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'''Thomas Edmund Dewey''' (b: 24 March 1902; d: 16 March 1971) was the former [[Republican]] governor of New York, serving three terms from 1943 to 1955. He was also the Republican presidential candidate on two occasions, losing to the incumbents, President [[Franklin D Roosevelt]] in 1944 and to President [[Harry S Truman]] in 1948. In the latter election, he was seen by many as the front-runner. So much so, in fact, that the ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' mistakingly ran several hundred copies of their post-election edition with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman".
[[Image:Thomas E. Dewey.jpg|right|thumb|250px|'''Thomas E. Dewey''', three-time Governor of New York]]
'''Thomas Edmund Dewey''' (b: 24 March 1902; d: 16 March 1971) was the former [[Republican]] governor of New York, serving three terms from 1943 to 1955. He was also the Republican presidential candidate on two occasions, losing to the incumbents, President [[Franklin D Roosevelt]] in 1944 and to President [[Harry S Truman]] in 1948.
In the latter election, he was seen by many as the front-runner. So much so, in fact, that the ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' mistakingly ran several hundred copies of their post-election edition with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman".<ref>[http://www.historybuff.com/library/reftruman.html The Story Behind the "Dewey Defeats Truman" error]</ref>
==Early Life==
==Early Life==