1948 United States presidential election in Illinois

none June 2025 September 2023 1948 United States presidential election in Illinois Illinois 1915 presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in Illinois 1944 1952 United States presidential election in Illinois 1952 All 28 Illinois votes to the Electoral College November 2, 1948https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1948 United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica October 26, 2017 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 28 1,994,715 50.07% Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 0 1,961,103 49.22% 1948 United States presidential election in Illinois results map by county.svg 180px County results Truman #b9d7ff 40–50% #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) The 1948 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose 28https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1948 1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53) October 26, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Illinois was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 50.07% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.22% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=17&year=1948 1948 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois October 26, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1948 The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948 October 26, 2017 Primaries The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the General Election, November 2, 1948 Judicial elections, 1947–1948, • Primary Election General Primary, April 13, 1948 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1948/PE%20and%20GE%201948.pdf Illinois State Board of Elections 11 July 2020 June 5, 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260605044221/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads%2FElectionOperations%2FVoteTotals%2FArchived%2F1948%2FPE%20and%20GE%201948.pdf dead Turnout The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 354,254. The total vote in the general election was 3,984,046. Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 13. Democratic 1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primary no 1944 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 1944 1952 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 1952 presidential Illinois 1948 04 13 150x150px 3333ff Harry S. Truman Missouri 16,299 82.12% 150x150px Dwight D. Eisenhower Kansas 1,609 8.11% 280px The 1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 13, 1948, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1948 presidential election. The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates. Incumbent president Harry S. Truman won the state's Democratic primary by a large margin. While on the ballot in Illinois, neither Dwight D. Eisenhower nor Scott W. Lucas were declared candidates. 1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primaryCandidateVotes% Harry S. Truman 16,299 82.12Dwight D. Eisenhower 1,609 8.11 Scott W. Lucas 427 2.15 Write-ins 1,513 7.62 Total 19,848 100 Republican 1948 Illinois Republican presidential primary Illinois presidential no 1944 Illinois Republican presidential primary 1944 1952 Illinois Republican presidential primary 1952 1948 04 13 Riley A. Bender Illinois 324,029 96.90% 100px The 1948 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 13, 1948, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1948 presidential election. The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates. Illinois businessman Riley A. Bender appeared only on Illinois' primary ballot, running as a favorite son. He won the primary. 