1944 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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Roosevelt 80-90% 90-100%
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose nine[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Mississippi was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 93.56% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 6.44% of the popular vote.[3][4]
This marks the last time any candidate has received over ninety percent of the popular vote in any state.[a] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is also the last occasion Forrest County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 168,479 | 93.56% | |
Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 11,601 | 6.44% | |
Total votes | 180,080 | 100% |
Results by county[]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||
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County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
Adams | 1,638 | 85.31% | 282 | 14.69% | 1,356 | 70.63% | 1,920 |
Alcorn | 2,669 | 92.83% | 206 | 7.17% | 2,463 | 85.67% | 2,875 |
Amite | 1,426 | 94.25% | 87 | 5.75% | 1,339 | 88.50% | 1,513 |
Attala | 2,187 | 96.17% | 87 | 3.83% | 2,100 | 92.35% | 2,274 |
Benton | 852 | 95.30% | 42 | 4.70% | 810 | 90.60% | 894 |
Bolivar | 2,444 | 86.61% | 378 | 13.39% | 2,066 | 73.21% | 2,822 |
Calhoun | 2,072 | 95.53% | 97 | 4.47% | 1,975 | 91.06% | 2,169 |
Carroll | 1,438 | 95.48% | 68 | 4.52% | 1,370 | 90.97% | 1,506 |
Chickasaw | 1,935 | 91.49% | 180 | 8.51% | 1,755 | 82.98% | 2,115 |
Choctaw | 1,119 | 93.64% | 76 | 6.36% | 1,043 | 87.28% | 1,195 |
Claiborne | 710 | 94.04% | 45 | 5.96% | 665 | 88.08% | 755 |
Clarke | 1,694 | 94.69% | 95 | 5.31% | 1,599 | 89.38% | 1,789 |
Clay | 1,158 | 91.40% | 109 | 8.60% | 1,049 | 82.79% | 1,267 |
Coahoma | 2,392 | 92.61% | 191 | 7.39% | 2,201 | 85.21% | 2,583 |
Copiah | 2,409 | 96.59% | 85 | 3.41% | 2,324 | 93.18% | 2,494 |
Covington | 1,672 | 96.65% | 58 | 3.35% | 1,614 | 93.29% | 1,730 |
DeSoto | 1,561 | 92.70% | 123 | 7.30% | 1,438 | 85.39% | 1,684 |
Forrest | 3,649 | 89.33% | 436 | 10.67% | 3,213 | 78.65% | 4,085 |
Franklin | 1,211 | 96.11% | 49 | 3.89% | 1,162 | 92.22% | 1,260 |
George | 1,051 | 91.95% | 92 | 8.05% | 959 | 83.90% | 1,143 |
Greene | 907 | 89.27% | 109 | 10.73% | 798 | 78.54% | 1,016 |
Grenada | 1,373 | 92.15% | 117 | 7.85% | 1,256 | 84.30% | 1,490 |
Hancock | 1,642 | 92.30% | 137 | 7.70% | 1,505 | 84.60% | 1,779 |
Harrison | 5,976 | 90.57% | 622 | 9.43% | 5,354 | 81.15% | 6,598 |
Hinds | 10,466 | 91.58% | 962 | 8.42% | 9,504 | 83.16% | 11,428 |
Holmes | 1,954 | 94.12% | 122 | 5.88% | 1,832 | 88.25% | 2,076 |
Humphreys | 1,150 | 97.05% | 35 | 2.95% | 1,115 | 94.09% | 1,185 |
Issaquena | 215 | 97.73% | 5 | 2.27% | 210 | 95.45% | 220 |
Itawamba | 1,350 | 88.06% | 183 | 11.94% | 1,167 | 76.13% | 1,533 |
Jackson | 2,636 | 92.52% | 213 | 7.48% | 2,423 | 85.05% | 2,849 |
Jasper | 1,667 | 97.26% | 47 | 2.74% | 1,620 | 94.52% | 1,714 |
Jefferson | 766 | 96.84% | 25 | 3.16% | 741 | 93.68% | 791 |
Jefferson Davis | 1,372 | 93.97% | 88 | 6.03% | 1,284 | 87.95% | 1,460 |
Jones | 4,782 | 93.42% | 337 | 6.58% | 4,445 | 86.83% | 5,119 |
Kemper | 1,345 | 97.32% | 37 | 2.68% | 1,308 | 94.65% | 1,382 |
