The 1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Rhode Island voted Democratic candidate, incumbentPresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over the Republican candidate, GovernorThomas E. Dewey of New York. Roosevelt ran with SenatorHarry S. Truman of Missouri as his running mate, while Dewey ran with GovernorJohn W. Bricker of Ohio as his running mate.
Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 17.33%.
Results[]
1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1]
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Count
%
Count
%
Democratic
Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York
Harry S. Truman of Missouri
175,356
58.59%
4
100.00%
Republican
Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York
John William Bricker of Ohio
123,487
41.26%
0
0.00%
Prohibition
Claude A. Watson of California
Andrew Nathan Johnson of Kentucky
433
0.14%
0
0.00%
Total
299,276
100.00%
4
100.00%
See also[]
United States presidential elections in Rhode Island