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Governor (and long-time senator) Strom Thurmond of South Carolina was the Dixiecrat (or as it was formally known, States' Rights Democratic Party) candidate. Governor Fielding Wright of Mississippi was his running mate.
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DevinSouth Carolina Gov. J. Strom Thurmond ran for president in 1948 under the Dixiecrat Party banner. The Dixiecrats were Southern Democrats who took issue with the national party and President Harry Truman on the issue of civil rights. The Southern faction broke away from the Democrats and formed the States' Rights Democratic Party, which became popularly known as the Dixiecrats.
Thurmond's running mate was Mississippi Gov. Fielding Wright. In the 1948 presidential election, Truman was elected to a full four-year term over Republican contender Thomas Dewey. The Dixiecrats carried four states: South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, and received one electoral vote from Tennessee. The party dissolved after the election.
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What political party did Strom Thurmond represent in the 1948 presidential election?
Harry Truman won the 1948 presidential election defeating Thomas Dewey. In the 1948 presidential election Democratic Party candidate Harry Truman received 303 electoral votes, Republican Party candidate Thomas Dewey received 189 electoral votes, and Dixiecrat Party candidate Strom Thurmond received 39 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Truman 24,179,345, Dewey 21,991,291, and Thurmond 1,169,021. Progressive Party candidate Henry A. Wallace received 1,157,172 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.
What is a Dixiecrat?
a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil-rights programs of the Democratic party, esp. a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic party.
What does a prospective candidate mean?
Prospective candidate
When was The Manchurian Candidate created?
The Manchurian Candidate was created in 1959.
The primary role of a vice president show candidate who is chosen to balance the ticket is to?
Attract more voters for the presidential candidate
