1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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The 1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by Governor Strom Thurmond (DX–South Carolina), running with Governor Fielding L. Wright, with 49.07% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 32.75% of the popular vote, and Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 17.45% of the popular vote.[4][5]
This marked the first time since 1876 that Louisiana failed to back the Democratic nominee in a presidential election, and the first time ever that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying the state.
52% of white voters supported Thurmond.[6]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixiecrat | Strom Thurmond | 204,290 | 49.07% | |
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 136,344 | 32.75% | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 72,657 | 17.45% | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 3,035 | 0.73% | |
| Write-in | 10 | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 416,336 | 100% | ||
Results by parish
[edit]| Parish | Strom Thurmond States Rights |
Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Thomas E. Dewey Republican |
Henry A. Wallace Progressive |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Acadia | 3,497 | 52.37% | 2,382 | 35.67% | 784 | 11.74% | 14 | 0.21% | 1,115 | 16.70% | 6,678[a] |
| Allen | 980 | 30.44% | 1,996 | 62.01% | 241 | 7.49% | 2 | 0.06% | -1,016 | -31.57% | 3,219 |
| Ascension | 1,420 | 47.60% | 1,126 | 37.75% | 433 | 14.52% | 4 | 0.13% | 294 | 9.85% | 2,983 |
| Assumption | 1,000 | 54.53% | 362 | 19.74% | 469 | 25.57% | 3 | 0.16% | 531[b] | 28.96% | 1,834 |
| Avoyelles | 5,417 | 76.24% | 1,356 | 19.09% | 285 | 4.01% | 44 | 0.62% | 4,061 | 57.15% | 7,105[c] |
| Beauregard | 1,365 | 39.30% | 1,653 | 47.60% | 449 | 12.93% | 6 | 0.17% | -288 | -8.30% | 3,473 |
| Bienville | 2,362 | 79.34% | 421 | 14.14% | 191 | 6.42% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,941 | 65.20% | 2,977 |
| Bossier | 2,390 | 61.66% | 1,147 | 29.59% | 338 | 8.72% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,243 | 32.07% | 3,876 |
| Caddo | 11,292 | 51.06% | 5,985 | 27.06% | 4,777 | 21.60% | 63 | 0.28% | 5,307 | 24.00% | 22,117 |
| Calcasieu | 3,400 | 27.34% | 7,074 | 56.87% | 1,940 | 15.60% | 24 | 0.19% | -3,674 | -29.53% | 12,438 |
| Caldwell | 818 | 46.80% | 777 | 44.45% | 151 | 8.64% | 2 | 0.11% | 41 | 2.35% | 1,748 |
| Cameron | 293 | 26.09% | 742 | 66.07% | 87 | 7.75% | 1 | 0.09% | -449 | -39.98% | 1,123 |
| Catahoula | 1,062 | 63.75% | 515 | 30.91% | 86 | 5.16% | 3 | 0.18% | 547 | 32.84% | 1,666 |
| Claiborne | 2,061 | 73.98% | 457 | 16.40% | 265 | 9.51% | 3 | 0.11% | 1,604 | 57.58% | 2,786 |
| Concordia | 1,140 | 72.75% | 329 | 21.00% | 98 | 6.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 811 | 51.75% | 1,567 |
| DeSoto | 1,889 | 68.00% | 617 | 22.21% | 270 | 9.72% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,272 | 45.79% | 2,778 |
| East Baton Rouge | 8,166 | 38.05% | 8,560 | 39.88% | 4,585 | 21.36% | 153 | 0.71% | -394 | -1.83% | 21,464 |
