Thomas E. Dewey

thumb| Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in 1944 and 1948, losing the former election to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the latter election to Harry S. Truman in a major upset. Quotes No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life. "One of Dewey's maxims", reported in Richard Norton Smith, Thomas E. Dewey and His Times (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982), prologue The law is bigger than money, but only if the law works hard enough. Reported in Richard Norton Smith, Thomas E. Dewey and His Times (1982), ch. 5 New York City isn't a melting pot, it's a boiling pot. Reported in John Gunther, Inside U.S.A. (New York: Harper & Bros, 1947), ch. 32 External links Category:Lawyers from the United States Category:Governors of New York Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians Category:United States presidential candidates, 1944 Category:United States presidential candidates, 1948 Category:People from Michigan Category:1902 births Category:1971 deaths