1948 United States Presidential Election In Louisiana
The 1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election.
State voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 Parish Results
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Louisiana was won by Governor Strom Thurmond (DX–South Carolina), running with Governor Fielding L. Wright, with 49.07% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 32.75% of the popular vote, and Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 17.45% of the popular vote.
This marked the first time since 1876 that Louisiana failed to back the Democratic nominee in a presidential election, and the first time ever that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying the state.
52% of white voters supported Thurmond.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixiecrat | Strom Thurmond | 204,290 | 49.07% | |
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 136,344 | 32.75% | |
| Republican | Thomas Dewey | 72,657 | 17.45% | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 3,035 | 0.73% | |
| Write-in | 10 | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 416,336 | 100% | ||
Results by parish
| Parish | Harry S. Truman Democratic | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican | James Strom Thurmond States’ Rights | Henry Agard Wallace Progressive | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Acadia | 2,382 | 35.67% | 784 | 11.74% | 3,497 | 52.37% | 14 | 0.21% | -1,115 | -16.70% | 6,678 |
| Allen | 1,996 | 62.01% | 241 | 7.49% | 980 | 30.44% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,016 | 31.56% | 3,219 |
| Ascension | 1,126 | 37.75% | 433 | 14.52% | 1,420 | 47.60% | 4 | 0.13% | -294 | -9.86% | 2,983 |
| Assumption | 362 | 19.74% | 469 | 25.57% | 1,000 | 54.53% | 3 | 0.16% | -531 | -28.95% | 1,834 |
| Avoyelles | 1,356 | 19.09% | 285 | 4.01% | 5,417 | 76.24% | 44 | 0.62% | -4,061 | -57.16% | 7,105 |
| Beauregard | 1,653 | 47.60% | 449 | 12.93% | 1,365 | 39.30% | 6 | 0.17% | 288 | 8.29% | 3,473 |
| Bienville | 421 | 14.14% | 191 | 6.42% | 2,362 | 79.34% | 3 | 0.10% | -1,941 | -65.20% | 2,977 |
| Bossier | 1,147 | 29.59% | 338 | 8.72% | 2,390 | 61.66% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,243 | -32.07% | 3,876 |
| Caddo | 5,985 | 27.06% | 4,777 | 21.60% | 11,292 | 51.06% | 63 | 0.28% | -5,307 | -24.00% | 22,117 |
| Calcasieu | 7,074 | 56.87% | 1,940 | 15.60% | 3,400 | 27.34% | 24 | 0.19% | 3,674 | 29.54% | 12,438 |
| Caldwell | 777 | 44.45% | 151 | 8.64% | 818 | 46.80% | 2 | 0.11% | -41 | -2.35% | 1,748 |
| Cameron | 742 | 66.07% | 87 | 7.75% | 293 | 26.09% | 1 | 0.09% | 449 | 39.98% | 1,123 |
