1940 United States presidential election in Kansas
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The 1940 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kansas was won by Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 56.86% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 42.40% of the popular vote.[3][4] This was the first time since 1896 Kansas voted for a losing candidate.
With 56.86% of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Willkie's third strongest state in the 1940 election in terms of popular vote percentage after South Dakota and neighboring Nebraska.[5]
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Wendell Willkie | 489,169 | 56.86% | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 364,725 | 42.40% | |
Prohibition | Roger Babson | 4,056 | 0.47% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 2,347 | 0.27% | |
Total votes | 860,297 | 100% |
Results by county[]
County | Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Roger Ward Babson[6] Prohibition |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[6] Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Allen | 6,376 | 66.42% | 3,178 | 33.10% | 34 | 0.35% | 12 | 0.13% | 3,198 | 33.31% | 9,600 |
Anderson | 3,886 | 64.41% | 2,114 | 35.04% | 21 | 0.35% | 12 | 0.20% | 1,772 | 29.37% | 6,033 |
Atchison | 5,921 | 56.07% | 4,557 | 43.15% | 55 | 0.52% | 27 | 0.26% | 1,364 | 12.92% | 10,560 |
Barber | 2,389 | 52.84% | 2,074 | 45.87% | 41 | 0.91% | 17 | 0.38% | 315 | 6.97% | 4,521 |
Barton | 6,011 | 54.43% | 4,982 | 45.11% | 36 | 0.33% | 14 | 0.13% | 1,029 | 9.32% | 11,043 |
Bourbon | 5,751 | 53.61% | 4,898 | 45.66% | 64 | 0.60% | 14 | 0.13% | 853 | 7.95% | 10,727 |
Brown | 6,008 | 69.18% | 2,633 | 30.32% | 34 | 0.39% | 9 | 0.10% | 3,375 | 38.86% | 8,684 |
Butler | 7,619 | 49.60% | 7,615 | 49.58% | 108 | 0.70% | 18 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.03% | 15,360 |
Chase | 1,871 | 57.78% | 1,344 | 41.51% | 15 | 0.46% | 8 | 0.25% | 527 | 16.28% | 3,238 |
Chautauqua | 2,888 | 62.70% | 1,679 | 36.45% | 30 | 0.65% | 9 | 0.20% | 1,209 | 26.25% | 4,606 |
Cherokee | 6,600 | 49.27% | 6,670 | 49.79% | 61 | 0.46% | 65 | 0.49% | -70 | -0.52% | 13,396 |
Cheyenne | 1,760 | 64.14% | 971 | 35.39% | 8 | 0.29% | 5 | 0.18% | 789 | 28.75% | 2,744 |
Clark | 1,072 | 49.47% | 1,079 | 49.79% | 13 | 0.60% | 3 | 0.14% | -7 | -0.32% | 2,167 |
Clay | 4,699 | 68.74% | 2,067 | 30.24% | 46 | 0.67% | 24 | 0.35% | 2,632 | 38.50% | 6,836 |
Cloud | 5,275 | 60.44% | 3,327 | 38.12% | 99 | 1.13% | 27 | 0.31% | 1,948 | 22.32% | 8,728 |
Coffey | 4,164 | 64.26% | 2,272 | 35.06% | 32 | 0.49% | 12 | 0.19% | 1,892 | 29.20% | 6,480 |
Comanche | 1,322 | 59.50% | 880 | 39.60% | 14 | 0.63% | 6 | 0.27% | 442 | 19.89% | 2,222 |
Cowley | 9,684 | 53.99% | 8,115 | 45.25% | 100 | 0.56% | 36 | 0.20% | 1,569 | 8.75% | 17,935 |
Crawford | 10,143 | 47.68% | 11,002 | 51.71% | 64 | 0.30% | 66 | 0.31% | -859 | -4.04% | 21,275 |
