1948 - Truman runs against Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican nominee in the 1948 presidential election. The scientific pollsters, including George Gallup, all predicted that Dewey would beat Truman.

"The parallels are absolutely there," said presidential historian Robert ... Here are five takeaways from the 1948 election year, in which Truman won and Dewey lost, that offer insights into ...

In 1947, President Harry Truman noticed the White House was hardly structurally sound, and once he won the 1948 presidential election, he commissioned a group of engineers to tackle the issue.