In those old 1800 papers, there was a cartoon ... before the campaign got under way, the popularity of Truman in the polls was so low, the general assumption that Governor Dewey of New York ...

“I know I can take it,” Truman said of the rigors of the campaign, adding in jest: “I’m only afraid I’ll kill some of my staff.” Meanwhile, Dewey ran an above-the-fray ...

The United States would normally be entering the most heated three months of the presidential campaign ... Harry Truman win reelection against New York Governor Thomas Dewey.