Decatur | 2,018 | 56.16% | 1,546 | 43.03% | 16 | 0.45% | 13 | 0.36% | 472 | 13.14% | 3,593 |
Dickinson | 6,931 | 63.25% | 3,957 | 36.11% | 39 | 0.36% | 31 | 0.28% | 2,974 | 27.14% | 10,958 |
Doniphan | 4,204 | 67.70% | 1,986 | 31.98% | 9 | 0.14% | 11 | 0.18% | 2,218 | 35.72% | 6,210 |
Douglas | 9,146 | 70.28% | 3,727 | 28.64% | 47 | 0.36% | 94 | 0.72% | 5,419 | 41.64% | 13,014 |
Edwards | 1,886 | 60.14% | 1,219 | 38.87% | 26 | 0.83% | 5 | 0.16% | 667 | 21.27% | 3,136 |
Elk | 2,774 | 64.77% | 1,478 | 34.51% | 15 | 0.35% | 16 | 0.37% | 1,296 | 30.26% | 4,283 |
Ellis | 3,622 | 52.15% | 3,299 | 47.49% | 10 | 0.14% | 15 | 0.22% | 323 | 4.65% | 6,946 |
Ellsworth | 2,658 | 54.13% | 2,237 | 45.56% | 5 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.20% | 421 | 8.57% | 4,910 |
Finney | 2,349 | 53.39% | 2,027 | 46.07% | 14 | 0.32% | 10 | 0.23% | 322 | 7.32% | 4,400 |
Ford | 4,356 | 51.97% | 3,954 | 47.17% | 52 | 0.62% | 20 | 0.24% | 402 | 4.80% | 8,382 |
Franklin | 6,393 | 63.80% | 3,542 | 35.35% | 46 | 0.46% | 39 | 0.39% | 2,851 | 28.45% | 10,020 |
Geary | 2,840 | 52.65% | 2,504 | 46.42% | 24 | 0.44% | 26 | 0.48% | 336 | 6.23% | 5,394 |
Gove | 1,352 | 66.31% | 659 | 32.32% | 7 | 0.34% | 21 | 1.03% | 693 | 33.99% | 2,039 |
Graham | 1,804 | 60.97% | 1,135 | 38.36% | 9 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.37% | 669 | 22.61% | 2,959 |
Grant | 614 | 61.03% | 382 | 37.97% | 7 | 0.70% | 3 | 0.30% | 232 | 23.06% | 1,006 |
Gray | 1,056 | 51.87% | 962 | 47.25% | 13 | 0.64% | 5 | 0.25% | 94 | 4.62% | 2,036 |
Greeley | 497 | 64.55% | 268 | 34.81% | 2 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.39% | 229 | 29.74% | 770 |
Greenwood | 4,893 | 60.34% | 3,160 | 38.97% | 37 | 0.46% | 19 | 0.23% | 1,733 | 21.37% | 8,109 |
Hamilton | 798 | 57.95% | 569 | 41.32% | 6 | 0.44% | 4 | 0.29% | 229 | 16.63% | 1,377 |
Harper | 3,205 | 55.73% | 2,478 | 43.09% | 45 | 0.78% | 23 | 0.40% | 727 | 12.64% | 5,751 |
Harvey | 5,539 | 56.76% | 4,087 | 41.88% | 65 | 0.67% | 68 | 0.70% | 1,452 | 14.88% | 9,759 |
Haskell | 607 | 58.48% | 425 | 40.94% | 4 | 0.39% | 2 | 0.19% | 182 | 17.53% | 1,038 |
Hodgeman | 1,092 | 60.87% | 690 | 38.46% | 6 | 0.33% | 6 | 0.33% | 402 | 22.41% | 1,794 |
Jackson | 4,306 | 63.92% | 2,397 | 35.58% | 23 | 0.34% | 11 | 0.16% | 1,909 | 28.34% | 6,737 |
Jefferson | 4,330 | 65.81% | 2,212 | 33.62% | 14 | 0.21% | 24 | 0.36% | 2,118 | 32.19% | 6,580 |
Jewell | 4,591 | 71.57% | 1,719 | 26.80% | 69 | 1.08% | 36 | 0.56% | 2,872 | 44.77% | 6,415 |
Johnson | 10,326 | 63.97% | 5,770 | 35.75% | 30 | 0.19% | 16 | 0.10% | 4,556 | 28.22% | 16,142 |
Kearny | 721 | 58.00% | 519 | 41.75% | 3 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 202 | 16.25% | 1,243 |
Kingman | 3,068 | 54.35% | 2,528 | 44.78% | 38 | 0.67% | 11 | 0.19% | 540 | 9.57% | 5,645 |
Kiowa | 1,571 | 64.10% | 844 | 34.43% | 30 | 1.22% | 6 | 0.24% | 727 | 29.66% | 2,451 |
