Kansas — 1948 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1948 presidential electionKansas · PresidentDeweyR+9.0
How it voted
Share of the 1948 vote
| Thomas E. Dewey ✓Republican | 53.6% | 423,039 |
|---|---|---|
| Harry S. TrumanDemocratic | 44.6% | 351,902 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.8% | 13,878 |
1948presidential margin
D+60R+60
105 counties, each filled by 1948 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Kansas cast 8 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (105 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Allen County, KS | Republican | R+23.6 |
| Anderson County, KS | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Atchison County, KS | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Barber County, KS | Republican | R+3.1 |
| Barton County, KS | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Bourbon County, KS | Republican | R+4.2 |
| Brown County, KS | Republican | R+37.0 |
| Butler County, KS | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Chase County, KS | Republican | R+19.4 |
| Chautauqua County, KS | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Cherokee County, KS | Democratic | D+2.5 |
| Cheyenne County, KS | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Clark County, KS | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Clay County, KS | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Cloud County, KS | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Coffey County, KS | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Comanche County, KS | Republican | R+24.5 |
| Cowley County, KS | Republican | R+6.8 |
| Crawford County, KS | Democratic | D+4.4 |
| Decatur County, KS | Republican | R+4.8 |
| Dickinson County, KS | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Doniphan County, KS | Republican | R+28.2 |
| Douglas County, KS | Republican | R+31.2 |
| Edwards County, KS | Republican | R+19.4 |
| Elk County, KS | Republican | R+28.5 |
| Ellis County, KS | Democratic | D+18.0 |
| Ellsworth County, KS | Republican | R+6.8 |
| Finney County, KS | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Ford County, KS | Democratic | D+3.5 |
| Franklin County, KS | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Geary County, KS | Republican | R+0.9 |
| Gove County, KS | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Graham County, KS | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Grant County, KS | Republican | R+8.4 |
| Gray County, KS | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Greeley County, KS | Republican | R+8.9 |
| Greenwood County, KS | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Hamilton County, KS | Republican | R+1.8 |
| Harper County, KS | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Harvey County, KS | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Haskell County, KS | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Hodgeman County, KS | Republican | R+22.8 |
| Jackson County, KS | Republican | R+23.4 |
| Jefferson County, KS | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Jewell County, KS | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Johnson County, KS | Republican | R+22.3 |
| Kearny County, KS | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Kingman County, KS | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Kiowa County, KS | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Labette County, KS | Republican | R+1.5 |
| Lane County, KS | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Leavenworth County, KS | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Lincoln County, KS | Republican | R+32.8 |
| Linn County, KS | Republican | R+22.0 |
| Logan County, KS | Republican | R+30.3 |
| Lyon County, KS | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Marion County, KS | Republican | R+31.6 |
| Marshall County, KS | Republican | R+23.7 |
| McPherson County, KS | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Meade County, KS | Republican | R+24.5 |
| Miami County, KS | Democratic | D+0.1 |
| Mitchell County, KS | Republican | R+25.9 |
| Montgomery County, KS | Republican | R+10.4 |
| Morris County, KS | Republican | R+14.4 |
| Morton County, KS | Republican | R+6.7 |
| Nemaha County, KS | Republican | R+11.3 |
