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Some notable GOP Senators managed to hand on to their chairs. Leverett Saltonstall stood firmly against the Massachusetts whirlwind, and Homer Ferguson successfully resisted the kind of assault in Michigan that ousted Republican Governor Kim Sigler. Other Republicans were safe in densely-GOP states; Bridges in New Hampshire, and Wherry in Nebraska, for example...
...train rolled on to Jackson, Mich., where the power & glory of the state's Republicanism-Senators Arthur Vandenberg and Homer Ferguson, Governor Kim Sigler-appeared. So did Mrs. George Dewey, the candidate's mother, whom he calls "Mater." She cried.: "Where's my Tommy?" With one arm around Mater and one around his wife, the candidate stood on the rear platform. "Was there ever such a lucky man as I am?" he asked the train-side crowd. "I have a wonderful mother and a wonderful wife and they are both here with...
...delegates," he read from notes, "and ask them to vote for Dewey." Knowland was right behind Bricker, pushing aside Stassen, who wanted to be next. Knowland surrendered for Warren. Stassen got his chance, stepped forward and surrendered for himself. He got a great cheer. The weary and unhappy Sigler finally got to the rostrum and surrendered for Vandenberg...
...platform Sigler had grabbed a telephone and was talking to Vandenberg, getting the final word to jump. Other coalition bosses looked for California's Bill Knowland, who in all conscience should also be given the chance to say aye or nay. But Knowland could not be found. Then the chair announced the count, which formally closed the second ballot. It was too late to make any changes...
...notable shots: the breath-catching moment when aged Cardinal Dougherty stumbled and nearly fell from the rostrum; Speaker Martin's frozen face as Dewey accepted the nomination; Governor Sigler's dejection as he waited to release the Michigan delegation; Herbert Hoover's emotion at the affectionate demonstration that greeted him; the Dewey motorcade, threading its way through the wet, crowded streets to Convention Hall for the acceptance speech...