Labette | 8,210 | 54.17% | 6,860 | 45.26% | 58 | 0.38% | 29 | 0.19% | 1,350 | 8.91% | 15,157 |
Lane | 888 | 60.78% | 557 | 38.12% | 7 | 0.48% | 9 | 0.62% | 331 | 22.66% | 1,461 |
Leavenworth | 8,503 | 58.25% | 6,053 | 41.46% | 18 | 0.13% | 24 | 0.17% | 2,450 | 16.78% | 14,598 |
Lincoln | 2,822 | 67.69% | 1,301 | 31.21% | 31 | 0.74% | 15 | 0.36% | 1,521 | 36.48% | 4,169 |
Linn | 4,086 | 66.04% | 2,067 | 33.41% | 17 | 0.27% | 17 | 0.27% | 2,019 | 32.63% | 6,187 |
Logan | 1,201 | 66.83% | 584 | 32.50% | 6 | 0.33% | 6 | 0.33% | 617 | 34.34% | 1,797 |
Lyon | 6,918 | 52.33% | 6,170 | 46.68% | 90 | 0.68% | 41 | 0.31% | 748 | 5.66% | 13,219 |
Marion | 5,764 | 67.44% | 2,724 | 31.87% | 26 | 0.30% | 33 | 0.39% | 3,040 | 35.57% | 8,547 |
Marshall | 7,286 | 66.65% | 3,588 | 32.82% | 17 | 0.16% | 40 | 0.37% | 3,698 | 33.83% | 10,931 |
McPherson | 6,732 | 60.24% | 4,240 | 37.94% | 136 | 1.22% | 68 | 0.61% | 2,492 | 22.30% | 11,176 |
Meade | 1,618 | 61.13% | 970 | 36.65% | 53 | 2.00% | 6 | 0.23% | 648 | 24.48% | 2,647 |
Miami | 5,178 | 56.77% | 3,900 | 42.76% | 18 | 0.20% | 25 | 0.27% | 1,278 | 14.01% | 9,121 |
Mitchell | 3,681 | 63.55% | 2,060 | 35.57% | 32 | 0.55% | 19 | 0.33% | 1,621 | 27.99% | 5,792 |
Montgomery | 13,781 | 57.68% | 9,999 | 41.85% | 68 | 0.28% | 46 | 0.19% | 3,782 | 15.83% | 23,894 |
Morris | 3,276 | 61.64% | 1,992 | 37.48% | 21 | 0.40% | 26 | 0.49% | 1,284 | 24.16% | 5,315 |
Morton | 643 | 55.72% | 503 | 43.59% | 5 | 0.43% | 3 | 0.26% | 140 | 12.13% | 1,154 |
Nemaha | 5,178 | 65.64% | 2,679 | 33.96% | 13 | 0.16% | 19 | 0.24% | 2,499 | 31.68% | 7,889 |
Neosho | 6,556 | 59.43% | 4,419 | 40.06% | 29 | 0.26% | 27 | 0.24% | 2,137 | 19.37% | 11,031 |
Ness | 1,826 | 58.68% | 1,230 | 39.52% | 37 | 1.19% | 19 | 0.61% | 596 | 19.15% | 3,112 |
Norton | 3,415 | 70.28% | 1,378 | 28.36% | 33 | 0.68% | 33 | 0.68% | 2,037 | 41.92% | 4,859 |
Osage | 4,991 | 60.52% | 3,186 | 38.63% | 44 | 0.53% | 26 | 0.32% | 1,805 | 21.89% | 8,247 |
Osborne | 3,424 | 68.55% | 1,488 | 29.79% | 62 | 1.24% | 21 | 0.42% | 1,936 | 38.76% | 4,995 |
Ottawa | 2,810 | 57.06% | 2,065 | 41.93% | 29 | 0.59% | 21 | 0.43% | 745 | 15.13% | 4,925 |
Pawnee | 2,329 | 50.77% | 2,216 | 48.31% | 22 | 0.48% | 20 | 0.44% | 113 | 2.46% | 4,587 |
Phillips | 3,676 | 69.49% | 1,563 | 29.55% | 40 | 0.76% | 11 | 0.21% | 2,113 | 39.94% | 5,290 |
Pottawatomie | 5,045 | 69.12% | 2,226 | 30.50% | 15 | 0.21% | 13 | 0.18% | 2,819 | 38.62% | 7,299 |
Pratt | 2,930 | 49.94% | 2,870 | 48.92% | 45 | 0.77% | 22 | 0.37% | 60 | 1.02% | 5,867 |
Rawlins | 1,758 | 58.02% | 1,247 | 41.16% | 15 | 0.50% | 10 | 0.33% | 511 | 16.86% | 3,030 |
Reno | 12,448 | 53.64% | 10,543 | 45.43% | 138 | 0.59% | 79 | 0.34% | 1,905 | 8.21% | 23,208 |
Republic | 4,450 | 63.54% | 2,511 | 35.86% | 25 | 0.36% | 17 | 0.24% | 1,939 | 27.69% | 7,003 |
Rice | 4,792 | 56.49% | 3,635 | 42.85% | 39 | 0.46% | 17 | 0.20% | 1,157 | 13.64% | 8,483 |
