| <table border="1"> | |
| <tr><td>Party</td><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>Democratic</td><td>Harry S. Truman (inc.)</td><td>1,994,715</td><td>50.07%</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>Republican</td><td>Thomas Dewey</td><td>1,961,103</td><td>49.22%</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>Prohibition</td><td>Claude A. Watson</td><td>11,959</td><td>0.30%</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>Socialist</td><td>Norman Thomas</td><td>11,522</td><td>0.29%</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>Write-in</td><td>-</td><td>4,747</td><td>0.12%</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>Total votes</td><td>Total votes</td><td>Total votes</td><td>3,984,046</td><td>100%</td></tr> | |
| </table> | |