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United States presidential election, 1948

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Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Missouri New York
Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren
Electoral vote 25 0
Popular vote 1,452,791 1,445,684
Percentage 49.48% 49.24%

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

The 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 2, 1948. Ohio voters chose twenty-five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Democratic Party candidate Harry S. Truman won the state with 49.48% of the popular vote, winning Ohio's twenty-five electoral votes. It was the closest state in the election.[1]

Results

United States presidential election in Ohio, 1948
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Harry S. Truman 1,452,791 49.48% 25
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 1,445,684 49.24% 0
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 37,596 1.28% 0
Totals 2,936,071 100.0% 25

Results by county

Harry S. Truman[2]
Democratic
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive
Margin Total votes cast
County # % # % # % # % #
Adams 4,293 45.63% 5,103 54.24% 12 0.13% -810 -8.61% 9,408
Allen 13,161 42.91% 17,380 56.67% 127 0.41% -4,219 -13.76% 30,668
Ashland 6,095 42.95% 8,027 56.56% 69 0.49% -1,932 -13.61% 14,191
Ashtabula 12,560 44.34% 15,389 54.33% 377 1.33% -2,829 -9.99% 28,326
Athens 7,398 45.24% 8,902 54.43% 54 0.33% -1,504 -9.20% 16,354
Auglaize 5,670 45.28% 6,818 54.45% 34 0.27% -1,148 -9.17% 12,522
Belmont 23,217 62.51% 13,283 35.76% 643 1.73% 9,934 26.75% 37,143
Brown 5,140 56.49% 3,931 43.20% 28 0.31% 1,209 13.29% 9,099
Butler 24,276 52.78% 21,393 46.52% 322 0.70% 2,883 6.27% 45,991
Carroll 2,996 40.97% 4,283 58.57% 34 0.46% -1,287 -17.60% 7,313
Champaign 4,585 41.31% 6,492 58.49% 23 0.21% -1,907 -17.18% 11,100
Clark 17,236 47.99% 18,548 51.64% 133 0.37% -1,312 -3.65% 35,917
Clermont 8,224 48.70% 8,592 50.88% 71 0.42% -368 -2.18% 16,887
Clinton 3,758 38.35% 6,009 61.32% 32 0.33% -2,251 -22.97% 9,799
Columbiana 16,588 48.03% 17,724 51.32% 226 0.65% -1,136 -3.29% 34,538
Coshocton 6,457 47.36% 7,096 52.05% 81 0.59% -639 -4.69% 13,634
Crawford 7,600 46.05% 8,862 53.70% 41 0.25% -1,262 -7.65% 16,503
Cuyahoga 257,958 52.58% 214,889 43.80% 17,781 3.62% 43,069 8.78% 490,628
Darke 8,770 49.23% 8,956 50.28% 87 0.49% -186 -1.04% 17,813
Defiance 4,454 42.79% 5,927 56.94% 28 0.27% -1,473 -14.15% 10,409
Delaware 4,371 34.95% 8,089 64.68% 46 0.37% -3,718 -29.73% 12,506
Erie 8,644 47.23% 9,568 52.28% 90 0.49% -924 -5.05% 18,302
Fairfield 9,375 49.58% 9,471 50.09% 61 0.32% -96 -0.51% 18,907
Fayette 3,513 41.85% 4,865 57.95% 17 0.20% -1,352 -16.10% 8,395
Franklin 84,806 45.84% 98,707 53.36% 1,486 0.80% -13,901 -7.51% 184,999
Fulton 2,672 28.95% 6,523 70.67% 35 0.38% -3,851 -41.72% 9,230
Gallia 3,430 37.25% 5,743 62.38% 34 0.37% -2,313 -25.12% 9,207
Geauga 2,960 34.33% 5,535 64.20% 127 1.47% -2,575 -29.87% 8,622
Greene 8,970 49.02% 9,186 50.20% 144 0.79% -216 -1.18% 18,300
Guernsey 6,639 46.17% 7,651 53.21% 90 0.63% -1,012 -7.04% 14,380
Hamilton 135,290 46.91% 151,055 52.37% 2,068 0.72% -15,765 -5.47% 288,413
Hancock 6,598 36.50% 11,427 63.21% 54 0.30% -4,829 -26.71% 18,079
Hardin 5,474 42.21% 7,441 57.38% 52 0.40% -1,967 -15.17% 12,967
Harrison 3,422 44.44% 4,215 54.74% 63 0.82% -793 -10.30% 7,700
Henry 3,689 42.29% 5,024 57.59% 11 0.13% -1,335 -15.30% 8,724
Highland 5,675 45.26% 6,849 54.62% 16 0.13% -1,174 -9.36% 12,540
