- Born
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- Birth nameThomas Edmund Dewey
- Nickname
- Thomas Dewey
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Thomas E. Dewey is an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician.
He served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. In 1944, he was the Republican Party's nominee for president. He lost the 1944 election to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the closest of Roosevelt's four presidential elections. He was again the Republican presidential nominee in 1948, but lost to President Harry S. Truman in one of the greatest upsets in presidential election history. Dewey played a large role in winning the Republican presidential nomination for Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, and helped Eisenhower win the presidential election that year. He also played a large part in the choice of Richard Nixon as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseFrances Dewey(January 16, 1928 - July 17, 1970) (her death, 2 children)
- Republican party nominee in the 1944 and 1948 U.S. presidential elections. Lost both times.
- Governor of New York, 1 January 1943 - 1 January 1955.
- Never missed a day of school from kindergarten through high school.
- The New York State Thruway now bears his name. It is now known as The Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway.
- The most recent US major party candidate for president with facial hair, having a mustache during his campaign in 1948.
- [1944] Four terms or sixteen years is the most dangerous threat to our freedom ever proposed. This is one reason why I believe that two terms must be established as a limit by constitutional amendment.
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