.21% 24 1.26% 1,448 76.21% 1,900 Denton 4,549 65.42% 1,531 22.02% 824 11.85% 24 0.35% 25 0.36% 3,018 43.40% 6,953 De Witt 1,808 49.57% 1,612 44.20% 214 5.87% 5 0.14% 8 0.22% 196 5.37% 3,647 Dickens 1,492 87.76% 115 6.76% 83 4.88% 1 0.06% 9 0.53% 1,377 81.00% 1,700 Dimmit 863 65.48% 384 29.14% 60 4.55% 5 0.38% 6 0.46% 479 36.34% 1,318 Donley 1,372 81.09% 241 14.24% 71 4.20% 3 0.18% 5 0.30% 1,131 66.85% 1,692 Duval 3,551 96.52% 117 3.18% 11 0.30% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,434 93.34% 3,679 Eastland 5,121 76.83% 1,177 17.66% 329 4.94% 7 0.11% 31 0.47% 3,944 59.17% 6,665 Ector 4,305 75.61% 1,145 20.11% 231 4.06% 9 0.16% 4 0.07% 3,160 55.50% 5,694 Edwards 329 61.04% 185 34.32% 21 3.90% 1 0.19% 3 0.56% 144 26.72% 539 Ellis 5,792 75.56% 1,055 13.76% 782 10.20% 15 0.20% 21 0.27% 4,737 61.80% 7,665 El Paso 15,341 71.53% 5,544 25.85% 395 1.84% 148 0.69% 20 0.09% 9,797 45.68% 21,448 Erath 3,172 79.26% 598 14.94% 206 5.15% 6 0.15% 20 0.50% 2,574 64.32% 4,002 Falls 3,385 80.25% 546 12.94% 271 6.42% 7 0.17% 9 0.21% 2,839 67.31% 4,218 Fannin 6,132 86.79% 553 7.83% 364 5.15% 5 0.07% 11 0.16% 5,579 78.96% 7,065 Fayette 3,106 58.63% 1,737 32.79% 429 8.10% 17 0.32% 9 0.17% 1,369 25.84% 5,298 Fisher 2,063 90.28% 149 6.52% 66 2.89% 3 0.13% 4 0.18% 1,914 83.76% 2,285 Floyd 2,174 81.94% 344 12.97% 119 4.49% 1 0.04% 15 0.57% 1,830 68.97% 2,653 Foard 751 85.73% 90 10.27% 32 3.65% 1 0.11% 2 0.23% 661 75.46% 876 Fort Bend 2,058 56.96% 1,016 28.12% 519 14.36% 15 0.42% 5 0.14% 1,042 28.84% 3,613 Franklin 1,236 80.94% 146 9.56% 135 8.84% 1 0.07% 9 0.59% 1,090 71.38% 1,527 Freestone 2,265 70.12% 460 14.24% 483 14.95% 11 0.34% 11 0.34% 1,782"ThurmonddDewey" 55.17% 3,230 Frio 898 66.96% 345 25.73% 91 6.79% 1 0.07% 6 0.45% 553 41.23% 1,341 Gaines 1,465 81.66% 207 11.54% 107 5.96% 5 0.28% 10 0.56% 1,258 70.12% 1,794 Galveston 12,491 66.47% 4,857 25.85% 1,266 6.74% 138 0.73% 40 0.21% 7,634 40.62% 18,792 Garza 861 77.57% 176 15.86% 63 5.68% 3 0.27% 7 0.63% 685 61.71% 1,110 Gillespie 593 17.37% 2,741 80.31% 77 2.26% 0 0.00% 2 0.06% -2,148 -62.94% 3,413 Glasscock 188 67.63% 69 24.82% 16 5.76% 2 0.72% 3 1.08% 119 42.81% 278 Goliad 454 43.86% 450 43.48% 127 12.27% 0 0.00% 4 0.39% 4 0.38% 1,035 Gonzales 2,612 72.58% 666 18.51% 305 8.47% 8 0.22% 8 0.22% 1,946 54.07% 3,599 Gray 3,699 64.94% 1,594 27.98% 384 6.74% 4 0.07% 15 0.26% 2,105 36.96% 5,696 Grayson 10,991 77.69% 2,174 15.37% 953 6.74% 12 0.08% 18 0.13% 8,817 62.32% 14,148 Gregg 5,104 48.31% 2,477 23.45% 2,917 27.61% 24 0.23% 43 0.41% 2,187"ThurmonddDewey" 20.70% 10,565 Grimes 901 52.38% 336 19.53% 476 27.67% 2 0.12% 5 0.29% 425"ThurmonddDewey" 24.71% 1,720 Guadalupe 2,119 43.17% 2,502 50.98% 259 5.28% 20 0.41% 8 0.16% -383 -7.81% 4,908 