Reputation. Even Dewey campaign headquarters admitted that many a watcher beside the Western tracks came not to hear ringing words but to look at Dewey the Racket-Buster. When Tom Dewey at 23 ...

That wasn’t the case at all in 1948 when Republican Thomas E. Dewey maintained a clear polling lead throughout the campaign. The poll-driven narrative of 1948 anointed Dewey as the prohibitive ...

While the mustachioed Dewey was pompous with a notoriously cold demeanor, “Uncle Joe” is all smiles, tight hugs, and affectionate backslaps. But in a campaign where human contact is verboten ...