1948 United States presidential election in Kansas
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| Elections 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 E. 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 neighboring Nebraska.[5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 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
| County[6] | Thomas E. Dewey Republican |
Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Claude A. Watson Prohibition |
Henry A. Wallace Independent |
Norman 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 | 14.60% | 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 | 3.08% | 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 | 4.75% | 3,005 |
| Dickinson | 5,918 | 59.98% | 3,815 | 38.66% | 77 | 0.78% | 37 | 0.37% | 20 | 0.20% | 2,103 | 21.32% | 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 | 31.19% | 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 | 28.45% | 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 | 6.76% | 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 | 17.36% | 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 | 1.82% | 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 | 13.37% | 4,724 |
| Kiowa | 1,258 | 59.79% | 722 | 34.32% | 114 | 5.42% | 7 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.14% | 536 | 25.47% | 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 | 30.34% | 1,734 |
| Lyon | 5,941 | 50.03% | 5,708 | 48.06% | 129 | 1.09% | 55 | 0.46% | 43 | 0.36% | 233 | 1.97% | 11,876 |
| Marion | 4,724 | 64.85% | 2,421 | 33.23% | 32 | 0.44% | 38 | 0.52% | 70 | 0.96% | 2,303 | 31.62% | 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 | 11.28% | 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 | 25.95% | 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 | 6.51% | 4,235 |
| Phillips | 2,715 | 66.32% | 1,223 | 29.87% | 116 | 2.83% | 24 | 0.59% | 16 | 0.39% | 1,492 | 36.45% | 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 | 14.72% | 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 | 7.58% | 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 | 7.42% | 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 | 10.25% | 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 | 0.70% | 3,030 |
| Trego | 1,237 | 51.82% | 1,117 | 46.80% | 9 | 0.38% | 6 | 0.25% | 18 | 0.75% | 120 | 5.02% | 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 | 15.14% | 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 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
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.
- ^ "KS US President Race, November 02, 1948". Our Campaigns.