After his 1950 re-election , Warren decided that he would seek the Republican nomination in the 1952 presidential election , and he announced his candidacy in November 1951 . Taft also sought the nomination , but Dewey declined to make a third run for president . Dewey and his supporters instead conducted a long campaign to draft General Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Republican presidential nominee . Warren ran in three Republican presidential primaries , but won just a handful of delegates outside of his home state . In the California primary , he defeated a challenge from Thomas H. Werdel , whose conservatives backers alleged that Warren had " abandoned Republicanism and embraced the objectives of the New Deal . " After Eisenhower entered the race , Warren realized that his only hope of nomination was to emerge as a compromise nominee at the 1952 Republican National Convention after a deadlock between supporters of Eisenhower and Taft
1952 Republican National Convention
1952 Republican National Convention
Earl Warren