| Neosho County, KS | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Ness County, KS | Republican | R+19.2 |
| Norton County, KS | Republican | R+25.9 |
| Osage County, KS | Republican | R+13.0 |
| Osborne County, KS | Republican | R+28.6 |
| Ottawa County, KS | Republican | R+20.9 |
| Pawnee County, KS | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Phillips County, KS | Republican | R+36.4 |
| Pottawatomie County, KS | Republican | R+26.0 |
| Pratt County, KS | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Rawlins County, KS | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Reno County, KS | Republican | R+5.7 |
| Republic County, KS | Republican | R+22.7 |
| Rice County, KS | Republican | R+18.2 |
| Riley County, KS | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Rooks County, KS | Republican | R+14.5 |
| Rush County, KS | Republican | R+14.7 |
| Russell County, KS | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Saline County, KS | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Scott County, KS | Republican | R+16.5 |
| Sedgwick County, KS | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Seward County, KS | Republican | R+6.1 |
| Shawnee County, KS | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Sheridan County, KS | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Sherman County, KS | Republican | R+3.3 |
| Smith County, KS | Republican | R+26.3 |
| Stafford County, KS | Republican | R+5.7 |
| Stanton County, KS | Republican | R+14.9 |
| Stevens County, KS | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Sumner County, KS | Republican | R+12.6 |
| Thomas County, KS | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Trego County, KS | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Wabaunsee County, KS | Republican | R+35.0 |
| Wallace County, KS | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Washington County, KS | Republican | R+34.0 |
| Wichita County, KS | Republican | R+15.1 |
| Wilson County, KS | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Woodson County, KS | Republican | R+26.7 |
| Wyandotte County, KS | Democratic | D+25.4 |
Kansas results by county
105 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,813 | 4,70461.2% | 2,89137.6% | 901.2% | 7,685 |
| Anderson County | Thomas E. Dewey+716 | 2,78756.9% | 2,07142.2% | 440.9% | 4,902 |
| Atchison County | Thomas E. Dewey+231 | 4,14151.0% | 3,91048.2% | 620.8% | 8,113 |
| Barber County | Thomas E. Dewey+122 | 2,01350.9% | 1,89147.8% | 491.2% | 3,953 |
| Barton County | Thomas E. Dewey+884 | 6,19153.4% | 5,30745.8% | 1020.9% | 11,600 |
| Bourbon County | Thomas E. Dewey+346 | 4,22551.4% | 3,87947.2% | 1111.4% | 8,215 |
| Brown County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,458 | 4,51868.0% | 2,06031.0% | 681.0% | 6,646 |
| Butler County | Thomas E. Dewey+282 | 6,55150.6% | 6,26948.4% | 1321.0% | 12,952 |
| Chase County | Thomas E. Dewey+471 | 1,43258.9% | 96139.5% | 371.5% | 2,430 |
| Chautauqua County | Thomas E. Dewey+664 | 1,92559.3% | 1,26138.9% | 581.8% | 3,244 |
| Cherokee County | Harry S. Truman+238 | 4,61647.8% | 4,85450.2% | 1932.0% | 9,663 |
| Cheyenne County | Thomas E. Dewey+241 | 1,21953.5% | 97842.9% | 813.6% | 2,278 |
| Clark County | Thomas E. Dewey+222 | 99955.3% | 77743.0% | 311.7% | 1,807 |
| Clay County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,959 | 3,76365.9% | 1,80431.6% | 1442.5% | 5,711 |
| Cloud County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,127 | 4,01856.2% | 2,89140.4% | 2463.4% | 7,155 |
| Coffey County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,149 | 2,94561.2% | 1,79637.3% | 711.5% | 4,812 |
| Comanche County | Thomas E. Dewey+427 | 1,07761.9% | 65037.4% | 130.7% | 1,740 |
| Cowley County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,060 | 8,10252.1% | 7,04245.3% | 3972.6% | 15,541 |
| Crawford County | Harry S. Truman+776 | 8,22946.2% | 9,00550.5% | 5813.3% | 17,815 |
| Decatur County | Thomas E. Dewey+143 | 1,54551.4% | 1,40246.7% | 581.9% | 3,005 |
| Dickinson County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,103 | 5,91860.0% | 3,81538.7% | 1341.4% | 9,867 |
| Doniphan County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,230 | 2,78563.7% | 1,55535.6% | 290.7% | 4,369 |
| Douglas County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,509 | 9,28764.3% | 4,77833.1% | 3892.7% | 14,454 |
