This election's winner had forced Congress to meet in the so-called "Turnip Day session," and was told by a supporter to "Give 'em hell."
Westbrook Pegler revealed that one candidate in this election had written controversial letters to a Russian spiritual guru. This election's winner had forced Congress to meet in the so-called "Turnip Day session," and was told by a supporter to "Give 'em hell." Progressive Henry Wallace ran in this race, in which Fielding Wright's running mate walked out of the Democratic National Convention and carried four Southern states as a Dixiecrat. For 10 points, name this election disrupted by South Carolinian candidate Strom Thurmond, after which the Chicago Daily Tribune erroneously proclaimed Thomas Dewey's victory over incumbent Harry S. Truman.
Westbrook Pegler revealed that one candidate in this election had written controversial letters to a Russian spiritual guru.
United States presidential election of 1948