To examine the election of 1948, I believe one must start briefly with the democratic convention of the previous election. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was running for his fourth consecutive term, but there was some changing done to the ticket by the Democratic Party. Then Vice President Henry Wallace was passed over for the nomination, and the position was given to a Senator from Missouri who had served Roosevelt's 'New Deal' policies well and had been …showed first 75 words of 1750 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1750 total…won a battle that the entire country said that he could not win, except on the day that it mattered, November 2ND, 1948. Works Cited Gosnell, Harold S. Truman's Crises Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980 McCoy, Donald R. The Presidency of Harry S. Truman. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1984 McCullough, David. Truman. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992 Pemberton, William E. Harry S. Truman. Boston: Twayne, 1989 Reichard, Gary W. Politics as Ususal. Arlington Heights, Illinois: Harland Davidson, 1988