Loyola News: "Taft Beats 'Ike' in Poll"

Item

Title

Loyola News: "Taft Beats 'Ike' in Poll"

Description

A large article in the Loyola News covers the largest straw poll students had yet conducted, with a total of 2,051 ballots across every school and college in the university. Students chose Republican senator Robert Taft of Ohio for President, Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson for Illinois Governor, Grenville Beardsley for States Attorney. Photos include the winning candidates, and two students (directors of the poll) counting ballots.

Date, date span, or circa acceptable

1052-04-04

File name

Loyola News, 1052-04-04, page 5, "Taft Beats 'Ike' in Poll"

Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives

University Archives and Special Collections

Source

University Archives and Special Collections, Loyola News, 1052-04-04, page 5, "Taft Beats 'Ike' in Poll"

Subject

Loyola University Chicago
Student life activities
Politics

Rights

Contact the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections, archive@luc.edu, for permission to copy or publish.

Item sets

Loyola News: "Taft Beats 'Ike' in Poll"