1948 Democratic National Convention

1948 Democratic National Convention
1948 Presidential Election
Nominees Truman and Barkley
Convention
Date(s)	July 12 - July 14
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue	Convention Hall
Candidates
Presidential nominee	Harry Truman of Missouri
Vice Presidential nominee	Alben Barkley of Kentucky

The 1948 Democratic National Convention was held at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 12 to July 14, 1948, and resulted in the nominations of President Harry S Truman for a full term and Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky for Vice President in the 1948 presidential election. The convention was televised on the East Coast by CBS and NBC.

Dispute over civil rights 1
The balloting 2
President 3
- Vice President 3.1
External links 4
References 5

Dispute over civil rights

To the dismay of party members in the South, the convention adopted a civil rights platform supporting Truman's actions as President. When Minneapolis mayor Hubert Humphrey addressed the convention, he urged the Democratic Party to "get out of the shadow of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights" All 23 members of the Mississippi delegation, led by Governor Fielding L. Wright and former Governor Hugh L. White, walked out of the assembly.^[1] The thirteen members of the Alabama delegation followed, led out by Leven H. Ellis.^[2] This was a launching point for Humphrey; he was elected to the United States Senate later that year and to the Vice Presidency in 1964. The rebel delegates later nominated Strom Thurmond as the presidential nominee of the States' Rights Party (Dixiecrats).

The balloting

In the absence of three dozen Southern delegates who walked out of the convention with Thurmond, 947 Democrats voted to nominate Truman as their candidate (against 263 for Senator Richard Russell, Jr. of Georgia).

Presidential Balloting, DNC 1948
Contender	Vote
President Harry S. Truman	947.5 (74.81%)
Senator Richard Russell, Jr.	266 (21.00%)
James A. Roe	15 (1.18%)
Paul V. McNutt	2 (0.16%)
Senator Alben W. Barkley	1 (0.07%)
Not Voting	35 (2.76%)

President

Georgia
President Harry S Truman of Missouri

Vice President

U.S. Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky was nominated by acclamation without a roll call vote.

External links

1948 Democratic National Convention at Smithsonian Magazine
President Truman's Address to the 1948 Democratic National Convention
Hubert Humphrey's Civil Rights Speech (YouTube)

References

^ Yasuhiro Katagiri, The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission: Civil Rights and States' Rights; Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2001; p. xxiv.
^ Pietrusza, David (2011). 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed America. New York, New York: Union Square Press. p. 237.

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Nominee:	Harry Truman

VP nominee:	Alben W. Barkley

Candidates:	Harley M. Kilgore Richard Russell, Jr. Henry A. Wallace

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Nominee:	Thomas Dewey

VP nominee:	Earl Warren

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Nominee:	Strom Thurmond

VP nominee:	Fielding L. Wright

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Harry S. Truman

May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953) 34th Vice President of the United States (1945) U.S. Senator from Missouri (1935–1945)

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Life	Early life and career Presidential Library, Museum, and gravesite Missouri Office and Courtroom Truman Committee Democratic vice presidential nomination of 1944

Books	Bibliography Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial and Hope

Homes	Birthplace Harry S. Truman Farm Home Harry S. Truman home and National Historic Site Historic District Blair House Truman Little White House

Elections	United States Senate election in Missouri, 1934 1940 Democratic National Convention 1944 1948 United States presidential election, 1944 1948 "Dewey Defeats Truman" campaign song Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1952

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Related	Give 'em Hell, Harry (1975 play and film) Truman (1995 film)

Family	Bess Wallace Truman (wife) Margaret Truman (daughter) John Anderson Truman (father) Martha Ellen Young Truman (mother) Clifton Daniel (son-in-law)

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