Thomas M. Dewey

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf politician
gptkbp:advocatesFor gptkb:Social_Security
Healthcare Reform
Labor Rights
Civil Rights
Education Reform
Public Housing
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:New_York_State_Republican_Party
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:University_of_Michigan
gptkbp:awards Presidential Medal of Freedom
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Owosso,_Michigan
gptkbp:born March 24, 1902
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:John_Foster_Dulles
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathPlace New_York_City,_New_York
gptkbp:died March 16, 1971
gptkbp:district 1938
1943
gptkbp:education gptkb:Columbia_Law_School
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Dewey_defeats_Truman
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Thomas_Edmund_Dewey
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Doctor of Laws
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomas M. Dewey
gptkbp:image Thomas_M._Dewey_1948.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Nelson_Rockefeller
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:involved gptkb:New_York_State_Constitutional_Convention
gptkbp:knownFor 1948 presidential campaign
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Dewey_Decimal_System
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:District_Attorney_of_New_York_County
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Dewey_Decimal_Classification
gptkbp:occupation lawyer
gptkbp:party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:politicalParty Republican
gptkbp:politicalPosition Moderate_Republicanism
gptkbp:politicalRole 1938
1954
gptkbp:position Governor_of_New_York
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Herbert_H._Lehman
gptkbp:president 1948 United States presidential election
1944 United States presidential election
gptkbp:religion Episcopalian
gptkbp:residence Manhattan,_New_York_City
gptkbp:signature Thomas_M._Dewey_signature
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_E._Dewey
gptkbp:successor gptkb:W._Averell_Harriman
gptkbp:termEnd December 31, 1954
gptkbp:termStart January 1, 1943