Third Time's the Charm: Dewey '52

If Dewey sat out '48, would he run and win in '52? Since Ike wouldn't run, would Truman take the chance of going for the last-ever triple crown? Presumably Dewey wins, but how would things turn out later? Would we still see POTUSES JFK, LBJ, Nixon at some point? Escalation in 'Nam?
 
52 might not be the year to try this. I've read that when Ike was considering not running for a second term, he wanted Dewey to run in his place in 1956. Perhaps Ike is more insistent in this timeline.

Dewey-Knowland 56'
 
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