1948 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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

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.

  1. ^ Kalb, Deborah (2016-02-19). Guide to U.S. Elections - Google Books. ISBN 9781483380353. Retrieved 2016-02-19.

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search