re: #570 HappyWarrior

It’s not as well known but a lot of people thought Charles Evans Hughes defeated Woodrow Wilson in 1916 too. NO famous photo of a smiling Wilson with a headline though. That’s an interesting what if for history btw that feels pertinent to bring up as we near the centennial for WWI ending.

A couple of extra layers to the famous “Dewey Defeats Truman” pic: the Chicago Tribune was owned by an obsessively Republican “press lord” and was famously, and fanatically, anti-Truman.
Also: the Trib had had to run its presses without their usual union crew (they had been on strike) - the pressmen were forced to set up the front pages ahead of time, and had to pick one headline or another before the presses rolled. Bad choice….
They actually changed the headline for the next edition, but old Harry S. got a copy of the “wrong” one at a train stop. No wonder he was smiling…