1948 United States presidential election in Kansas
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The 1948 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kansas was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 53.63 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 44.61 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
With 53.63 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Dewey's fourth strongest state in the nation after Vermont, Maine and Nebraska.[5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas Dewey
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423,039 | 53.63% | |
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 351,902 | 44.61% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 6,468 | 0.82% | |
| Independent | Henry A. Wallace | 4,603 | 0.58% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 2,807 | 0.38% | |
| Total votes | 788,819 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| 1948 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[6][7][8] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Claude A. Watson Prohibition |
Henry Agard Wallace Independent |
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 4,704 | 61.21% | 2,891 | 37.62% | 59 | 0.77% | 19 | 0.25% | 12 | 0.16% | 1,813 | 23.59% | 7,685 |
| Anderson | 2,787 | 56.85% | 2,071 | 42.25% | 12 | 0.24% | 21 | 0.43% | 11 | 0.22% | 716 | 14.61% | 4,902 |
| Atchison | 4,141 | 51.04% | 3,910 | 48.19% | 12 | 0.15% | 31 | 0.38% | 19 | 0.23% | 231 | 2.85% | 8,113 |
| Barber | 2,013 | 50.92% | 1,891 | 47.84% | 24 | 0.61% | 12 | 0.30% | 13 | 0.33% | 122 | 3.09% | 3,953 |
| Barton | 6,191 | 53.37% | 5,307 | 45.75% | 29 | 0.25% | 48 | 0.41% | 25 | 0.22% | 884 | 7.62% | 11,600 |
| Bourbon | 4,225 | 51.43% | 3,879 | 47.22% | 69 | 0.84% | 33 | 0.40% | 9 | 0.11% | 346 | 4.21% | 8,215 |
| Brown | 4,518 | 67.98% | 2,060 | 31.00% | 44 | 0.66% | 12 | 0.18% | 12 | 0.18% | 2,458 | 36.98% | 6,646 |
| Butler | 6,551 | 50.58% | 6,269 | 48.40% | 82 | 0.63% | 34 | 0.26% | 16 | 0.12% | 282 | 2.18% | 12,952 |
| Chase | 1,432 | 58.93% | 961 | 39.55% | 20 | 0.82% | 7 | 0.29% | 10 | 0.41% | 471 | 19.38% | 2,430 |
| Chautauqua | 1,925 | 59.34% | 1,261 | 38.87% | 20 | 0.62% | 25 | 0.77% | 13 | 0.40% | 664 | 20.47% | 3,244 |
| Cherokee | 4,616 | 47.77% | 4,854 | 50.23% | 46 | 0.48% | 106 | 1.10% | 41 | 0.42% | -238 | -2.46% | 9,663 |
| Cheyenne | 1,219 | 53.51% | 978 | 42.93% | 56 | 2.46% | 9 | 0.40% | 16 | 0.70% | 241 | 10.58% | 2,278 |
| Clark | 999 | 55.29% | 777 | 43.00% | 17 | 0.94% | 8 | 0.44% | 6 | 0.33% | 222 | 12.29% | 1,807 |
| Clay | 3,763 | 65.89% | 1,804 | 31.59% | 99 | 1.73% | 23 | 0.40% | 22 | 0.39% | 1,959 | 34.30% | 5,711 |
