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Because of the large number of tallies for favorite sons on the first ballot, no candidate came near the required 543 votes. Stassen led the field with 209, followed by Vandenberg with 203 and Dewey with...
...what was probably the biggest display of student enthusiasm since the end of the football season, University Republicans made a surprise rally behind Vandenberg on the third ballot to defeat Harold E. Stassen who had come within 20 votes of winning the nomination on the previous roll-call...
...Stassen, the first candidate nominated, was placed on the ballot by Daniel M. Pierce '49, an Illinois resident, who was head of the Minnesota delegation. A loud and large parade followed Pierce's speech...
...Daniel M. Pierce '49, president of the Stassen Club, called this a ridiculous possibility. "Stassen will sweep the convention," he confidently stated...
This week he hustled back to stump in Ohio industrial cities (among them: Dayton, Toledo, Akron, Cleveland). Senator Taft, hurriedly canceling other plans, sped out to Ohio. The Senator had his gloves off. "Mr. Stassen," he cried, "could have been elected Senator two years ago and been in Washington to help us Republicans do our job. It would have been easy. He chose instead to spend two years running for the presidency." From now on, the going would be rough...