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1948 United States presidential election in Missouri
← 1944 November 2, 1948 1952 →
 
Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Missouri New York
Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren
Electoral vote 15 0
Popular vote 917,315 655,039
Percentage 58.11% 41.49%
County Results

Truman

  50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%

Dewey

  50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

President before election

Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman
Democratic

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The 1948 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Incumbent President Harry S. Truman won his home state of Missouri with 58.11% of the popular vote against Republican Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, who gained 41.49% of the popular vote. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Moniteau County and Cole County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Truman dramatically improved upon Franklin D. Roosevelt's performance in the state four years prior, winning the state by more than 16 percentage points, compared to Roosevelt's 3 percentage points.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Missouri
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.) 917,315 58.11%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 655,039 41.49%
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 3,998 0.25%
Socialist Norman Thomas 2,222 0.14%
Write-in Strom Thurmond 42 0.00%
Write-in Claude A. Watson 8 0.00%
Write-in Edward A. Teichert 3 0.00%
Write-in — 1 0.00%
Total votes 1,578,628 100%

Results by county

County Harry S. Truman
Democratic 		Thomas E. Dewey
Republican 		Henry A. Wallace
Progressive 		Norman Thomas
Socialist 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 4,136 50.43% 4,024 49.07% 33 0.40% 8 0.10% 112 1.36% 8,201
Andrew 2,576 44.96% 3,142 54.84% 9 0.16% 2 0.03% -566 -9.88% 5,729
Atchison 2,498 53.23% 2,190 46.67% 2 0.04% 3 0.06% 308 6.56% 4,693
Audrain 7,495 73.12% 2,739 26.72% 13 0.13% 3 0.03% 4,756 46.40% 10,250
Barry 4,724 49.54% 4,812 50.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -88 -0.92% 9,536
Barton 3,008 53.79% 2,577 46.08% 6 0.11% 1 0.02% 431 7.71% 5,592
Bates 4,371 51.22% 4,156 48.71% 4 0.05% 2 0.02% 215 2.51% 8,533
Benton 1,360 32.92% 2,768 67.01% 2 0.05% 1 0.02% -1,408 -34.09% 4,131
Bollinger 2,075 48.63% 2,187 51.25% 3 0.07% 2 0.05% -112 -2.62% 4,267
Boone 10,200 69.61% 4,289 29.27% 81 0.55% 83 0.57% 5,911 40.34% 14,653
Buchanan 22,975 63.76% 13,002 36.08% 31 0.09% 26 0.07% 9,973 27.68% 36,034
Butler 5,319 55.23% 4,276 44.40% 24 0.25% 11 0.11% 1,043 10.83% 9,630
