Who were Truman and Barkley's opponents in the 1948 election?
Nixon and Kennedy
Hoover and Wallace
Dewey and Warren
Eisenhower and Nixon
Answer
In the 1948 United States presidential election, Democratic incumbent President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben W. Barkley faced Republican challengers New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and California Governor Earl Warren. Truman unexpectedly defeated Dewey in a campaign in which many public opinion polls showed Dewey with a sizeable lead.
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Who was the incumbent Republican senator Barkley defeated in 1954?
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