1944 United States presidential election in Alabama

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1944 United States presidential election in Alabama
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Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Harry S. Truman John W. Bricker
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 198,918 44,540
Percentage 81.28% 18.20%
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Alabama was won in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 81.28 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 18.20 percent of the popular vote, a margin of 63.08 percent. Third-party candidates only managed to pick up 0.53 percent of the vote.[1]

Results[]

1944 United States presidential election in Alabama
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 198,918 81.28%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 44,540 18.20%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson 1,095 0.45%
Socialist Norman Thomas 190 0.08%
Total votes 244,743 100%

Results by county[]

County Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic 		Thomas E. Dewey
Republican 		Claude A. Watson[2]
Prohibition 		Norman Thomas[2]
Socialist 		Margin Total votes cast[3]
# % # % # % # % # %
Autauga 1,242 91.06% 117 8.58% 5 0.37% 0 0.00% 1,125 82.48% 1,364
Baldwin 2,002 73.41% 695 25.49% 22 0.81% 8 0.29% 1,308 47.95% 2,727
Barbour 2,237 94.91% 67 2.84% 53 2.25% 0 0.00% 2,170 92.07% 2,357
Bibb 1,287 83.25% 244 15.78% 10 0.65% 2 0.13% 1,043 67.60% 1,546
Blount 2,134 67.85% 998 31.73% 10 0.32% 1 0.03% 1,135 36.12% 3,145
Bullock 1,056 97.78% 24 2.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,032 95.56% 1,080
Butler 1,915 95.75% 80 4.00% 5 0.25% 0 0.00% 1,835 91.75% 2,000
Calhoun 4,308 85.65% 694 13.80% 26 0.52% 2 0.04% 3,614 71.85% 5,030
Chambers 3,458 94.43% 194 5.30% 9 0.25% 0 0.00% 3,264 89.16% 3,662
Cherokee 1,774 80.64% 408 18.55% 17 0.77% 1 0.05% 1,366 62.09% 2,200
Chilton 1,984 58.77% 1,385 41.02% 6 0.18% 1 0.03% 599 17.74% 3,376
Choctaw 1,243 93.32% 86 6.46% 3 0.23% 0 0.00% 1,158 86.87% 1,332
Clarke 2,263 93.98% 142 5.90% 3 0.12% 0 0.00% 2,121 88.08% 2,408
Clay 1,535 67.03% 741 32.36% 13 0.57% 1 0.04% 794 34.67% 2,290
Cleburne 948 65.02% 504 34.57% 6 0.41% 0 0.00% 443 30.36% 1,458
Coffee 2,846 96.02% 115 3.88% 3 0.10% 0 0.00% 2,731 92.14% 2,964
Colbert 3,386 87.07% 496 12.75% 6 0.15% 2 0.05% 2,890 74.29% 3,889
Conecuh 1,498 91.34% 127 7.74% 9 0.55% 6 0.37% 1,371 83.60% 1,640
Coosa 1,079 72.86% 394 26.60% 5 0.34% 3 0.20% 685 46.25% 1,481
Covington 2,972 91.98% 256 7.92% 2 0.06% 1 0.03% 2,716 84.06% 3,231
Crenshaw 1,980 94.06% 118 5.61% 6 0.29% 0 0.00% 1,862 88.50% 2,105
Cullman 3,898 63.43% 2,202 35.83% 41 0.67% 4 0.07% 1,696 27.60% 6,145
Dale 2,094 85.57% 325 13.28% 8 0.33% 1 0.04% 1,769 72.86% 2,447
Dallas 2,883 94.74% 149 4.90% 5 0.16% 5 0.16% 2,735 89.88% 3,043
DeKalb 4,366 62.35% 2,627 37.52% 9 0.13% 0 0.00% 1,739 24.84% 7,002
Elmore 3,108 94.32% 184 5.58% 3 0.09% 0 0.00% 2,924 88.74% 3,295
Escambia 2,077 88.20% 266 11.30% 12 0.51% 0 0.00% 1,811 76.90% 2,355
Etowah 5,895 78.38% 1,525 20.28% 89 1.18% 12 0.16% 4,370 58.10% 7,521
