1948 United States presidential election in Missouri explained

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The 1948 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Incumbent President Harry S. Truman won his home state of Missouri with 58.11% of the popular vote against Republican Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, who gained 41.49% of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]}, this is the last election in which Moniteau County and Cole County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^{[5] [6]} Truman dramatically improved upon Franklin D. Roosevelt's performance in the state four years prior, winning the state by more than 16 percentage points, compared to Roosevelt's 3 percentage points.

Results

Results by county

County	Harry S. Truman Democratic		Thomas E. Dewey Republican		Henry A. Wallace Progressive		Norman Thomas Socialist		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Adair		4,136		50.43%		4,024		49.07%		33		0.40%		8		0.10%		112		1.36%		8,201
	Andrew		2,576		44.96%		3,142		54.84%		9		0.16%		2		0.03%		-566		-9.88%		5,729
	Atchison		2,498		53.23%		2,190		46.67%		2		0.04%		3		0.06%		308		6.56%		4,693
	Audrain		7,495		73.12%		2,739		26.72%		13		0.13%		3		0.03%		4,756		46.40%		10,250
	Barry		4,724		49.54%		4,812		50.46%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-88		-0.92%		9,536
	Barton		3,008		53.79%		2,577		46.08%		6		0.11%		1		0.02%		431		7.71%		5,592
	Bates		4,371		51.22%		4,156		48.71%		4		0.05%		2		0.02%		215		2.51%		8,533
	Benton		1,360		32.92%		2,768		67.01%		2		0.05%		1		0.02%		-1,408		-34.09%		4,131
	Bollinger		2,075		48.63%		2,187		51.25%		3		0.07%		2		0.05%		-112		-2.62%		4,267
	Boone		10,200		69.61%		4,289		29.27%		81		0.55%		83		0.57%		5,911		40.34%		14,653
	Buchanan		22,975		63.76%		13,002		36.08%		31		0.09%		26		0.07%		9,973		27.68%		36,034
	Butler		5,319		55.23%		4,276		44.40%		24		0.25%		11		0.11%		1,043		10.83%		9,630
	Caldwell		1,985		42.45%		2,687		57.46%		3		0.06%		1		0.02%		-702		-15.01%		4,676
	Callaway		6,215		71.78%		2,433		28.10%		6		0.07%		4		0.05%		3,782		43.68%		8,658
	Camden		1,264		38.41%		2,020		61.38%		3		0.09%		4		0.12%		-756		-22.97%		3,291
	Cape Girardeau		7,872		52.58%		7,084		47.32%		8		0.05%		7		0.05%		788		5.26%		14,971
	Carroll		3,401		44.64%		4,212		55.29%		5		0.07%		0		0.00%		-811		-10.65%		7,618
	Carter		1,255		56.10%		964		43.09%		13		0.58%		5		0.22%		291		13.01%		2,237
	Cass		5,415		59.87%		3,614		39.96%		12		0.13%		4		0.04%		1,801		19.91%		9,045
	Cedar		2,062		41.24%		2,928		58.56%		4		0.08%		6		0.12%		-866		-17.32%		5,000
	Chariton		4,170		61.40%		2,615		38.51%		3		0.04%		3		0.04%		1,555		22.89%		6,791
	Christian		1,600		33.79%		3,129		66.08%		3		0.06%		3		0.06%		-1,529		-32.29%		4,735
	Clark		2,352		50.92%		2,264		49.01%		1		0.02%		2		0.04%		88		1.91%		4,619