| Catahoula | 515 | 30.91% | 86 | 5.16% | 1,062 | 63.75% | 3 | 0.18% | -547 | -32.83% | 1,666 |
| Claiborne | 457 | 16.40% | 265 | 9.51% | 2,061 | 73.98% | 3 | 0.11% | -1,604 | -57.57% | 2,786 |
| Concordia | 329 | 21.00% | 98 | 6.25% | 1,140 | 72.75% | 0 | 0.00% | -811 | -51.75% | 1,567 |
| De Soto | 617 | 22.21% | 270 | 9.72% | 1,889 | 68.00% | 2 | 0.07% | -1,272 | -45.79% | 2,778 |
| East Baton Rouge | 8,560 | 39.88% | 4,585 | 21.36% | 8,166 | 38.05% | 153 | 0.71% | 394 | 1.84% | 21,464 |
| East Carroll | 323 | 29.26% | 116 | 10.51% | 663 | 60.05% | 2 | 0.18% | -340 | -30.80% | 1,104 |
| East Feliciana | 267 | 21.64% | 127 | 10.29% | 839 | 67.99% | 1 | 0.08% | -572 | -46.35% | 1,234 |
| Evangeline | 1,149 | 19.90% | 206 | 3.57% | 4,415 | 76.48% | 3 | 0.05% | -3,266 | -56.57% | 5,773 |
| Franklin | 1,857 | 47.80% | 149 | 3.84% | 1,872 | 48.19% | 7 | 0.18% | -15 | -0.39% | 3,885 |
| Grant | 1,120 | 39.44% | 273 | 9.61% | 1,439 | 50.67% | 8 | 0.28% | -319 | -11.23% | 2,840 |
| Iberia | 1,015 | 16.49% | 2,910 | 47.26% | 2,224 | 36.12% | 8 | 0.13% | 686 | 11.14% | 6,157 |
| Iberville | 1,697 | 55.33% | 506 | 16.50% | 856 | 27.91% | 8 | 0.26% | 841 | 27.42% | 3,067 |
| Jackson | 713 | 31.15% | 169 | 7.38% | 1,400 | 61.16% | 7 | 0.31% | -687 | -30.01% | 2,289 |
| Jefferson | 4,654 | 28.79% | 2,620 | 16.20% | 8,822 | 54.56% | 72 | 0.45% | -4,168 | -25.78% | 16,168 |
| Jefferson Davis | 1,717 | 47.16% | 793 | 21.78% | 1,122 | 30.82% | 9 | 0.25% | 595 | 16.34% | 3,641 |
| Lafayette | 1,787 | 23.52% | 2,068 | 27.21% | 3,724 | 49.01% | 20 | 0.26% | -1,656 | -21.79% | 7,599 |
| Lafourche | 1,586 | 26.82% | 1,247 | 21.09% | 3,052 | 51.62% | 28 | 0.47% | -1,466 | -24.79% | 5,913 |
| LaSalle | 716 | 26.03% | 266 | 9.67% | 1,767 | 64.23% | 2 | 0.07% | -1,051 | -38.20% | 2,751 |
| Lincoln | 625 | 19.53% | 353 | 11.03% | 2,196 | 68.60% | 27 | 0.84% | -1,571 | -49.08% | 3,201 |
| Livingston | 1,841 | 53.04% | 264 | 7.61% | 1,351 | 38.92% | 15 | 0.43% | 490 | 14.12% | 3,471 |
| Madison | 197 | 14.42% | 127 | 9.30% | 1,033 | 75.62% | 9 | 0.66% | -836 | -61.20% | 1,366 |
| Morehouse | 1,177 | 41.83% | 242 | 8.60% | 1,391 | 49.43% | 4 | 0.14% | -214 | -7.60% | 2,814 |
| Natchitoches | 1,692 | 31.61% | 763 | 14.26% | 2,887 | 53.94% | 10 | 0.19% | -1,195 | -22.33% | 5,352 |
| Orleans | 41,900 | 33.85% | 29,442 | 23.78% | 50,234 | 40.58% | 2,203 | 1.78% | -8,334 | -6.73% | 123,785 |
| Ouachita | 4,213 | 39.00% | 1,729 | 16.01% | 4,848 | 44.88% | 12 | 0.11% | -635 | -5.88% | 10,802 |
| Plaquemines | 77 | 2.78% | 90 | 3.24% | 2,597 | 93.62% | 10 | 0.36% | -2,507 | -90.37% | 2,774 |
| Pointe Coupee | 402 | 20.31% | 198 | 10.01% | 1,375 | 69.48% | 4 | 0.20% | -973 | -49.17% | 1,979 |
