The 1948 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose 28[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Illinois was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 50.07% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.22% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Primaries
editThe primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.[5]
Turnout
editThe total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 354,254.[5][6]
The total vote in the general election was 3,984,046.[5] Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 13.[5][6]
Democratic
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The 1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 13, 1948, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1948 presidential election.
The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.[5]
Incumbent president Harry S. Truman won the state's Democratic primary by a large margin.
While on the ballot in Illinois, neither Dwight D. Eisenhower nor Scott W. Lucas were declared candidates.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Harry S. Truman | 16,299 | 82.12 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1,609 | 8.11 |
| Scott W. Lucas | 427 | 2.15 |
| Write-ins | 1,513 | 7.62 |
| Total | 19,848 | 100 |
Republican
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The 1948 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 13, 1948, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1948 presidential election.
The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.[5]
Illinois businessman Riley A. Bender appeared only on Illinois' primary ballot, running as a favorite son. He won the primary.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Riley A. Bender | 324,029 | 96.90 |
| Douglas A. MacArthur | 6,672 | 2.00 |
| Harold E. Stassen | 1,572 | 0.47 |
| Thomas E. Dewey | 953 | 0.29 |
| Robert A. Taft | 705 | 0.21 |
| Write-ins | 475 | 0.14 |
| Total | 334,406 | 100 |
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 1,994,715 | 50.07% | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 1,961,103 | 49.22% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 11,959 | 0.30% | |
| Socialist | Norman M. Thomas | 11,522 | 0.29% | |
| Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert | 3,118 | 0.08% | |
| Write-ins | Various candidates | 1,629 | 0.04% | |
| Total votes | 3,984,046 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Thomas E. Dewey Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 14,960 | 50.81% | 14,329 | 48.67% | 152 | 0.52% | 631 | 2.14% | 29,441 |
| Alexander | 4,641 | 49.91% | 4,561 | 49.05% | 96 | 1.03% | 80 | 0.86% | 9,298 |
| Bond | 2,837 | 43.76% | 3,438 | 53.03% | 208 | 3.21% | -601 | -9.27% | 6,483 |
| Boone | 1,941 | 28.20% | 4,916 | 71.43% | 25 | 0.36% | -2,975 | -43.23% | 6,882 |
| Brown | 1,805 | 53.26% | 1,562 | 46.09% | 22 | 0.65% | 243 | 7.17% | 3,389 |
