1944 United States presidential election in Kansas

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1944 United States presidential election in Kansas
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All 8 Kansas votes to the Electoral College
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Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate John W. Bricker Harry S. Truman
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 442,096 287,458
Percentage 60.3% 39.2%
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 60.25% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 39.18% of the popular vote.[3][4] Dewey's margin was the biggest against FDR in any state during the four elections he contested,[5] and the 104 counties (all except Wyandotte) that FDR lost is the most he lost in any state during his four elections to the White House.

Results[]

1944 United States presidential election in Kansas
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 442,096 60.25%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 287,458 39.18%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson 2,609 0.36%
Socialist Norman Thomas 1,613 0.22%
Total votes 733,776 100%

Results by county[]

County Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican 		Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Claude A. Watson[6]
Prohibition 		Norman Mattoon Thomas[6]
Socialist 		Margin Total votes cast[7]
# % # % # % # %
Allen 5,032 68.56% 2,262 30.82% 35 0.48% 11 0.15% 2,770 37.74% 7,340
Anderson 3,060 64.89% 1,649 34.97% 3 0.06% 4 0.08% 1,411 29.92% 4,716
Atchison 4,731 58.58% 3,325 41.17% 4 0.05% 16 0.20% 1,406 17.41% 8,076
Barber 2,140 58.28% 1,501 40.88% 18 0.49% 13 0.35% 639 17.40% 3,672
Barton 5,547 59.36% 3,761 40.25% 20 0.21% 17 0.18% 1,786 19.11% 9,345
Bourbon 4,790 56.68% 3,622 42.86% 30 0.35% 9 0.11% 1,168 13.82% 8,451
Brown 4,947 72.98% 1,817 26.80% 11 0.16% 4 0.06% 3,130 46.17% 6,779
Butler 7,064 53.50% 6,084 46.08% 39 0.30% 16 0.12% 980 7.42% 13,203
Chase 1,510 59.99% 998 39.65% 5 0.20% 4 0.16% 512 20.34% 2,517
Chautauqua 2,305 67.38% 1,106 32.33% 6 0.18% 4 0.12% 1,199 35.05% 3,421
Cherokee 5,458 54.65% 4,468 44.73% 24 0.24% 38 0.38% 990 9.91% 9,988
Cheyenne 1,610 67.99% 736 31.08% 16 0.68% 6 0.25% 874 36.91% 2,368
Clark 950 55.69% 741 43.43% 11 0.64% 4 0.23% 209 12.25% 1,706
Clay 4,101 74.01% 1,391 25.10% 35 0.63% 14 0.25% 2,710 48.91% 5,541
Cloud 4,377 63.67% 2,391 34.78% 78 1.13% 29 0.42% 1,986 28.89% 6,875
Coffey 3,461 67.28% 1,660 32.27% 15 0.29% 8 0.16% 1,801 35.01% 5,144
Comanche 1,048 61.47% 642 37.65% 15 0.88% 0 0.00% 406 23.81% 1,705
Cowley 8,453 55.91% 6,577 43.50% 61 0.40% 29 0.19% 1,876 12.41% 15,120
Crawford 9,017 52.09% 8,211 47.43% 27 0.16% 56 0.32% 806 4.66% 17,311
Decatur 1,758 59.92% 1,159 39.50% 12 0.41% 5 0.17% 599 20.42% 2,934
Dickinson 6,227 65.92% 3,190 33.77% 19 0.20% 10 0.11% 3,037 32.15% 9,446
Doniphan 3,230 71.92% 1,261 28.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,969 43.84% 4,491
