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The 1948 Democratic National Convention
Democratic National Convention

The Democratic National Convention is a series of U.S. presidential nominating convention held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party....
 was held at Convention Hall
Philadelphia Civic Center

The Philadelphia Civic Center was a complex of five or more buildings evolved out of a series of buildings dedicated to expanding trade which began with the National Export Exhibition in 1899....
 in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, from July 12 to July 14, and resulted in the nominations of incumbent Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . As the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, he succeeded Franklin D....
 for President and U.S. Senator
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
 Alben W. Barkley
Alben W. Barkley

Alben William Barkley was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Paducah, Kentucky, majority leader of the Senate, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
 of Kentucky
Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....
 for Vice President in the Presidential election of 1948
United States presidential election, 1948

The United States presidential election of 1948 is considered by most historians as the greatest election upset in History of the United States....
.

Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's Capital ....
 mayor Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, serving under President Lyndon B....
 addressed the convention, he urged the Democratic Party to "get out of the shadow of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights," prompting a walkout by Southern
Southern United States

The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States....
 delegates who later nominated Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond

James Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senate. He also ran for the President of the United States in United States presidential election, 1948 as the segregationist Dixiecrat candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 Electoral College ....
 as the presidential nominee of the States' Rights Party
Dixiecrat

The States' Rights Democratic Party was a Racial segregation, social conservatism political party in the United States. The term Dixiecrat is a portmanteau of Dixie, referring to the Southern United States, and Democrat, referring to the United States Democratic Party....
 (Dixiecrats).






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The 1948 Democratic National Convention
Democratic National Convention

The Democratic National Convention is a series of U.S. presidential nominating convention held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party....
 was held at Convention Hall
Philadelphia Civic Center

The Philadelphia Civic Center was a complex of five or more buildings evolved out of a series of buildings dedicated to expanding trade which began with the National Export Exhibition in 1899....
 in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, from July 12 to July 14, and resulted in the nominations of incumbent Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . As the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, he succeeded Franklin D....
 for President and U.S. Senator
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
 Alben W. Barkley
Alben W. Barkley

Alben William Barkley was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Paducah, Kentucky, majority leader of the Senate, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
 of Kentucky
Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....
 for Vice President in the Presidential election of 1948
United States presidential election, 1948

The United States presidential election of 1948 is considered by most historians as the greatest election upset in History of the United States....
.

Hubert Humphrey's Address

When Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's Capital ....
 mayor Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, serving under President Lyndon B....
 addressed the convention, he urged the Democratic Party to "get out of the shadow of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights," prompting a walkout by Southern
Southern United States

The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States....
 delegates who later nominated Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond

James Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senate. He also ran for the President of the United States in United States presidential election, 1948 as the segregationist Dixiecrat candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 Electoral College ....
 as the presidential nominee of the States' Rights Party
Dixiecrat

The States' Rights Democratic Party was a Racial segregation, social conservatism political party in the United States. The term Dixiecrat is a portmanteau of Dixie, referring to the Southern United States, and Democrat, referring to the United States Democratic Party....
 (Dixiecrats). This was a launching point for Humphrey; he was elected to the United States Senate
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
 later that year and to the Vice Presidency
Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office in the United States of America created by the Constitution of the United States....
 in 1964
United States presidential election, 1964

The United States presidential election of 1964 was the sixth-most lopsided presidential election in the history of the United States behind the elections of United States presidential election, 1936, United States presidential election, 1984, United States presidential election, 1972, United States presidential election, 1864, and United Sta...
.

The Balloting

In the absence of three dozen Southern delegates who walked out of the convention with Thurmond, 947 Democrats voted to nominate Truman as their candidate (against 263 for Senator Richard Russell, Jr.
Richard Russell, Jr.

Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. was an United States Democratic Party politician who was a long-time United States Senate from the state of Georgia ....
 of Georgia).

President


Vice President

U.S. Senator Alben W. Barkley
Alben W. Barkley

Alben William Barkley was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Paducah, Kentucky, majority leader of the Senate, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
 of Kentucky
Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....
 was nominated by acclamation without a roll call vote.

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See also

  • 1948 Republican National Convention
    1948 Republican National Convention

    The 1948 Republican National Convention was held at the Philadelphia Civic Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, from June 21 to June 25, 1948....
  • United States presidential election, 1948
    United States presidential election, 1948

    The United States presidential election of 1948 is considered by most historians as the greatest election upset in History of the United States....
  • Democratic National Convention
    Democratic National Convention

    The Democratic National Convention is a series of U.S. presidential nominating convention held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party....