1936 United States presidential election in Indiana
The 1936 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose 14[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Indiana was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner of Texas, with 56.63% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with businessman Frank Knox of Illinois, with 41.89% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Boone County, Rush County, Union County and Wayne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5] Indiana has only voted for the Democratic candidate twice since this election, in 1964 and in 2008.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 934,974 | 56.63% | |
| Republican | Alf Landon | 691,570 | 41.89% | |
| Union | William Lemke | 19,407 | 1.18% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 3,856 | 0.23% | |
| Communist | Earl R. Browder | 1,090 | 0.07% | |
| Total votes | 1,650,897 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican |
William Frederick Lemke[6] Union |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[7] Socialist |
Earl Russell Browder[7] Communist |
Margin | Total votes cast[8] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,822 | 63.23% | 3,249 | 35.28% | 119 | 1.29% | 15 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,573 | 27.94% | 9,208 |
| Allen | 39,151 | 59.19% | 24,765 | 37.44% | 2,056 | 3.11% | 136 | 0.21% | 38 | 0.06% | 14,386 | 21.75% | 66,146 |
| Bartholomew | 8,536 | 56.50% | 6,484 | 42.92% | 50 | 0.33% | 34 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,052 | 13.58% | 15,107 |
| Benton | 3,211 | 50.72% | 2,989 | 47.21% | 125 | 1.97% | 6 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 222 | 3.51% | 6,331 |
| Blackford | 4,217 | 59.02% | 2,845 | 39.82% | 68 | 0.95% | 15 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,372 | 19.20% | 7,145 |
| Boone | 6,775 | 53.80% | 5,739 | 45.57% | 65 | 0.52% | 13 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,036 | 8.23% | 12,593 |
| Brown | 1,585 | 55.73% | 1,244 | 43.74% | 8 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.07% | 341 | 11.99% | 2,844 |
| Carroll | 4,676 | 51.01% | 4,426 | 48.28% | 60 | 0.65% | 1 | 0.01% | 4 | 0.04% | 250 | 2.73% | 9,167 |
| Cass | 10,475 | 53.93% | 8,528 | 43.91% | 384 | 1.98% | 31 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.02% | 1,947 | 10.02% | 19,422 |
| Clark | 10,116 | 63.64% | 5,536 | 34.83% | 213 | 1.34% | 29 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.01% | 4,580 | 28.81% | 15,896 |
| Clay | 8,235 | 56.09% | 6,335 | 43.15% | 51 | 0.35% | 54 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.05% | 1,900 | 12.94% | 14,683 |
| Clinton | 8,340 | 53.02% | 7,265 | 46.19% | 92 | 0.58% | 22 | 0.14% | 11 | 0.07% | 1,075 | 6.83% | 15,730 |
| Crawford | 2,919 | 52.89% | 2,589 | 46.91% | 5 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 330 | 5.98% | 5,519 |
| Daviess | 6,848 | 50.84% | 6,459 | 47.95% | 123 | 0.91% | 37 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.02% | 389 | 2.89% | 13,470 |
| Dearborn | 6,366 | 56.56% | 4,669 | 41.48% | 193 | 1.71% | 25 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,697 | 15.08% | 11,256 |
| Decatur | 4,887 | 48.35% | 5,126 | 50.72% | 76 | 0.75% | 15 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.03% | -239 | -2.36% | 10,107 |
| DeKalb | 6,970 | 53.50% | 5,848 | 44.89% | 182 | 1.40% | 25 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,122 | 8.61% | 13,027 |
| Delaware | 19,048 | 56.81% | 14,207 | 42.37% | 187 | 0.56% | 69 | 0.21% | 16 | 0.05% | 4,841 | 14.44% | 33,527 |
