Electoral history of Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933

Electoral history of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served as the 32nd president of the United States (1933–1945) and the 44th governor of New York (1929–1932).

From 1910 to 1930[]

1910 New York State Senate Election, District 26

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) - 15,708 (51.88%)
John F. Schlosser (R) - 14,568 (48.12%)

source: New York Red Book 1911, pg 644

note: New York State Senate District 26 comprised at that time of all of Columbia, Dutchess, & Putnam Counties

1910 Gubernatorial Election in NY District 26

John Alden Dix (D) - 15,436 (49.46%)
Henry L. Stimson (R) - 14,773 (47.33%)
Others - 1,002 (3.21%)

1912 New York State Senate Election, District 26

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) (inc.) - 15,590 (48.45%)
Jacob G. Southard (R/Ind. L) - 13,959 (43.39%)
George A. Vossler (P) - 2,628 (8.17%)

source: New York Red Book 1913, pg 677

1912 Presidential Election in NY District 26

Woodrow Wilson (D) - 14,791 (44.18%)
William H. Taft (R) - 13,924 (41.59%)
Theodore Roosevelt (P) - 4,037 (12.06%)
Others - 726 (2.17%)

New York United States Senate election, 1914 (Democratic primary):^[1]

James W. Gerard – 133,815 (62.08%)
Franklin D. Roosevelt – 63,879 (29.64%)
– 17,862 (8.29%)

1920 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):^[2]

Franklin D. Roosevelt – 1,094 (100.00%)

1920 United States presidential election

Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge (R) – 16,144,093 (60.3%) and 404 electoral votes (37 states carried)
James M. Cox/Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) – 9,139,661 (34.1%) and 127 electoral votes (11 states carried)
Eugene Debs/Seymour Stedman (Socialist) – 913,693 (3.4%)
Parley P. Christensen/Maximillian Sebastian Hayes (Farmer-Labor) – 265,411 (1.0%)
Aaron S. Watkins/D. Leigh Colvin (Prohibition) – 188,787 (0.7%)
James E. Ferguson/William Jervis Hough (American) – 47,968 (0.2%)
William Wesley Cox/August Gillhaus (Socialist Labor) – 31,716 (0.1%)

New York gubernatorial election, 1928:

Franklin D. Roosevelt/Herbert H. Lehman (D) – 2,130,193 (48.96%)
Albert Ottinger/Charles Clapp Lockwood (R) – 2,104,129 (48.36%)
Louis Waldman/ (Socialist) – 101,859 (2.34%)
William F. Dunne/ (Workers) – 10,741 (0.25%)
Charles Hunter Corregan/ (Socialist Labor) – 4,213 (0.10%)

New York gubernatorial election, 1930:

Franklin D. Roosevelt/Herbert H. Lehman (inc.) (D) (inc.) – 1,770,342 (56.49%)
Charles H. Tuttle/Caleb H. Baumes (R) – 1,045,341 (33.36%)
(Law Preservation) – 190,666 (6.08%)
Louis Waldman/ (Socialist) – 100,444 (3.21%)
William Z. Foster/J. Louis Engdahl (Communist) – 18,034 (0.58%)
Jeremiah D. Crowley/ (Socialist Labor) – 9,096 (0.29%)

Presidential primaries (1932)[]

1932 Democratic presidential primaries:^[3]

Franklin D. Roosevelt – 1,464,607 (49.44%)
James Hamilton Lewis – 590,130 (19.92%)
Al Smith – 415,795 (14.04%)
John Nance Garner – 249,816 (8.43%)
William H. Murray – 226,392 (7.64%)
– 7,372 (0.25%)

1932 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally)

First tally:

Franklin D. Roosevelt – 666.5
Al Smith – 201
John Nance Garner – 90.25
George White – 52
– 42.5
Harry F. Byrd – 25
James A. Reed – 24
William H. Murray – 23
Albert C. Ritchie – 21
Newton Baker – 8.5

Second tally:

Franklin D. Roosevelt – 677
Al Smith – 194
John Nance Garner – 90.25
George White – 50.5
– 40
Harry F. Byrd – 24
Albert C. Ritchie – 23
Will Rogers – 22
James A. Reed – 18
Newton Baker – 8.5

Third tally:

Franklin D. Roosevelt – 682
Al Smith – 190
John Nance Garner – 101.3
George White – 52.5
– 40
James A. Reed – 27
Albert C. Ritchie – 23
Newton Baker – 8.5

Fourth tally:

Franklin D. Roosevelt – 945
Al Smith – 190

1932 United States presidential election[]

1932 United States presidential election

Electoral results
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Count	Percentage	Electoral vote	Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democratic	New York	22,821,277	57.41%	472	John Nance Garner	Texas	472
Herbert Hoover (Incumbent)	Republican	California	15,761,254	39.65%	59	Charles Curtis	Kansas	59
Norman Thomas	Socialist	New York	884,885	2.23%	0	James H. Maurer	Pennsylvania	0
William Z. Foster	Communist	Illinois	103,307	0.26%	0	James W. Ford	Alabama	0
William David Upshaw	Prohibition	Georgia	81,905	0.21%	0	Frank S. Regan	Illinois	0
William Hope Harvey	Liberty	Arkansas	53,425	0.13%	0		Washington	0
Verne L. Reynolds	Socialist Labor	New York	34,038	0.09%	0	John W. Aiken	Massachusetts	0
Jacob Coxey	Farmer-Labor	Ohio	7,431	0.02%	0		Minnesota	0
Other			4,376	0.01%	—	Other		—
Total			39,751,898	100%	538			538
Needed to win					266			266