1948 Illinois Republican presidential primaryIllinois Blue Book 1947-1948 Illinois Secretary of State 747 http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/8271 29 March 2020CandidateVotes%Riley A. Bender 324,029 96.90Douglas A. MacArthur 6,672 2.00Harold E. Stassen 1,572 0.47Thomas E. Dewey 953 0.29Robert A. Taft 705 0.21 Write-ins 475 0.14 Total 334,406 100 Results 1948 United States presidential election in Illinois Harry S. Truman (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 1,994,715 50.07% Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) 1,961,103 49.22% Claude A. Watson Prohibition Party 11,959 0.30% Norman M. Thomas Socialist Party of America 11,522 0.29% Edward A. Teichert Socialist Labor Party of America 3,118 0.08% Various candidates Write-ins 1,629 0.04% 3,984,046 100% Results by county CountyHarry S. TrumanDemocraticThomas E. DeweyRepublicanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes castOur Campaigns; IL US President Race, November 02, 1948 # % # % # % # % Adams 14,960 50.81% 14,329 48.67% 152 0.52% 631 2.14% 29,441 Alexander 4,641 49.91% 4,561 49.05% 96 1.03% 80 0.86% 9,298 Bond 2,837 43.76% 3,438 53.03% 208 3.21% -601 -9.27% 6,483 Boone 1,941 28.20% 4,916 71.43% 25 0.36% -2,975 -43.23% 6,882 Brown 1,805 53.26% 1,562 46.09% 22 0.65% 243 7.17% 3,389 Bureau 6,463 36.42% 11,207 63.15% 78 0.44% -4,744 -26.73% 17,748 Calhoun 1,377 47.11% 1,526 52.21% 20 0.68% -149 -5.10% 2,923 Carroll 2,809 34.30% 5,318 64.94% 62 0.76% -2,509 -30.64% 8,189 Cass 3,776 52.32% 3,391 46.99% 50 0.69% 385 5.33% 7,217 Champaign 11,572 36.78% 19,156 60.88% 737 2.34% -7,584 -24.10% 31,465 Christian 9,366 54.89% 7,576 44.40% 120 0.70% 1,790 10.49% 17,062Clark 3,714 44.73% 4,477 53.92% 112 1.35% -763 -9.19% 8,303 Clay 3,160 44.46% 3,782 53.21% 166 2.34% -622 -8.75% 7,108 Clinton 4,773 47.91% 5,128 51.47% 62 0.62% -355 -3.56% 9,963 Coles 8,393 49.13% 8,638 50.56% 53 0.31% -245 -1.43% 17,084 Cook 1,216,636 54.17% 1,015,800 45.23% 13,463 0.60% 200,836 8.94% 2,245,899 Crawford 4,150 44.32% 5,111 54.58% 103 1.10% -961 -10.26% 9,364 Cumberland 2,353 48.70% 2,451 50.72% 28 0.58% -98 -2.02% 4,832 DeKalb 5,082 30.68% 11,380 68.69% 105 0.63% -6,298 -38.01% 16,567 DeWitt 3,290 43.79% 4,178 55.61% 45 0.60% -888 -11.82% 7,513 Douglas 2,893 40.58% 4,181 58.65% 55 0.77% -1,288 -18.07% 7,129 DuPage 15,528 24.95% 45,794 73.58% 916 1.47% -30,266 -48.63% 62,238 Edgar 5,121 44.65% 6,282 54.77% 67 0.58% -1,161 -10.12% 11,470 Edwards 1,206 31.99% 2,491 66.07% 73 1.94% -1,285 -34.08% 3,770 Effingham 4,940 50.11% 4,823 48.92% 96 0.97% 117 1.19% 9,859 Fayette 5,771 49.72% 5,717 49.25% 120 1.03% 54 0.47% 11,608 Ford 2,079 29.64% 4,903 69.89% 33 0.47% -2,824 -40.25% 7,015 Franklin 11,750 54.79% 9,407 43.87% 287 1.34% 2,343 10.92% 21,444 Fulton 8,226 45.87% 9,504 53.00% 203 1.13% -1,278 -7.13% 17,933 Gallatin 2,385 56.79% 1,789 42.60% 26 0.62% 596 14.19% 4,200 Greene 4,035 52.22% 3,639 47.09% 53 0.69% 396 5.13% 7,727 Grundy 3,255 35.23% 5,954 64.44% 31 0.34% -2,699 -29.21% 9,240 Hamilton 2,750 48.51% 2,887 50.93% 32 0.56% -137 -2.42% 5,669 Hancock 5,559 43.50% 7,098 55.54% 122 0.95% -1,539 -12.04% 12,779 Hardin 1,358 43.99% 1,713 55.49% 16 0.52% -355 -11.50% 3,087 Henderson 1,465 38.17% 2,336 60.87% 37 0.96% -871 -22.70% 3,838 Henry 8,489 40.40% 12,363 58.84% 159 0.76% -3,874 -18.44% 21,011 Iroquois 4,823 34.45% 9,051 64.65% 127 0.91% -4,228 -30.20% 14,001 Jackson 6,939 45.04% 8,288 53.79% 181 1.17% -1,349 -8.75% 15,408 Jasper 2,936 49.40% 2,957 49.76% 50 0.84% -21 -0.36% 5,943 Jefferson 8,928 54.70% 7,393 45.30% 0 0.00% 1,535 9.40% 16,321 Jersey 3,092 50.37% 3,021 49.21% 26 0.42% 71 1.16% 6,139 Jo Daviess 3,220 37.57% 5,299 61.83% 51 0.60% -2,079 -24.26% 8,570 Johnson 1,510 35.04% 2,778 64.47% 21 0.49% -1,268 -29.43% 4,309 Kane 21,176 34.72% 39,284 64.41% 532 0.87% -18,108 -29.69% 60,992 Kankakee 11,305 41.56% 15,699 57.71% 197 0.72% -4,394 -16.15% 27,201 Kendall 1,517 27.74% 