Republican presidential nomination 1948
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The Republican presidential nomination of 1948 was the contest within the U.S. Republican Party to choose its candidate for the 1948 presidential election, ultimately resulting in the selection of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Republican presidential nomination 1948 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7151724 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Republican presidential nomination 1948 Context triple: [Robert A. Taft, ranForOffice, Republican presidential nomination 1948]
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1948 United States presidential election
The 1948 United States presidential election was a closely watched contest in which incumbent President Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over Republican Thomas E. Dewey amid a fractured Democratic Party and significant third-party challenges.
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1952 United States presidential election
The 1952 United States presidential election was a landmark contest in which World War II hero Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower won the presidency, ending two decades of Democratic control of the White House.
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C.
Republican presidential nomination 1968
The Republican presidential nomination of 1968 was the contest in which Richard Nixon ultimately secured the party’s bid for the U.S. presidency amid a turbulent political climate marked by Vietnam War tensions and domestic unrest.
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1940 Republican National Convention
The 1940 Republican National Convention was the United States Republican Party's presidential nominating convention where Wendell Willkie emerged as the surprise nominee to challenge Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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1956 United States presidential election
The 1956 United States presidential election was a Cold War–era contest in which incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower won a second term by defeating Democratic challenger Adlai Stevenson in a rematch of the 1952 race.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Republican presidential nomination 1948 Target entity description: The Republican presidential nomination of 1948 was the contest within the U.S. Republican Party to choose its candidate for the 1948 presidential election, ultimately resulting in the selection of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey.
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A.
1948 United States presidential election
The 1948 United States presidential election was a closely watched contest in which incumbent President Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over Republican Thomas E. Dewey amid a fractured Democratic Party and significant third-party challenges.
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B.
1952 United States presidential election
The 1952 United States presidential election was a landmark contest in which World War II hero Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower won the presidency, ending two decades of Democratic control of the White House.
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C.
Republican presidential nomination 1968
The Republican presidential nomination of 1968 was the contest in which Richard Nixon ultimately secured the party’s bid for the U.S. presidency amid a turbulent political climate marked by Vietnam War tensions and domestic unrest.
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D.
1940 Republican National Convention
The 1940 Republican National Convention was the United States Republican Party's presidential nominating convention where Wendell Willkie emerged as the surprise nominee to challenge Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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E.
1956 United States presidential election
The 1956 United States presidential election was a Cold War–era contest in which incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower won a second term by defeating Democratic challenger Adlai Stevenson in a rematch of the 1952 race.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Republican Party presidential primary
ⓘ
United States presidential nomination ⓘ |
| appliesToPoliticalParty | Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservativeStandardBearer | Robert A. Taft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBy | Republican presidential nomination 1952 ⓘ |
| forElection | 1948 United States presidential election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frontRunner | Thomas E. Dewey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| ideologicalFaction | moderate wing of the Republican Party ⓘ |
| includedPresidentialPrimaries | yes ⓘ |
| incumbentPresident | Harry S. Truman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incumbentPresidentParty | Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCandidate |
Arthur H. Vandenberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Douglas MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold E. Stassen NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert A. Taft NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas E. Dewey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedCandidate | Thomas E. Dewey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedCandidatePosition | Governor of New York ⓘ |
| nominatedCandidateState | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedOffice | President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatingConvention | 1948 Republican National Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatingConventionEndDate | 1948-06-25 ⓘ |
| nominatingConventionLocation | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatingConventionStartDate | 1948-06-21 ⓘ |
| notablePrimaryContest |
1948 Nebraska Republican presidential primary
ⓘ
1948 Oregon Republican presidential primary ⓘ 1948 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary ⓘ 1948 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary ⓘ |
| opposingFaction | conservative wing of the Republican Party ⓘ |
| outcome | Thomas E. Dewey received the Republican presidential nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Republican presidential nomination 1944 ⓘ |
| primaryCandidate |
Arthur H. Vandenberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Douglas MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold E. Stassen NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert A. Taft NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas E. Dewey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningMateOffice | Vice President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningMatePositionAtNomination | Governor of California ⓘ |
| runningMateSelected | Earl Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subsequentGeneralElectionOpponent | Harry S. Truman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ticket | Thomas E. Dewey–Earl Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1948 ⓘ |
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Subject: Republican presidential nomination 1948 Description of subject: The Republican presidential nomination of 1948 was the contest within the U.S. Republican Party to choose its candidate for the 1948 presidential election, ultimately resulting in the selection of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey.
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subject surface form:
Robert A. Taft