The 1948 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 13[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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Indiana was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.58% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 48.78% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last time that Johnson County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 821,079 | 49.58% | |
Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 807,833 | 48.78% | |
Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 14,711 | 0.89% | |
Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 9,649 | 0.58% | |
Write-in | 2,942 | 0.18% | ||
Total votes | 1,656,214 | 100% |
Results by county
editCounty[6] | Thomas E. Dewey Republican |
Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Claude A. Watson Prohibition |
Henry A. Wallace Progressive |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 4,832 | 50.10% | 4,640 | 48.11% | 143 | 1.48% | 22 | 0.23% | 8 | 0.08% | 192 | 1.99% | 9,645 |
Allen | 37,494 | 54.00% | 31,239 | 44.99% | 224 | 0.32% | 335 | 0.48% | 144 | 0.21% | 6,255 | 9.01% | 69,436 |
Bartholomew | 7,804 | 48.74% | 7,960 | 49.71% | 203 | 1.27% | 29 | 0.18% | 16 | 0.10% | -156 | -0.97% | 16,012 |
Benton | 3,224 | 57.88% | 2,317 | 41.60% | 20 | 0.36% | 6 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.06% | 907 | 16.28% | 5,570 |
Blackford | 2,840 | 42.76% | 3,611 | 54.37% | 152 | 2.29% | 24 | 0.36% | 14 | 0.21% | -771 | -11.61% | 6,641 |
Boone | 6,450 | 55.67% | 5,037 | 43.47% | 71 | 0.61% | 20 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.07% | 1,413 | 12.20% | 11,586 |
Brown | 1,092 | 41.54% | 1,459 | 55.50% | 50 | 1.90% | 19 | 0.72% | 9 | 0.35% | -367 | -13.96% | 2,629 |
Carroll | 4,597 | 53.99% | 3,845 | 45.16% | 53 | 0.62% | 17 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.02% | 752 | 8.83% | 8,514 |
Cass | 9,105 | 46.97% | 10,086 | 52.03% | 103 | 0.53% | 68 | 0.35% | 23 | 0.12% | -981 | -5.06% | 19,385 |
Clark | 7,001 | 38.57% | 10,953 | 60.34% | 120 | 0.66% | 39 | 0.21% | 40 | 0.22% | -3,952 | -21.77% | 18,153 |
Clay | 5,654 | 47.49% | 5,965 | 50.10% | 175 | 1.47% | 90 | 0.76% | 21 | 0.18% | -311 | -2.61% | 11,905 |
Clinton | 7,762 | 52.02% | 7,001 | 46.92% | 114 | 0.76% | 31 | 0.21% | 13 | 0.09% | 761 | 5.10% | 14,921 |
Crawford | 2,427 | 46.97% | 2,625 | 50.80% | 101 | 1.95% | 9 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.10% | -198 | -3.83% | 5,167 |
Daviess | 7,030 | 53.89% | 5,867 | 44.98% | 85 | 0.65% | 36 | 0.28% | 26 | 0.20% | 1,163 | 8.91% | 13,044 |
Dearborn | 5,353 | 46.70% | 6,040 | 52.70% | 49 | 0.43% | 14 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.05% | -687 | -6.00% | 11,462 |
Decatur | 5,163 | 56.95% | 3,808 | 42.00% | 79 | 0.87% | 11 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.05% | 1,355 | 14.95% | 9,066 |
DeKalb | 6,941 | 54.86% | 5,439 | 42.99% | 228 | 1.80% | 36 | 0.28% | 8 | 0.07% | 1,502 | 11.87% | 12,652 |
