Race for the White House Truman vs. Dewey (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Documentary, Drama, History

Race for the White House

Truman vs. Dewey (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Documentary, Drama, History

Harry S. Truman inherited FDR's presidency and steered the US to the end of World War II. He must win his own term against the more popular Thom Dewey.

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Mar 27, 2016 (United States)

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31 cast members

Name	Known for
David Bacque Thomas Dewey Thomas Dewey See fewer	Revelation: The End of Days (2014)
Clifton Truman Daniel Self Self See fewer	Second Samuel (2020)
Thomas Dewey Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mobsters (1997)
Frances Dewey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
John Dewey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Thomas E. Dewey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1944)
George Elsey Self Self See fewer	Churchill (2003)
Michael Findlay Herbert Brownell Herbert Brownell See fewer	Northern Abductions (2012)
Richard Gephardt Self Self See fewer	A Broken House (2020)
Newt Gingrich Self Self See fewer	We Have the Power (2009)
Amory Houghton Jr. Self Self See fewer	Race for the White House (2016)
Hubert H. Humphrey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Candidate (1972)
Zachary Karabell Self Self See fewer	American Dynasty (2022)
Rocky Keller Amory Houghton, Jr. Amory Houghton, Jr. See fewer	167 (2013)
Marty Lindquist George Elsey (as Martin Lindquist) George Elsey (as Martin Lindquist) See fewer	Dreamtime (2006)
Dawn Lucien Self Self See fewer	Race for the White House (2016)
Claire McCaskill Self (as Sen. Claire McCaskill) Self (as Sen. Claire McCaskill) See fewer	Voice of America News (1942)
Melissa Melottey Dawn Lucien Dawn Lucien See fewer	Dark Side of Comedy (2022)
David Plouffe Self Self See fewer	ABC News: Your Voice, Your Vote 2014 (2014)
Samuel Popkin Self (as Prof. Samuel Popkin) Self (as Prof. Samuel Popkin) See fewer	Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House (2009)
Eleanor Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Women in Defense (1941)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Richard Norton Smith Self Self See fewer	Inside the Presidency: Eisenhower vs. Nixon (2001)
Kevin Spacey Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	L.A. Confidential (1997)
Robert A. Taft Self (archive footage) (as Robert Taft) Self (archive footage) (as Robert Taft) See fewer	Pathé's Weekly, No. 37 (1912)
Jake Tapper Self Self See fewer	The Outpost (2019)
Bess Truman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Person to Person (1953)
Harry S. Truman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The History of Sportfishing
Margaret Truman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Margaret Truman's Capital Crimes
John Wallace Harry Truman Harry Truman See fewer	Canada: The Story of Us (2017)
Earl Warren Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Stars in the Eye (1952)