Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - 1948 Republican National Convention
aka yi a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shi ne taron shugaban kasa na farko da aka nuna a talabijin. Yayin da aka buɗe taron, an ga Dewey yana da babban jagoranci a cikin wakilai. Manyan abokan hamayyarsa <unk> Taft, Stassen, da Sanata Arthur H. Vandenberg na Michigan <unk> sun haɗu a ɗakin otal ɗin Taft don tsara motsi na "dakatar da Dewey". Duk da haka, wata babbar matsala ta taso da sauri lokacin da mutanen uku suka ƙi haɗuwa a bayan ɗan takara guda don adawa da Dewey. Maimakon haka, maza uku sun yarda su yi ƙoƙari su riƙe wakilan kansu a cikin bege na hana Dewey daga samun rinjaye. Wannan ya tabbatar da cewa ba shi da amfani, yayin da ƙungiyar yakin neman zabe na Dewey ta tattara wakilai da suke buƙata don lashe zaben. Bayan zagaye na biyu na jefa kuri'a, Dewey ya kasance kuri'u 33 ne kawai daga nasara. Taft sai ya kira Stassen kuma ya bukaci shi ya janye daga tseren kuma ya amince da shi a matsayin babban abokin adawar Dewey. Lokacin da Stassen ya ƙi, Taft ya rubuta jawabin amincewa kuma ya karanta shi a farkon zagaye na uku; Dewey an zabi shi ta hanyar yabo. Daga nan Dewey ya zaɓi mashahurin Gwamna Earl Warren na California a matsayin abokin takarar sa. Bayan taron, yawancin masana siyasa a cikin kafofin watsa labarai sun kimanta tikitin GOP a matsayin kusan tabbataccen mai nasara a kan 'yan Democrat.