| Bureau | 6,463 | 36.42% | 11,207 | 63.15% | 78 | 0.44% | -4,744 | -26.73% | 17,748 |
| Calhoun | 1,377 | 47.11% | 1,526 | 52.21% | 20 | 0.68% | -149 | -5.10% | 2,923 |
| Carroll | 2,809 | 34.30% | 5,318 | 64.94% | 62 | 0.76% | -2,509 | -30.64% | 8,189 |
| Cass | 3,776 | 52.32% | 3,391 | 46.99% | 50 | 0.69% | 385 | 5.33% | 7,217 |
| Champaign | 11,572 | 36.78% | 19,156 | 60.88% | 737 | 2.34% | -7,584 | -24.10% | 31,465 |
| Christian | 9,366 | 54.89% | 7,576 | 44.40% | 120 | 0.70% | 1,790 | 10.49% | 17,062 |
| Clark | 3,714 | 44.73% | 4,477 | 53.92% | 112 | 1.35% | -763 | -9.19% | 8,303 |
| Clay | 3,160 | 44.46% | 3,782 | 53.21% | 166 | 2.34% | -622 | -8.75% | 7,108 |
| Clinton | 4,773 | 47.91% | 5,128 | 51.47% | 62 | 0.62% | -355 | -3.56% | 9,963 |
| Coles | 8,393 | 49.13% | 8,638 | 50.56% | 53 | 0.31% | -245 | -1.43% | 17,084 |
| Cook | 1,216,636 | 54.17% | 1,015,800 | 45.23% | 13,463 | 0.60% | 200,836 | 8.94% | 2,245,899 |
| Crawford | 4,150 | 44.32% | 5,111 | 54.58% | 103 | 1.10% | -961 | -10.26% | 9,364 |
| Cumberland | 2,353 | 48.70% | 2,451 | 50.72% | 28 | 0.58% | -98 | -2.02% | 4,832 |
| DeKalb | 5,082 | 30.68% | 11,380 | 68.69% | 105 | 0.63% | -6,298 | -38.01% | 16,567 |
| DeWitt | 3,290 | 43.79% | 4,178 | 55.61% | 45 | 0.60% | -888 | -11.82% | 7,513 |
| Douglas | 2,893 | 40.58% | 4,181 | 58.65% | 55 | 0.77% | -1,288 | -18.07% | 7,129 |
| DuPage | 15,528 | 24.95% | 45,794 | 73.58% | 916 | 1.47% | -30,266 | -48.63% | 62,238 |
| Edgar | 5,121 | 44.65% | 6,282 | 54.77% | 67 | 0.58% | -1,161 | -10.12% | 11,470 |
| Edwards | 1,206 | 31.99% | 2,491 | 66.07% | 73 | 1.94% | -1,285 | -34.08% | 3,770 |
| Effingham | 4,940 | 50.11% | 4,823 | 48.92% | 96 | 0.97% | 117 | 1.19% | 9,859 |
| Fayette | 5,771 | 49.72% | 5,717 | 49.25% | 120 | 1.03% | 54 | 0.47% | 11,608 |
| Ford | 2,079 | 29.64% | 4,903 | 69.89% | 33 | 0.47% | -2,824 | -40.25% | 7,015 |
| Franklin | 11,750 | 54.79% | 9,407 | 43.87% | 287 | 1.34% | 2,343 | 10.92% | 21,444 |
| Fulton | 8,226 | 45.87% | 9,504 | 53.00% | 203 | 1.13% | -1,278 | -7.13% | 17,933 |
| Gallatin | 2,385 | 56.79% | 1,789 | 42.60% | 26 | 0.62% | 596 | 14.19% | 4,200 |
| Greene | 4,035 | 52.22% | 3,639 | 47.09% | 53 | 0.69% | 396 | 5.13% | 7,727 |
| Grundy | 3,255 | 35.23% | 5,954 | 64.44% | 31 | 0.34% | -2,699 | -29.21% | 9,240 |
| Hamilton | 2,750 | 48.51% | 2,887 | 50.93% | 32 | 0.56% | -137 | -2.42% | 5,669 |
| Hancock | 5,559 | 43.50% | 7,098 | 55.54% | 122 | 0.95% | -1,539 | -12.04% | 12,779 |
| Hardin | 1,358 | 43.99% | 1,713 | 55.49% | 16 | 0.52% | -355 | -11.50% | 3,087 |
| Henderson | 1,465 | 38.17% | 2,336 | 60.87% | 37 | 0.96% | -871 | -22.70% | 3,838 |
| Henry | 8,489 | 40.40% | 12,363 | 58.84% | 159 | 0.76% | -3,874 | -18.44% | 21,011 |
| Iroquois | 4,823 | 34.45% | 9,051 | 64.65% | 127 | 0.91% | -4,228 | -30.20% | 14,001 |
| Jackson | 6,939 | 45.04% | 8,288 | 53.79% | 181 | 1.17% | -1,349 | -8.75% | 15,408 |
| Jasper | 2,936 | 49.40% | 2,957 | 49.76% | 50 | 0.84% | -21 | -0.36% | 5,943 |
