1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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The 1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose ten[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 88.82 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 11.16 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
By percentage of the popular vote won, Louisiana was Roosevelt's third-best state, behind only South Carolina (98.57 percent) and Mississippi (97.06 percent).
Results[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 292,894 | 88.82% | |
| Republican | Alf Landon | 36,791 | 11.16% | |
| Write-ins | — | 93 | 0.03% | |
| Total votes | 329,778 | 100% | ||
Results by parish[]
| Parish | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Acadia | 4,504 | 91.08% | 441 | 8.92% | 4,063 | 82.16% | 4,945 | ||
| Allen | 2,207 | 87.20% | 324 | 12.80% | 1,883 | 74.40% | 2,531 | ||
| Ascension | 2,359 | 87.05% | 350 | 12.92% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,009 | 74.13% | 2,710 |
| Assumption | 712 | 39.06% | 1,111 | 60.94% | -399 | -21.89% | 1,823 | ||
| Avoyelles | 4,408 | 90.70% | 452 | 9.30% | 3,956 | 81.40% | 4,860 | ||
| Beauregard | 2,181 | 79.89% | 549 | 20.11% | 1,632 | 59.78% | 2,730 | ||
| Bienville | 2,593 | 92.38% | 213 | 7.59% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,380 | 84.79% | 2,807 |
| Bossier | 1,975 | 91.01% | 193 | 8.89% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,782 | 82.12% | 2,170 |
| Caddo | 12,156 | 87.72% | 1,697 | 12.25% | 4 | 0.03% | 10,459 | 75.48% | 13,857 |
| Calcasieu | 6,259 | 85.63% | 1,037 | 14.19% | 13 | 0.18% | 5,222 | 71.45% | 7,309 |
| Caldwell | 1,371 | 85.37% | 235 | 14.63% | 1,136 | 70.73% | 1,606 | ||
| Cameron | 1,067 | 98.52% | 16 | 1.48% | 1,051 | 97.05% | 1,083 | ||
| Catahoula | 1,363 | 93.29% | 98 | 6.71% | 1,265 | 86.58% | 1,461 | ||
| Claiborne | 2,563 | 94.54% | 146 | 5.39% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,417 | 89.16% | 2,711 |
| Concordia | 1,152 | 95.13% | 58 | 4.79% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,094 | 90.34% | 1,211 |
| De Soto | 2,337 | 96.17% | 93 | 3.83% | 2,244 | 92.35% | 2,430 | ||
| East Baton Rouge | 9,911 | 90.26% | 1,069 | 9.74% | 8,842 | 80.53% | 10,980 | ||
| East Carroll | 811 | 89.51% | 95 | 10.49% | 716 | 79.03% | 906 | ||
| East Feliciana | 1,057 | 91.20% | 102 | 8.80% | 955 | 82.40% | 1,159 | ||
| Evangeline | 3,484 | 91.32% | 331 | 8.68% | 3,153 | 82.65% | 3,815 | ||
| Franklin | 2,948 | 92.50% | 231 | 7.25% | 8 | 0.25% | 2,717 | 85.25% | 3,187 |
| Grant | 1,847 | 78.33% | 511 | 21.67% | 1,336 | 56.66% | 2,358 | ||
| Iberia | 2,595 | 67.77% | 1,234 | 32.23% | 1,361 | 35.54% | 3,829 | ||
| Iberville | 1,953 | 88.13% | 263 | 11.87% | 1,690 | 76.26% | 2,216 | ||
| Jackson | 1,807 | 91.45% | 169 | 8.55% | 1,638 | 82.89% | 1,976 | ||
| Jefferson | 9,056 | 92.72% | 705 | 7.22% | 6 | 0.06% | 8,351 | 85.50% | 9,767 |
| Jefferson Davis | 2,567 | 80.85% | 608 | 19.15% | 1,959 | 61.70% | 3,175 | ||
| Lafayette | 4,570 | 93.72% | 306 | 6.28% | 4,264 | 87.45% | 4,876 | ||
| Lafourche | 2,195 | 57.36% | 1,630 | 42.59% | 2 | 0.05% | 565 | 14.76% | 3,827 |
| LaSalle | 1,643 | 86.52% | 256 | 13.48% | 1,387 | 73.04% | 1,899 | ||