| Cloud | 4,018 | 56.16% | 2,891 | 40.41% | 198 | 2.77% | 23 | 0.32% | 25 | 0.35% | 1,127 | 15.75% | 7,155 |
| Coffey | 2,945 | 61.20% | 1,796 | 37.32% | 34 | 0.71% | 21 | 0.44% | 16 | 0.33% | 1,149 | 23.88% | 4,812 |
| Comanche | 1,077 | 61.90% | 650 | 37.36% | 7 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.29% | 427 | 24.54% | 1,740 |
| Cowley | 8,102 | 52.13% | 7,042 | 45.31% | 279 | 1.80% | 71 | 0.46% | 47 | 0.30% | 1,060 | 6.82% | 15,541 |
| Crawford | 8,229 | 46.19% | 9,005 | 50.55% | 72 | 0.40% | 438 | 2.46% | 71 | 0.40% | -776 | -4.36% | 17,815 |
| Decatur | 1,545 | 51.41% | 1,402 | 46.66% | 37 | 1.23% | 15 | 0.50% | 6 | 0.20% | 143 | 4.76% | 3,005 |
| Dickinson | 5,918 | 59.98% | 3,815 | 38.66% | 77 | 0.78% | 37 | 0.37% | 20 | 0.20% | 2,103 | 21.31% | 9,867 |
| Doniphan | 2,785 | 63.74% | 1,555 | 35.59% | 5 | 0.11% | 13 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.25% | 1,230 | 28.15% | 4,369 |
| Douglas | 9,287 | 64.25% | 4,778 | 33.06% | 54 | 0.37% | 174 | 1.20% | 161 | 1.11% | 4,509 | 31.20% | 14,454 |
| Edwards | 1,627 | 58.15% | 1,083 | 38.71% | 64 | 2.29% | 9 | 0.32% | 15 | 0.54% | 544 | 19.44% | 2,798 |
| Elk | 1,962 | 63.80% | 1,087 | 35.35% | 11 | 0.36% | 6 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.29% | 875 | 28.46% | 3,075 |
| Ellis | 2,676 | 40.51% | 3,863 | 58.48% | 12 | 0.18% | 30 | 0.45% | 25 | 0.38% | -1,187 | -17.97% | 6,606 |
| Ellsworth | 2,155 | 52.83% | 1,879 | 46.07% | 7 | 0.17% | 25 | 0.61% | 13 | 0.32% | 276 | 6.77% | 4,079 |
| Finney | 2,508 | 50.01% | 2,367 | 47.20% | 102 | 2.03% | 24 | 0.48% | 14 | 0.28% | 141 | 2.81% | 5,015 |
| Ford | 4,089 | 47.21% | 4,396 | 50.75% | 107 | 1.24% | 48 | 0.55% | 22 | 0.25% | -307 | -3.54% | 8,662 |
| Franklin | 5,145 | 58.24% | 3,467 | 39.25% | 137 | 1.55% | 50 | 0.57% | 35 | 0.40% | 1,678 | 18.99% | 8,834 |
| Geary | 2,864 | 49.72% | 2,810 | 48.78% | 56 | 0.97% | 17 | 0.30% | 13 | 0.23% | 54 | 0.94% | 5,760 |
| Gove | 1,030 | 57.48% | 719 | 40.12% | 10 | 0.56% | 22 | 1.23% | 11 | 0.61% | 311 | 17.35% | 1,792 |
| Graham | 1,380 | 59.28% | 913 | 39.22% | 22 | 0.95% | 4 | 0.17% | 9 | 0.39% | 467 | 20.06% | 2,328 |
| Grant | 742 | 53.34% | 625 | 44.93% | 13 | 0.93% | 5 | 0.36% | 6 | 0.43% | 117 | 8.41% | 1,391 |
| Gray | 1,035 | 53.68% | 869 | 45.07% | 15 | 0.78% | 5 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.21% | 166 | 8.61% | 1,928 |
| Greeley | 391 | 53.34% | 326 | 44.47% | 9 | 1.23% | 3 | 0.41% | 4 | 0.55% | 65 | 8.87% | 733 |
| Greenwood | 3,553 | 57.31% | 2,574 | 41.52% | 41 | 0.66% | 13 | 0.21% | 19 | 0.31% | 979 | 15.79% | 6,200 |
| Hamilton | 749 | 50.64% | 722 | 48.82% | 2 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.14% | 27 | 1.83% | 1,479 |