Presidential primaries (1936)[]

1936 Democratic presidential primaries:^[4]

Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) – 4,830,730 (93.19%)
Henry S. Breckinridge – 136,407 (2.63%)
Upton Sinclair – 106,068 (2.05%)
John S. McGroarty – 61,391 (1.18%)
– 39,730 (0.77%)
Al Smith – 2,974 (0.06%)
Charles Coughlin – 2,854 (0.06%)
John Nance Garner – 108 (0.00%)
William E. Borah – 87 (0.00%)

1936 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):^[5]

Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) – 1,100 (100.00%)

1936 United States presidential election[]

Electoral results
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Count	Percentage	Electoral vote	Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Incumbent)	Democratic	New York	27,752,648	60.80%	523	John Nance Garner (Incumbent)	Texas	523
Alf Landon	Republican	Kansas	16,681,862	36.54%	8	Frank Knox	Illinois	8
William Lemke	Union	North Dakota	892,378	1.95%	0	Thomas C. O'Brien	Massachusetts	0
Norman Thomas	Socialist	New York	187,910	0.41%	0	George A. Nelson	Wisconsin	0
Earl Browder	Communist	Kansas	79,315	0.17%	0	James W. Ford	New York	0
D. Leigh Colvin	Prohibition	New York	37,646	0.08%	0	Claude A. Watson	California	0
John W. Aiken	Socialist Labor	Connecticut	12,799	0.03%	0		New York	0
Other			3,141	0.00%	—	Other		—
Total			45,647,699	100%	531			531
Needed to win					266			266

Presidential primaries (1940)[]

1940 Democratic presidential primaries:^[6]

Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) – 3,250,555 (72.16%)
John Nance Garner – 426,641 (9.47%)
Charles Sawyer – 283,952 (6.30%)
William B. Bankhead – 196,508 (4.36%)
– 102,729 (2.28%)
Willis Allen – 90,718 (2.01%)
Jim Farley – 76,919 (1.71%)
Ellis E. Patterson – 48,337 (1.07%)
Unpledged delegates – 27,636 (0.61%)
Others – 636 (0.01%)

1940 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):^[7]

Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) – 947 (86.33%)
Jim Farley – 73 (6.66%)
John Nance Garner – 61 (5.56%)
Millard Tydings – 10 (0.91%)
Cordell Hull – 6 (0.55%)

1940 United States presidential election[]

Electoral results
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Count	Percentage	Electoral vote	Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Incumbent)	Democratic	New York	27,313,945	54.74%	449	Henry A. Wallace	Iowa	449
Wendell Willkie	Republican	New York	22,347,744	44.78%	82	Charles L. McNary	Oregon	82
Norman Thomas	Socialist	New York	116,599	0.23%	0	Maynard C. Krueger	Illinois	0
Roger Babson	Prohibition	Massachusetts	57,903	0.12%	0		Illinois	0
Earl Browder	Communist	Kansas	48,557	0.10%	0	James Ford	New York	0
John W. Aiken	Socialist Labor	Connecticut	14,883	0.03%	0		New York	0
Other			2,482	0.00%	—	Other		—
Total			49,902,113	100%	531			531
Needed to win					266			266

Presidential primaries (1944)[]

1944 Democratic presidential primaries:^[8]

Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) – 1,566,218 (79.24%)
Joseph T. Ferguson – 164,915 (8.34%)
Harry F. Byrd – 109,000 (5.51%)
– 59,282 (3.00%)
Unpledged delegates – 57,299 (2.90%)
Fred H. Hildebrandt – 7,414 (0.38%)
– 6,727 (0.34%)
Others – 5,694 (0.29%)

1944 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):^[9]

Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) – 1,086 (92.35%)
Harry F. Byrd – 89 (7.57%)
Jim Farley – 1 (0.09%)

1944 United States presidential election[]

Electoral results
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Count	Percentage	Electoral vote	Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Incumbent)	Democratic	New York	25,612,916	53.39%	432	Harry S. Truman	Missouri	432
Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	New York	22,017,929	45.89%	99	John W. Bricker	Ohio	99
*(none)*	Texas Regulars	(n/a)	143,238	0.30%	0	*(none)*	(n/a)	0
Norman Thomas	Socialist	New York	79,017	0.16%	0	Darlington Hoopes	Pennsylvania	0
Claude A. Watson	Prohibition	California	74,758	0.16%	0	Andrew N. Johnson	Kentucky	0
Edward A. Teichert	Socialist Labor	Pennsylvania	45,188	0.09%	0		Ohio	0
Other			11,816	0.02%	—	Other		—
Total			47,977,063	100%	531			531
Needed to win					266			266

References[]

[1] Our Campaigns – NY US Senate – D Primary Race – Sep 28, 1914

[2] Our Campaigns – US Vice President – D Convention Race – Jun 28, 1920

[3] Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 01, 1932

[4] Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 01, 1936

[5] Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jun 23, 1936

[6] Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 01, 1940

[7] Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 15, 1940

[8] Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 01, 1944

[9] Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 19, 1944

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