	Clay		11,855		64.77%		6,408		35.01%		21		0.11%		20		0.11%		5,447		29.76%		18,304
	Clinton		3,481		60.91%		2,227		38.97%		3		0.05%		4		0.07%		1,254		21.94%		5,715
	Cole		7,891		53.23%		6,909		46.60%		14		0.09%		11		0.07%		982		6.63%		14,825
	Cooper		3,865		48.51%		4,094		51.38%		1		0.01%		8		0.10%		-229		-2.87%		7,968
	Crawford		2,289		46.25%		2,650		53.55%		7		0.14%		3		0.06%		-361		-7.30%		4,949
	Dade		1,733		38.33%		2,783		61.56%		1		0.02%		4		0.09%		-1,050		-23.23%		4,521
	Dallas		1,590		37.01%		2,695		62.73%		6		0.14%		5		0.12%		-1,105		-25.72%		4,296
	Daviess		2,868		50.38%		2,823		49.59%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		45		0.79%		5,693
	DeKalb		2,033		49.17%		2,098		50.74%		2		0.05%		2		0.05%		-65		-1.57%		4,135
	Dent		2,973		59.58%		2,003		40.14%		9		0.18%		5		0.10%		970		19.44%		4,990
	Douglas		1,163		29.71%		2,734		69.85%		7		0.18%		10		0.26%		-1,571		-40.14%		3,914
	Dunklin		10,979		81.56%		2,466		18.32%		8		0.06%		8		0.06%		8,513		63.24%		13,461
	Franklin		7,822		50.19%		7,725		49.57%		28		0.18%		10		0.06%		97		0.62%		15,585
	Gasconade		1,204		21.95%		4,268		77.81%		10		0.18%		3		0.05%		-3,064		-55.86%		5,485
	Gentry		3,410		56.42%		2,633		43.56%		0		0.00%		1		0.02%		777		12.86%		6,044
	Greene		20,762		52.34%		18,836		47.49%		32		0.08%		34		0.09%		1,926		4.85%		39,664
	Grundy		3,177		48.79%		3,331		51.15%		0		0.00%		4		0.06%		-154		-2.36%		6,512
	Harrison		2,854		43.82%		3,646		55.98%		5		0.08%		8		0.12%		-792		-12.16%		6,513
	Henry		5,551		54.56%		4,619		45.40%		1		0.01%		3		0.03%		932		9.16%		10,174
	Hickory		733		29.77%		1,728		70.19%		0		0.00%		1		0.04%		-995		-40.42%		2,462
	Holt		2,040		43.86%		2,607		56.05%		2		0.04%		2		0.04%		-567		-12.19%		4,651
	Howard		4,143		72.77%		1,538		27.02%		7		0.12%		5		0.09%		2,605		45.75%		5,693
	Howell		3,599		44.65%		4,427		54.93%		13		0.16%		21		0.26%		-828		-10.28%		8,060
	Iron		2,552		63.90%		1,435		35.93%		3		0.08%		4		0.10%		1,117		27.97%		3,994
	Jackson		139,186		61.44%		86,471		38.17%		634		0.28%		236		0.10%		52,715		23.27%		226,527
	Jasper		15,404		51.21%		14,593		48.52%		58		0.19%		23		0.08%		811		2.69%		30,078
	Jefferson		10,280		62.55%		6,085		37.02%		47		0.29%		23		0.14%		4,195		25.53%		16,435
	Johnson		4,888		49.85%		4,903		50.01%		8		0.08%		6		0.06%		-15		-0.16%		9,805
	Knox		2,268		58.32%		1,620		41.66%		0		0.00%		1		0.03%		648		16.66%		3,889
	Laclede		3,221		45.92%		3,773		53.78%		9		0.13%		12		0.17%		-552		-7.86%		7,015
	Lafayette		5,988		47.37%		6,634		52.48%		11		0.09%		9		0.07%		-646		-5.11%		12,642
	Lawrence		4,649		46.22%		5,392		53.61%		10		0.10%		7		0.07%		-743		-7.39%		10,058
	Lewis		3,155		66.69%		1,564		33.06%		6		0.13%		6		0.13%		1,591		33.63%		4,731
	Lincoln		4,190		66.13%		2,135		33.70%		5		0.08%		6		0.09%		2,055		32.43%		6,336
	Linn		5,788		58.86%		4,034		41.03%		5		0.05%		6		0.06%		1,754		17.83%		9,833
