During the 1948 United States presidential election in Kansas, Harry S. Truman had fewer votes than Thomas Dewey who was born in 1902.
Kansas was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (RNew York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 53.63% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (DMissouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 44.61% of the popular vote. Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902  March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician. 