Fayette 1,648 64.10% 913 35.51% 10 0.39% 0 0.00% 735 28.59% 2,571
Franklin 2,709 59.30% 1,853 40.56% 6 0.13% 0 0.00% 856 18.74% 4,568
Geneva 2,004 83.36% 385 16.01% 15 0.62% 0 0.00% 1,619 67.35% 2,404
Greene 676 93.63% 45 6.23% 1 0.14% 0 0.00% 631 87.40% 722
Hale 1,265 97.46% 33 2.54% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,232 94.92% 1,298
Henry 1,635 97.15% 46 2.73% 2 0.12% 0 0.00% 1,589 94.41% 1,683
Houston 3,349 91.80% 282 7.73% 16 0.44% 1 0.03% 3,067 84.07% 3,648
Jackson 2,967 74.18% 1,026 25.65% 6 0.15% 1 0.03% 1,941 48.53% 4,000
Jefferson 31,101 80.40% 7,409 19.15% 157 0.41% 17 0.04% 23,692 61.24% 38,684
Lamar 2,025 86.10% 310 13.18% 16 0.68% 1 0.04% 1,715 72.92% 2,352
Lauderdale 4,001 86.77% 590 12.80% 19 0.41% 1 0.02% 3,411 73.98% 4,611
Lawrence 1,893 76.86% 565 22.94% 5 0.20% 0 0.00% 1,328 53.92% 2,463
Lee 2,011 93.49% 134 6.23% 5 0.23% 1 0.05% 1,878 87.27% 2,151
Limestone 2,605 94.93% 129 4.70% 10 0.36% 0 0.00% 2,476 90.23% 2,744
Lowndes 802 97.92% 16 1.95% 1 0.12% 0 0.00% 786 95.97% 819
Macon 1,032 92.56% 82 7.35% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 951 85.37% 1,115
Madison 4,951 91.33% 455 8.39% 11 0.20% 4 0.07% 4,496 82.94% 5,421
Marengo 1,746 94.69% 89 4.83% 7 0.38% 2 0.11% 1,657 89.86% 1,844
Marion 1,866 59.48% 1,260 40.17% 10 0.32% 0 0.00% 607 19.36% 3,137
Marshall 3,356 73.58% 1,200 26.31% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% 2,156 47.27% 4,561
Mobile 9,439 75.98% 2,867 23.08% 86 0.69% 25 0.20% 6,570 52.92% 12,423
Monroe 1,991 97.55% 46 2.25% 4 0.20% 0 0.00% 1,945 95.30% 2,041
Montgomery 9,143 95.62% 381 3.98% 32 0.33% 9 0.09% 8,748 91.57% 9,562
Morgan 4,124 85.24% 664 13.72% 49 1.01% 0 0.00% 3,461 71.57% 4,838
Perry 1,004 95.35% 47 4.46% 2 0.19% 0 0.00% 957 90.88% 1,053
Pickens 1,482 87.23% 209 12.30% 8 0.47% 0 0.00% 1,273 74.93% 1,699
Pike 2,328 93.87% 90 3.63% 31 1.25% 30 1.21% 2,238 90.28% 2,480
Randolph 1,785 71.06% 702 27.95% 25 1.00% 0 0.00% 1,083 43.11% 2,512
Russell 2,109 94.66% 115 5.16% 4 0.18% 0 0.00% 1,994 89.50% 2,228
Shelby 1,955 67.11% 945 32.44% 8 0.27% 2 0.07% 1,009 34.66% 2,913
St. Clair 1,819 61.66% 1,117 37.86% 13 0.44% 1 0.03% 702 23.80% 2,950
Sumter 1,075 95.05% 53 4.69% 3 0.27% 0 0.00% 1,022 90.36% 1,131
Talladega 3,102 81.50% 675 17.74% 25 0.66% 2 0.05% 2,428 63.84% 3,806
Tallapoosa 3,326 95.88% 136 3.92% 7 0.20% 0 0.00% 3,190 91.96% 3,469
Tuscaloosa 4,939 88.62% 584 10.48% 20 0.36% 4 0.07% 4,355 78.51% 5,573
Walker 4,619 66.87% 2,241 32.45% 32 0.46% 12 0.17% 2,379 34.46% 6,907
Washington 1,447 92.28% 115 7.33% 6 0.38% 0 0.00% 1,332 84.95% 1,568
Wilcox 1,209 97.42% 30 2.42% 2 0.16% 0 0.00% 1,179 95.00% 1,241
Winston 912 37.07% 1,538 62.52% 10 0.41% 0 0.00% -626 -25.45% 2,460
Totals 198,918 81.28% 44,540 18.20% 1,095 0.45% 190 0.08% 154,378 63.08% 244,743

References[]

  1. ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Alabama". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ a b "AL US President Race, November 07, 1944". Our Campaigns.
  3. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 31–32 ISBN 0405077114.
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