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Selection of the Democratic Party nominee From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From March 9 to June 1, 1948, voters of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1948 Democratic National Convention where the party chose its nominee for president in the 1948 United States presidential election.[1] Incumbent President Harry S. Truman was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1948 Democratic National Convention held from July 12 to July 14, 1948, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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State | Delegates[2] | Primary date |
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New Hampshire | 12 | 9 March |
New York | 98 | 6 April |
Wisconsin | 24 | 6 April |
Illinois | 60 | 13 April |
Nebraska | 12 | 13 April |
New Jersey | 36 | 20 April |
Massachusetts | 36 | 27 April |
Pennsylvania | 74 | 27 April |
Maryland | 20 | 3 May |
Alabama | 26 | 4 May |
Florida | 20 | 4 May |
Ohio | 50 | 4 May |
West Virginia | 20 | 11 May |
Oregon | 16 | 21 May |
California | 54 | 1 June |
South Dakota | 8 | 1 June |
Date | Contest | Popular vote | ||||
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Truman | Julian | Eisenhower | Lucas | Unnamed | ||
April 6 | Wisconsin[3] | 25,415 (83.81%) | – | – | – | 4,906 (16.19%) |
April 13 | Illinois[4] | 16,299 (81.71%) | – | 1,709 (8.57%) | 427 (2.14%) | 1,513 (7.58%) |
Nebraska[5] | 67,672 (98.70%) | – | – | – | 894 (1.30%) |
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