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World War II
in the
From top to bottom, left to right:
Date1 September 1939 – 2 September 1947[a]
(8 years, 1 day)
Location
Result
Participants
Anti-Fascists Anti-Communists
Commanders and leaders
Main Anti-Fascist leaders:
Main Anti-Communist leaders:
Casualties and losses
  • Military dead:
  • Over 19,000,000
  • Civilian dead:
  • Over 50,000,000
  • Total dead:
  • Over 69,000,000
  • (1937–1945; 1945-1947)
  • ...further details
  • Military dead:
  • Over 9,000,000
  • Civilian dead:
  • Over 5,000,000
  • Total dead:
  • Over 14,000,000
  • (1937–1945; 1945-1947)
  • ...further details
1946 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1944 November 5, 1946[b] 1948 →

All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Joseph Martin Sam Rayburn
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 3, 1939 January 3, 1937
Leader's seat Massachusetts 14th Texas 4th
Last election 191 seats 242 seats
Seats won 228 206
Seat change Increase 37 Decrease 36
Popular vote 17,549,265 16,172,852
Percentage 51.5% 47.0%
Swing Increase 4.4% Decrease 4.8%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party American Labor Progressive
Last election 1 seat 1 seat
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 196,866 44,930
Percentage 0.6% 0.1%
Swing Increase 0.3% Decrease 0.1%

Speaker before election

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Joseph Martin
Republican

1952 United States presidential election

← 1948 November 4, 1952 1956 →

531 members of the Electoral College
266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout63.3%
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Thomas Dewey Hubert Humphrey
Party Liberal Republican Party Republican Democratic Party
Home state New York New York Minnesota
Running mate Margaret Chase Smith Earl Warren Adlai Stevenson II
Electoral vote 275 69 83
States carried 16 13 9
Popular vote 19,321,803 17,284,688 19,136,619
Percentage 31.3% 27,9% 31,02%

 
Nominee Jim Folsom
Party Democratic (South)
Home state Alabama
Running mate Robert F. Byrd
Electoral vote 104
States carried 10
Popular vote 5,358,250
Percentage 8,68%

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President before election

Thomas Dewey
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Liberal Republican Party

1948 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1946 November 2, 1948[1] 1950 →

All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Sam Rayburn Joseph Martin
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 3, 1937 January 3, 1939
Leader's seat Texas 4th Massachusetts 14th
Last election 188 seats 246 seats
Seats won 263 171
Seat change Increase 75 Decrease 75
Popular vote 24,217,516 20,894,960
Percentage 52.6% 45.4%
Swing Increase 7.6% Decrease 8.1%

  Third party
 
Party American Labor
Last election 1 seat
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 409,789
Percentage 0.9%
Swing Increase 0.3%

Speaker before election

Joseph Martin
Republican

Elected Speaker

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

1948 United States presidential election

← 1944 November 2, 1948 1952 →

531 members of the Electoral College
266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout51.1% (voting age population)[2] Decrease 2.9 pp
 
Nominee Henry A. Wallace Thomas E. Dewey Strom Thurmond
Party Democratic Republican Dixiecrat
Home state Iowa New York South Carolina
Running mate Harry S. Truman Earl Warren Jim Folsom
Electoral vote 246 218 67
States carried 22 19 7
Popular vote 22,019,249 21,991,292 2,987,129
Percentage 45.6 45.1% 2.4%

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Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Dewey/Warren, blue denotes those won by Truman/Barkley, orange denotes those won by Thurmond/Wright, including a Tennessee faithless elector. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Henry A. Wallace
Democratic

Elected President

Thomas E. Dewey
Republican

1944 United States Senate elections

← 1942 November 7, 1944 1946 →

35 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate
49 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Alben Barkley Wallace White
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since July 22, 1937 February 25, 1944
Leader's seat Kentucky Maine
Seats before 58 37
Seats after 64 31
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 6
Popular vote 20,144,073[3][c] 17,651,102[3]
Percentage 51.4% 45.3%
Swing Increase 4.8% Decrease 4.0%
Seats up 22 13
Races won 21 14

  Third party
 
Party Progressive
Seats before 1
Seats after 1
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 73,089
Percentage 0.2%
Swing Increase 0.2%
Seats up 0
Races won 0

Majority Leader before election

Alben Barkley
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

Alben Barkley
Democratic

1946 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1944 November 5, 1946[d] 1948 →

All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Joseph Martin Sam Rayburn
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 3, 1939 January 3, 1937
Leader's seat Massachusetts 14th Texas 4th
Last election 191 seats 242 seats
Seats won 246 188
Seat change Increase 55 Decrease 54
Popular vote 18,422,363 15,491,113
Percentage 53.5% 45.0%
Swing Increase 6.4% Decrease 6.8%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party American Labor Progressive
Last election 1 seat 1 seat
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 196,866 44,930
Percentage 0.6% 0.1%
Swing Increase 0.3% Decrease 0.1%

Speaker before election

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Joseph Martin
Republican

1944 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1942 November 7, 1944[e] 1946 →

All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives[f]
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Sam Rayburn Joseph Martin
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 3, 1937 January 3, 1939
Leader's seat Texas 4th Massachusetts 14th
Last election 222 seats 209 seats
Seats won 263 170
Seat change Increase 41 Decrease 39
Popular vote 24,269,043 20,344,495
Percentage 53.8% 45.1%
Swing Increase 6.8% Decrease 5.7%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party American Labor Progressive
Last election 1 seat 2 seats
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 152,101 108,068
Percentage 0.3% 0.2%
Swing Steady Decrease 0.5%

  Fifth party
 
Party Farmer–Labor
Last election 1 seat
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1
Popular vote 19,164
Percentage 0.1%
Swing Decrease 0.4%

Speaker before election

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

1946 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1944 November 5, 1946[g] 1948 →

All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Joseph Martin Sam Rayburn
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 3, 1939 January 3, 1937
Leader's seat Massachusetts 14th Texas 4th
Last election 191 seats 242 seats
Seats won 246 188
Seat change Increase 55 Decrease 54
Popular vote 18,422,363 15,491,113
Percentage 53.5% 45.0%
Swing Increase 6.4% Decrease 6.8%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party American Labor Progressive
Last election 1 seat 1 seat
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 196,866 44,930
Percentage 0.6% 0.1%
Swing Increase 0.3% Decrease 0.1%

Speaker before election

Sam Rayburn
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Joseph Martin
Republican

State of Bavaria
Staat Bayern
1949-
Flag of Bavaria
Anthem: Bayernhymne
The location of the Free People's State of Bavaria (in red) shown with the rest of the Weimar Republic (in beige).
The location of the Free People's State of Bavaria (in red) shown with the rest of the Weimar Republic (in beige).
Statusrecognized state
Capital
and largest city
Munich
Common languagesGerman Bavarian
Religion
None 41%

Catholics 31% Protestants15%

Old Catholics 8%
Demonym(s)Bavarian
GovernmentDemocratic Socialist Republic
• 8 November 1918 – 21 February 1919
Kurt Eisner
• 7 March 2019
Katja Schymanietz (Radikal Faktion)
LegislatureLandtag of Bavaria
Bayerische Volkskammer
History 
8 November 1949
November 17, 1949
December 31, 1949
Area
• Total
70,550.19 km2 (27,239.58 sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2021 estimate
• Total
€400,000,000,000
HDI (2020)0.880
very high
CurrencyBavarian Mark (ℳ)
Preceded by
Allied occupation of Germany
  1. ^ September 13, 1948 in Maine
  2. ^ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.
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