| Harper | 2,702 | 59.25% | 1,752 | 38.42% | 76 | 1.67% | 12 | 0.26% | 18 | 0.39% | 950 | 20.83% | 4,560 |
| Harvey | 5,270 | 57.72% | 3,615 | 39.59% | 71 | 0.78% | 70 | 0.77% | 104 | 1.14% | 1,655 | 18.13% | 9,130 |
| Haskell | 592 | 54.66% | 466 | 43.03% | 17 | 1.57% | 4 | 0.37% | 4 | 0.37% | 126 | 11.63% | 1,083 |
| Hodgeman | 945 | 60.77% | 590 | 37.94% | 7 | 0.45% | 9 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.26% | 355 | 22.83% | 1,555 |
| Jackson | 3,166 | 61.30% | 1,958 | 37.91% | 18 | 0.35% | 12 | 0.23% | 11 | 0.21% | 1,208 | 23.39% | 5,165 |
| Jefferson | 2,986 | 59.04% | 2,010 | 39.74% | 27 | 0.53% | 18 | 0.36% | 17 | 0.34% | 976 | 19.30% | 5,058 |
| Jewell | 3,143 | 63.18% | 1,574 | 31.64% | 199 | 4.00% | 17 | 0.34% | 42 | 0.84% | 1,569 | 31.54% | 4,975 |
| Johnson | 14,191 | 60.70% | 8,982 | 38.42% | 43 | 0.18% | 68 | 0.29% | 94 | 0.40% | 5,209 | 22.28% | 23,378 |
| Kearny | 676 | 54.43% | 541 | 43.56% | 2 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.81% | 13 | 1.05% | 135 | 10.87% | 1,242 |
| Kingman | 2,640 | 55.88% | 2,008 | 42.51% | 51 | 1.08% | 16 | 0.34% | 9 | 0.19% | 632 | 13.38% | 4,724 |
| Kiowa | 1,258 | 59.79% | 722 | 34.32% | 114 | 5.42% | 7 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.14% | 536 | 25.48% | 2,104 |
| Labette | 6,298 | 50.12% | 6,113 | 48.65% | 56 | 0.45% | 51 | 0.41% | 47 | 0.37% | 185 | 1.47% | 12,565 |
| Lane | 764 | 57.53% | 525 | 39.53% | 13 | 0.98% | 9 | 0.68% | 17 | 1.28% | 239 | 18.00% | 1,328 |
| Leavenworth | 6,474 | 48.61% | 6,740 | 50.61% | 12 | 0.09% | 51 | 0.38% | 40 | 0.30% | -266 | -2.00% | 13,317 |
| Lincoln | 2,181 | 65.73% | 1,094 | 32.97% | 27 | 0.81% | 11 | 0.33% | 5 | 0.15% | 1,087 | 32.76% | 3,318 |
| Linn | 2,632 | 60.45% | 1,673 | 38.42% | 21 | 0.48% | 16 | 0.37% | 12 | 0.28% | 959 | 22.03% | 4,354 |
| Logan | 1,105 | 63.73% | 579 | 33.39% | 36 | 2.08% | 11 | 0.63% | 3 | 0.17% | 526 | 30.33% | 1,734 |
| Lyon | 5,941 | 50.03% | 5,708 | 48.06% | 129 | 1.09% | 55 | 0.46% | 43 | 0.36% | 233 | 1.96% | 11,876 |
| Marion | 4,724 | 64.85% | 2,421 | 33.23% | 32 | 0.44% | 38 | 0.52% | 70 | 0.96% | 2,303 | 31.61% | 7,285 |
| Marshall | 5,122 | 61.50% | 3,148 | 37.80% | 24 | 0.29% | 19 | 0.23% | 16 | 0.19% | 1,974 | 23.70% | 8,329 |
| McPherson | 5,952 | 57.54% | 3,879 | 37.50% | 287 | 2.77% | 150 | 1.45% | 76 | 0.73% | 2,073 | 20.04% | 10,344 |
| Meade | 1,406 | 60.19% | 834 | 35.70% | 73 | 3.13% | 16 | 0.68% | 7 | 0.30% | 572 | 24.49% | 2,336 |
| Miami | 3,650 | 49.40% | 3,660 | 49.54% | 27 | 0.37% | 24 | 0.32% | 27 | 0.37% | -10 | -0.14% | 7,388 |
| Mitchell | 2,998 | 62.16% | 1,750 | 36.28% | 34 | 0.70% | 24 | 0.50% | 17 | 0.35% | 1,248 | 25.88% | 4,823 |
