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Thomas E. Dewey Wins District Attorney Election

Having earned a name for himself cracking down on organized crime as a special prosecutor, Thomas Edmund Dewey is elected district attorney in 1937. In his acceptance speech, Dewey promises to restore criminal justice to the city of New York.

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