Hale 3,995 75.24% 1,013 19.08% 269 5.07% 9 0.17% 24 0.45% 2,982 56.16% 5,310 Hall 2,122 89.31% 174 7.32% 76 3.20% 1 0.04% 3 0.13% 1,948 81.99% 2,376 Hamilton 1,725 73.75% 478 20.44% 130 5.56% 4 0.17% 2 0.09% 1,247 53.31% 2,339 Hansford 895 79.34% 206 18.26% 17 1.51% 9 0.80% 1 0.09% 689 61.08% 1,128 Hardeman 1,654 83.70% 226 11.44% 86 4.35% 3 0.15% 7 0.35% 1,428 72.26% 1,976 Hardin 2,233 73.38% 196 6.44% 595 19.55% 9 0.30% 10 0.33% 1,638"ThurmonddDewey" 53.83% 3,043 Harris 58,488 47.70% 43,117 35.16% 19,934 16.26% 760 0.62% 318 0.26% 15,371 12.54% 122,617 Harrison 2,504 44.81% 946 16.93% 2,106 37.69% 6 0.11% 26 0.47% 398"ThurmonddDewey" 7.12% 5,588 Hartley 477 84.13% 83 14.64% 5 0.88% 0 0.00% 2 0.35% 394 69.49% 567 Haskell 2,735 91.20% 181 6.04% 77 2.57% 4 0.13% 2 0.07% 2,554 85.16% 2,999 Hays 2,239 74.96% 555 18.58% 176 5.89% 9 0.30% 8 0.27% 1,684 56.38% 2,987 Hemphill 930 78.95% 201 17.06% 34 2.89% 2 0.17% 11 0.93% 729 61.89% 1,178 Henderson 3,669 83.14% 540 12.24% 197 4.46% 4 0.09% 3 0.07% 3,129 70.90% 4,413 Hidalgo 9,526 59.47% 6,220 38.83% 181 1.13% 29 0.18% 62 0.39% 3,306 20.64% 16,018 Hill 4,362 80.85% 657 12.18% 357 6.62% 6 0.11% 13 0.24% 3,705 68.67% 5,395 Hockley 3,071 84.58% 346 9.53% 199 5.48% 3 0.08% 12 0.33% 2,725 75.05% 3,631 Hood 1,273 84.64% 169 11.24% 56 3.72% 1 0.07% 5 0.33% 1,104 73.40% 1,504 Hopkins 3,885 83.24% 479 10.26% 284 6.09% 4 0.09% 15 0.32% 3,406 72.98% 4,667 Houston 2,014 64.88% 532 17.14% 541 17.43% 5 0.16% 12 0.39% 1,473"ThurmonddDewey" 47.45% 3,104 Howard 4,179 82.72% 561 11.10% 285 5.64% 15 0.30% 12 0.24% 3,618 71.62% 5,052 Hudspeth 437 87.75% 49 9.84% 10 2.01% 1 0.20% 1 0.20% 388 77.91% 498 Hunt 5,082 71.91% 1,195 16.91% 763 10.80% 3 0.04% 24 0.34% 3,887 55.00% 7,067 Hutchinson 4,527 75.34% 1,382 23.00% 84 1.40% 6 0.10% 10 0.17% 3,145 52.34% 6,009 Irion 366 83.18% 63 14.32% 9 2.05% 2 0.45% 0 0.00% 303 68.86% 440 Jack 1,426 78.48% 265 14.58% 110 6.05% 1 0.06% 15 0.83% 1,161 63.90% 1,817 Jackson 1,343 68.10% 488 24.75% 122 6.19% 12 0.61% 7 0.35% 855 43.35% 1,972 Jasper 1,777 70.32% 284 11.24% 450 17.81% 5 0.20% 11 0.44% 1,327"ThurmonddDewey" 52.51% 2,527 Jeff Davis 309 76.87% 75 18.66% 17 4.23% 0 0.00% 1 0.25% 234 58.21% 402 Jefferson 22,475 67.06% 5,749 17.15% 5,108 15.24% 119 0.36% 63 0.19% 16,726 49.91% 33,514 Jim Hogg 725 87.45% 73 8.81% 29 3.50% 1 0.12% 1 0.12% 652 78.64% 829 Jim Wells 3,781 71.35% 1,402 26.46% 101 1.91% 1 0.02% 14 0.26% 2,379 44.89% 5,299 Johnson 4,042 77.70% 707 13.59% 434 8.34% 4 0.08% 15 0.29% 3,335 64.11% 5,202 Jones 3,599 86.16% 432 10.34% 132 3.16% 3 0.07% 11 0.26% 3,167 75.82% 4,177 Karnes 2,198 73.98% 592 19.93% 176 5.92% 2 0.07% 3 0.10% 1,606 54.05% 2,971 Kaufman 3,479 71.15% 764 15.62% 629 12.86% 11 0.22% 7 0.14% 2,715 55.53% 4,890 Kendall 511 28.56% 1,207 67.47% 65 3.63% 2 0.11% 4 0.22% -696 -38.91% 1,789 Kenedy 45 55.56% 31 38.27% 5 6.17% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 14 17.29% 81 Kent 479 89.70% 33 6.18% 22 4.