The 1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 1948 as part of the
1948 United States presidential election
The 1948 United States presidential election was the 41st quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1948. In one of the greatest election upsets in American history, incumbent President Harry S. Truman, the Democra ...
. Voters chose 35 representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
Pennsylvania voted for the
Republican nominee,
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician who served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican candidate for president in 1944 and 1948: although ...
, over the
Democratic
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nominee,
President Harry Truman. Dewey won Pennsylvania by a margin of 4.01%. , this is the last time that a Democrat won the national election without carrying Pennsylvania, the last time any candidate won Pennsylvania without carrying
Northampton County, and the last time a Republican won Pennsylvania without carrying neighboring
Ohio. Until
2016
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, it was also the last time a Democrat would win the national popular vote without carrying Pennsylvania. As of 2022, this is the most recent time that Pennsylvania voted to the right of neighboring
Ohio, as well as the last time that Pennsylvania voted to the right of
Arizona,
Utah,
Idaho,
Wyoming,
Montana, and
Indiana.
Results
Results by county
See also
*
List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania occur when voters in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania cast ballots for electors to the Electoral College as part of a national election to elect the President and Vice President of the U ...
References
{{United States elections
Pennsylvania
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
1948 Pennsylvania elections