Thomas Dewey
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Thomas Dewey (1902–1971) was a prominent state and federal prosecutor, the Governor of New York (1943–55), and a two-time Republican nominee for President, losing in 1944 to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and losing in a surprise upset in 1948 to Harry S Truman.
He was a liberal northeast Republican who lacked appeal in the South and West. His political success in New York is due to his reputation in prosecuting organized crime.
He wrote two books, the Journey to the Far Pacific (1952) after he visited East Asia, and Thomas E. Dewey on the Two Party System (1966).