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Tom Dewey has always been linked to his defeat in 1948, but his defeat by Roosevelt four years earlier is often over looked.
Having looked at the election stats, it would take a change in just eight states for Dewey to win, just 687,279 votes. Although he would still lose the popular vote by over two million votes. Dewey & Bricker 22,705,208 270 elec votes Roosevelt & Truman 24,925,637 261 elec votes
So when Tom Dewey becomes the 33rd President of the United States on Jan 20th 1945, the war in Europe is almost won, what does he do at the end with Germany, and Japan?
The 33rd President of the United Sates- Thomas E. Dewey.