Delaware | 15,662 | 46.72% | 17,060 | 50.89% | 617 | 1.84% | 136 | 0.41% | 50 | 0.15% | -1,398 | -4.17% | 33,525 |
Dubois | 4,295 | 39.30% | 6,564 | 60.07% | 33 | 0.30% | 26 | 0.24% | 10 | 0.09% | -2,269 | -20.77% | 10,928 |
Elkhart | 18,999 | 56.68% | 13,703 | 40.88% | 586 | 1.75% | 160 | 0.48% | 69 | 0.20% | 5,296 | 15.80% | 33,517 |
Fayette | 5,399 | 47.62% | 5,876 | 51.83% | 41 | 0.36% | 18 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.04% | -477 | -4.21% | 11,338 |
Floyd | 8,367 | 43.76% | 10,593 | 55.40% | 95 | 0.50% | 53 | 0.28% | 13 | 0.07% | -2,226 | -11.64% | 19,121 |
Fountain | 5,186 | 54.76% | 4,215 | 44.50% | 43 | 0.45% | 24 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.03% | 971 | 10.26% | 9,471 |
Franklin | 3,566 | 55.13% | 2,860 | 44.22% | 30 | 0.46% | 11 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.02% | 706 | 10.91% | 6,468 |
Fulton | 4,930 | 58.70% | 3,233 | 38.50% | 202 | 2.41% | 23 | 0.27% | 10 | 0.12% | 1,697 | 20.20% | 8,398 |
Gibson | 7,431 | 47.30% | 7,988 | 50.85% | 197 | 1.25% | 64 | 0.41% | 29 | 0.19% | -557 | -3.55% | 15,709 |
Grant | 13,138 | 50.31% | 12,212 | 46.76% | 666 | 2.55% | 70 | 0.27% | 29 | 0.11% | 926 | 3.55% | 26,115 |
Greene | 7,453 | 48.20% | 7,709 | 49.85% | 188 | 1.22% | 85 | 0.55% | 28 | 0.18% | -256 | -1.65% | 15,463 |
Hamilton | 7,521 | 62.12% | 4,384 | 36.21% | 164 | 1.35% | 31 | 0.26% | 7 | 0.06% | 3,137 | 25.91% | 12,107 |
Hancock | 4,721 | 48.05% | 4,948 | 50.36% | 134 | 1.36% | 20 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.03% | -227 | -2.31% | 9,826 |
Harrison | 4,104 | 46.90% | 4,465 | 51.02% | 162 | 1.85% | 14 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.07% | -361 | -4.12% | 8,751 |
Hendricks | 6,327 | 59.23% | 4,280 | 40.07% | 46 | 0.43% | 20 | 0.19% | 9 | 0.08% | 2,047 | 19.16% | 10,682 |
Henry | 10,487 | 54.00% | 8,523 | 43.89% | 322 | 1.66% | 52 | 0.27% | 37 | 0.19% | 1,964 | 10.11% | 19,421 |
Howard | 10,874 | 44.64% | 12,937 | 53.10% | 404 | 1.66% | 119 | 0.49% | 28 | 0.11% | -2,063 | -8.46% | 24,362 |
Huntington | 8,178 | 52.01% | 7,202 | 45.81% | 266 | 1.69% | 48 | 0.31% | 29 | 0.19% | 976 | 6.20% | 15,723 |
Jackson | 6,062 | 45.00% | 7,258 | 53.88% | 117 | 0.87% | 31 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.02% | -1,196 | -8.88% | 13,471 |
Jasper | 4,320 | 65.42% | 2,216 | 33.56% | 19 | 0.29% | 36 | 0.55% | 12 | 0.19% | 2,104 | 31.86% | 6,603 |
Jay | 5,635 | 49.25% | 5,520 | 48.24% | 245 | 2.14% | 35 | 0.31% | 7 | 0.06% | 115 | 1.01% | 11,442 |
Jefferson | 5,166 | 53.79% | 4,302 | 44.79% | 102 | 1.06% | 16 | 0.17% | 18 | 0.19% | 864 | 9.00% | 9,604 |
Jennings | 3,485 | 52.52% | 3,084 | 46.47% | 52 | 0.78% | 11 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.06% | 401 | 6.05% | 6,636 |
Johnson | 6,151 | 49.39% | 6,216 | 49.91% | 45 | 0.36% | 31 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.07% | -65 | -0.52% | 12,454 |
Knox | 9,250 | 43.67% | 11,650 | 55.00% | 153 | 0.72% | 102 | 0.48% | 27 | 0.12% | -2,400 | -11.33% | 21,182 |
Kosciusko | 9,327 | 62.79% | 5,102 | 34.35% | 364 | 2.45% | 42 | 0.28% | 20 | 0.13% | 4,225 | 28.44% | 14,855 |