3,925 71.77% 27 0.49% -2,408 -44.03% 5,469 Knox 9,772 39.16% 15,016 60.18% 164 0.66% -5,244 -21.02% 24,952 Lake 22,192 35.58% 39,456 63.26% 720 1.15% -17,264 -27.68% 62,368 LaSalle 19,666 44.25% 24,453 55.02% 321 0.72% -4,787 -10.77% 44,440 Lawrence 4,391 48.48% 4,472 49.38% 194 2.14% -81 -0.90% 9,057 Lee 4,368 32.50% 9,001 66.97% 72 0.54% -4,633 -34.47% 13,441 Livingston 5,618 33.29% 11,184 66.27% 74 0.44% -5,566 -32.98% 16,876 Logan 4,832 39.25% 7,431 60.36% 49 0.40% -2,599 -21.11% 12,312 Macon 21,487 53.11% 18,719 46.27% 250 0.62% 2,768 6.84% 40,456 Macoupin 11,742 52.66% 10,198 45.74% 358 1.61% 1,544 6.92% 22,298 Madison 40,897 61.68% 25,059 37.79% 350 0.53% 15,838 23.89% 66,306 Marion 8,878 52.58% 7,798 46.19% 208 1.23% 1,080 6.39% 16,884 Marshall 2,514 39.79% 3,785 59.91% 19 0.30% -1,271 -20.12% 6,318 Mason 3,503 49.52% 3,525 49.83% 46 0.65% -22 -0.31% 7,074 Massac 1,842 35.94% 3,201 62.46% 82 1.60% -1,359 -26.52% 5,125 McDonough 4,206 33.99% 8,058 65.13% 109 0.88% -3,852 -31.14% 12,373 McHenry 5,459 26.06% 15,387 73.45% 103 0.49% -9,928 -47.39% 20,949 McLean 12,904 40.94% 18,430 58.48% 183 0.58% -5,526 -17.54% 31,517 Menard 2,043 41.12% 2,899 58.35% 26 0.52% -856 -17.23% 4,968 Mercer 3,117 37.02% 5,267 62.55% 36 0.43% -2,150 -25.53% 8,420 Monroe 2,026 37.30% 3,403 62.65% 3 0.06% -1,377 -25.35% 5,432 Montgomery 7,902 48.02% 8,348 50.73% 205 1.25% -446 -2.71% 16,455 Morgan 6,798 44.56% 8,398 55.05% 59 0.39% -1,600 -10.49% 15,255 Moultrie 3,037 49.29% 3,043 49.39% 81 1.31% -6 -0.10% 6,161 Ogle 3,796 28.37% 9,519 71.15% 63 0.47% -5,723 -42.78% 13,378 Peoria 31,026 46.76% 35,018 52.78% 308 0.46% -3,992 -6.02% 66,352 Perry 5,043 49.32% 5,109 49.96% 74 0.72% -66 -0.64% 10,226 Piatt 2,361 38.93% 3,646 60.13% 57 0.94% -1,285 -21.20% 6,064 Pike 5,674 54.07% 4,722 45.00% 98 0.93% 952 9.07% 10,494 Pope 916 33.98% 1,764 65.43% 16 0.59% -848 -31.45% 2,696 Pulaski 2,344 46.57% 2,658 52.81% 31 0.62% -314 -6.24% 5,033 Putnam 905 38.74% 1,405 60.15% 26 1.11% -500 -21.41% 2,336 Randolph 6,852 49.72% 6,867 49.83% 62 0.45% -15 -0.11% 13,781 Richland 2,438 38.02% 3,884 60.56% 91 1.42% -1,446 -22.54% 6,413 Rock Island 24,542 51.98% 22,192 47.01% 477 1.01% 2,350 4.97% 47,211 Saline 7,718 49.84% 7,676 49.57% 91 0.59% 42 0.27% 15,485 Sangamon 29,196 46.14% 33,714 53.28% 363 0.57% -4,518 -7.14% 63,273 Schuyler 2,464 48.56% 2,519 49.65% 91 1.79% -55 -1.09% 5,074 Scott 1,735 48.36% 1,840 51.28% 13 0.36% -105 -2.92% 3,588 Shelby 5,589 50.68% 5,282 47.89% 158 1.43% 307 2.79% 11,029 St. Clair 54,260 63.38% 30,883 36.07% 474 0.55% 23,377 27.31% 85,617 Stark 1,163 31.37% 2,537 68.44% 7 0.19% -1,374 -37.07% 3,707 Stephenson 7,409 40.88% 10,564 58.29% 149 0.82% -3,155 -17.41% 18,122 Tazewell 14,131 52.77% 12,504 46.70% 143 0.53% 1,627 6.07% 26,778 Union 4,479 53.33% 3,864 46.01% 55 0.65% 615 7.32% 8,398 Vermilion 16,173 45.37% 18,994 53.29% 479 1.34% -2,821 -7.92% 35,646 Wabash 2,857 48.44% 2,916 49.44% 125 2.12% -59 -1.00% 5,898 Warren 3,367 33.08% 6,738 66.20% 74 0.73% -3,371 -33.12% 10,179 Washington 2,737 37.34% 4,544 61.99% 49 0.67% -1,807 -24.65% 7,330 Wayne 4,070 44.66% 4,984 54.69% 60 0.66% -914 -10.03% 9,114 White 4,761 50.99% 4,498 48.17% 79 0.85% 263 2.82% 9,338 Whiteside 5,299 28.84% 12,922 70.32% 154 0.84% -7,623 -41.48% 18,375 Will 26,430 47.51% 28,601 51.41% 597 1.07% -2,171 -3.90% 55,628 Williamson 9,841 48.34% 10,386 51.02% 130 0.64% -545 -2.68% 20,357 Winnebago 27,145 47.36% 29,537 51.54% 631 1.10% -2,392 -4.18% 57,313Woodford 3,446 37.15% 5,784 62.35% 46 0.50% -2,338 -25.20% 9,276Totals1,994,71550.07%1,961,10349.22%28,2280.71%33,6120.85%3,984,046 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Adams Alexander Effingham Fayette Jersey Saline Shelby White See also United States presidential elections in Illinois References Illinois 1948 Category:1948 Illinois elections