The Political Pie
1 2026-04-23T17:33:45+00:00 Benjamin Bowers 78b1957d54cda1d2cb3b1a500776f35a405a28f2 9 1 The Political Pie, 1948-1949 plain 2026-04-23T17:33:45+00:00 CWRU Archives public domain Western Reserve University ; Cleveland College ; K76240 Clubs ; R77000 Students 03428D2p117 1948-1949 [Events and Activities] ; [Things] Steuerwald, Jack, ed. Benjamin Bowers 78b1957d54cda1d2cb3b1a500776f35a405a28f2This page is referenced by:
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Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, September 2004.
1948
Cleveland College Dewey supporters shared in the general confidence that Republican Thomas E. Dewey would defeat Democrat Harry S Truman. As reported in the student yearbook, “Upon Truman’s nomination, his backers went into obscurity as if they had done something shameful. The College Deweyites relaxed and waited for the inauguration.” Young Republicans shared, also, in surprise at Truman’s victory, “The Young Republicans’ first job as a post-election club was to make a house-to-house canvass of the city to find out what had hit them,” offered the yearbook’s analyst, Gene Hersh. In a local upset, Case students held their first mock political convention, while WRU’s was cancelled for lack of student interest.
Cleveland College of WRU had several active political clubs: Truman-for-President Club, Stassen Club, Taft Club, Dewey Club, Young Progressives of America, the Young Republicans, and the non-partisan American Veterans Committee.
Students at Case held their first mock political convention.
The WRU mock political convention was cancelled.Ohio Popular Vote
National Popular Vote
Electoral Vote
Harry S Truman (D)
1,452,791 (49.5%)
Thomas E. Dewey (R)
1,445,684 (49.2%)
Henry A. Wallace (Progressive)
37,487 (1.3%)Harry S Truman (D)
24,105,587 (49.51%)
Thomas E. Dewey (R)
21,970,017 (45.12%)
J. Strom Thurmond (States’ Rights Democratic)
1,169,134 (2.4%)
Henry A. Wallace (Progressive)
1,157,057 (2.38%)Harry S Truman (D)
303
Thomas E. Dewey (R)
189
J. Strom Thurmond (States’ Rights Democratic)
39Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, September 2004.