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Dewey Defeats Truman

This article is about the erroneous headline published in Chicago Daily Tribune in 1948. For the rock band, see Dewey Defeats Truman (band).

President Truman holding an early edition of the November 4, 1948 Chicago Daily Tribune showing the erroneous presidential election headline

"Dewey Defeats Truman" was an incorrect banner headline on the front page of the Chicago Daily Tribune (later Chicago Tribune) on November 3, 1948, the day after incumbent United States president Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over his opponent, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, in the 1948 presidential election. It was famously held up by Truman at a stop at St. Louis Union Station following his successful election, smiling triumphantly at the error.[1]

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  1. ^ Wendt, Lloyd (December 10, 2013) [1979]. Chicago Tribune: The rise of a great American newspaper. Chicago: Rand McNally. pp. 680–684. ISBN 978-0528818264 – via archive.org Books.