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unknown, fl. 1948 Sample Ballot

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09881 Author/Creator: unknown, fl. 1948 Place Written: Maryland Type: Document Date: 1948 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 40.7 cm, Width: 36.9 cm Order a Copy

One sample ballot dated 1948. Item printed the names of presidential candidates for the 1948 election. Also includes names of congressional candidates and constitutional amendments in Maryland.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Barkley, Alben W., 1877-1956
Dewey, Thomas Edmund, 1902-1971
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003
Wright, Fielding L., 1895-1956
Bolton, William P., 1885-1964
Clifford, Michael J., fl. 1948
Shipley, A. Earl, fl. 1948
1945 to the Present
Voter registration
Voting
President
Constitution
Amendments
Election
Postwar Politics and the Cold War

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