Lost the 1944 and 1948 U.S. presidential elections.
Governor of New York, 1 January 1943 - 1 January 1955.
He never missed a day of school from Kindergarten through high school.
The New York State Thruway now bears his name. It is now known as The Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway.
The most recent US major party candidate for president with facial hair, having a mustache during his campaign in 1948.
Is the only major party Presidential candidate to be defeated by more than one incumbent President (Franklin Roosevelt in 1944, Harry S Truman in 1948).