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	Thomas Dewey Summary
		Dewey was born in Michigan in 1902, graduated from the University of Michigan in 1923, and received his law degree from Columbia in 1925.
		Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was the Governor of New York (1943-1955) and the unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency in 1944 and 1948.
		Dewey was elected District Attorney of New York County (Manhattan) in 1937.
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	Thomas Dewey
		It was Dewey's crimefighting prowess that moved him along politically - to the governorship of New York and the Republican candidacy for president in 1944 and 1948.
		When Dewey's men were closing in on his operations and angry Schultz went before the national board of the crime syndicate to demand that Dewey be knocked off.
		In Dewey's case this was not clear, although some in the underworld view his sending Louis Lepke to the electric chair in 1944 as having a link with the alleged payoff from the mob.
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	Thomas Dewey - MSN Encarta
		Thomas Dewey (1902-1971), American lawyer and political leader, defeated by President Harry Truman in the 1948 presidential election.
		Thomas Edmund Dewey was born in Owosso, Michigan, and educated at the University of Michigan and Columbia University.
		Dewey was a leading supporter of General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the presidential election of 1952.
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	Biography of Thomas Dewey
		Dewey was elected District Attorney of New York County (Manhattan) in 1937.
		Dewey's position evolved during the 1940s; he was generally considered an internationalist and classed with the moderates in later years.
		Dewey's third term as governor of New York expired in 1954, after which he retired from public service and returned to his law practice, Dewey-Balentine, although he remained a power broker behind the scenes in the Republican Party.
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	Thomas Dewey
		Thomas Edward Dewey (March 24, 1902 - March 16, 1971) was the Governor of New York (1943-1955) and the Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency in two elections (1944 and 1948), losing both elections.
		The Chicago Daily Tribune had gone so far as to print "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" as its post-election headline, though the election would actually be won by Harry S Truman.
		Dewey was also a prosecutor during the 1930s, and in 1936, he helped in the conviction of Lucky Luciano.
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		Dewey was elected District Attorney of New York County (Manhattan) in 1937.
		Dewey won the Republican nomination in 1944 but was defeated in the election by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the incumbent.
		Dewey's third term as governor of New York expired in 1954, after which he retired from public service and returned to his law practice, Dewey-Balentine, although he remained a power broker behind the scenes in the Republican Party.
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	Thomas Edmund Dewey - People of Michigan
		Dewey won election as county district attorney in 1937, gaining national prominence as a vigorous prosecutor of organized crime and racketeering.
		Then in 1948, Dewey was again nominated to run for president, and it looked like he would be victorious, but when the votes were tallied, he was upset by Democrat Harry S. Truman.
		Dewey never ran for president again, but he did work diligently to help General Dwight D. Eisenhower secure the Republication nomination for president at the 1952 convention.
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	Dewey, Thomas E.
		Dewey graduated from the University of Michigan in 1923 and received his law degree from Columbia University in 1925.
		Admitted to the New York bar in 1926, Dewey launched his government career five years later as chief assistant to the U.S. attorney for the southern district of the state.
		As Republican nominee for president in 1944, Dewey was neither expected nor able to overcome the enormous wartime prestige of the incumbent, President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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	Thomas E. Dewey
		Thomas Edmund Dewey was born on March 24, 1902, in Owosso, Michigan as the son of the local newspaper publisher.
		Although Dewey was a Republican, Herbert H. Lehman, Democratic governor of New York, appointed him special prosecutor to root out racketeering in 1935.
		Dewey was a leading supporter of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and played a major role in securing the Republican presidential nomination for him.
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	Annotated Reading List - Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although Dewey was suspicious of the term value, because of the tendency of philosophers to reify the qualities of events and objects, he did write a great deal about the activity of valuation.
		Dewey argues that such judgments are not static, as some have suggested, but instead demand a course of action.
		Dewey here underscores his view that the meaning of an object often changes as it becomes involved in a practical judgment.
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	Definition of Thomas Dewey
		Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 - March 16, 1971) was the Governor of New York (1943-1955) and the Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency in two elections (1944 and 1948), losing both times.
		Dewey started running for the 1940 Republican nomination in 1939 but he would lose it to Wendell Willkie, who went on to be defeated in the general election.