| Montgomery | 10,636 | 54.70% | 8,621 | 44.34% | 62 | 0.32% | 82 | 0.42% | 43 | 0.22% | 2,015 | 10.36% | 19,444 |
| Morris | 2,285 | 56.46% | 1,701 | 42.03% | 24 | 0.59% | 20 | 0.49% | 17 | 0.42% | 584 | 14.43% | 4,047 |
| Morton | 624 | 52.61% | 545 | 45.95% | 17 | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 79 | 6.66% | 1,186 |
| Nemaha | 3,529 | 55.39% | 2,810 | 44.11% | 10 | 0.16% | 13 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.14% | 719 | 11.29% | 6,371 |
| Neosho | 5,072 | 56.69% | 3,770 | 42.14% | 60 | 0.67% | 28 | 0.31% | 17 | 0.19% | 1,302 | 14.55% | 8,947 |
| Ness | 1,689 | 58.10% | 1,130 | 38.87% | 55 | 1.89% | 22 | 0.76% | 11 | 0.38% | 559 | 19.23% | 2,907 |
| Norton | 2,461 | 60.98% | 1,414 | 35.03% | 108 | 2.68% | 38 | 0.94% | 15 | 0.37% | 1,047 | 25.94% | 4,036 |
| Osage | 3,474 | 55.55% | 2,659 | 42.52% | 61 | 0.98% | 44 | 0.70% | 16 | 0.26% | 815 | 13.03% | 6,254 |
| Osborne | 2,603 | 62.87% | 1,420 | 34.30% | 99 | 2.39% | 11 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,183 | 28.57% | 4,140 |
| Ottawa | 2,203 | 59.00% | 1,424 | 38.14% | 57 | 1.53% | 21 | 0.56% | 29 | 0.78% | 779 | 20.86% | 3,734 |
| Pawnee | 2,221 | 52.44% | 1,945 | 45.93% | 41 | 0.97% | 22 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.14% | 276 | 6.52% | 4,235 |
| Phillips | 2,715 | 66.32% | 1,223 | 29.87% | 116 | 2.83% | 24 | 0.59% | 16 | 0.39% | 1,492 | 36.44% | 4,094 |
| Pottawatomie | 3,709 | 62.64% | 2,167 | 36.60% | 18 | 0.30% | 17 | 0.29% | 10 | 0.17% | 1,542 | 26.04% | 5,921 |
| Pratt | 2,878 | 50.22% | 2,751 | 48.00% | 66 | 1.15% | 21 | 0.37% | 15 | 0.26% | 127 | 2.22% | 5,731 |
| Rawlins | 1,389 | 55.08% | 1,095 | 43.42% | 14 | 0.56% | 18 | 0.71% | 6 | 0.24% | 294 | 11.66% | 2,522 |
| Reno | 11,187 | 51.87% | 9,957 | 46.17% | 225 | 1.04% | 120 | 0.56% | 78 | 0.36% | 1,230 | 5.70% | 21,567 |
| Republic | 3,375 | 60.42% | 2,109 | 37.76% | 60 | 1.07% | 28 | 0.50% | 14 | 0.25% | 1,266 | 22.66% | 5,586 |
| Rice | 4,002 | 58.15% | 2,752 | 39.99% | 68 | 0.99% | 40 | 0.58% | 20 | 0.29% | 1,250 | 18.16% | 6,882 |
| Riley | 9,227 | 68.01% | 4,052 | 29.87% | 100 | 0.74% | 119 | 0.88% | 69 | 0.51% | 5,175 | 38.14% | 13,567 |
| Rooks | 2,197 | 56.59% | 1,636 | 42.14% | 32 | 0.82% | 11 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.15% | 561 | 14.45% | 3,882 |
| Rush | 1,840 | 56.41% | 1,360 | 41.69% | 22 | 0.67% | 17 | 0.52% | 23 | 0.71% | 480 | 14.71% | 3,262 |
| Russell | 3,113 | 56.48% | 2,343 | 42.51% | 23 | 0.42% | 19 | 0.34% | 14 | 0.25% | 770 | 13.97% | 5,512 |
| Saline | 7,928 | 53.14% | 6,798 | 45.56% | 73 | 0.49% | 75 | 0.50% | 46 | 0.31% | 1,130 | 7.57% | 14,920 |