Caldwell 1,985 42.45% 2,687 57.46% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% -702 -15.01% 4,676
Callaway 6,215 71.78% 2,433 28.10% 6 0.07% 4 0.05% 3,782 43.68% 8,658
Camden 1,264 38.41% 2,020 61.38% 3 0.09% 4 0.12% -756 -22.97% 3,291
Cape Girardeau 7,872 52.58% 7,084 47.32% 8 0.05% 7 0.05% 788 5.26% 14,971
Carroll 3,401 44.64% 4,212 55.29% 5 0.07% 0 0.00% -811 -10.65% 7,618
Carter 1,255 56.10% 964 43.09% 13 0.58% 5 0.22% 291 13.01% 2,237
Cass 5,415 59.87% 3,614 39.96% 12 0.13% 4 0.04% 1,801 19.91% 9,045
Cedar 2,062 41.24% 2,928 58.56% 4 0.08% 6 0.12% -866 -17.32% 5,000
Chariton 4,170 61.40% 2,615 38.51% 3 0.04% 3 0.04% 1,555 22.89% 6,791
Christian 1,600 33.79% 3,129 66.08% 3 0.06% 3 0.06% -1,529 -32.29% 4,735
Clark 2,352 50.92% 2,264 49.01% 1 0.02% 2 0.04% 88 1.91% 4,619
Clay 11,855 64.77% 6,408 35.01% 21 0.11% 20 0.11% 5,447 29.76% 18,304
Clinton 3,481 60.91% 2,227 38.97% 3 0.05% 4 0.07% 1,254 21.94% 5,715
Cole 7,891 53.23% 6,909 46.60% 14 0.09% 11 0.07% 982 6.63% 14,825
Cooper 3,865 48.51% 4,094 51.38% 1 0.01% 8 0.10% -229 -2.87% 7,968
Crawford 2,289 46.25% 2,650 53.55% 7 0.14% 3 0.06% -361 -7.30% 4,949
Dade 1,733 38.33% 2,783 61.56% 1 0.02% 4 0.09% -1,050 -23.23% 4,521
Dallas 1,590 37.01% 2,695 62.73% 6 0.14% 5 0.12% -1,105 -25.72% 4,296
Daviess 2,868 50.38% 2,823 49.59% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 45 0.79% 5,693
DeKalb 2,033 49.17% 2,098 50.74% 2 0.05% 2 0.05% -65 -1.57% 4,135
Dent 2,973 59.58% 2,003 40.14% 9 0.18% 5 0.10% 970 19.44% 4,990
Douglas 1,163 29.71% 2,734 69.85% 7 0.18% 10 0.26% -1,571 -40.14% 3,914
Dunklin 10,979 81.56% 2,466 18.32% 8 0.06% 8 0.06% 8,513 63.24% 13,461
Franklin 7,822 50.19% 7,725 49.57% 28 0.18% 10 0.06% 97 0.62% 15,585
Gasconade 1,204 21.95% 4,268 77.81% 10 0.18% 3 0.05% -3,064 -55.86% 5,485
Gentry 3,410 56.42% 2,633 43.56% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% 777 12.86% 6,044
Greene 20,762 52.34% 18,836 47.49% 32 0.08% 34 0.09% 1,926 4.85% 39,664
Grundy 3,177 48.79% 3,331 51.15% 0 0.00% 4 0.06% -154 -2.36% 6,512
Harrison 2,854 43.82% 3,646 55.98% 5 0.08% 8 0.12% -792 -12.16% 6,513
Henry 5,551 54.56% 4,619 45.40% 1 0.01% 3 0.03% 932 9.16% 10,174
Hickory 733 29.77% 1,728 70.19% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% -995 -40.42% 2,462
Holt 2,040 43.86% 2,607 56.05% 2 0.04% 2 0.04% -567 -12.19% 4,651
Howard 4,143 72.77% 1,538 27.02% 7 0.12% 5 0.09% 2,605 45.75% 5,693
Howell 3,599 44.65% 4,427 54.93% 13 0.16% 21 0.26% -828 -10.28% 8,060
Iron 2,552 63.90% 1,435 35.93% 3 0.08% 4 0.10% 1,117 27.97% 3,994
Jackson 139,186 61.44% 86,471 38.17% 634 0.28% 236 0.10% 52,715 23.27% 226,527
Jasper 15,404 51.21% 14,593 48.52% 58 0.19% 23 0.08% 811 2.69% 30,078
