This year was the first time Farrell Dobbs ran for president for the Socialist Workers Party, the second time that Claude Watson was nominated for the Prohibition Party, and the last time Norman Thomas earned the Socialist Party nomination. One major candidate earned his nom
This year was the first time Farrell Dobbs ran for president for the Socialist Workers Party, the second time that Claude Watson was nominated for the Prohibition Party, and the last time Norman Thomas earned the Socialist Party nomination. One major candidate earned his nomination over bids by Harold Stassen and Arthur Vandenberg. Another candidate had given the "Century of the Common Man" speech as vice president and chose Glen Taylor as his running mate. Its eventual victor announced the "Point Four" program as a plan for foreign aid. The loser took Earl Warren as his running mate, while the winning vice presidential candidate was Senate minority leader Alben Barkley. FTP name this election year which saw Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond make his bid for president, and which infamously saw the newspaper headline "Dewey defeats Truman."
This year was the first time Farrell Dobbs ran for president for the Socialist Workers Party, the second time that Claude Watson was nominated for the Prohibition Party, and the last time Norman Thomas earned the Socialist Party nomination.
Election of 1948