1948 United States presidential election in Illinois

Main article: 1948 United States presidential election

The 1948 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose 28^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1948 United States presidential election in Illinois

← 1944 November 2, 1948^[1] 1952 →
All 28 Illinois votes to the Electoral College
Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey Party Democratic Republican Home state Missouri New York Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren Electoral vote 28 0 Popular vote 1,994,715 1,961,103 Percentage 50.07% 49.22%
County Results Truman   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Dewey   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%
President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Harry S. Truman Democratic

Illinois was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 50.07% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.22% of the popular vote.^[3][4] This is the only time since 1888 in which Illinois voted for a different candidate than New Jersey.

Election information

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.^[5]

Turnout

The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 354,254.^[5][6]

The total vote in the general election was 3,984,046.^[5]

Primaries

Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 13.^[5][6]

Democratic

1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primary

← 1944 April 13, 1948 (1948-04-13) 1952 →

Candidate Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower Home state Missouri Kansas Popular vote 16,299 1,609 Percentage 82.12% 8.11%

The 1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 13, 1948, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1948 presidential election.

The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.^[5]

Incumbent president Harry S. Truman won the state's Democratic primary by a large margin.

While on the ballot in Illinois, neither Dwight D. Eisenhower nor Scott W. Lucas were declared candidates.

1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primary^[5][6]

Candidate	Votes	%
Harry S. Truman	16,299	82.12
Dwight D. Eisenhower	1,609	8.11
Scott W. Lucas	427	2.15
Write-ins	1,513	7.62
Total	19,848	100

Republican

1948 Illinois Republican presidential primary

← 1944 April 13, 1948 (1948-04-13) 1952 →

Candidate Riley A. Bender Home state Illinois Popular vote 324,029 Percentage 96.90%

The 1948 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 13, 1948, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1948 presidential election.

The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.^[5]

Illinois businessman Riley A. Bender appeared only on Illinois' primary ballot, running as a favorite son. He won the primary.

1948 Illinois Republican presidential primary^[5][6]

Candidate	Votes	%
Riley A. Bender	324,029	96.90
Douglas A. MacArthur	6,672	2.00
Harold E. Stassen	1,572	0.47
Thomas E. Dewey	953	0.29
Robert A. Taft	705	0.21
Write-ins	475	0.14
Total	334,406	100

General election

1948 United States presidential election in Illinois^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (inc.)	1,994,715	50.07%
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	1,961,103	49.22%
	Prohibition	Claude A. Watson	11,959	0.30%
	Socialist	Norman M. Thomas	11,522	0.29%
	Socialist Labor	Edward A. Teichert	3,118	0.08%
	Write-ins	Various candidates	1,629	0.04%
Total votes			3,984,046	100%