Hocking 4,462 54.34% 3,733 45.46% 17 0.21% 729 8.88% 8,212
Holmes 2,480 49.78% 2,496 50.10% 6 0.12% -16 -0.32% 4,982
Huron 6,073 40.13% 9,004 59.50% 57 0.38% -2,931 -19.37% 15,134
Jackson 5,059 46.52% 5,782 53.17% 33 0.30% -723 -6.65% 10,874
Jefferson 23,725 61.77% 14,230 37.05% 454 1.18% 9,495 24.72% 38,409
Knox 6,120 41.48% 8,607 58.33% 28 0.19% -2,487 -16.86% 14,755
Lake 10,844 44.98% 12,973 53.81% 291 1.21% -2,129 -8.83% 24,108
Lawrence 9,495 53.69% 8,113 45.88% 76 0.43% 1,382 7.81% 17,684
Licking 12,511 45.07% 15,164 54.62% 87 0.31% -2,653 -9.56% 27,762
Logan 5,149 38.70% 8,118 61.01% 38 0.29% -2,969 -22.31% 13,305
Lorain 21,397 49.03% 21,616 49.53% 625 1.43% -219 -0.50% 43,638
Lucas 74,064 51.85% 66,798 46.76% 1,991 1.39% 7,266 5.09% 142,853
Madison 3,356 41.46% 4,730 58.44% 8 0.10% -1,374 -16.98% 8,094
Mahoning 62,468 61.76% 37,365 36.94% 1,313 1.30% 25,103 24.82% 101,146
Marion 8,223 44.20% 10,333 55.54% 50 0.27% -2,110 -11.34% 18,606
Medina 5,133 34.88% 9,462 64.29% 122 0.83% -4,329 -29.41% 14,717
Meigs 3,595 39.11% 5,564 60.52% 34 0.37% -1,969 -21.42% 9,193
Mercer 5,928 52.92% 5,266 47.01% 8 0.07% 662 5.91% 11,202
Miami 10,066 43.29% 13,100 56.33% 89 0.38% -3,034 -13.05% 23,255
Monroe 3,873 60.01% 2,574 39.88% 7 0.11% 1,299 20.13% 6,454
Montgomery 76,879 55.66% 60,048 43.48% 1,187 0.86% 16,831 12.19% 138,114
Morgan 1,783 33.79% 3,480 65.96% 13 0.25% -1,697 -32.16% 5,276
Morrow 2,616 37.61% 4,327 62.21% 12 0.17% -1,711 -24.60% 6,955
Muskingum 12,765 44.18% 16,049 55.54% 81 0.28% -3,284 -11.37% 28,895
Noble 2,425 40.80% 3,494 58.79% 24 0.40% -1,069 -17.99% 5,943
Ottawa 6,157 52.25% 5,591 47.45% 35 0.30% 566 4.80% 11,783
Paulding 2,512 41.11% 3,579 58.58% 19 0.31% -1,067 -17.46% 6,110
Perry 5,264 47.89% 5,692 51.78% 36 0.33% -428 -3.89% 10,992
Pickaway 5,290 51.55% 4,965 48.38% 7 0.07% 325 3.17% 10,262
Pike 4,516 63.06% 2,639 36.85% 6 0.08% 1,877 26.21% 7,161
Portage 11,987 50.21% 11,621 48.67% 268 1.12% 366 1.53% 23,876
Preble 4,656 44.28% 5,837 55.51% 23 0.22% -1,181 -11.23% 10,516
Putnam 5,114 50.39% 5,006 49.33% 28 0.28% 108 1.06% 10,148
Richland 14,712 47.63% 15,894 51.46% 280 0.91% -1,182 -3.83% 30,886
Ross 9,524 47.71% 10,398 52.08% 42 0.21% -874 -4.38% 19,964
Sandusky 7,216 39.87% 10,847 59.93% 36 0.20% -3,631 -20.06% 18,099
Scioto 17,923 51.43% 16,800 48.20% 129 0.37% 1,123 3.22% 34,852
Seneca 7,954 40.74% 11,493 58.87% 77 0.39% -3,539 -18.13% 19,524
Shelby 6,939 56.06% 5,406 43.68% 32 0.26% 1,533 12.39% 12,377
Stark 47,533 47.46% 51,482 51.40% 1,135 1.13% -3,949 -3.94% 100,150
Summit 78,096 55.41% 60,174 42.69% 2,680 1.90% 17,922 12.72% 140,950
Trumbull 37,097 58.52% 25,297 39.91% 998 1.57% 11,800 18.61% 63,392
Tuscarawas 14,799 55.19% 11,873 44.27% 145 0.54% 2,926 10.91% 26,817
Union 3,008 34.52% 5,688 65.28% 17 0.20% -2,680 -30.76% 8,713
Van Wert 5,127 42.95% 6,785 56.84% 24 0.20% -1,658 -13.89% 11,936
Vinton 2,016 46.29% 2,323 53.34% 16 0.37% -307 -7.05% 4,355
Warren 5,793 43.20% 7,584 56.56% 32 0.24% -1,791 -13.36% 13,409
Washington 7,542 42.05% 10,349 57.70% 45 0.25% -2,807 -15.65% 17,936
Wayne 8,868 42.05% 12,152 57.62% 70 0.33% -3,284 -15.57% 21,090
Williams 3,662 34.98% 6,784 64.79% 24 0.23% -3,122 -29.82% 10,470
Wood 9,725 42.21% 13,197 57.28% 119 0.52% -3,472 -15.07% 23,041
Wyandot 3,308 40.43% 4,849 59.26% 25 0.31% -1,541 -18.83% 8,182
Totals 1,452,791 49.48% 1,445,684 49.24% 37,596 1.28% 7,107 0.24% 2,936,071

References

  1. ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Data – National". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)