stature. He was elected to the Senate in November, and in 1964, Vice President of the United States. Truman's acceptance Truman was scheduled to give his acceptance speech at 10 pm on July 14, but the convention was behind schedule, so he spoke in the early morning hours of July 15. In his opening, Truman told the delegates "Senator Barkley and I will win this election and make these Republicans like it — don't you forget that!" His pugnacious attack on what he termed the "Do-Nothing 80th Congress", further energized the delegates who had not taken part in the Dixiecrat walkout. Truman's speech was looked on in retrospect as the start of the "Give 'em Hell, Harry!" campaign theme that enabled Truman to win the November general election. See also History of the United States Democratic Party Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1948 List of Democratic National Conventions U.S. presidential nomination convention 1948 Republican National Convention 1948 United States presidential election 22nd Amendment References External links Democratic Party Platform of 1948 at The American Presidency Project Truman Nomination Acceptance Speech for President at DNC (transcript) at The American Presidency Project 1948 Democratic National Convention at Smithsonian Magazine President Truman's Address to the 1948 Democratic National Convention Hubert Humphrey's Civil Rights Speech (YouTube) Video of Truman nomination acceptance speech for President at DNC (via YouTube) Audio of Truman nomination acceptance speech for President at DNC Race for the White House: Truman vs. Dewey (YouTube) Democratic National Convention Democratic National Convention Democratic National Convention Democratic National Convention, 1948 Political conventions in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Democratic Party Political events in Pennsylvania Democratic National Conventions Democratic National Convention