Douglas 8,224 67.47% 3,886 31.88% 30 0.25% 49 0.40% 4,338 35.59% 12,189
Edwards 1,669 65.09% 876 34.17% 11 0.43% 8 0.31% 793 30.93% 2,564
Elk 2,283 70.33% 954 29.39% 7 0.22% 2 0.06% 1,329 40.94% 3,246
Ellis 3,369 60.13% 2,218 39.59% 9 0.16% 7 0.12% 1,151 20.54% 5,603
Ellsworth 2,290 57.62% 1,678 42.22% 2 0.05% 4 0.10% 612 15.40% 3,974
Finney 2,366 58.20% 1,667 41.01% 23 0.57% 9 0.22% 699 17.20% 4,065
Ford 4,110 57.23% 2,994 41.69% 60 0.84% 17 0.24% 1,116 15.54% 7,181
Franklin 5,375 64.68% 2,880 34.66% 38 0.46% 17 0.20% 2,495 30.02% 8,310
Geary 2,833 56.97% 2,107 42.37% 21 0.42% 12 0.24% 726 14.60% 4,973
Gove 1,125 72.02% 420 26.89% 6 0.38% 11 0.70% 705 45.13% 1,562
Graham 1,651 66.52% 814 32.80% 13 0.52% 4 0.16% 837 33.72% 2,482
Grant 566 66.35% 282 33.06% 3 0.35% 2 0.23% 284 33.29% 853
Gray 1,057 57.01% 775 41.80% 17 0.92% 5 0.27% 282 15.21% 1,854
Greeley 378 63.00% 215 35.83% 7 1.17% 0 0.00% 163 27.17% 600
Greenwood 3,959 63.99% 2,187 35.35% 26 0.42% 15 0.24% 1,772 28.64% 6,187
Hamilton 795 62.35% 471 36.94% 4 0.31% 5 0.39% 324 25.41% 1,275
Harper 2,849 63.76% 1,573 35.21% 33 0.74% 13 0.29% 1,276 28.56% 4,468
Harvey 5,339 61.35% 3,300 37.92% 26 0.30% 38 0.44% 2,039 23.43% 8,703
Haskell 520 59.91% 342 39.40% 6 0.69% 0 0.00% 178 20.51% 868
Hodgeman 982 66.31% 490 33.09% 1 0.07% 8 0.54% 492 33.22% 1,481
Jackson 3,665 69.72% 1,567 29.81% 15 0.29% 10 0.19% 2,098 39.91% 5,257
Jefferson 3,504 68.73% 1,575 30.89% 6 0.12% 13 0.26% 1,929 37.84% 5,098
Jewell 3,754 74.20% 1,216 24.04% 80 1.58% 9 0.18% 2,538 50.17% 5,059
Johnson 11,951 67.24% 5,771 32.47% 29 0.16% 22 0.12% 6,180 34.77% 17,773
Kearny 612 62.45% 365 37.24% 1 0.10% 2 0.20% 247 25.20% 980
Kingman 2,827 63.74% 1,579 35.60% 22 0.50% 7 0.16% 1,248 28.14% 4,435
Kiowa 1,479 69.60% 618 29.08% 26 1.22% 2 0.09% 861 40.52% 2,125
Labette 7,480 57.87% 5,398 41.76% 26 0.20% 22 0.17% 2,082 16.11% 12,926
Lane 773 65.90% 388 33.08% 4 0.34% 8 0.68% 385 32.82% 1,173
Leavenworth 7,282 58.55% 5,097 40.98% 25 0.20% 34 0.27% 2,185 17.57% 12,438
Lincoln 2,405 72.03% 910 27.25% 15 0.45% 9 0.27% 1,495 44.77% 3,339
Linn 3,185 68.54% 1,442 31.03% 8 0.17% 12 0.26% 1,743 37.51% 4,647
Logan 1,107 72.92% 406 26.75% 4 0.26% 1 0.07% 701 46.18% 1,518
Lyon 5,710 52.88% 4,984 46.15% 77 0.71% 28 0.26% 726 6.72% 10,799
Marion 5,219 72.64% 1,925 26.79% 15 0.21% 26 0.36% 3,294 45.85% 7,185
Marshall 6,184 69.59% 2,681 30.17% 12 0.14% 9 0.10% 3,503 39.42% 8,886
McPherson 5,840 62.31% 3,321 35.44% 136 1.45% 75 0.80% 2,519 26.88% 9,372
Meade 1,424 68.23% 631 30.23% 30 1.44% 2 0.10% 793 38.00% 2,087
Miami 4,326 57.28% 3,217 42.60% 5 0.07% 4 0.05% 1,109 14.68% 7,552
Mitchell 3,238 66.67% 1,579 32.51% 28 0.58% 12 0.25% 1,659 34.16% 4,857
Montgomery 11,738 62.29% 7,063 37.48% 29 0.15% 14 0.07% 4,675 24.81% 18,844
Morris 2,628 62.11% 1,584 37.44% 10 0.24% 9 0.21% 1,044 24.68% 4,231
Morton 617 62.51% 367 37.18% 3 0.30% 0 0.00% 250 25.33% 987
Nemaha 4,277 66.44% 2,149 33.39% 2 0.03% 9 0.14% 2,128 33.06% 6,437
Neosho 5,420 62.45% 3,233 37.25% 19 0.22% 7 0.08% 2,187 25.20% 8,679
Ness 1,745 65.45% 876 32.86% 32 1.20% 13 0.49% 869 32.60% 2,666