| Rapides | 4,730 | 36.22% | 1,707 | 13.07% | 6,581 | 50.39% | 42 | 0.32% | -1,851 | -14.17% | 13,060 |
| Red River | 452 | 21.46% | 113 | 5.37% | 1,535 | 72.89% | 6 | 0.28% | -1,083 | -51.42% | 2,106 |
| Richland | 960 | 37.87% | 119 | 4.69% | 1,448 | 57.12% | 8 | 0.32% | -488 | -19.25% | 2,535 |
| Sabine | 1,405 | 34.05% | 469 | 11.37% | 2,249 | 54.51% | 3 | 0.07% | -844 | -20.46% | 4,126 |
| Saint Bernard | 91 | 3.72% | 107 | 4.38% | 2,242 | 91.70% | 5 | 0.20% | -2,135 | -87.32% | 2,445 |
| Saint Charles | 914 | 37.93% | 286 | 11.87% | 1,206 | 50.04% | 4 | 0.17% | -292 | -12.12% | 2,410 |
| Saint Helena | 469 | 39.38% | 59 | 4.95% | 662 | 55.58% | 1 | 0.08% | -193 | -16.20% | 1,191 |
| Saint James | 859 | 40.58% | 453 | 21.40% | 800 | 37.79% | 5 | 0.24% | 59 | 2.79% | 2,117 |
| Saint John the Baptist | 799 | 42.50% | 379 | 20.16% | 695 | 36.97% | 7 | 0.37% | 104 | 5.53% | 1,880 |
| Saint Landry | 1,179 | 15.22% | 829 | 10.70% | 5,730 | 73.96% | 9 | 0.12% | -4,551 | -58.75% | 7,747 |
| Saint Martin | 307 | 8.03% | 688 | 17.99% | 2,822 | 73.80% | 7 | 0.18% | -2,134 | -55.81% | 3,824 |
| Saint Mary | 918 | 26.21% | 824 | 23.52% | 1,751 | 49.99% | 10 | 0.29% | -833 | -23.78% | 3,503 |
| Saint Tammany | 1,164 | 23.09% | 790 | 15.67% | 3,063 | 60.76% | 24 | 0.48% | -1,899 | -37.67% | 5,041 |
| Tangipahoa | 2,184 | 29.48% | 1,287 | 17.37% | 3,919 | 52.90% | 18 | 0.24% | -1,735 | -23.42% | 7,408 |
| Tensas | 239 | 22.87% | 72 | 6.89% | 732 | 70.05% | 2 | 0.19% | -493 | -47.18% | 1,045 |
| Terrebonne | 1,262 | 29.12% | 1,048 | 24.18% | 2,011 | 46.40% | 13 | 0.30% | -749 | -17.28% | 4,334 |
| Union | 724 | 25.33% | 259 | 9.06% | 1,872 | 65.50% | 3 | 0.10% | -1,148 | -40.17% | 2,858 |
| Vermilion | 1,806 | 28.85% | 1,212 | 19.36% | 3,236 | 51.69% | 7 | 0.11% | -1,430 | -22.84% | 6,261 |
| Vernon | 1,939 | 42.32% | 296 | 6.46% | 2,331 | 50.87% | 16 | 0.35% | -392 | -8.56% | 4,582 |
| Washington | 3,267 | 41.88% | 371 | 4.76% | 4,141 | 53.08% | 22 | 0.28% | -874 | -11.20% | 7,801 |
| Webster | 1,933 | 36.53% | 455 | 8.60% | 2,895 | 54.72% | 8 | 0.15% | -962 | -18.18% | 5,291 |
| West Baton Rouge | 557 | 47.73% | 141 | 12.08% | 466 | 39.93% | 3 | 0.26% | 91 | 7.80% | 1,167 |
| West Carroll | 921 | 40.10% | 151 | 6.57% | 1,221 | 53.16% | 4 | 0.17% | -300 | -13.06% | 2,297 |
| West Feliciana | 101 | 17.35% | 102 | 17.53% | 377 | 64.78% | 2 | 0.34% | -275 | -47.25% | 582 |
| Winn | 940 | 32.08% | 333 | 11.37% | 1,648 | 56.25% | 9 | 0.31% | -708 | -24.16% | 2,930 |
| Totals | 136,344 | 32.75% | 72,657 | 17.45% | 204,290 | 49.07% | 3,035 | 0.73% | -67,946 | -16.32% | 416,336 |
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