| Edwards County | Thomas E. Dewey+544 | 1,62758.1% | 1,08338.7% | 883.1% | 2,798 |
| Elk County | Thomas E. Dewey+875 | 1,96263.8% | 1,08735.3% | 260.8% | 3,075 |
| Ellis County | Harry S. Truman+1,187 | 2,67640.5% | 3,86358.5% | 671.0% | 6,606 |
| Ellsworth County | Thomas E. Dewey+276 | 2,15552.8% | 1,87946.1% | 451.1% | 4,079 |
| Finney County | Thomas E. Dewey+141 | 2,50850.0% | 2,36747.2% | 1402.8% | 5,015 |
| Ford County | Harry S. Truman+307 | 4,08947.2% | 4,39650.8% | 1772.0% | 8,662 |
| Franklin County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,678 | 5,14558.2% | 3,46739.2% | 2222.5% | 8,834 |
| Geary County | Thomas E. Dewey+54 | 2,86449.7% | 2,81048.8% | 861.5% | 5,760 |
| Gove County | Thomas E. Dewey+311 | 1,03057.5% | 71940.1% | 432.4% | 1,792 |
| Graham County | Thomas E. Dewey+467 | 1,38059.3% | 91339.2% | 351.5% | 2,328 |
| Grant County | Thomas E. Dewey+117 | 74253.3% | 62544.9% | 241.7% | 1,391 |
| Gray County | Thomas E. Dewey+166 | 1,03553.7% | 86945.1% | 241.2% | 1,928 |
| Greeley County | Thomas E. Dewey+65 | 39153.3% | 32644.5% | 162.2% | 733 |
| Greenwood County | Thomas E. Dewey+979 | 3,55357.3% | 2,57441.5% | 731.2% | 6,200 |
| Hamilton County | Thomas E. Dewey+27 | 74950.6% | 72248.8% | 80.5% | 1,479 |
| Harper County | Thomas E. Dewey+950 | 2,70259.3% | 1,75238.4% | 1062.3% | 4,560 |
| Harvey County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,655 | 5,27057.7% | 3,61539.6% | 2452.7% | 9,130 |
| Haskell County | Thomas E. Dewey+126 | 59254.7% | 46643.0% | 252.3% | 1,083 |
| Hodgeman County | Thomas E. Dewey+355 | 94560.8% | 59037.9% | 201.3% | 1,555 |
| Jackson County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,208 | 3,16661.3% | 1,95837.9% | 410.8% | 5,165 |
| Jefferson County | Thomas E. Dewey+976 | 2,98659.0% | 2,01039.7% | 621.2% | 5,058 |
| Jewell County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,569 | 3,14363.2% | 1,57431.6% | 2585.2% | 4,975 |
| Johnson County | Thomas E. Dewey+5,209 | 14,19160.7% | 8,98238.4% | 2050.9% | 23,378 |
| Kearny County | Thomas E. Dewey+135 | 67654.4% | 54143.6% | 252.0% | 1,242 |
| Kingman County | Thomas E. Dewey+632 | 2,64055.9% | 2,00842.5% | 761.6% | 4,724 |
| Kiowa County | Thomas E. Dewey+536 | 1,25859.8% | 72234.3% | 1245.9% | 2,104 |
| Labette County | Thomas E. Dewey+185 | 6,29850.1% | 6,11348.7% | 1541.2% | 12,565 |
| Lane County | Thomas E. Dewey+239 | 76457.5% | 52539.5% | 392.9% | 1,328 |
| Leavenworth County | Harry S. Truman+266 | 6,47448.6% | 6,74050.6% | 1030.8% | 13,317 |
| Lincoln County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,087 | 2,18165.7% | 1,09433.0% | 431.3% | 3,318 |
| Linn County | Thomas E. Dewey+959 | 2,63260.5% | 1,67338.4% | 491.1% | 4,354 |
| Logan County | Thomas E. Dewey+526 | 1,10563.7% | 57933.4% | 502.9% | 1,734 |
| Lyon County | Thomas E. Dewey+233 | 5,94150.0% | 5,70848.1% | 2271.9% | 11,876 |
| Marion County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,303 | 4,72464.8% | 2,42133.2% | 1401.9% | 7,285 |
| Marshall County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,974 | 5,12261.5% | 3,14837.8% | 590.7% | 8,329 |
| McPherson County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,073 | 5,95257.5% | 3,87937.5% | 5135.0% | 10,344 |
| Meade County | Thomas E. Dewey+572 | 1,40660.2% | 83435.7% | 964.1% | 2,336 |
| Miami County | Harry S. Truman+10 | 3,65049.4% | 3,66049.5% | 781.1% | 7,388 |
| Mitchell County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,248 | 2,99862.2% | 1,75036.3% | 751.6% | 4,823 |
| Montgomery County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,015 | 10,63654.7% | 8,62144.3% | 1871.0% | 19,444 |
| Morris County | Thomas E. Dewey+584 | 2,28556.5% | 1,70142.0% | 611.5% | 4,047 |
| Morton County | Thomas E. Dewey+79 | 62452.6% | 54546.0% | 171.4% | 1,186 |
| Nemaha County | Thomas E. Dewey+719 | 3,52955.4% | 2,81044.1% | 320.5% | 6,371 |
| Neosho County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,302 | 5,07256.7% | 3,77042.1% | 1051.2% | 8,947 |
| Ness County | Thomas E. Dewey+559 | 1,68958.1% | 1,13038.9% | 883.0% | 2,907 |
| Norton County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,047 | 2,46161.0% | 1,41435.0% | 1614.0% | 4,036 |
| Osage County | Thomas E. Dewey+815 | 3,47455.5% | 2,65942.5% | 1211.9% | 6,254 |