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 446 83.52% 534 Kerr 1,505 46.97% 1,520 47.44% 162 5.06% 8 0.25% 9 0.28% -15 -0.47% 3,204 Kimble 851 68.08% 303 24.24% 95 7.60% 0 0.00% 1 0.08% 548 43.84% 1,250 King 231 95.85% 6 2.49% 4 1.66% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 225 93.36% 241 Kinney 370 64.35% 175 30.43% 30 5.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 195 33.92% 575 Kleberg 2,083 72.50% 697 24.26% 70 2.44% 11 0.38% 12 0.42% 1,386 48.24% 2,873 Knox 1,792 89.24% 157 7.82% 52 2.59% 0 0.00% 7 0.35% 1,635 81.42% 2,008 Lamar 6,306 75.39% 1,018 12.17% 1,015 12.13% 2 0.02% 24 0.29% 5,288 63.22% 8,365 Lamb 3,286 83.25% 475 12.03% 173 4.38% 7 0.18% 6 0.15% 2,811 71.22% 3,947 Lampasas 1,459 80.74% 276 15.27% 72 3.98% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,183 65.47% 1,807 La Salle 719 78.75% 135 14.79% 57 6.24% 0 0.00% 2 0.22% 584 63.96% 913 Lavaca 3,046 67.52% 1,165 25.83% 265 5.87% 18 0.40% 17 0.38% 1,881 41.69% 4,511 Lee 1,540 72.57% 465 21.91% 109 5.14% 3 0.14% 5 0.24% 1,075 50.66% 2,122 Leon 1,231 72.84% 184 10.89% 271 16.04% 1 0.06% 3 0.18% 960"ThurmonddDewey" 56.80% 1,690 Liberty 2,199 56.14% 735 18.76% 931 23.77% 12 0.31% 40 1.02% 1,268"ThurmonddDewey" 32.37% 3,917 Limestone 3,289 72.57% 688 15.18% 510 11.25% 10 0.22% 35 0.77% 2,601 57.39% 4,532 Lipscomb 668 63.68% 354 33.75% 18 1.72% 1 0.10% 8 0.76% 314 29.93% 1,049 Live Oak 945 60.31% 479 30.57% 131 8.36% 4 0.26% 8 0.51% 466 29.74% 1,567 Llano 1,384 82.38% 253 15.06% 39 2.32% 3 0.18% 1 0.06% 1,131 67.32% 1,680 Loving 62 65.26% 29 30.53% 4 4.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 33 34.73% 95 Lubbock 11,114 73.08% 2,837 18.66% 1,202 7.90% 30 0.20% 24 0.16% 8,277 54.42% 15,207 Lynn 2,179 86.16% 224 8.86% 120 4.74% 0 0.00% 6 0.24% 1,955 77.30% 2,529 Madison 801 70.63% 134 11.82% 188 16.58% 0 0.00% 11 0.97% 613"ThurmonddDewey" 54.05% 1,134 Marion 703 64.97% 200 18.48% 159 14.70% 0 0.00% 20 1.85% 503 46.49% 1,082 Martin 945 87.74% 77 7.15% 52 4.83% 0 0.00% 3 0.28% 868 80.59% 1,077 Mason 836 61.65% 498 36.73% 14 1.03% 0 0.00% 8 0.59% 338 24.92% 1,356 Matagorda 1,628 49.35% 1,016 30.80% 640 19.40% 8 0.24% 7 0.21% 612 18.55% 3,299 Maverick 695 69.92% 270 27.16% 22 2.21% 6 0.60% 1 0.10% 425 42.76% 994 McCulloch 2,166 81.92% 393 14.86% 80 3.03% 0 0.00% 5 0.19% 1,773 67.06% 2,644 McLennan 16,034 79.55% 3,088 15.32% 913 4.53% 81 0.40% 41 0.20% 12,946 64.23% 20,157 McMullen 222 73.51% 61 20.20% 17 5.63% 1 0.33% 1 0.33% 161 53.31% 302 Medina 