How Harry Truman pulled off an improbable victory over Thomas Dewey in the election of 1948.

Whistlestop: Truman Defeats Dewey, an Upset for the Ages

Whistlestop: Truman Defeats Dewey, an Upset for the Ages

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June 25 2015 12:10 PM

Truman Defeats Dewey, an Upset for the Ages

Slate’s podcast about presidential campaign history explains how Harry Truman pulled off an improbable victory over Thomas Dewey in the election of 1948.

Dewey Defeats Truman
President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune declaring his loss to Thomas Dewey in the presidential election, St. Louis, November 1948.

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Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about presidential campaign history. Hosted by our political columnist and Political Gabfest panelist John Dickerson, each weekly installment will revisit a memorable (or even a forgotten) moment from America’s quadrennial carnival.

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John Dickerson is a co-anchor of CBS This Morning, co-host of the Slate Political Gabfest, host of the Whistlestop podcast, and author of Whistlestop and On Her Trail.