Embattled President Harry S. Truman shocked political pundits and mocked national headline makers when he defeated Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey in the race for the White House on this day in ...
It was Dewey in a walkaway. Withoutlifting a finger, without once giving to the men from Maine to Oregon the sign they asked for, Governor Thomas E. Dewey became Candidate Dewey, G.O.P. nominee for ...
Participants in the Thomas E. Dewey Medal Awards ceremony, which took place on Dec. 12, 2002. From left, Hon. Madeline Singas, Associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, keynote speaker; Rene ...