1,875 53.27% 1,492 42.39% 144 4.09% 4 0.11% 5 0.14% 383 10.88% 3,520 Menard 663 66.57% 283 28.41% 43 4.32% 1 0.10% 6 0.60% 380 38.16% 996 Midland 2,032 53.22% 1,410 36.93% 370 9.69% 1 0.03% 5 0.13% 622 16.29% 3,818 Milam 3,261 75.98% 646 15.05% 359 8.36% 15 0.35% 11 0.26% 2,615 60.93% 4,292 Mills 1,135 80.04% 205 14.46% 69 4.87% 5 0.35% 4 0.28% 930 65.58% 1,418 Mitchell 2,181 87.80% 230 9.26% 64 2.58% 1 0.04% 8 0.32% 1,951 78.54% 2,484 Montague 2,872 80.74% 475 13.35% 194 5.45% 2 0.06% 14 0.39% 2,397 67.39% 3,557 Montgomery 1,795 53.77% 544 16.30% 984 29.48% 3 0.09% 12 0.36% 811"ThurmonddDewey" 24.29% 3,338 Moore 1,748 83.20% 323 15.37% 27 1.29% 1 0.05% 2 0.10% 1,425 67.83% 2,101 Morris 1,164 74.81% 143 9.19% 247 15.87% 0 0.00% 2 0.13% 917"ThurmonddDewey" 58.94% 1,556 Motley 774 85.90% 75 8.32% 48 5.33% 1 0.11% 3 0.33% 699 77.58% 901 Nacogdoches 3,195 70.47% 833 18.37% 467 10.30% 4 0.09% 35 0.77% 2,362 52.10% 4,534 Navarro 4,679 72.05% 1,188 18.29% 587 9.04% 11 0.17% 29 0.45% 3,491 53.76% 6,494 Newton 957 68.41% 110 7.86% 316 22.59% 0 0.00% 16 1.14% 641"ThurmonddDewey" 45.82% 1,399 Nolan 3,408 83.76% 552 13.57% 99 2.43% 5 0.12% 5 0.12% 2,856 70.19% 4,069 Nueces 15,240 69.96% 5,577 25.60% 754 3.46% 103 0.47% 109 0.50% 9,663 44.36% 21,783 Ochiltree 1,025 73.06% 344 24.52% 30 2.14% 0 0.00% 4 0.29% 681 48.54% 1,403 Oldham 339 74.02% 100 21.83% 18 3.93% 1 0.22% 0 0.00% 239 52.19% 458 Orange 4,957 72.76% 987 14.49% 851 12.49% 14 0.21% 4 0.06% 3,970 58.27% 6,813 Palo Pinto 3,736 74.05% 977 19.37% 297 5.89% 10 0.20% 25 0.50% 2,759 54.68% 5,045 Panola 1,751 62.14% 256 9.08% 792 28.11% 6 0.21% 13 0.46% 959"ThurmonddDewey" 34.03% 2,818 Parker 3,061 75.02% 806 19.75% 180 4.41% 16 0.39% 17 0.42% 2,255 55.27% 4,080 Parmer 1,091 76.78% 280 19.70% 45 3.17% 0 0.00% 5 0.35% 811 57.08% 1,421 Pecos 1,430 79.40% 317 17.60% 51 2.83% 1 0.06% 2 0.11% 1,113 61.80% 1,801 Polk 1,422 62.64% 317 13.96% 518 22.82% 6 0.26% 7 0.31% 904"ThurmonddDewey" 39.82% 2,270 Potter 9,622 67.66% 4,110 28.90% 414 2.91% 35 0.25% 41 0.29% 5,512 38.76% 14,222 Presidio 907 78.66% 212 18.39% 25 2.17% 7 0.61% 2 0.17% 695 60.27% 1,153 Rains 739 78.28% 111 11.76% 90 9.53% 3 0.32% 1 0.11% 628 66.52% 944 Randall 1,936 69.84% 722 26.05% 98 3.54% 12 0.43% 4 0.14% 1,214 43.79% 2,772 Reagan 444 76.68% 112 19.34% 21 3.63% 1 0.17% 1 0.17% 332 57.34% 579 Real 446 72.40% 156 25.32% 12 1.95% 0 0.00% 2 0.32% 290 47.08% 616 Red River 2,987 75.49% 323 8.16% 637 16.10% 5 0.13% 5 0.13% 2,350"ThurmonddDewey" 59.39% 3,957 Reeves 1,383 77.31% 309 17.27% 95 5.31% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 1,074 60.04% 1,789 Refugio 1,637 74.44% 489 22.24% 64 2.91% 4 0.18% 5 0.23% 1,148 52.20% 2,199 Roberts 317 75.84% 76 18.18% 25 