Riley | 7,420 | 68.59% | 3,293 | 30.44% | 45 | 0.39% | 60 | 0.52% | 4,127 | 38.15% | 10,818 |
Rooks | 2,590 | 60.61% | 1,650 | 38.61% | 23 | 0.54% | 10 | 0.23% | 940 | 22.00% | 4,273 |
Rush | 2,394 | 59.84% | 1,588 | 39.69% | 10 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.22% | 806 | 20.14% | 4,001 |
Russell | 3,714 | 58.56% | 2,579 | 40.67% | 40 | 0.63% | 9 | 0.14% | 1,135 | 17.90% | 6,342 |
Saline | 7,975 | 54.69% | 6,514 | 44.67% | 57 | 0.39% | 35 | 0.24% | 1,461 | 10.02% | 14,581 |
Scott | 988 | 57.24% | 717 | 41.54% | 15 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.35% | 271 | 15.70% | 1,726 |
Sedgwick | 32,160 | 48.05% | 34,219 | 51.13% | 394 | 0.59% | 153 | 0.23% | -2,059 | -3.08% | 66,926 |
Seward | 1,503 | 49.65% | 1,474 | 48.70% | 44 | 1.45% | 6 | 0.20% | 29 | 0.96% | 3,027 |
Shawnee | 23,882 | 54.96% | 19,375 | 44.59% | 113 | 0.26% | 84 | 0.19% | 4,507 | 10.37% | 43,454 |
Sheridan | 1,492 | 62.06% | 903 | 37.56% | 5 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.17% | 589 | 24.50% | 2,404 |
Sherman | 1,569 | 52.16% | 1,399 | 46.51% | 17 | 0.57% | 23 | 0.76% | 170 | 5.65% | 3,008 |
Smith | 3,630 | 65.58% | 1,855 | 33.51% | 42 | 0.76% | 8 | 0.14% | 1,775 | 32.07% | 5,535 |
Stafford | 2,795 | 52.17% | 2,509 | 46.84% | 38 | 0.71% | 15 | 0.28% | 286 | 5.34% | 5,357 |
Stanton | 378 | 54.62% | 301 | 43.50% | 13 | 1.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 77 | 11.13% | 692 |
Stevens | 851 | 55.05% | 674 | 43.60% | 19 | 1.23% | 2 | 0.13% | 177 | 11.45% | 1,546 |
Sumner | 6,585 | 51.86% | 5,988 | 47.16% | 94 | 0.74% | 31 | 0.24% | 597 | 4.70% | 12,698 |
Thomas | 1,721 | 54.20% | 1,423 | 44.82% | 17 | 0.54% | 14 | 0.44% | 298 | 9.39% | 3,175 |
Trego | 1,571 | 57.59% | 1,140 | 41.79% | 10 | 0.37% | 7 | 0.26% | 431 | 15.80% | 2,728 |
Wabaunsee | 3,481 | 73.64% | 1,212 | 25.64% | 16 | 0.34% | 18 | 0.38% | 2,269 | 48.00% | 4,727 |
Wallace | 756 | 67.08% | 361 | 32.03% | 6 | 0.53% | 4 | 0.35% | 395 | 35.05% | 1,127 |
Washington | 5,792 | 73.29% | 2,061 | 26.08% | 31 | 0.39% | 19 | 0.24% | 3,731 | 47.21% | 7,903 |
Wichita | 644 | 59.08% | 433 | 39.72% | 8 | 0.73% | 5 | 0.46% | 211 | 19.36% | 1,090 |
Wilson | 5,288 | 64.42% | 2,859 | 34.83% | 50 | 0.61% | 12 | 0.15% | 2,429 | 29.59% | 8,209 |
Woodson | 2,637 | 64.87% | 1,398 | 34.39% | 19 | 0.47% | 11 | 0.27% | 1,239 | 30.48% | 4,065 |
Wyandotte | 28,152 | 42.24% | 38,239 | 57.38% | 158 | 0.24% | 94 | 0.14% | -10,087 | -15.14% | 66,643 |
Totals | 489,169 | 56.86% | 364,725 | 42.40% | 4,056 | 0.47% | 2,347 | 0.27% | 124,444 | 14.47% | 860,297 |
See also[]
- United States presidential elections in Kansas
References[]
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ a b "KS US President Race, November 05, 1940". Our Campaigns.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 167-168 ISBN 0405077114
- 1940 United States presidential election by state
- United States presidential elections in Kansas
- 1940 Kansas elections