| Jefferson | 8,928 | 54.70% | 7,393 | 45.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,535 | 9.40% | 16,321 |
| Jersey | 3,092 | 50.37% | 3,021 | 49.21% | 26 | 0.42% | 71 | 1.16% | 6,139 |
| Jo Daviess | 3,220 | 37.57% | 5,299 | 61.83% | 51 | 0.60% | -2,079 | -24.26% | 8,570 |
| Johnson | 1,510 | 35.04% | 2,778 | 64.47% | 21 | 0.49% | -1,268 | -29.43% | 4,309 |
| Kane | 21,176 | 34.72% | 39,284 | 64.41% | 532 | 0.87% | -18,108 | -29.69% | 60,992 |
| Kankakee | 11,305 | 41.56% | 15,699 | 57.71% | 197 | 0.72% | -4,394 | -16.15% | 27,201 |
| Kendall | 1,517 | 27.74% | 3,925 | 71.77% | 27 | 0.49% | -2,408 | -44.03% | 5,469 |
| Knox | 9,772 | 39.16% | 15,016 | 60.18% | 164 | 0.66% | -5,244 | -21.02% | 24,952 |
| Lake | 22,192 | 35.58% | 39,456 | 63.26% | 720 | 1.15% | -17,264 | -27.68% | 62,368 |
| LaSalle | 19,666 | 44.25% | 24,453 | 55.02% | 321 | 0.72% | -4,787 | -10.77% | 44,440 |
| Lawrence | 4,391 | 48.48% | 4,472 | 49.38% | 194 | 2.14% | -81 | -0.90% | 9,057 |
| Lee | 4,368 | 32.50% | 9,001 | 66.97% | 72 | 0.54% | -4,633 | -34.47% | 13,441 |
| Livingston | 5,618 | 33.29% | 11,184 | 66.27% | 74 | 0.44% | -5,566 | -32.98% | 16,876 |
| Logan | 4,832 | 39.25% | 7,431 | 60.36% | 49 | 0.40% | -2,599 | -21.11% | 12,312 |
| Macon | 21,487 | 53.11% | 18,719 | 46.27% | 250 | 0.62% | 2,768 | 6.84% | 40,456 |
| Macoupin | 11,742 | 52.66% | 10,198 | 45.74% | 358 | 1.61% | 1,544 | 6.92% | 22,298 |
| Madison | 40,897 | 61.68% | 25,059 | 37.79% | 350 | 0.53% | 15,838 | 23.89% | 66,306 |
| Marion | 8,878 | 52.58% | 7,798 | 46.19% | 208 | 1.23% | 1,080 | 6.39% | 16,884 |
| Marshall | 2,514 | 39.79% | 3,785 | 59.91% | 19 | 0.30% | -1,271 | -20.12% | 6,318 |
| Mason | 3,503 | 49.52% | 3,525 | 49.83% | 46 | 0.65% | -22 | -0.31% | 7,074 |
| Massac | 1,842 | 35.94% | 3,201 | 62.46% | 82 | 1.60% | -1,359 | -26.52% | 5,125 |
| McDonough | 4,206 | 33.99% | 8,058 | 65.13% | 109 | 0.88% | -3,852 | -31.14% | 12,373 |
| McHenry | 5,459 | 26.06% | 15,387 | 73.45% | 103 | 0.49% | -9,928 | -47.39% | 20,949 |
| McLean | 12,904 | 40.94% | 18,430 | 58.48% | 183 | 0.58% | -5,526 | -17.54% | 31,517 |
| Menard | 2,043 | 41.12% | 2,899 | 58.35% | 26 | 0.52% | -856 | -17.23% | 4,968 |
| Mercer | 3,117 | 37.02% | 5,267 | 62.55% | 36 | 0.43% | -2,150 | -25.53% | 8,420 |
| Monroe | 2,026 | 37.30% | 3,403 | 62.65% | 3 | 0.06% | -1,377 | -25.35% | 5,432 |
| Montgomery | 7,902 | 48.02% | 8,348 | 50.73% | 205 | 1.25% | -446 | -2.71% | 16,455 |
| Morgan | 6,798 | 44.56% | 8,398 | 55.05% | 59 | 0.39% | -1,600 | -10.49% | 15,255 |
| Moultrie | 3,037 | 49.29% | 3,043 | 49.39% | 81 | 1.31% | -6 | -0.10% | 6,161 |
| Ogle | 3,796 | 28.37% | 9,519 | 71.15% | 63 | 0.47% | -5,723 | -42.78% | 13,378 |
| Peoria | 31,026 | 46.76% | 35,018 | 52.78% | 308 | 0.46% | -3,992 | -6.02% | 66,352 |
| Perry | 5,043 | 49.32% | 5,109 | 49.96% | 74 | 0.72% | -66 | -0.64% | 10,226 |
| Piatt | 2,361 | 38.93% | 3,646 | 60.13% | 57 | 0.94% | -1,285 | -21.20% | 6,064 |
