October 13, 1948
On October 13th 1948 Harry S. Truman's train, the Ferdinand Magellan, chugged through the Upper Midwest, stopping in the simple and sweetly named towns of Altoona, Spooner, and Superior, Wisconsin. In all, the President's train stopped in six towns and cities in Wisconsin and Minnesota, the earliest stop coming at 7:55 a.m. in Adams, Wisconsin. The final pause, at 3:15 p.m. was in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Six stops a day was typical for the campaign, but some days must have seemed to go on forever. During a late October swing to the East Coast, for instance, on October 28, Truman began his day at 7:30 a.m. in Quincy, Ma. and ended it with a 9:42 appearance at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
For more about presidential campaigning and stamina see:
How they run: no laughing matter, from the Democratic Review
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