Results by county

County	Harry S. Truman Democratic		Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[7]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	14,960	50.81%	14,329	48.67%	152	0.52%	631	2.14%	29,441
Alexander	4,641	49.91%	4,561	49.05%	96	1.03%	80	0.86%	9,298
Bond	2,837	43.76%	3,438	53.03%	208	3.21%	-601	-9.27%	6,483
Boone	1,941	28.20%	4,916	71.43%	25	0.36%	-2,975	-43.23%	6,882
Brown	1,805	53.26%	1,562	46.09%	22	0.65%	243	7.17%	3,389
Bureau	6,463	36.42%	11,207	63.15%	78	0.44%	-4,744	-26.73%	17,748
Calhoun	1,377	47.11%	1,526	52.21%	20	0.68%	-149	-5.10%	2,923
Carroll	2,809	34.30%	5,318	64.94%	62	0.76%	-2,509	-30.64%	8,189
Cass	3,776	52.32%	3,391	46.99%	50	0.69%	385	5.33%	7,217
Champaign	11,572	36.78%	19,156	60.88%	737	2.34%	-7,584	-24.10%	31,465
Christian	9,366	54.89%	7,576	44.40%	120	0.70%	1,790	10.49%	17,062
Clark	3,714	44.73%	4,477	53.92%	112	1.35%	-763	-9.19%	8,303
Clay	3,160	44.46%	3,782	53.21%	166	2.34%	-622	-8.75%	7,108
Clinton	4,773	47.91%	5,128	51.47%	62	0.62%	-355	-3.56%	9,963
Coles	8,393	49.13%	8,638	50.56%	53	0.31%	-245	-1.43%	17,084
Cook	1,216,636	54.17%	1,015,800	45.23%	13,463	0.60%	200,836	8.94%	2,245,899
Crawford	4,150	44.32%	5,111	54.58%	103	1.10%	-961	-10.26%	9,364
Cumberland	2,353	48.70%	2,451	50.72%	28	0.58%	-98	-2.03%	4,832
DeKalb	5,082	30.68%	11,380	68.69%	105	0.63%	-6,298	-38.02%	16,567
DeWitt	3,290	43.79%	4,178	55.61%	45	0.60%	-888	-11.82%	7,513
Douglas	2,893	40.58%	4,181	58.65%	55	0.77%	-1,288	-18.07%	7,129
DuPage	15,528	24.95%	45,794	73.58%	916	1.47%	-30,266	-48.63%	62,238
Edgar	5,121	44.65%	6,282	54.77%	67	0.58%	-1,161	-10.12%	11,470
Edwards	1,206	31.99%	2,491	66.07%	73	1.94%	-1,285	-34.08%	3,770
Effingham	4,940	50.11%	4,823	48.92%	96	0.97%	117	1.19%	9,859
Fayette	5,771	49.72%	5,717	49.25%	120	1.03%	54	0.47%	11,608
Ford	2,079	29.64%	4,903	69.89%	33	0.47%	-2,824	-40.26%	7,015
Franklin	11,750	54.79%	9,407	43.87%	287	1.34%	2,343	10.93%	21,444
Fulton	8,226	45.87%	9,504	53.00%	203	1.13%	-1,278	-7.13%	17,933
Gallatin	2,385	56.79%	1,789	42.60%	26	0.62%	596	14.19%	4,200
Greene	4,035	52.22%	3,639	47.09%	53	0.69%	396	5.12%	7,727
Grundy	3,255	35.23%	5,954	64.44%	31	0.34%	-2,699	-29.21%	9,240
Hamilton	2,750	48.51%	2,887	50.93%	32	0.56%	-137	-2.42%	5,669
Hancock	5,559	43.50%	7,098	55.54%	122	0.95%	-1,539	-12.04%	12,779
Hardin	1,358	43.99%	1,713	55.49%	16	0.52%	-355	-11.50%	3,087
Henderson	1,465	38.17%	2,336	60.87%	37	0.96%	-871	-22.69%	3,838
Henry	8,489	40.40%	12,363	58.84%	159	0.76%	-3,874	-18.44%	21,011
Iroquois	4,823	34.45%	9,051	64.65%	127	0.91%	-4,228	-30.20%	14,001
Jackson	6,939	45.04%	8,288	53.79%	181	1.17%	-1,349	-8.76%	15,408
Jasper	2,936	49.40%	2,957	49.76%	50	0.84%	-21	-0.35%	5,943
Jefferson	8,928	54.70%	7,393	45.30%	0	0.00%	1,535	9.41%	16,321
Jersey	3,092	50.37%	3,021	49.21%	26	0.42%	71	1.16%	6,139
Jo Daviess	3,220	37.57%	5,299	61.83%	51	0.60%	-2,079	-24.26%	8,570
Johnson	1,510	35.04%	2,778	64.47%	21	0.49%	-1,268	-29.43%	4,309
Kane	21,176	34.72%	39,284	64.41%	532	0.87%	-18,108	-29.69%	60,992
Kankakee	11,305	41.56%	15,699	57.71%	197	0.72%	-4,394	-16.15%	27,201
Kendall	1,517	27.74%	3,925	71.77%	27	0.49%	-2,408	-44.03%	5,469
Knox	9,772	39.16%	15,016	60.18%	164	0.66%	-5,244	-21.02%	24,952
Lake	22,192	35.58%	39,456	63.26%	720	1.15%	-17,264	-27.68%	62,368
LaSalle	19,666	44.25%	24,453	55.02%	321	0.72%	-4,787	-10.77%	44,440
Lawrence	4,391	48.48%	4,472	49.38%	194	2.14%	-81	-0.89%	9,057