| Pike | 5,674 | 54.07% | 4,722 | 45.00% | 98 | 0.93% | 952 | 9.07% | 10,494 |
| Pope | 916 | 33.98% | 1,764 | 65.43% | 16 | 0.59% | -848 | -31.45% | 2,696 |
| Pulaski | 2,344 | 46.57% | 2,658 | 52.81% | 31 | 0.62% | -314 | -6.24% | 5,033 |
| Putnam | 905 | 38.74% | 1,405 | 60.15% | 26 | 1.11% | -500 | -21.41% | 2,336 |
| Randolph | 6,852 | 49.72% | 6,867 | 49.83% | 62 | 0.45% | -15 | -0.11% | 13,781 |
| Richland | 2,438 | 38.02% | 3,884 | 60.56% | 91 | 1.42% | -1,446 | -22.54% | 6,413 |
| Rock Island | 24,542 | 51.98% | 22,192 | 47.01% | 477 | 1.01% | 2,350 | 4.97% | 47,211 |
| Saline | 7,718 | 49.84% | 7,676 | 49.57% | 91 | 0.59% | 42 | 0.27% | 15,485 |
| Sangamon | 29,196 | 46.14% | 33,714 | 53.28% | 363 | 0.57% | -4,518 | -7.14% | 63,273 |
| Schuyler | 2,464 | 48.56% | 2,519 | 49.65% | 91 | 1.79% | -55 | -1.09% | 5,074 |
| Scott | 1,735 | 48.36% | 1,840 | 51.28% | 13 | 0.36% | -105 | -2.92% | 3,588 |
| Shelby | 5,589 | 50.68% | 5,282 | 47.89% | 158 | 1.43% | 307 | 2.79% | 11,029 |
| St. Clair | 54,260 | 63.38% | 30,883 | 36.07% | 474 | 0.55% | 23,377 | 27.31% | 85,617 |
| Stark | 1,163 | 31.37% | 2,537 | 68.44% | 7 | 0.19% | -1,374 | -37.07% | 3,707 |
| Stephenson | 7,409 | 40.88% | 10,564 | 58.29% | 149 | 0.82% | -3,155 | -17.41% | 18,122 |
| Tazewell | 14,131 | 52.77% | 12,504 | 46.70% | 143 | 0.53% | 1,627 | 6.07% | 26,778 |
| Union | 4,479 | 53.33% | 3,864 | 46.01% | 55 | 0.65% | 615 | 7.32% | 8,398 |
| Vermilion | 16,173 | 45.37% | 18,994 | 53.29% | 479 | 1.34% | -2,821 | -7.92% | 35,646 |
| Wabash | 2,857 | 48.44% | 2,916 | 49.44% | 125 | 2.12% | -59 | -1.00% | 5,898 |
| Warren | 3,367 | 33.08% | 6,738 | 66.20% | 74 | 0.73% | -3,371 | -33.12% | 10,179 |
| Washington | 2,737 | 37.34% | 4,544 | 61.99% | 49 | 0.67% | -1,807 | -24.65% | 7,330 |
| Wayne | 4,070 | 44.66% | 4,984 | 54.69% | 60 | 0.66% | -914 | -10.03% | 9,114 |
| White | 4,761 | 50.99% | 4,498 | 48.17% | 79 | 0.85% | 263 | 2.82% | 9,338 |
| Whiteside | 5,299 | 28.84% | 12,922 | 70.32% | 154 | 0.84% | -7,623 | -41.48% | 18,375 |
| Will | 26,430 | 47.51% | 28,601 | 51.41% | 597 | 1.07% | -2,171 | -3.90% | 55,628 |
| Williamson | 9,841 | 48.34% | 10,386 | 51.02% | 130 | 0.64% | -545 | -2.68% | 20,357 |
| Winnebago | 27,145 | 47.36% | 29,537 | 51.54% | 631 | 1.10% | -2,392 | -4.18% | 57,313 |
| Woodford | 3,446 | 37.15% | 5,784 | 62.35% | 46 | 0.50% | -2,338 | -25.20% | 9,276 |
| Totals | 1,994,715 | 50.07% | 1,961,103 | 49.22% | 28,228 | 0.71% | 33,612 | 0.85% | 3,984,046 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the General Election, November 2, 1948 Judicial elections, 1947–1948, • Primary Election General Primary, April 13, 1948" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 11, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d Illinois Blue Book 1947-1948. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 747. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ Our Campaigns; IL US President Race, November 02, 1948