Before the election of 1948, the presidency was a lock for Republican Thomas Dewey–so said the polls. About two week’s after Clifford Berryman’s cartoon was published, Harry S. Truman held aloft a copy of the Chicago Tribune, headlined “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN,” hist jubilance signaling his upset victory. Photo: Clifford Berryman, “What’s the Use of Going Through with the Election?” (October 19, 1948)/US Senate Collection/Center for Legislative Archives.
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