Norton 2,890 70.87% 1,159 28.42% 16 0.39% 13 0.32% 1,731 42.45% 4,078
Osage 4,107 64.40% 2,212 34.69% 39 0.61% 19 0.30% 1,895 29.72% 6,377
Osborne 2,827 71.52% 1,078 27.27% 34 0.86% 14 0.35% 1,749 44.24% 3,953
Ottawa 2,428 63.11% 1,378 35.82% 29 0.75% 12 0.31% 1,050 27.29% 3,847
Pawnee 2,057 54.05% 1,727 45.38% 14 0.37% 8 0.21% 330 8.67% 3,806
Phillips 3,053 72.74% 1,098 26.16% 34 0.81% 12 0.29% 1,955 46.58% 4,197
Pottawatomie 4,074 70.01% 1,727 29.68% 12 0.21% 6 0.10% 2,347 40.33% 5,819
Pratt 2,658 52.85% 2,334 46.41% 26 0.52% 11 0.22% 324 6.44% 5,029
Rawlins 1,569 61.72% 955 37.57% 9 0.35% 9 0.35% 614 24.15% 2,542
Reno 11,004 58.71% 7,604 40.57% 95 0.51% 40 0.21% 3,400 18.14% 18,743
Republic 3,802 66.53% 1,891 33.09% 16 0.28% 6 0.10% 1,911 33.44% 5,715
Rice 4,024 61.12% 2,505 38.05% 34 0.52% 21 0.32% 1,519 23.07% 6,584
Riley 6,511 70.43% 2,659 28.76% 39 0.42% 35 0.38% 3,852 41.67% 9,244
Rooks 2,361 66.53% 1,166 32.85% 18 0.51% 4 0.11% 1,195 33.67% 3,549
Rush 2,193 66.80% 1,076 32.77% 4 0.12% 10 0.30% 1,117 34.02% 3,283
Russell 3,344 67.56% 1,583 31.98% 14 0.28% 9 0.18% 1,761 35.58% 4,950
Saline 7,571 59.51% 5,097 40.06% 36 0.28% 19 0.15% 2,474 19.45% 12,723
Scott 903 60.93% 565 38.12% 10 0.67% 4 0.27% 338 22.81% 1,482
Sedgwick 38,896 52.78% 34,442 46.73% 188 0.26% 172 0.23% 4,454 6.04% 73,698
Seward 1,590 53.92% 1,342 45.51% 13 0.44% 4 0.14% 248 8.41% 2,949
Shawnee 21,396 59.03% 14,678 40.49% 108 0.30% 65 0.18% 6,718 18.53% 36,247
Sheridan 1,342 66.87% 658 32.79% 3 0.15% 4 0.20% 684 34.08% 2,007
Sherman 1,608 60.07% 1,021 38.14% 29 1.08% 19 0.71% 587 21.93% 2,677
Smith 3,282 69.93% 1,377 29.34% 30 0.64% 4 0.09% 1,905 40.59% 4,693
Stafford 2,493 56.25% 1,908 43.05% 20 0.45% 11 0.25% 585 13.20% 4,432
Stanton 398 61.71% 240 37.21% 5 0.78% 2 0.31% 158 24.50% 645
Stevens 760 64.63% 414 35.20% 2 0.17% 0 0.00% 346 29.42% 1,176
Sumner 6,343 59.87% 4,187 39.52% 38 0.36% 26 0.25% 2,156 20.35% 10,594
Thomas 1,631 59.14% 1,097 39.78% 19 0.69% 11 0.40% 534 19.36% 2,758
Trego 1,459 61.98% 883 37.51% 4 0.17% 8 0.34% 576 24.47% 2,354
Wabaunsee 2,839 75.95% 873 23.35% 8 0.21% 18 0.48% 1,966 52.59% 3,738
Wallace 720 70.80% 292 28.71% 5 0.49% 0 0.00% 428 42.08% 1,017
Washington 5,040 77.11% 1,455 22.26% 24 0.37% 17 0.26% 3,585 54.85% 6,536
Wichita 604 64.32% 329 35.04% 6 0.64% 0 0.00% 275 29.29% 939
Wilson 4,248 68.57% 1,912 30.86% 17 0.27% 18 0.29% 2,336 37.71% 6,195
Woodson 2,308 69.56% 999 30.11% 2 0.06% 9 0.27% 1,309 39.45% 3,318
Wyandotte 26,817 44.74% 32,914 54.91% 128 0.21% 86 0.14% -6,097 -10.17% 59,945
Totals 442,096 60.25% 287,458 39.18% 2,609 0.36% 1,613 0.22% 154,638 21.07% 733,776

See also[]

  • United States presidential elections in Kansas

References[]

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "1944 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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  7. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 169-170 ISBN 0405077114
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