5.98% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 241 57.66% 418 Robertson 2,147 74.11% 246 8.49% 495 17.09% 1 0.03% 8 0.28% 1,652"ThurmonddDewey" 57.02% 2,897 Rockwall 947 75.64% 117 9.35% 164 13.10% 3 0.24% 21 1.68% 783"ThurmonddDewey" 62.54% 1,252 Runnels 2,954 81.72% 526 14.55% 117 3.24% 9 0.25% 9 0.25% 2,428 67.17% 3,615 Rusk 4,322 58.60% 1,294 17.55% 1,730 23.46% 11 0.15% 18 0.24% 2,592"ThurmonddDewey" 35.14% 7,375 Sabine 1,078 75.28% 104 7.26% 238 16.62% 3 0.21% 9 0.63% 840"ThurmonddDewey" 58.66% 1,432 San Augustine 858 67.83% 137 10.83% 249 19.68% 0 0.00% 21 1.66% 609"ThurmonddDewey" 48.15% 1,265 San Jacinto 509 65.76% 106 13.70% 153 19.77% 3 0.39% 3 0.39% 356"ThurmonddDewey" 45.99% 774 San Patricio 2,649 69.29% 963 25.19% 181 4.73% 15 0.39% 15 0.39% 1,686 44.10% 3,823 San Saba 2,050 89.01% 184 7.99% 65 2.82% 0 0.00% 4 0.17% 1,866 81.02% 2,303 Schleicher 495 76.74% 107 16.59% 43 6.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 388 60.15% 645 Scurry 2,040 88.39% 201 8.71% 55 2.38% 3 0.13% 9 0.39% 1,839 79.68% 2,308 Shackelford 892 77.84% 211 18.41% 43 3.75% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 681 59.43% 1,146 Shelby 3,051 75.59% 307 7.61% 666 16.50% 2 0.05% 10 0.25% 2,385"ThurmonddDewey" 59.09% 4,036 Sherman 479 80.91% 98 16.55% 10 1.69% 0 0.00% 5 0.84% 381 64.36% 592 Smith 6,473 57.24% 3,181 28.13% 1,600 14.15% 17 0.15% 38 0.34% 3,292 29.11% 11,309 Somervell 446 76.50% 91 15.61% 46 7.89% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 355 60.89% 583 Starr 1,996 91.22% 179 8.18% 10 0.46% 2 0.09% 1 0.05% 1,817 83.04% 2,188 Stephens 2,132 73.77% 572 19.79% 164 5.67% 11 0.38% 11 0.38% 1,560 53.98% 2,890 Sterling 244 91.04% 17 6.34% 7 2.61% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 227 84.70% 268 Stonewall 968 90.98% 65 6.11% 28 2.63% 1 0.09% 2 0.19% 903 84.87% 1,064 Sutton 433 69.61% 131 21.06% 58 9.32% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 302 48.55% 622 Swisher 1,670 81.78% 307 15.03% 57 2.79% 2 0.10% 6 0.29% 1,363 66.75% 2,042 Tarrant 36,325 59.81% 17,157 28.25% 6,932 11.41% 160 0.26% 165 0.27% 19,168 31.56% 60,739 Taylor 8,184 78.90% 1,658 15.98% 478 4.61% 14 0.13% 39 0.38% 6,526 62.92% 10,373 Terrell 171 64.53% 78 29.43% 14 5.28% 1 0.38% 1 0.38% 93 35.10% 265 Terry 2,283 85.03% 236 8.79% 152 5.66% 2 0.07% 12 0.45% 2,047 76.24% 2,685 Throckmorton 1,026 91.61% 63 5.63% 30 2.68% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 963 85.98% 1,120 Titus 2,339 76.56% 379 12.41% 332 10.87% 1 0.03% 4 0.13% 1,960 64.15% 3,055 Tom Green 6,777 74.34% 1,822 19.99% 481 5.28% 13 0.14% 23 0.25% 4,955 54.35% 9,116 Travis 19,598 72.03% 5,994 22.03% 1,252 4.60% 203 0.75% 160 0.59% 13,604 50.00% 27,207 Trinity 905 68.82% 150 11.41% 