LaGrange | 3,106 | 63.82% | 1,628 | 33.45% | 114 | 2.34% | 11 | 0.23% | 8 | 0.16% | 1,478 | 30.37% | 4,867 |
Lake | 51,413 | 38.77% | 77,025 | 58.09% | 626 | 0.47% | 3,073 | 2.32% | 458 | 0.34% | -25,612 | -19.32% | 132,595 |
LaPorte | 15,661 | 52.45% | 13,923 | 46.63% | 97 | 0.32% | 137 | 0.46% | 41 | 0.14% | 1,738 | 5.82% | 29,859 |
Lawrence | 8,643 | 58.13% | 6,131 | 41.23% | 74 | 0.50% | 16 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.03% | 2,512 | 16.90% | 14,869 |
Madison | 18,917 | 43.04% | 24,439 | 55.61% | 341 | 0.78% | 205 | 0.47% | 46 | 0.10% | -5,522 | -12.57% | 43,948 |
Marion | 103,603 | 50.78% | 97,915 | 47.99% | 956 | 0.47% | 1,184 | 0.58% | 355 | 0.18% | 5,688 | 2.79% | 204,013 |
Marshall | 7,873 | 56.97% | 5,661 | 40.97% | 210 | 1.52% | 59 | 0.43% | 16 | 0.12% | 2,212 | 16.00% | 13,819 |
Martin | 2,230 | 43.96% | 2,788 | 54.96% | 40 | 0.79% | 9 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.12% | -558 | -11.00% | 5,073 |
Miami | 7,083 | 51.09% | 6,538 | 47.16% | 184 | 1.33% | 51 | 0.37% | 7 | 0.05% | 545 | 3.93% | 13,863 |
Monroe | 9,579 | 54.64% | 7,375 | 42.07% | 307 | 1.75% | 177 | 1.01% | 94 | 0.53% | 2,204 | 12.57% | 17,532 |
Montgomery | 7,890 | 58.28% | 5,492 | 40.57% | 121 | 0.89% | 20 | 0.15% | 14 | 0.10% | 2,398 | 17.71% | 13,537 |
Morgan | 5,677 | 55.13% | 4,428 | 43.00% | 147 | 1.43% | 33 | 0.32% | 12 | 0.12% | 1,249 | 12.13% | 10,297 |
Newton | 3,312 | 68.36% | 1,483 | 30.61% | 17 | 0.35% | 29 | 0.60% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,829 | 37.75% | 4,845 |
Noble | 6,503 | 57.33% | 4,676 | 41.22% | 128 | 1.13% | 23 | 0.20% | 14 | 0.12% | 1,827 | 16.11% | 11,344 |
Ohio | 1,031 | 46.55% | 1,173 | 52.96% | 9 | 0.41% | 2 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -142 | -6.41% | 2,215 |
Orange | 4,574 | 57.03% | 3,359 | 41.88% | 79 | 0.98% | 7 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,215 | 15.15% | 8,021 |
Owen | 3,002 | 51.14% | 2,738 | 46.64% | 95 | 1.62% | 28 | 0.48% | 7 | 0.12% | 264 | 4.50% | 5,870 |
Parke | 4,326 | 53.33% | 3,681 | 45.38% | 41 | 0.51% | 54 | 0.67% | 10 | 0.13% | 645 | 7.95% | 8,112 |
Perry | 3,761 | 45.02% | 4,569 | 54.69% | 12 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.04% | -808 | -9.67% | 8,354 |
Pike | 3,696 | 49.60% | 3,596 | 48.26% | 116 | 1.56% | 33 | 0.44% | 11 | 0.15% | 100 | 1.34% | 7,452 |
Porter | 8,907 | 62.21% | 5,161 | 36.05% | 52 | 0.36% | 115 | 0.80% | 83 | 0.58% | 3,746 | 26.16% | 14,318 |
Posey | 3,879 | 44.43% | 4,729 | 54.16% | 95 | 1.09% | 12 | 0.14% | 14 | 0.16% | -850 | -9.73% | 8,731 |
Pulaski | 3,039 | 50.72% | 2,736 | 45.66% | 185 | 3.09% | 22 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.16% | 303 | 5.06% | 5,992 |
Putnam | 5,072 | 50.91% | 4,814 | 48.32% | 40 | 0.40% | 23 | 0.23% | 14 | 0.14% | 258 | 2.59% | 9,963 |
Randolph | 7,122 | 57.96% | 4,655 | 37.89% | 456 | 3.71% | 34 | 0.28% | 20 | 0.16% | 2,467 | 20.07% | 12,287 |
Ripley | 5,313 | 53.34% | 4,574 | 45.92% | 57 | 0.57% | 13 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.04% | 739 | 7.42% | 9,961 |