Jefferson 10,280 62.55% 6,085 37.02% 47 0.29% 23 0.14% 4,195 25.53% 16,435
Johnson 4,888 49.85% 4,903 50.01% 8 0.08% 6 0.06% -15 -0.16% 9,805
Knox 2,268 58.32% 1,620 41.66% 0 0.00% 1 0.03% 648 16.66% 3,889
Laclede 3,221 45.92% 3,773 53.78% 9 0.13% 12 0.17% -552 -7.86% 7,015
Lafayette 5,988 47.37% 6,634 52.48% 11 0.09% 9 0.07% -646 -5.11% 12,642
Lawrence 4,649 46.22% 5,392 53.61% 10 0.10% 7 0.07% -743 -7.39% 10,058
Lewis 3,155 66.69% 1,564 33.06% 6 0.13% 6 0.13% 1,591 33.63% 4,731
Lincoln 4,190 66.13% 2,135 33.70% 5 0.08% 6 0.09% 2,055 32.43% 6,336
Linn 5,788 58.86% 4,034 41.03% 5 0.05% 6 0.06% 1,754 17.83% 9,833
Livingston 4,182 52.07% 3,835 47.75% 6 0.07% 8 0.10% 347 4.32% 8,031
Macon 5,193 57.45% 3,833 42.41% 6 0.07% 7 0.08% 1,360 15.04% 9,039
Madison 2,509 54.56% 2,086 45.36% 1 0.02% 3 0.07% 423 9.20% 4,599
Maries 1,948 68.45% 894 31.41% 1 0.04% 3 0.11% 1,054 37.04% 2,846
Marion 9,122 70.47% 3,802 29.37% 14 0.11% 6 0.05% 5,320 41.10% 12,944
McDonald 2,925 49.45% 2,979 50.36% 8 0.14% 3 0.05% -54 -0.91% 5,915
Mercer 1,008 38.69% 1,595 61.23% 1 0.04% 1 0.04% -587 -22.54% 2,605
Miller 2,514 44.80% 3,088 55.03% 4 0.07% 5 0.09% -574 -10.23% 5,611
Mississippi 4,592 77.63% 1,293 21.86% 25 0.42% 5 0.08% 3,299 55.77% 5,915
Moniteau 2,787 51.75% 2,594 48.17% 1 0.02% 3 0.06% 193 3.58% 5,385
Monroe 4,769 85.39% 809 14.49% 6 0.11% 1 0.02% 3,960 70.90% 5,585
Montgomery 2,792 49.04% 2,889 50.75% 3 0.05% 9 0.16% -97 -1.71% 5,693
Morgan 1,862 43.94% 2,365 55.80% 4 0.09% 7 0.17% -503 -11.86% 4,238
New Madrid 8,925 81.00% 2,082 18.90% 6 0.05% 5 0.05% 6,843 62.10% 11,018
Newton 5,598 48.92% 5,820 50.86% 15 0.13% 10 0.09% -222 -1.94% 11,443
Nodaway 6,253 56.03% 4,886 43.78% 13 0.12% 9 0.08% 1,367 12.25% 11,161
Oregon 3,133 71.91% 1,214 27.86% 4 0.09% 6 0.14% 1,919 44.05% 4,357
Osage 2,672 51.68% 2,488 48.12% 4 0.08% 6 0.12% 184 3.56% 5,170
Ozark 859 30.33% 1,967 69.46% 2 0.07% 4 0.14% -1,108 -39.13% 2,832
Pemiscot 10,269 81.98% 2,249 17.95% 1 0.01% 7 0.06% 8,020 64.03% 12,526
Perry 2,133 42.30% 2,903 57.56% 1 0.02% 6 0.12% -770 -15.26% 5,043
Pettis 8,388 55.66% 6,657 44.18% 16 0.11% 8 0.05% 1,731 11.48% 15,069
Phelps 5,202 62.85% 3,053 36.89% 15 0.18% 7 0.08% 2,149 25.96% 8,277
Pike 4,934 66.68% 2,448 33.08% 7 0.09% 11 0.15% 2,486 33.60% 7,400
Platte 4,354 72.40% 1,644 27.34% 6 0.10% 10 0.17% 2,710 45.06% 6,014
Polk 3,079 43.32% 4,026 56.65% 1 0.01% 1 0.01% -947 -13.33% 7,107
Pulaski 2,858 63.33% 1,644 36.43% 8 0.18% 3 0.07% 1,214 26.90% 4,513
Putnam 1,463 36.79% 2,499 62.84% 8 0.20% 7 0.18% -1,036 -26.05% 3,977
Ralls 3,013 76.82% 908 23.15% 0 0.00% 1 0.03% 2,105 53.67% 3,922
Randolph 7,912 77.74% 2,256 22.17% 7 0.07% 3 0.03% 5,656 55.57% 10,178
