Monday morning will mark the 60th anniversary of the infamous – and erroneous – headline to grace the front page of the Chicago Tribune. The first edition of the publication read “Dewey Defeats Truman ...

President Harry S. Truman displays an issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune with the headline, "Dewey Defeats Truman." Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Polls are a centerpiece of our political news ...

So, I’m in the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Denver Saturday morning when I check my messages on my cell phone. “What’s up with the ‘Dewey beats Truman’ headline in today’s paper,” Huskies soccer coach David ...

On Tuesday evening, Nov. 5, 1974, incumbent Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan held a rally for his supporters at the Neil House Hotel across High Street from the Statehouse as that day’s general election ...

On November 3, 1948, the day after the Presidential Election, the headline of the Chicago Daily Tribune proclaimed "Dewey Defeats Truman." The now infamous and embarrassing headline came about because ...

HOUSTON — A Houston woman has voted in every election she’s been eligible -- nearly 70 years. Mary Adkins, 101, has voted in every election since Harry Truman won in 1948’s "Dewey defeats Truman." ...

LONDON — Could Prime Minister Gordon Brown become the Harry Truman of British politics? For many long months, Brown and his Labor Party were written off as sure losers in this year's election, likely ...

Perhaps forgotten in the annals of history is a bold move Missouri’s only Oval Office occupant made 72 years ago this Sunday to improve race relations. On July 26, 1948, President Harry Truman ordered ...