250 19.01% 3 0.23% 7 0.53% 655"ThurmonddDewey" 49.81% 1,315 Tyler 895 57.70% 177 11.41% 466 30.05% 2 0.13% 11 0.71% 429"ThurmonddDewey" 27.65% 1,551 Upshur 2,118 66.92% 555 17.54% 485 15.32% 1 0.03% 6 0.19% 1,563 49.38% 3,165 Upton 811 79.20% 155 15.14% 55 5.37% 1 0.10% 2 0.20% 656 64.06% 1,024 Uvalde 1,550 60.90% 866 34.03% 114 4.48% 0 0.00% 15 0.59% 684 26.87% 2,545 Val Verde 1,242 62.79% 672 33.97% 63 3.19% 0 0.00% 1 0.05% 570 28.82% 1,978 Van Zandt 3,264 75.03% 578 13.29% 463 10.64% 11 0.25% 34 0.78% 2,686 61.74% 4,350 Victoria 2,435 60.24% 1,262 31.22% 328 8.11% 10 0.25% 7 0.17% 1,173 29.02% 4,042 Walker 1,439 56.12% 570 22.23% 542 21.14% 1 0.04% 12 0.47% 869 33.89% 2,564 Waller 812 49.69% 448 27.42% 359 21.97% 12 0.73% 3 0.18% 364 22.27% 1,634 Ward 2,119 79.72% 414 15.58% 118 4.44% 5 0.19% 2 0.08% 1,705 64.14% 2,658 Washington 1,647 44.01% 1,904 50.88% 190 5.08% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% -257 -6.87% 3,742 Webb 4,595 80.68% 1,004 17.63% 53 0.93% 39 0.68% 4 0.07% 3,591 63.05% 5,695 Wharton 2,811 60.00% 1,354 28.90% 484 10.33% 24 0.51% 12 0.26% 1,457 31.10% 4,685 Wheeler 2,010 81.71% 370 15.04% 67 2.72% 2 0.08% 11 0.45% 1,640 66.67% 2,460 Wichita 12,235 77.11% 2,887 18.20% 683 4.30% 29 0.18% 32 0.20% 9,348 58.91% 15,866 Wilbarger 2,963 77.97% 529 13.92% 295 7.76% 6 0.16% 7 0.18% 2,434 64.05% 3,800 Willacy 1,139 59.20% 676 35.14% 99 5.15% 5 0.26% 5 0.26% 463 24.06% 1,924 Williamson 5,638 80.24% 1,094 15.57% 258 3.67% 26 0.37% 10 0.14% 4,544 64.67% 7,026 Wilson 2,313 76.59% 593 19.64% 108 3.58% 5 0.17% 1 0.03% 1,720 56.95% 3,020 Winkler 1,588 80.08% 296 14.93% 90 4.54% 2 0.10% 7 0.35% 1,292 65.15% 1,983 Wise 3,064 81.10% 448 11.86% 254 6.72% 3 0.08% 9 0.24% 2,616 69.24% 3,778 Wood 2,590 66.67% 629 16.19% 642 16.53% 9 0.23% 15 0.39% 1,948"ThurmonddDewey" 50.14% 3,885 Yoakum 861 84.41% 119 11.67% 32 3.14% 4 0.39% 4 0.39% 742 72.74% 1,020 Young 3,175 81.45% 516 13.24% 186 4.77% 4 0.10% 17 0.44% 2,659 68.21% 3,898 Zapata 632 60.36% 414 39.54% 1 0.10% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 218 20.82% 1,047Zavala 618 62.68% 306 31.03% 58 5.88% 3 0.30% 1 0.10% 312 31.65% 986Totals824,23565.96%303,46724.29%113,9219.12%3,9130.31%4,0410.32%520,76841.67%1,249,577 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Kenedy Medina Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Austin Kerr Counties that flipped from Unpledged to Republican Washington Analysis Texas overwhelmingly voted for incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman, who took 66 percent of the state's vote, to Republican Thomas E. Dewey's 25.3 percent. Texas was Truman's strongest state, and one of only four in the country which gave him at least sixty percent