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Title |
1952 Washington Herald newspaper about Eisenhower's landslide victory |
Object Name |
Newspaper |
Catalog Number |
2024.FIC.0267 |
People |
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Stevenson, Adali E. |
Date |
1952 |
Scope & Content |
November 5, 1952 edition of The Washington Herald newspaper (8 pages) published in Washington, Indiana. The front page story was the landslide victory of Dwight Eisenhower, the Republican candidate, over Adali Stevenson, the Democrat nominee, for President of the United States. The 62-year-old general carried 39 of the 48 states and garnered 429 electoral votes to only 89 for Stevenson. All of the GOP candidates in Daviess County were elected with victory margins ranging from 1,865 to 2,523 votes. On the bottom of the front page are vote totals in the Daviess County precincts for all of the candidates on the ballot. The Washington Herald supported the Republican Party. See 2024.FIC.0267.0001 for the November 5, 1952 edition of The Washington Democrat newspaper. |
Search Terms |
Democrat Party Democratic Party Republican Party Republicans Washington Herald |