Thomas E. Dewey

Thomas E. Dewey was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as New York governor from 1943 to 1954 and the party’s presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948.

Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. Roosevelt defeated Dewey in the 1944 presidential election.
1944 United States presidential election: The United States presidential election in which Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey. Dewey’s first presidential campaign ended in defeat despite a strong Republican showing.
Dewey Commission: A 1937 commission led by John Dewey that investigated the charges against Leon Trotsky in Moscow’s show trials. Dewey’s namesake led an international inquiry distinct from Thomas E. Dewey’s political career; this link clarifies a frequent namesake confusion.
New York County District Attorney: The elected prosecutor responsible for criminal cases in New York County, which includes Manhattan. Dewey held the office from 1938 to 1941 and built his public reputation there.
Harry S. Truman: Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. Truman defeated Dewey in the 1948 election, in one of the era’s most famous upsets.
1948 United States presidential election: The United States presidential election in which incumbent Harry S. Truman defeated Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey. The election became notorious for premature reports that Dewey had won.
Organized crime in the United States: Criminal networks that coordinate illegal activity across people, places, or markets in the United States. Dewey became nationally prominent prosecuting New York racketeers and organized-crime figures.
Murder, Inc.: A press name for a group of contract killers associated with organized crime in the 1930s and 1940s. Dewey’s prosecution of figures linked to the group made him a nationally recognized crime fighter.
Wendell Willkie: Wendell Willkie was the Republican presidential nominee in 1940 and a prominent critic of the New Deal. Willkie’s 1940 nomination preceded Dewey’s two consecutive Republican presidential campaigns.
Dewey–Stassen debate: A 1948 Republican primary radio debate between Thomas E. Dewey and Harold Stassen over banning the Communist Party. The debate helped Dewey defeat Stassen in the Oregon primary and secure the nomination.

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