Truman lost the state .
He did pick up Oneida County , which Roosevelt had lost in all his four elections and which had last been won for the Democrats in the three - way 1912 election , and before that by Grover Cleveland in 1884 .
Although Truman lost the state , he did pick up Oneida County , which Roosevelt had lost in all his four elections and which had last been won for the Democrats in the three - way 1912 election , and before that by Grover Cleveland in 1884 .