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Then came Minnesota: Ike 9, Stassen 19. That was the break. Behind this vote was a dramatic story...
...sure to get 68 new votes as a result of his convention victories in the Georgia, Louisiana and Texas contests. But these would be more than balanced by 68 Warren votes and 26 Stassen votes, which had been with him on the contests, and were now expected to return to their favorite sons...
Early that morning, the Minnesota delegation had met in caucus with Harold Stassen, favorite-son candidate to whom 24 of its 28 members were pledged. The delegation's loyalties, going back to the days before 1948 when Stassen was still a Minnesota hero, had become strained. There was strong sentiment for Eisenhower, who had rolled up an impressive write-in vote of 106,946 in the Minnesota primary. It was clear to most delegates that Stassen had no chance for the nomination, but Stassen was sharply disappointed about what he considered defections. When one delegate told Stassen...
This slow seepage of votes swelled Ike's total, but it was apparent before the end of the roll call that he would be short of 604. When it ended, Ike had 595 votes, nine short of the nomination, Taft had 500, Warren 81, Stassen 20, MacArthur 10. Watching the session on his TV set with his chief lieutenants, Robert Taft broke the grim silence in the hotel room and said quietly: "There will be some shifts...
...column headed "others," no candidacy had any reality. California's Earl Warren got 81 votes, 70 from his own state, and no more were in sight. Before Minnesota made the big switch to Ike, Harold Stassen had 20. What Stassen thought he was doing as a candidate is still a mystery; the best explanation is that failure has gone to his head. Douglas MacArthur was never a candidate, had asked his supporters to vote for Taft. But his "candidacy" had caused silly headlines, rumors and demonstrations right up to the balloting. He got the votes of only ten delegates...