The 1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 5, 1940. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Rhode Island was won by incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, who was running against Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of New York. Roosevelt ran with former Secretary of AgricultureHenry A. Wallace of Iowa as his running mate, and Willkie ran with SenatorCharles L. McNary of Oregon.
Roosevelt won Rhode Island by a margin of 13.56%.
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1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1]