1948, democratic, party, presidential, primaries, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1948 Democratic Party presidential primaries news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message From March 9 to June 1 1948 voters of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1948 Democratic National Convention where the party chose its nominee for president in the 1948 United States presidential election 1 Incumbent President Harry S Truman was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1948 Democratic National Convention held from July 12 to July 14 1948 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1948 Democratic Party presidential primaries 1944 March 9 to June 1 1948 1952 Candidate Harry S Truman William Alexander Julian Harley M Kilgore Home state Missouri Ohio West Virginia Contests won 8 0 1 Popular vote 1 419 875 271 146 157 102 Percentage 64 7 12 5 7 2 Previous Democratic nominee Franklin D Roosevelt Democratic nominee Harry S Truman Contents 1 Delegates per state 2 Contests 3 See also 4 ReferencesDelegates per state editState Delegates 2 Primary date New Hampshire 12 9 March New York 98 6 April Wisconsin 24 6 April Illinois 60 13 April Nebraska 12 13 April New Jersey 36 20 April Massachusetts 36 27 April Pennsylvania 74 27 April Maryland 20 3 May Alabama 26 4 May Florida 20 4 May Ohio 50 4 May West Virginia 20 11 May Oregon 16 21 May California 54 1 June South Dakota 8 1 JuneContests editDate Contest Popular vote Truman Julian Eisenhower Lucas Unnamed April 6 Wisconsin 3 25 415 83 81 4 906 16 19 April 13 Illinois 4 16 299 81 71 1 709 8 57 427 2 14 1 513 7 58 Nebraska 5 67 672 98 70 894 1 30 See also editRepublican Party presidential primaries 1948References edit Kalb Deborah 2016 02 19 Guide to U S Elections Google Books ISBN 9781483380353 Retrieved 2016 02 19 McNickle R K Patch B W 14 January 1948 Presidential Primaries CQ Press Retrieved 22 February 2022 The Wisconsin Blue Book 1948 Full view UWDC UW Madison Libraries search library wisc edu Retrieved 2024 02 04 Illinois Blue Book 1947 1948 Illinois Secretary of State p 747 Retrieved 29 March 2020 Official Report of the Nebraska State Canvassing Board primary election Available at https sos nebraska gov elections previous elections Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1948 Democratic Party presidential primaries amp oldid 1212222378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