Rush | 5,362 | 57.53% | 3,814 | 40.92% | 127 | 1.36% | 14 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,548 | 16.61% | 9,321 |
St. Joseph | 39,593 | 43.58% | 49,866 | 54.89% | 367 | 0.40% | 783 | 0.86% | 237 | 0.26% | -10,273 | -11.31% | 90,846 |
Scott | 2,429 | 43.11% | 3,128 | 55.51% | 57 | 1.01% | 17 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.07% | -699 | -12.40% | 5,635 |
Shelby | 6,068 | 45.54% | 6,992 | 52.48% | 235 | 1.76% | 23 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.05% | -924 | -6.94% | 13,324 |
Spencer | 4,496 | 51.52% | 4,163 | 47.71% | 56 | 0.64% | 4 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.08% | 333 | 3.81% | 8,726 |
Starke | 3,518 | 50.55% | 3,312 | 47.59% | 34 | 0.49% | 82 | 1.18% | 14 | 0.20% | 206 | 2.96% | 6,960 |
Steuben | 4,341 | 67.28% | 1,996 | 30.94% | 78 | 1.21% | 27 | 0.42% | 10 | 0.15% | 2,345 | 36.34% | 6,452 |
Sullivan | 4,824 | 40.88% | 6,705 | 56.82% | 100 | 0.85% | 141 | 1.19% | 31 | 0.26% | -1,881 | -15.94% | 11,801 |
Switzerland | 1,839 | 43.30% | 2,375 | 55.92% | 28 | 0.66% | 5 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -536 | -12.62% | 4,247 |
Tippecanoe | 17,034 | 60.60% | 10,825 | 38.51% | 66 | 0.23% | 106 | 0.38% | 76 | 0.27% | 6,209 | 22.09% | 28,107 |
Tipton | 4,169 | 50.78% | 3,925 | 47.81% | 84 | 1.02% | 20 | 0.24% | 12 | 0.14% | 244 | 2.97% | 8,210 |
Union | 1,859 | 63.25% | 1,049 | 35.69% | 26 | 0.88% | 3 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.07% | 810 | 27.56% | 2,939 |
Vanderburgh | 27,584 | 45.25% | 32,640 | 53.55% | 391 | 0.64% | 190 | 0.31% | 151 | 0.25% | -5,056 | -8.30% | 60,956 |
Vermillion | 4,685 | 45.03% | 5,426 | 52.15% | 61 | 0.59% | 198 | 1.90% | 34 | 0.32% | -741 | -7.12% | 10,404 |
Vigo | 19,049 | 41.81% | 25,906 | 56.86% | 192 | 0.42% | 298 | 0.65% | 119 | 0.26% | -6,857 | -15.05% | 45,564 |
Wabash | 8,149 | 61.53% | 4,692 | 35.42% | 288 | 2.17% | 77 | 0.58% | 39 | 0.29% | 3,457 | 26.11% | 13,245 |
Warren | 2,444 | 63.17% | 1,391 | 35.95% | 27 | 0.70% | 6 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,053 | 27.22% | 3,869 |
Warrick | 4,602 | 48.75% | 4,750 | 50.32% | 46 | 0.49% | 28 | 0.30% | 14 | 0.15% | -148 | -1.57% | 9,440 |
Washington | 3,660 | 47.18% | 4,033 | 51.99% | 46 | 0.59% | 16 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.03% | -373 | -4.81% | 7,757 |
Wayne | 15,445 | 57.81% | 10,749 | 40.23% | 358 | 1.34% | 86 | 0.32% | 78 | 0.29% | 4,696 | 17.58% | 26,716 |
Wells | 4,288 | 47.15% | 4,726 | 51.97% | 52 | 0.57% | 20 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.09% | -438 | -4.82% | 9,094 |
White | 4,911 | 55.72% | 3,849 | 43.67% | 38 | 0.43% | 10 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.06% | 1,062 | 12.05% | 8,813 |
Whitley | 4,715 | 51.88% | 4,240 | 46.65% | 92 | 1.01% | 32 | 0.35% | 10 | 0.11% | 475 | 5.23% | 9,089 |
Totals | 821,079 | 49.58% | 807,833 | 48.78% | 14,711 | 0.89% | 9,649 | 0.58% | 2,942 | 0.18% | 13,246 | 0.80% | 1,656,214 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Our Campaigns; IN US President 1948