Lee	4,368	32.50%	9,001	66.97%	72	0.54%	-4,633	-34.47%	13,441
Livingston	5,618	33.29%	11,184	66.27%	74	0.44%	-5,566	-32.98%	16,876
Logan	4,832	39.25%	7,431	60.36%	49	0.40%	-2,599	-21.11%	12,312
Macon	21,487	53.11%	18,719	46.27%	250	0.62%	2,768	6.84%	40,456
Macoupin	11,742	52.66%	10,198	45.74%	358	1.61%	1,544	6.92%	22,298
Madison	40,897	61.68%	25,059	37.79%	350	0.53%	15,838	23.89%	66,306
Marion	8,878	52.58%	7,798	46.19%	208	1.23%	1,080	6.40%	16,884
Marshall	2,514	39.79%	3,785	59.91%	19	0.30%	-1,271	-20.12%	6,318
Mason	3,503	49.52%	3,525	49.83%	46	0.65%	-22	-0.31%	7,074
Massac	1,842	35.94%	3,201	62.46%	82	1.60%	-1,359	-26.52%	5,125
McDonough	4,206	33.99%	8,058	65.13%	109	0.88%	-3,852	-31.13%	12,373
McHenry	5,459	26.06%	15,387	73.45%	103	0.49%	-9,928	-47.39%	20,949
McLean	12,904	40.94%	18,430	58.48%	183	0.58%	-5,526	-17.53%	31,517
Menard	2,043	41.12%	2,899	58.35%	26	0.52%	-856	-17.23%	4,968
Mercer	3,117	37.02%	5,267	62.55%	36	0.43%	-2,150	-25.53%	8,420
Monroe	2,026	37.30%	3,403	62.65%	3	0.06%	-1,377	-25.35%	5,432
Montgomery	7,902	48.02%	8,348	50.73%	205	1.25%	-446	-2.71%	16,455
Morgan	6,798	44.56%	8,398	55.05%	59	0.39%	-1,600	-10.49%	15,255
Moultrie	3,037	49.29%	3,043	49.39%	81	1.31%	-6	-0.10%	6,161
Ogle	3,796	28.37%	9,519	71.15%	63	0.47%	-5,723	-42.78%	13,378
Peoria	31,026	46.76%	35,018	52.78%	308	0.46%	-3,992	-6.02%	66,352
Perry	5,043	49.32%	5,109	49.96%	74	0.72%	-66	-0.65%	10,226
Piatt	2,361	38.93%	3,646	60.13%	57	0.94%	-1,285	-21.19%	6,064
Pike	5,674	54.07%	4,722	45.00%	98	0.93%	952	9.07%	10,494
Pope	916	33.98%	1,764	65.43%	16	0.59%	-848	-31.45%	2,696
Pulaski	2,344	46.57%	2,658	52.81%	31	0.62%	-314	-6.24%	5,033
Putnam	905	38.74%	1,405	60.15%	26	1.11%	-500	-21.40%	2,336
Randolph	6,852	49.72%	6,867	49.83%	62	0.45%	-15	-0.11%	13,781
Richland	2,438	38.02%	3,884	60.56%	91	1.42%	-1,446	-22.55%	6,413
Rock Island	24,542	51.98%	22,192	47.01%	477	1.01%	2,350	4.98%	47,211
Saline	7,718	49.84%	7,676	49.57%	91	0.59%	42	0.27%	15,485
Sangamon	29,196	46.14%	33,714	53.28%	363	0.57%	-4,518	-7.14%	63,273
Schuyler	2,464	48.56%	2,519	49.65%	91	1.79%	-55	-1.08%	5,074
Scott	1,735	48.36%	1,840	51.28%	13	0.36%	-105	-2.93%	3,588
Shelby	5,589	50.68%	5,282	47.89%	158	1.43%	307	2.78%	11,029
St. Clair	54,260	63.38%	30,883	36.07%	474	0.55%	23,377	27.30%	85,617
Stark	1,163	31.37%	2,537	68.44%	7	0.19%	-1,374	-37.07%	3,707
Stephenson	7,409	40.88%	10,564	58.29%	149	0.82%	-3,155	-17.41%	18,122
Tazewell	14,131	52.77%	12,504	46.70%	143	0.53%	1,627	6.08%	26,778
Union	4,479	53.33%	3,864	46.01%	55	0.65%	615	7.32%	8,398
Vermilion	16,173	45.37%	18,994	53.29%	479	1.34%	-2,821	-7.91%	35,646
Wabash	2,857	48.44%	2,916	49.44%	125	2.12%	-59	-1.00%	5,898
Warren	3,367	33.08%	6,738	66.20%	74	0.73%	-3,371	-33.12%	10,179
Washington	2,737	37.34%	4,544	61.99%	49	0.67%	-1,807	-24.65%	7,330
Wayne	4,070	44.66%	4,984	54.69%	60	0.66%	-914	-10.03%	9,114
White	4,761	50.99%	4,498	48.17%	79	0.85%	263	2.82%	9,338
Whiteside	5,299	28.84%	12,922	70.32%	154	0.84%	-7,623	-41.49%	18,375
Will	26,430	47.51%	28,601	51.41%	597	1.07%	-2,171	-3.90%	55,628
Williamson	9,841	48.34%	10,386	51.02%	130	0.64%	-545	-2.68%	20,357
Winnebago	27,145	47.36%	29,537	51.54%	631	1.10%	-2,392	-4.17%	57,313
Woodford	3,446	37.15%	5,784	62.35%	46	0.50%	-2,338	-25.20%	9,276
Totals	1,994,715	50.07%	1,961,103	49.22%	28,228	0.71%	33,612	0.84%	3,984,046

See also

• United States presidential elections in Illinois

References

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