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 ...

Pictured left to right: United States District Judge Hector Gonzalez of the Eastern District of New York; Thomas E. L. Dewey, Chair, City Bar Dewey Medal Committee; David Birnbaum, Bronx; Nicole ...

"To Make a Good Society" (TIME, July 5, 1948) -- The face of the Republican Party, as shown by its candidates, had never appeared so photogenic, so confident, so politically winning. Gazing out from ...

THE measured prose of Thomas E. Dewey’s “I shall not run for District Attorney” is certainly admirable, it being a truism that the shorter a politician’s statement the better. Mr. Dewey’s statement, ...

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 ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Thomas E. Dewey Jr. is a Son of Thomas E. Dewey with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1996 Interview. The year with the highest average number ...