United States Presidential Election, 1948 (The FDR Amendment)

The United States presidential election of 1948 was the 41st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1948. Incumbent President Harry S. Truman, the Democratic nominee, who had succeeded to the presidency after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, successfully ran for election for a full term against Robert A. Taft, the Republican   nominee, and Storm Thurmond the Dixecrat nominee.