The banner headline of that morning’s Chicago Daily Tribune read, “Dewey Defeats Truman.” This headline signaled the fact that Republican challenger Thomas Dewey, then Governor of New York ...

Vice President Truman became ... over 7,100 votes. Dewey didn’t concede the election until 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 3, 1948. The “Chicago Daily Tribune,” a very conservative ...

However, incumbent President Harry Truman won the election, and Democrats took control of both the Senate and House of Representatives. The Chicago Daily Tribune accidentally published that Dewey ...