1948 General Election Overview

PRESIDENT

SECRETARY OF STATE

Thomas E. Dewey (R) 1,445,684

Edward J. Hummel (R) 1,310,704

*Harry S. Truman (D) 1,452,791

*Charles F. Sweeney (D) 1,501,305

INDEPENDENT ELECTORS

AUDITOR OF STATE

Artie B. Ables 37,481

Roger W. Tracy (R) 1,259,047

Albert J. Anderson 37,596

*Joseph T. Ferguson (D) 1,550,899

Norman Bartlett 37,349

Veo Beck 36,751

TREASURER OF STATE

Julian E. Bulley 36,794

*Don H. Ebright (R) 1,413,831

Milo Chalovitz 36,373

Harry V. Armstrong (D) 1,381,486

Randolph C. Downes 36,826

Frances Dunn 37,193

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Virginia F. Etheredge 36,698

Hugh S. Jenkins (R) 1,349,516

William R. Gibbon 37,148

*Herbert S. Duffy (D) 1,433,565

George B. Grigsby 36,854

Calvin S. Hall 37,107

REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS

John C. Kennedy 37,567

(At-Large)

Kermit M. Kirkendall 36,623

George H. Bender (R) 1,342,388

Hannah B. Kirtz 36,647

*Stephen M. Young (D) 1,455,972

Joseph Kres 36,672

Oliver S. Loud 36,577

JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT

Bernard McGroarty 36,643

(Term Commencing January 1, 1949)

H. H. Nethero 36,369

Charles H. Hubbell 875,137

Morris R. Patterson 37,160

*Edward C. Turner 1,098,130

David I. Sindell 36,527

Pauline Taylor 37,093

JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT

John Delion Walker 36,753

(Term Commencing January 2, 1949)

Thomas White 37,127

Robert M. Sohngen 871,853

Peter Zvara 36,048

*Kingsley A. Taft 1,091,739

GOVERNOR

JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT

Thomas J. Herbert (R) 1,398,514

(Unexpired Term Ending January 1, 1953)

*Frank J. Lausche (D) 1,619,775

*James Garfield Stewart 1,639,579

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Paul M. Herbert (R) 1,354,579

NUMBER OF PRECINCTS 9,247

*George D. Nye (D) 1,474,969

NUMBER OF ELECTORS VOTING 3,138,463