Lafayette | 2,148 | 96.11% | 87 | 3.89% | 2,061 | 92.21% | 2,235 |
Lamar | 1,065 | 91.97% | 93 | 8.03% | 972 | 83.94% | 1,158 |
Lauderdale | 6,036 | 94.09% | 379 | 5.91% | 5,657 | 88.18% | 6,415 |
Lawrence | 1,535 | 97.15% | 45 | 2.85% | 1,490 | 94.30% | 1,580 |
Leake | 2,800 | 99.15% | 24 | 0.85% | 2,776 | 98.30% | 2,824 |
Lee | 3,509 | 93.85% | 230 | 6.15% | 3,279 | 87.70% | 3,739 |
Leflore | 2,399 | 92.30% | 200 | 7.70% | 2,199 | 84.61% | 2,599 |
Lincoln | 2,445 | 95.96% | 103 | 4.04% | 2,342 | 91.92% | 2,548 |
Lowndes | 2,216 | 86.02% | 360 | 13.98% | 1,856 | 72.05% | 2,576 |
Madison | 1,921 | 94.86% | 104 | 5.14% | 1,817 | 89.73% | 2,025 |
Marion | 2,441 | 97.84% | 54 | 2.16% | 2,387 | 95.67% | 2,495 |
Marshall | 1,441 | 95.81% | 63 | 4.19% | 1,378 | 91.62% | 1,504 |
Monroe | 3,104 | 95.13% | 159 | 4.87% | 2,945 | 90.25% | 3,263 |
Montgomery | 1,371 | 94.88% | 74 | 5.12% | 1,297 | 89.76% | 1,445 |
Neshoba | 3,025 | 95.85% | 131 | 4.15% | 2,894 | 91.70% | 3,156 |
Newton | 2,516 | 97.82% | 56 | 2.18% | 2,460 | 95.65% | 2,572 |
Noxubee | 994 | 90.61% | 103 | 9.39% | 891 | 81.22% | 1,097 |
Oktibbeha | 1,948 | 94.66% | 110 | 5.34% | 1,838 | 89.31% | 2,058 |
Panola | 1,931 | 95.55% | 90 | 4.45% | 1,841 | 91.09% | 2,021 |
Pearl River | 2,131 | 96.21% | 84 | 3.79% | 2,047 | 92.42% | 2,215 |
Perry | 796 | 94.76% | 44 | 5.24% | 752 | 89.52% | 840 |
Pike | 2,972 | 92.30% | 248 | 7.70% | 2,724 | 84.60% | 3,220 |
Pontotoc | 1,716 | 95.17% | 87 | 4.83% | 1,629 | 90.35% | 1,803 |
Prentiss | 1,652 | 90.42% | 175 | 9.58% | 1,477 | 80.84% | 1,827 |
Quitman | 1,106 | 94.94% | 59 | 5.06% | 1,047 | 89.87% | 1,165 |
Rankin | 2,374 | 96.04% | 98 | 3.96% | 2,276 | 92.07% | 2,472 |
Scott | 2,165 | 97.30% | 60 | 2.70% | 2,105 | 94.61% | 2,225 |
Sharkey | 698 | 96.68% | 24 | 3.32% | 674 | 93.35% | 722 |
Simpson | 2,470 | 96.94% | 78 | 3.06% | 2,392 | 93.88% | 2,548 |
Smith | 2,456 | 93.70% | 165 | 6.30% | 2,291 | 87.41% | 2,621 |
Stone | 989 | 95.83% | 43 | 4.17% | 946 | 91.67% | 1,032 |
Sunflower | 2,799 | 94.75% | 155 | 5.25% | 2,644 | 89.51% | 2,954 |
Tallahatchie | 2,401 | 98.36% | 40 | 1.64% | 2,361 | 96.72% | 2,441 |
Tate | 1,455 | 98.05% | 29 | 1.95% | 1,426 | 96.09% | 1,484 |
Tippah | 2,539 | 95.27% | 126 | 4.73% | 2,413 | 90.54% | 2,665 |
Tishomingo | 1,412 | 82.67% | 296 | 17.33% | 1,116 | 65.34% | 1,708 |
Tunica | 721 | 95.37% | 35 | 4.63% | 686 | 90.74% | 756 |
Union | 2,140 | 92.12% | 183 | 7.88% | 1,957 | 84.24% | 2,323 |
Walthall | 1,230 | 94.76% | 68 | 5.24% | 1,162 | 89.52% | 1,298 |
Warren | 3,202 | 91.33% | 304 | 8.67% | 2,898 | 82.66% | 3,506 |
Washington | 2,012 | 81.59% | 454 | 18.41% | 1,558 | 63.18% | 2,466 |
Wayne | 1,380 | 97.53% | 35 | 2.47% | 1,345 | 95.05% | 1,415 |
Webster | 1,504 | 92.21% | 127 | 7.79% | 1,377 | 84.43% | 1,631 |
Wilkinson | 863 | 91.52% | 80 | 8.48% | 783 | 83.03% | 943 |
Winston | 1,822 | 97.28% | 51 | 2.72% | 1,771 | 94.55% | 1,873 |
Yalobusha | 1,582 | 94.22% | 97 | 5.78% | 1,485 | 88.45% | 1,679 |
Yazoo | 2,301 | 96.72% | 78 | 3.28% | 2,223 | 93.44% | 2,379 |
Totals | 168,621 | 93.56% | 11,613 | 6.44% | 157,008 | 87.11% | 180,234 |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 249-250 ISBN 0405077114
- 1944 United States presidential election by state
- United States presidential elections in Mississippi