- 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).
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