	Livingston		4,182		52.07%		3,835		47.75%		6		0.07%		8		0.10%		347		4.32%		8,031
	Macon		5,193		57.45%		3,833		42.41%		6		0.07%		7		0.08%		1,360		15.04%		9,039
	Madison		2,509		54.56%		2,086		45.36%		1		0.02%		3		0.07%		423		9.20%		4,599
	Maries		1,948		68.45%		894		31.41%		1		0.04%		3		0.11%		1,054		37.04%		2,846
	Marion		9,122		70.47%		3,802		29.37%		14		0.11%		6		0.05%		5,320		41.10%		12,944
	McDonald		2,925		49.45%		2,979		50.36%		8		0.14%		3		0.05%		-54		-0.91%		5,915
	Mercer		1,008		38.69%		1,595		61.23%		1		0.04%		1		0.04%		-587		-22.54%		2,605
	Miller		2,514		44.80%		3,088		55.03%		4		0.07%		5		0.09%		-574		-10.23%		5,611
	Mississippi		4,592		77.63%		1,293		21.86%		25		0.42%		5		0.08%		3,299		55.77%		5,915
	Moniteau		2,787		51.75%		2,594		48.17%		1		0.02%		3		0.06%		193		3.58%		5,385
	Monroe		4,769		85.39%		809		14.49%		6		0.11%		1		0.02%		3,960		70.90%		5,585
	Montgomery		2,792		49.04%		2,889		50.75%		3		0.05%		9		0.16%		-97		-1.71%		5,693
	Morgan		1,862		43.94%		2,365		55.80%		4		0.09%		7		0.17%		-503		-11.86%		4,238
	New Madrid		8,925		81.00%		2,082		18.90%		6		0.05%		5		0.05%		6,843		62.10%		11,018
	Newton		5,598		48.92%		5,820		50.86%		15		0.13%		10		0.09%		-222		-1.94%		11,443
	Nodaway		6,253		56.03%		4,886		43.78%		13		0.12%		9		0.08%		1,367		12.25%		11,161
	Oregon		3,133		71.91%		1,214		27.86%		4		0.09%		6		0.14%		1,919		44.05%		4,357
	Osage		2,672		51.68%		2,488		48.12%		4		0.08%		6		0.12%		184		3.56%		5,170
	Ozark		859		30.33%		1,967		69.46%		2		0.07%		4		0.14%		-1,108		-39.13%		2,832
	Pemiscot		10,269		81.98%		2,249		17.95%		1		0.01%		7		0.06%		8,020		64.03%		12,526
	Perry		2,133		42.30%		2,903		57.56%		1		0.02%		6		0.12%		-770		-15.26%		5,043
	Pettis		8,388		55.66%		6,657		44.18%		16		0.11%		8		0.05%		1,731		11.48%		15,069
	Phelps		5,202		62.85%		3,053		36.89%		15		0.18%		7		0.08%		2,149		25.96%		8,277
	Pike		4,934		66.68%		2,448		33.08%		7		0.09%		11		0.15%		2,486		33.60%		7,400
	Platte		4,354		72.40%		1,644		27.34%		6		0.10%		10		0.17%		2,710		45.06%		6,014
	Polk		3,079		43.32%		4,026		56.65%		1		0.01%		1		0.01%		-947		-13.33%		7,107
	Pulaski		2,858		63.33%		1,644		36.43%		8		0.18%		3		0.07%		1,214		26.90%		4,513
	Putnam		1,463		36.79%		2,499		62.84%		8		0.20%		7		0.18%		-1,036		-26.05%		3,977
	Ralls		3,013		76.82%		908		23.15%		0		0.00%		1		0.03%		2,105		53.67%		3,922
	Randolph		7,912		77.74%		2,256		22.17%		7		0.07%		3		0.03%		5,656		55.57%		10,178
	Ray		4,826		69.57%		2,102		30.30%		4		0.06%		5		0.07%		2,724		39.27%		6,937
	Reynolds		2,050		74.60%		692		25.18%		4		0.15%		2		0.07%		1,358		49.42%		2,748
	Ripley		2,304		59.72%		1,533		39.74%		16		0.41%		5		0.13%		771		19.98%		3,858
	St. Charles		6,049		50.14%		5,976		49.54%		23		0.19%		16		0.13%		73		0.60%		12,064
	St. Clair		2,489		49.35%		2,548		50.52%		5		0.10%		2		0.04%		-59		-1.17%		5,044