of the popular vote. Truman carried 246 out of the state's 254 counties, to Dewey's eight. South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond, a segregationist Democrat, ran as the Dixiecrat nominee. Despite dominating in the neighboring Deep South, Thurmond received only nine percent of Texas' popular vote and failed to carry any counties in the state. including those in East Texas, the region in Texas most closely culturally tied to the Deep South. The Dixiecrat ticket did, nonetheless, run second behind Truman in thirty counties. Dewey's strongest performance was Gillespie County in the Texas Hill Country, which gave him over eighty percent of the vote. This is one of the last presidential elections in Texas in which the following regions were considered strongholds for the Democratic Party: West Texas, the Texas Panhandle, and the Texas Hill Country. Although several Democratic candidates would win a majority of the counties in these regions in future presidential elections, notably Texas native Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, these regions were amongst the first in the state to begin splitting their tickets by voting for Republicans on the national level while continuing to vote Democratic at the state level. This is the last occasion the Plains counties of Ector, Gray, Hansford, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Midland, Ochiltree, Randall, and Roberts have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Menendez Albert J. 2005 The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 311–319 McFarland 0786422173 In the 21st century, these counties typically give over ninety percent of their vote to Republican nominees, while Roberts and Ochiltree have alternated as the nation's most Republican county. Additionally, 1948 constitutes the last election when Gregg County and Smith County in East Texas, plus Edwards County at the western extremity of its namesake plateau, have voted for the Democratic presidential nominee. As a result of Dallas and Harris counties seeing their populations increase as a result of Republican-leaning northern expatriates moving into the state, this would be the last occasion with the exception of Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide win in the state in 1964 that these two counties backed Democratic presidential candidates until Barack Obama won them back in 2008. As of 2024, Dewey remains the last major party nominee to fail to win at least thirty percent of Texas's popular vote in a presidential election. See also United States presidential elections in Texas Notes References 2 Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306 1948 Category:1948 Texas elections Texas