In the 1948 United States presidential election in North Dakota Progressive Thomas Dewey lost to democrat Harry S. Truman by just under 20.000 votes.
Thomas Dewey Republican Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.) Progressive Henry A. Wallace 8,391 95,812 115,139 
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican Harry S. Truman
Democratic Henry Agard Wallace
Progressive 115,139 95,812 8,391 