	St. Francois		7,276		53.73%		6,234		46.03%		23		0.17%		9		0.07%		1,042		7.70%		13,542
	St. Louis		62,684		47.00%		69,592		52.17%		700		0.52%		407		0.31%		-6,908		-5.17%		133,383
	St. Louis City		220,654		64.19%		120,656		35.10%		1638		0.48%		822		0.24%		99,998		29.09%		343,770
	Ste. Genevieve		1,984		55.61%		1,567		43.92%		12		0.34%		5		0.14%		417		11.69%		3,568
	Saline		7,185		59.73%		4,822		40.09%		13		0.11%		9		0.07%		2,363		19.64%		12,029
	Schuyler		1,892		57.74%		1,377		42.02%		2		0.06%		6		0.18%		515		15.72%		3,277
	Scotland		2,451		59.02%		1,693		40.77%		8		0.19%		1		0.02%		758		18.25%		4,153
	Scott		8,266		76.52%		2,519		23.32%		8		0.07%		10		0.09%		5,747		53.20%		10,803
	Shannon		2,352		74.10%		805		25.36%		8		0.25%		9		0.28%		1,547		48.74%		3,174
	Shelby		3,400		71.43%		1,348		28.32%		11		0.23%		1		0.02%		2,052		43.11%		4,760
	Stoddard		7,029		69.12%		3,117		30.65%		17		0.17%		6		0.06%		3,912		38.47%		10,169
	Stone		892		28.58%		2,222		71.20%		5		0.16%		2		0.06%		-1,330		-42.62%		3,121
	Sullivan		3,443		52.23%		3,140		47.63%		5		0.08%		4		0.06%		303		4.60%		6,592
	Taney		1,427		37.58%		2,361		62.18%		6		0.16%		3		0.08%		-934		-24.60%		3,797
	Texas		4,664		58.34%		3,320		41.53%		6		0.08%		4		0.05%		1,344		16.81%		7,994
	Vernon		5,342		58.29%		3,808		41.55%		9		0.10%		5		0.05%		1,534		16.74%		9,164
	Warren		1,071		30.88%		2,380		68.63%		7		0.20%		10		0.29%		-1,309		-37.75%		3,468
	Washington		2,370		51.69%		2,200		47.98%		9		0.20%		6		0.13%		170		3.71%		4,585
	Wayne		2,695		58.16%		1,937		41.80%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		758		16.36%		4,634
	Webster		3,292		47.78%		3,581		51.97%		9		0.13%		8		0.12%		-289		-4.19%		6,890
	Worth		1,563		57.21%		1,162		42.53%		4		0.15%		3		0.11%		401		14.68%		2,732
	Wright		2,505		41.35%		3,542		58.47%		8		0.13%		3		0.05%		-1,037		-17.12%		6,058
Totals	917,315	58.11%	655,039	41.49%	3,998	0.25%	2,222	0.14%	262,276	16.62%	1,578,628

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Adair
• Atchison
• Barton
• Bates
• Butler
• Cape Girardeau
• Cass
• Clark
• Cole
• Daviess
• Franklin
• Greene
• Henry
• Jasper
• Knox
• Livingston
• Macon
• Madison
• Moniteau
• Nodaway
• Osage
• Pettis
• St. Charles
• St. Francois
• Ste. Genevieve
• Sullivan
• Vernon
• Washington
• Wayne
• Worth

See also

• United States presidential elections in Missouri

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1948 – Encyclopædia Britannica. October 26, 2017.
2. Web site: 1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53). October 26, 2017.
3. Web site: 1948 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri. October 26, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948. October 26, 2017.
5. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 239-246
6. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016