| East Carroll | 663 | 60.05% | 323 | 29.26% | 116 | 10.51% | 2 | 0.18% | 340 | 30.79% | 1,104 |
| East Feliciana | 839 | 67.99% | 267 | 21.64% | 127 | 10.29% | 1 | 0.08% | 572 | 46.35% | 1,234 |
| Evangeline | 4,415 | 76.48% | 1,149 | 19.90% | 206 | 3.57% | 3 | 0.05% | 3,266 | 56.58% | 5,773 |
| Franklin | 1,872 | 48.19% | 1,857 | 47.80% | 149 | 3.84% | 7 | 0.18% | 15 | 0.39% | 3,885 |
| Grant | 1,439 | 50.67% | 1,120 | 39.44% | 273 | 9.61% | 8 | 0.28% | 319 | 11.23% | 2,840 |
| Iberia | 2,224 | 36.12% | 1,015 | 16.49% | 2,910 | 47.26% | 8 | 0.13% | -686[b] | -11.14% | 6,157 |
| Iberville | 856 | 27.91% | 1,697 | 55.33% | 506 | 16.50% | 8 | 0.26% | -841 | -27.42% | 3,067 |
| Jackson | 1,400 | 61.16% | 713 | 31.15% | 169 | 7.38% | 7 | 0.31% | 687 | 30.01% | 2,289 |
| Jefferson | 8,822 | 54.56% | 4,654 | 28.79% | 2,620 | 16.20% | 72 | 0.45% | 4,168 | 25.77% | 16,168 |
| Jefferson Davis | 1,122 | 30.82% | 1,717 | 47.16% | 793 | 21.78% | 9 | 0.25% | -595 | -16.34% | 3,641 |
| Lafayette | 3,724 | 49.01% | 1,787 | 23.52% | 2,068 | 27.21% | 20 | 0.26% | 1,656[b] | 21.80% | 7,599 |
| Lafourche | 3,052 | 51.62% | 1,586 | 26.82% | 1,247 | 21.09% | 28 | 0.47% | 1,466 | 24.80% | 5,913 |
| LaSalle | 1,767 | 64.23% | 716 | 26.03% | 266 | 9.67% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,051 | 38.20% | 2,751 |
| Lincoln | 2,196 | 68.60% | 625 | 19.53% | 353 | 11.03% | 27 | 0.84% | 1,571 | 49.07% | 3,201 |
| Livingston | 1,351 | 38.92% | 1,841 | 53.04% | 264 | 7.61% | 15 | 0.43% | -490 | -14.12% | 3,471 |
| Madison | 1,033 | 75.62% | 197 | 14.42% | 127 | 9.30% | 9 | 0.66% | 836 | 61.20% | 1,366 |
| Morehouse | 1,391 | 49.43% | 1,177 | 41.83% | 242 | 8.60% | 4 | 0.14% | 214 | 7.60% | 2,814 |
| Natchitoches | 2,887 | 53.94% | 1,692 | 31.61% | 763 | 14.26% | 10 | 0.19% | 1,195 | 22.33% | 5,352 |
| Orleans | 50,234 | 40.58% | 41,900 | 33.85% | 29,442 | 23.78% | 2,203 | 1.78% | 8,334 | 6.73% | 123,785[d] |
| Ouachita | 4,848 | 44.88% | 4,213 | 39.00% | 1,729 | 16.01% | 12 | 0.11% | 635 | 5.88% | 10,802 |
| Plaquemines | 2,597 | 93.62% | 77 | 2.78% | 90 | 3.24% | 10 | 0.36% | 2,507[b] | 90.38% | 2,774 |
| Pointe Coupee | 1,375 | 69.48% | 402 | 20.31% | 198 | 10.01% | 4 | 0.20% | 973 | 49.17% | 1,979 |
| Rapides | 6,581 | 50.39% | 4,730 | 36.22% | 1,707 | 13.07% | 42 | 0.32% | 1,851 | 14.17% | 13,060 |
| Red River | 1,535 | 72.89% | 452 | 21.46% | 113 | 5.37% | 6 | 0.28% | 1,083 | 51.43% | 2,106 |
| Richland | 1,448 | 57.12% | 960 | 37.87% | 119 | 4.69% | 8 | 0.32% | 488 | 19.25% | 2,535 |
| Sabine | 2,249 | 54.51% | 1,405 | 34.05% | 469 | 11.37% | 3 | 0.07% | 844 | 20.46% | 4,126 |
| St. Bernard | 2,242 | 91.70% | 91 | 3.72% | 107 | 4.38% | 5 | 0.20% | 2,135[b] | 87.32% | 2,445 |
| St. Charles | 1,206 | 50.04% | 914 | 37.93% | 286 | 11.87% | 4 | 0.17% | 292 | 12.11% | 2,410 |
| St. Helena | 662 | 55.58% | 469 | 39.38% | 59 | 4.95% | 1 | 0.08% | 193 | 16.20% | 1,191 |
| St. James | 800 | 37.79% | 859 | 40.58% | 453 | 21.40% | 5 | 0.24% | -59 | -2.79% | 2,117 |
| St. John the Baptist | 695 | 36.97% | 799 | 42.50% | 379 | 20.16% | 7 | 0.37% | -104 | -5.53% | 1,880 |
| St. Landry | 5,730 | 73.96% | 1,179 | 15.22% | 829 | 10.70% | 9 | 0.12% | 4,551 | 58.74% | 7,747 |