Ray 4,826 69.57% 2,102 30.30% 4 0.06% 5 0.07% 2,724 39.27% 6,937
Reynolds 2,050 74.60% 692 25.18% 4 0.15% 2 0.07% 1,358 49.42% 2,748
Ripley 2,304 59.72% 1,533 39.74% 16 0.41% 5 0.13% 771 19.98% 3,858
St. Charles 6,049 50.14% 5,976 49.54% 23 0.19% 16 0.13% 73 0.60% 12,064
St. Clair 2,489 49.35% 2,548 50.52% 5 0.10% 2 0.04% -59 -1.17% 5,044
St. Francois 7,276 53.73% 6,234 46.03% 23 0.17% 9 0.07% 1,042 7.70% 13,542
St. Louis 62,684 47.00% 69,592 52.17% 700 0.52% 407 0.31% -6,908 -5.17% 133,383
St. Louis City 220,654 64.19% 120,656 35.10% 1638 0.48% 822 0.24% 99,998 29.09% 343,770
Ste. Genevieve 1,984 55.61% 1,567 43.92% 12 0.34% 5 0.14% 417 11.69% 3,568
Saline 7,185 59.73% 4,822 40.09% 13 0.11% 9 0.07% 2,363 19.64% 12,029
Schuyler 1,892 57.74% 1,377 42.02% 2 0.06% 6 0.18% 515 15.72% 3,277
Scotland 2,451 59.02% 1,693 40.77% 8 0.19% 1 0.02% 758 18.25% 4,153
Scott 8,266 76.52% 2,519 23.32% 8 0.07% 10 0.09% 5,747 53.20% 10,803
Shannon 2,352 74.10% 805 25.36% 8 0.25% 9 0.28% 1,547 48.74% 3,174
Shelby 3,400 71.43% 1,348 28.32% 11 0.23% 1 0.02% 2,052 43.11% 4,760
Stoddard 7,029 69.12% 3,117 30.65% 17 0.17% 6 0.06% 3,912 38.47% 10,169
Stone 892 28.58% 2,222 71.20% 5 0.16% 2 0.06% -1,330 -42.62% 3,121
Sullivan 3,443 52.23% 3,140 47.63% 5 0.08% 4 0.06% 303 4.60% 6,592
Taney 1,427 37.58% 2,361 62.18% 6 0.16% 3 0.08% -934 -24.60% 3,797
Texas 4,664 58.34% 3,320 41.53% 6 0.08% 4 0.05% 1,344 16.81% 7,994
Vernon 5,342 58.29% 3,808 41.55% 9 0.10% 5 0.05% 1,534 16.74% 9,164
Warren 1,071 30.88% 2,380 68.63% 7 0.20% 10 0.29% -1,309 -37.75% 3,468
Washington 2,370 51.69% 2,200 47.98% 9 0.20% 6 0.13% 170 3.71% 4,585
Wayne 2,695 58.16% 1,937 41.80% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 758 16.36% 4,634
Webster 3,292 47.78% 3,581 51.97% 9 0.13% 8 0.12% -289 -4.19% 6,890
Worth 1,563 57.21% 1,162 42.53% 4 0.15% 3 0.11% 401 14.68% 2,732
Wright 2,505 41.35% 3,542 58.47% 8 0.13% 3 0.05% -1,037 -17.12% 6,058
Totals 917,315 58.11% 655,039 41.49% 3,998 0.25% 2,222 0.14% 262,276 16.62% 1,578,628

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. ^ These write-in votes were not separated by county, although different write-in candidates were separated in the statewide total.

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1948 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  2. "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  3. "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  4. "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  5. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 239-246 ISBN 0786422173
  6. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  7. "MO US President Race, November 02, 1948". Our Campaigns.
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