		Dewey sought and won the Republican nomination in 1944 but was, like Willkie, defeated in the 1944 presidential election by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the popular wartime leader.
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	Thomas Dewey - Knowmore
		Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was the Governor of New York (1943-1955) and the Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency in two elections (1944 and 1948), losing both times.
		Dewey started running for the 1940 Republican nomination in 1939 but he would lose it to Wendell Willkie, who went on to be defeated in the general election.
		Dewey sought and won the Republican nomination in 1944 but was defeated in the 1944 presidential election by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the popular wartime leader.
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		Thomas E. Dewey was a knight in shining armor, the fearless gangbuster who almost took up residence in the White House.
		It was Dewey's crimefighting prowess that moved him along politically - to the governorship of New York and the Republican candidacy for president in 1944 and 1948.
		In Dewey's case this was not clear, although some in the underworld view his sending Louis Lepke to the electric chair in 1944 as having a link with the alleged payoff from the mob.
	carpenoctem.tv /mafia/dewey.html (1795 words)

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		Dewey was elected District Attorney of New York County (Manhattan) in 1937.
		Dewey won the Republican nomination in 1944 but was defeated in the election by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the incumbent.
		Dewey's third term as governor of New York expired in 1954, after which he retired from public service and returned to his law practice, Dewey-Balentine, although he remained a power broker behind the scenes in the Republican Party.
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	Thomas Dewey
		Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 - March 16, 1971) was the Governor of New York (1943-1955) and the Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency in two elections (1944 and 1948), losing both elections.
		Dewey was also a New York City prosecutor during the 1930s, and in 1936, he helped in the conviction of Lucky Luciano.
		Mobster Dutch Schultz was reportedly killed because he was planning to assassinate Dewey, which his compatriots felt would draw too much unwanted law enforcement attention to their operations.
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	Dewey For President Thomas E. Dewey 1.75" Celluloid Pinback (TEDFP)
		During the 1930s Dewey was a New York City prosecutor, and in 1936 he helped in the conviction of Lucky Luciano and the indictment and imprisonment of Richard Whitney, the former president of the New York Stock Exchange.
		Dewey's position evolved during the 1940s and he was generally considered an internationalist and classed with the moderates in later years.
		Dewey sought and won the Republican nomination in 1944 but was defeated in the 1944 presidential election by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the popular wartime leader.
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	Thomas Dewey
		Thomas Dewey was born in Owosso, Michigan, on March 24, 1902.
		Dewey kept his promise by setting in place reforms, including the first statewide civil rights legislation in the nation, and an increase in aid to the New York State Education Department.
		Dewey received the Republican nomination again in 1948 to run against Harry Truman after he defeated Harold Stassen in the Oregon presidential primary by attacking Stassen's proposal to outlaw the Communist party.
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	Thomas E. Dewey
		Although Dewey had put away Lucky Luciano for tax evasion and more, he also approved Luciano's transfer to a low security prison in 1942 and eventual parole and deportation to Italy in 1946, because Lucky had helped the U.S. government federal investigators protect the New York City docks with Lucky's mob influence.
		Dewey even had a New York highway named after him in the 1960's.
		In retrospect, one has to wonder if Thomas E. Dewey would have become President in 1944, would he have dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan as Harry Truman did on Aug. 6, 1945, which is undoubtably one of the most significant events in U.S. History.
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		Dewey was born and raised in Owosso, Michigan, where his father edited the local newspaper.
		Dewey received The Hundred Year Association of New York's Gold Medal Award "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York." In 1939 Dewey prosecuted American Nazi leader Fritz Kuhn for embezzlement, crippling Kuhn's organization.
		Dewey's third term as governor of New York expired in 1954, after which he retired from public service and returned to his law practice, Dewey-Balentine, although he remained a power broker behind the scenes in the Republican Party.
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	AllRefer.com - Thomas Dewey Information
		Dewey was twice the Republican presidential candidate, losing to Franklin D Roosevelt in 1944 and to Harry Truman in 1948, the latter race being one of the greatest electoral upsets in US history.
		Dewey was born in Owosso, Michigan, and received a law degree from Columbia University 1925.
		After his terms as governor, Dewey retained much influence in the Republican Party, and helped to promote the presidential candidature of Dwight D Eisenhower 1952 and 1956 and that of Richard Nixon 1960.
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