| St. Martin | 2,822 | 73.80% | 307 | 8.03% | 688 | 17.99% | 7 | 0.18% | 2,134[b] | 55.81% | 3,824 |
| St. Mary | 1,751 | 49.99% | 918 | 26.21% | 824 | 23.52% | 10 | 0.29% | 833 | 23.78% | 3,503 |
| St. Tammany | 3,063 | 60.76% | 1,164 | 23.09% | 790 | 15.67% | 24 | 0.48% | 1,899 | 37.67% | 5,041 |
| Tangipahoa | 3,919 | 52.90% | 2,184 | 29.48% | 1,287 | 17.37% | 18 | 0.24% | 1,735 | 23.42% | 7,408 |
| Tensas | 732 | 70.05% | 239 | 22.87% | 72 | 6.89% | 2 | 0.19% | 493 | 47.18% | 1,045 |
| Terrebonne | 2,011 | 46.40% | 1,262 | 29.12% | 1,048 | 24.18% | 13 | 0.30% | 749 | 17.28% | 4,334 |
| Union | 1,872 | 65.50% | 724 | 25.33% | 259 | 9.06% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,148 | 40.17% | 2,858 |
| Vermilion | 3,236 | 51.69% | 1,806 | 28.85% | 1,212 | 19.36% | 7 | 0.11% | 1,430 | 22.84% | 6,261 |
| Vernon | 2,331 | 50.87% | 1,939 | 42.32% | 296 | 6.46% | 16 | 0.35% | 392 | 8.55% | 4,582 |
| Washington | 4,141 | 53.08% | 3,267 | 41.88% | 371 | 4.76% | 22 | 0.28% | 874 | 11.20% | 7,801 |
| Webster | 2,895 | 54.72% | 1,933 | 36.53% | 455 | 8.60% | 8 | 0.15% | 962 | 18.19% | 5,291 |
| West Baton Rouge | 466 | 39.93% | 557 | 47.73% | 141 | 12.08% | 3 | 0.26% | -91 | -7.80% | 1,167 |
| West Carroll | 1,221 | 53.16% | 921 | 40.10% | 151 | 6.57% | 4 | 0.17% | 300 | 13.06% | 2,297 |
| West Feliciana | 377 | 64.78% | 101 | 17.35% | 102 | 17.53% | 2 | 0.34% | 275[b] | 47.25% | 582 |
| Winn | 1,648 | 56.25% | 940 | 32.08% | 333 | 11.37% | 9 | 0.31% | 708 | 24.17% | 2,930 |
| Totals | 204,290 | 49.07% | 136,344 | 32.75% | 72,657 | 17.45% | 3,035 | 0.73% | 67,946 | 16.32% | 416,336 |
Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Dixiecrat
[edit]- Bienville
- Bossier
- Caddo
- Claiborne
- DeSoto
- Lafayette
- Lincoln
- Madison
- Plaquemines
- Saint Bernard
- St. Mary
- St. Landry
- Tensas
- West Feliciana
- Acadia
- Ascension
- Assumption
- Avoyelles
- Caldwell
- Catahoula
- Concordia
- East Carroll
- East Feliciana
- Evangeline
- Franklin
- Grant
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- LaSalle
- Lafourche
- Morehouse
- Natchitoches
- Orleans
- Ouachita
- Pointe Coupee
- Red River
- Rapides
- Richland
- Sabine
- Saint Charles
- St. Helena
- St. Martin
- Tangipahoa
- St. Martin
- Union
- Vermillion
- Terrebonne
- Vernon
- Washington
- Webster
- Winn
- West Carroll
Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ One write-in vote was recorded from this parish.
- ^ a b c d e f g In this parish where Truman ran third behind Thurmond and Dewey, margin given is Dewey vote minus Thurmond vote and percentage margin Dewey percentage minus Thurmond percentage.
- ^ 3 write-in votes were recorded from this parish
- ^ 6 write-in votes were recorded from this parish.
References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ See ‘The Gallup Poll: Dewey May Get Just Less Than 50 Percent of the Popular Vote but Is the Winner’; The Clarion-Ledger, November 1, 1948, p. 1
- ^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Louisiana". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 147.
- ^ "LA US President Race, November 02, 1948". Our Campaigns.
Works cited
[edit]- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.