| Osborne County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,183 | 2,60362.9% | 1,42034.3% | 1172.8% | 4,140 |
| Ottawa County | Thomas E. Dewey+779 | 2,20359.0% | 1,42438.1% | 1072.9% | 3,734 |
| Pawnee County | Thomas E. Dewey+276 | 2,22152.4% | 1,94545.9% | 691.6% | 4,235 |
| Phillips County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,492 | 2,71566.3% | 1,22329.9% | 1563.8% | 4,094 |
| Pottawatomie County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,542 | 3,70962.6% | 2,16736.6% | 450.8% | 5,921 |
| Pratt County | Thomas E. Dewey+127 | 2,87850.2% | 2,75148.0% | 1021.8% | 5,731 |
| Rawlins County | Thomas E. Dewey+294 | 1,38955.1% | 1,09543.4% | 381.5% | 2,522 |
| Reno County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,230 | 11,18751.9% | 9,95746.2% | 4232.0% | 21,567 |
| Republic County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,266 | 3,37560.4% | 2,10937.8% | 1021.8% | 5,586 |
| Rice County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,250 | 4,00258.2% | 2,75240.0% | 1281.9% | 6,882 |
| Riley County | Thomas E. Dewey+5,175 | 9,22768.0% | 4,05229.9% | 2882.1% | 13,567 |
| Rooks County | Thomas E. Dewey+561 | 2,19756.6% | 1,63642.1% | 491.3% | 3,882 |
| Rush County | Thomas E. Dewey+480 | 1,84056.4% | 1,36041.7% | 621.9% | 3,262 |
| Russell County | Thomas E. Dewey+770 | 3,11356.5% | 2,34342.5% | 561.0% | 5,512 |
| Saline County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,130 | 7,92853.1% | 6,79845.6% | 1941.3% | 14,920 |
| Scott County | Thomas E. Dewey+301 | 1,04056.9% | 73940.4% | 502.7% | 1,829 |
| Sedgwick County | Thomas E. Dewey+544 | 39,16549.6% | 38,62148.9% | 1,2431.6% | 79,029 |
| Seward County | Thomas E. Dewey+215 | 1,82952.0% | 1,61445.9% | 742.1% | 3,517 |
| Shawnee County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,327 | 23,67352.8% | 20,34645.4% | 7891.8% | 44,808 |
| Sheridan County | Thomas E. Dewey+131 | 1,09752.7% | 96646.4% | 190.9% | 2,082 |
| Sherman County | Thomas E. Dewey+91 | 1,38050.0% | 1,28946.7% | 913.3% | 2,760 |
| Smith County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,170 | 2,76061.9% | 1,59035.7% | 1062.4% | 4,456 |
| Stafford County | Thomas E. Dewey+255 | 2,30451.7% | 2,04946.0% | 1002.2% | 4,453 |
| Stanton County | Thomas E. Dewey+107 | 40756.5% | 30041.7% | 131.8% | 720 |
| Stevens County | Thomas E. Dewey+156 | 82254.0% | 66643.8% | 332.2% | 1,521 |
| Sumner County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,351 | 5,92255.4% | 4,57142.8% | 1921.8% | 10,685 |
| Thomas County | Thomas E. Dewey+21 | 1,49749.4% | 1,47648.7% | 571.9% | 3,030 |
| Trego County | Thomas E. Dewey+120 | 1,23751.8% | 1,11746.8% | 331.4% | 2,387 |
| Wabaunsee County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,275 | 2,43766.8% | 1,16231.9% | 491.3% | 3,648 |
| Wallace County | Thomas E. Dewey+198 | 63758.2% | 43940.1% | 181.6% | 1,094 |
| Washington County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,000 | 3,89466.2% | 1,89432.2% | 951.6% | 5,883 |
| Wichita County | Thomas E. Dewey+163 | 60656.3% | 44341.1% | 282.6% | 1,077 |
| Wilson County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,330 | 3,86859.5% | 2,53839.0% | 1001.5% | 6,506 |
| Woodson County | Thomas E. Dewey+852 | 1,99762.6% | 1,14535.9% | 491.5% | 3,191 |
| Wyandotte County | Harry S. Truman+16,968 | 24,39836.5% | 41,36661.9% | 1,0241.5% | 66,788 |
Nominees: Harry S. Truman (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R) · Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic)
Kansas's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −48.4% |
| 1896 | +3.7% |
| 1900 | −6.6% |
| 1904 | −38.7% |
| 1908 | −9.4% |
| 1912 | +18.8% |
| 1916 | +5.9% |
| 1920 | −32.2% |
| 1924 | −37.9% |
| 1928 | −45.0% |
| 1932 | +9.4% |
| 1936 | +7.7% |
| 1940 | −14.5% |
| 1944 | −21.1% |
| 1948 | −9.0% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.2% |
| 1960 | −21.3% |
| 1964 | +9.0% |
| 1968 | −20.1% |
| 1972 | −38.2% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −24.6% |
| 1984 | −33.7% |
| 1988 | −13.2% |
| 1992 | −5.1% |
| 1996 | −18.2% |
| 2000 | −20.8% |
| 2004 | −25.4% |
| 2008 | −15.0% |
| 2012 | −21.6% |
| 2016 | −20.4% |
| 2020 | −14.7% |
| 2024 | −16.1% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1948 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.