| Lincoln | 2,154 | 91.43% | 201 | 8.53% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,953 | 82.89% | 2,356 |
| Livingston | 2,414 | 82.96% | 496 | 17.04% | 1,918 | 65.91% | 2,910 | ||
| Madison | 1,085 | 93.86% | 71 | 6.14% | 1,014 | 87.72% | 1,156 | ||
| Morehouse | 2,514 | 93.53% | 172 | 6.40% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,342 | 87.13% | 2,688 |
| Natchitoches | 3,476 | 87.38% | 502 | 12.62% | 2,974 | 74.76% | 3,978 | ||
| Orleans | 108,012 | 91.32% | 10,254 | 8.67% | 16 | 0.01% | 97,758 | 82.65% | 118,282 |
| Ouachita | 7,635 | 87.28% | 1,113 | 12.72% | 6,522 | 74.55% | 8,748 | ||
| Plaquemines | 2,209 | 95.92% | 94 | 4.08% | 2,115 | 91.84% | 2,303 | ||
| Pointe Coupee | 1,419 | 92.44% | 116 | 7.56% | 1,303 | 84.89% | 1,535 | ||
| Rapides | 8,017 | 86.45% | 1,257 | 13.55% | 6,760 | 72.89% | 9,274 | ||
| Red River | 1,641 | 92.55% | 132 | 7.45% | 1,509 | 85.11% | 1,773 | ||
| Richland | 2,425 | 93.48% | 165 | 6.36% | 4 | 0.15% | 2,260 | 87.12% | 2,594 |
| Sabine | 2,447 | 85.41% | 417 | 14.55% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,030 | 70.86% | 2,865 |
| Saint Bernard | 2,269 | 98.91% | 25 | 1.09% | 2,244 | 97.82% | 2,294 | ||
| Saint Charles | 1,503 | 94.00% | 96 | 6.00% | 1,407 | 87.99% | 1,599 | ||
| Saint Helena | 1,199 | 92.16% | 102 | 7.84% | 1,097 | 84.32% | 1,301 | ||
| Saint James | 1,575 | 85.88% | 259 | 14.12% | 1,316 | 71.76% | 1,834 | ||
| Saint John the Baptist | 1,742 | 86.93% | 262 | 13.07% | 1,480 | 73.85% | 2,004 | ||
| Saint Landry | 5,639 | 92.75% | 441 | 7.25% | 5,198 | 85.49% | 6,080 | ||
| Saint Martin | 2,638 | 96.35% | 100 | 3.65% | 2,538 | 92.70% | 2,738 | ||
| Saint Mary | 1,942 | 79.95% | 487 | 20.05% | 1,455 | 59.90% | 2,429 | ||
| Saint Tammany | 3,477 | 85.41% | 594 | 14.59% | 2,883 | 70.82% | 4,071 | ||
| Tangipahoa | 4,624 | 77.07% | 1,374 | 22.90% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,250 | 54.17% | 6,000 |
| Tensas | 812 | 97.25% | 23 | 2.75% | 789 | 94.49% | 835 | ||
| Terrebonne | 1,894 | 78.26% | 526 | 21.74% | 1,368 | 56.53% | 2,420 | ||
| Union | 1,778 | 86.73% | 272 | 13.27% | 1,506 | 73.46% | 2,050 | ||
| Vermilion | 4,141 | 89.02% | 496 | 10.66% | 15 | 0.32% | 3,645 | 78.35% | 4,652 |
| Vernon | 2,831 | 75.21% | 928 | 24.65% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,903 | 50.56% | 3,764 |
| Washington | 5,667 | 94.18% | 350 | 5.82% | 5,317 | 88.37% | 6,017 | ||
| Webster | 2,799 | 90.12% | 301 | 9.69% | 6 | 0.19% | 2,498 | 80.42% | 3,106 |
| West Baton Rouge | 868 | 91.46% | 80 | 8.43% | 1 | 0.11% | 788 | 83.03% | 949 |
| West Carroll | 1,440 | 86.12% | 232 | 13.88% | 1,208 | 72.25% | 1,672 | ||
| West Feliciana | 564 | 88.13% | 76 | 11.88% | 488 | 76.25% | 640 | ||
| Winn | 2,393 | 90.40% | 254 | 9.60% | 2,139 | 80.81% | 2,647 | ||
| Totals | 292,894 | 88.82% | 36,791 | 11.16% | 93 | 0.03% | 256,103 | 77.66% | 329,778 |
See also[]
- United States presidential elections in Louisiana
References[]
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Louisiana". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ "LA US President Race, November 03, 1936". Our Campaigns.
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