| Scott | 1,040 | 56.86% | 739 | 40.40% | 29 | 1.59% | 8 | 0.44% | 13 | 0.71% | 301 | 16.46% | 1,829 |
| Sedgwick | 39,165 | 49.56% | 38,621 | 48.87% | 648 | 0.82% | 327 | 0.41% | 268 | 0.34% | 544 | 0.69% | 79,029 |
| Seward | 1,829 | 52.00% | 1,614 | 45.89% | 59 | 1.68% | 7 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.23% | 215 | 6.11% | 3,517 |
| Shawnee | 23,673 | 52.83% | 20,346 | 45.41% | 210 | 0.47% | 412 | 0.92% | 167 | 0.37% | 3,327 | 7.43% | 44,808 |
| Sheridan | 1,097 | 52.69% | 966 | 46.40% | 7 | 0.34% | 8 | 0.38% | 4 | 0.19% | 131 | 6.29% | 2,082 |
| Sherman | 1,380 | 50.00% | 1,289 | 46.70% | 59 | 2.14% | 15 | 0.54% | 17 | 0.62% | 91 | 3.30% | 2,760 |
| Smith | 2,760 | 61.94% | 1,590 | 35.68% | 85 | 1.91% | 18 | 0.40% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,170 | 26.26% | 4,456 |
| Stafford | 2,304 | 51.74% | 2,049 | 46.01% | 71 | 1.59% | 20 | 0.45% | 9 | 0.20% | 255 | 5.73% | 4,453 |
| Stanton | 407 | 56.53% | 300 | 41.67% | 8 | 1.11% | 1 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.56% | 107 | 14.86% | 720 |
| Stevens | 822 | 54.04% | 666 | 43.79% | 19 | 1.25% | 8 | 0.53% | 6 | 0.39% | 156 | 10.26% | 1,521 |
| Sumner | 5,922 | 55.42% | 4,571 | 42.78% | 113 | 1.06% | 27 | 0.25% | 52 | 0.49% | 1,351 | 12.64% | 10,685 |
| Thomas | 1,497 | 49.41% | 1,476 | 48.71% | 37 | 1.22% | 10 | 0.33% | 10 | 0.33% | 21 | 0.69% | 3,030 |
| Trego | 1,237 | 51.82% | 1,117 | 46.80% | 9 | 0.38% | 6 | 0.25% | 18 | 0.75% | 120 | 5.03% | 2,387 |
| Wabaunsee | 2,437 | 66.80% | 1,162 | 31.85% | 25 | 0.69% | 15 | 0.41% | 9 | 0.25% | 1,275 | 34.95% | 3,648 |
| Wallace | 637 | 58.23% | 439 | 40.13% | 7 | 0.64% | 7 | 0.64% | 4 | 0.37% | 198 | 18.10% | 1,094 |
| Washington | 3,894 | 66.19% | 1,894 | 32.19% | 36 | 0.61% | 37 | 0.63% | 22 | 0.37% | 2,000 | 34.00% | 5,883 |
| Wichita | 606 | 56.27% | 443 | 41.13% | 20 | 1.86% | 3 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.46% | 163 | 15.13% | 1,077 |
| Wilson | 3,868 | 59.45% | 2,538 | 39.01% | 47 | 0.72% | 31 | 0.48% | 22 | 0.34% | 1,330 | 20.44% | 6,506 |
| Woodson | 1,997 | 62.58% | 1,145 | 35.88% | 20 | 0.63% | 9 | 0.28% | 20 | 0.63% | 852 | 26.70% | 3,191 |
| Wyandotte | 24,398 | 36.53% | 41,366 | 61.94% | 192 | 0.29% | 660 | 0.99% | 172 | 0.26% | -16,968 | -25.41% | 66,788 |
| Totals | 423,039 | 53.63% | 351,902 | 44.61% | 6,468 | 0.82% | 4,603 | 0.58% | 2,807 | 0.36% | 71,137 | 9.02% | 788,819 |
See also
References
- ^ "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 -Kansas". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ "Popular Vote for Henry Wallace". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ "KS US President Race, November 02, 1948". Our Campaigns.
