Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954...
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Thomas Edmund Dewey Jr. (October 2, 1932 – December 6, 2021) was a New York City businessman and the elder son of Thomas E. Dewey, a former governor of...
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president Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over his opponent, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, in the 1948 presidential election. It was famously held...
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Thomas E. Dewey (1902–1971) was Governor of New York. Thomas Dewey may also refer to: Thomas Charles Dewey (1840–1926), President of the Prudential Assurance...
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Dewey Decimal system of library classification Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer, prosecutor and governor of New York USS Dewey, various ships Dewey (deer)...
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John Foster Dulles (section Advisor to Thomas Dewey)
Durable Peace. Dulles served as the chief foreign policy adviser to Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948. He also helped...
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New York State Thruway (redirect from Thomas E. Dewey Thruway)
The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway and colloquially "the Thruway") is a system of controlled-access toll roads...
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prostitution racket after years of investigation by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. He was sentenced to 30 to 50 years in prison, but during World War...
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Governor Thomas E. Dewey joined the firm as a partner after leaving office and the firm, then called Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, became Dewey, Ballantine...
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1944 United States presidential election (category Thomas E. Dewey)
Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey to win an unprecedented fourth term. It was also the fifth (and second...
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candidate, defeated conservative Senator Robert A. Taft and prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey on the sixth presidential ballot of the 1940 Republican National Convention...
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1948 United States presidential election (redirect from Truman vs Dewey)
Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed...
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the conservative Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft. With the support of Thomas E. Dewey and other party leaders, Eisenhower narrowly prevailed over Taft at...
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and Abe Reles himself died after suspiciously falling from a window. Thomas E. Dewey first came to prominence as a prosecutor of Murder, Inc. and other...
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1944 Republican National Convention (category Thomas E. Dewey)
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York for president and Governor John Bricker of Ohio for vice president. When the convention opened, Governor Dewey was the...
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staple of Truman's presidency) "Dew it with Dewey" – Thomas E. Dewey "Win with Dewey" – Thomas E. Dewey "Get in the fight for states' rights" – Strom...
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votes, against his closest opponent, Republican New York governor Thomas E. Dewey. This was only a slight decline upon Franklin Roosevelt’s performance...
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1955, politician Thomas E. Dewey became a partner at the firm, which was renamed Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood. Under Dewey and Ballantine's...
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full term in an upset, defeating Republican nominee New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and two erstwhile Democrats. The Democrats won back control of Congress...
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1948 Republican Party presidential primaries (category Thomas E. Dewey)
York Governor Thomas E. Dewey was nominated for president and California Governor Earl Warren was nominated for vice president. Dewey and Warren went...
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Democratic Party, while in the Republican primaries, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey won his party's nomination. In Texas, the Texas Regulars was formed...
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California to be elected for three consecutive terms. Warren served as Thomas E. Dewey's running mate in the 1948 presidential election, but the ticket lost...
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Members of the Republican Party (which nominated Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey in 1944 and 1948), along with many Democrats from the northern and...
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general election, such as Al Smith, Samuel J. Tilden, Horatio Seymour, Thomas E. Dewey, and Charles Evans Hughes. Two governors have been chief justice: John...
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golfer (died 1971) March 23 – Philip Ober, actor (died 1982) March 24 – Thomas E. Dewey, 47th Governor of New York, 1948 Republican presidential nominee (died...
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“Lucky” Luciano (Andy Garcia), who pays bribes to special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey (William Atherton) to protect his business. Reuniting with his cousin...
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1944 Republican Party presidential primaries (category Thomas E. Dewey)
secured the nomination for Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey before they convened in Chicago. Dewey easily overcame a challenge from Governor of Ohio...
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612,916 3,594,987 Thomas E. Dewey Rep. 55.9% 1948 Harry S. Truman Dem. 303/531 57.06% 49.55% 4.48% 24,179,347 2,188,055 Thomas E. Dewey Rep. 52.2% 1952...
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1940 Republican Party presidential primaries (category Thomas E. Dewey)
The primaries were contested mainly by Manhattan District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey and Senators Robert A. Taft and Arthur Vandenberg, though only a few...
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champion non-interventionism. Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, represented the Northeastern wing of the party. Dewey did not reject the New Deal programs...
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