| Dubois | 6,927 | 66.87% | 3,011 | 29.07% | 393 | 3.79% | 27 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,916 | 37.80% | 10,359 |
| Elkhart | 14,473 | 47.65% | 14,896 | 49.05% | 875 | 2.88% | 100 | 0.33% | 27 | 0.09% | -423 | -1.39% | 30,371 |
| Fayette | 5,756 | 52.70% | 5,067 | 46.39% | 75 | 0.69% | 21 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.03% | 689 | 6.31% | 10,922 |
| Floyd | 10,654 | 58.79% | 6,976 | 38.50% | 425 | 2.35% | 63 | 0.35% | 3 | 0.02% | 3,678 | 20.30% | 18,121 |
| Fountain | 5,617 | 54.45% | 4,663 | 45.20% | 26 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.01% | 954 | 9.25% | 10,316 |
| Franklin | 3,891 | 54.31% | 2,952 | 41.21% | 311 | 4.34% | 9 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.01% | 939 | 13.11% | 7,164 |
| Fulton | 4,322 | 48.00% | 4,541 | 50.43% | 125 | 1.39% | 13 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.03% | -219 | -2.43% | 9,004 |
| Gibson | 9,392 | 56.21% | 7,078 | 42.36% | 172 | 1.03% | 43 | 0.26% | 25 | 0.15% | 2,314 | 13.85% | 16,710 |
| Grant | 13,655 | 52.00% | 11,774 | 44.84% | 722 | 2.75% | 87 | 0.33% | 22 | 0.08% | 1,881 | 7.16% | 26,260 |
| Greene | 9,730 | 56.10% | 7,460 | 43.01% | 50 | 0.29% | 73 | 0.42% | 31 | 0.18% | 2,270 | 13.09% | 17,344 |
| Hamilton | 5,396 | 41.93% | 7,323 | 56.90% | 139 | 1.08% | 12 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,927 | -14.97% | 12,870 |
| Hancock | 5,962 | 58.57% | 4,174 | 41.00% | 33 | 0.32% | 11 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,788 | 17.56% | 10,180 |
| Harrison | 5,025 | 55.92% | 3,885 | 43.23% | 64 | 0.71% | 10 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,140 | 12.69% | 8,986 |
| Hendricks | 5,237 | 47.19% | 5,776 | 52.05% | 63 | 0.57% | 20 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.01% | -539 | -4.86% | 11,097 |
| Henry | 10,172 | 52.38% | 9,099 | 46.85% | 99 | 0.51% | 44 | 0.23% | 6 | 0.03% | 1,073 | 5.53% | 19,420 |
| Howard | 12,288 | 54.99% | 9,534 | 42.67% | 425 | 1.90% | 86 | 0.38% | 13 | 0.06% | 2,754 | 12.32% | 22,346 |
| Huntington | 8,361 | 53.26% | 7,024 | 44.75% | 275 | 1.75% | 34 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.02% | 1,337 | 8.52% | 15,697 |
| Jackson | 8,018 | 61.50% | 4,951 | 37.98% | 34 | 0.26% | 33 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,067 | 23.53% | 13,037 |
| Jasper | 3,109 | 46.26% | 3,540 | 52.67% | 59 | 0.88% | 10 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.04% | -431 | -6.41% | 6,721 |
| Jay | 6,535 | 54.61% | 5,233 | 43.73% | 178 | 1.49% | 18 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,302 | 10.88% | 11,967 |
| Jefferson | 4,805 | 47.08% | 5,320 | 52.12% | 69 | 0.68% | 12 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.01% | -515 | -5.05% | 10,207 |
| Jennings | 3,157 | 46.27% | 3,594 | 52.67% | 63 | 0.92% | 6 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.04% | -437 | -6.40% | 6,823 |
| Johnson | 6,934 | 56.24% | 5,315 | 43.11% | 66 | 0.54% | 13 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,619 | 13.13% | 12,329 |
| Knox | 13,669 | 61.02% | 8,589 | 38.34% | 53 | 0.24% | 62 | 0.28% | 27 | 0.12% | 5,080 | 22.68% | 22,400 |
| Kosciusko | 6,890 | 45.39% | 8,182 | 53.90% | 94 | 0.62% | 11 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.01% | -1,292 | -8.51% | 15,179 |
| LaGrange | 2,821 | 46.69% | 3,125 | 51.72% | 85 | 1.41% | 9 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.03% | -304 | -5.03% | 6,042 |
| Lake | 68,551 | 66.07% | 33,689 | 32.47% | 1,064 | 1.03% | 244 | 0.24% | 202 | 0.19% | 34,862 | 33.60% | 103,750 |
| LaPorte | 15,359 | 56.07% | 11,722 | 42.79% | 238 | 0.87% | 63 | 0.23% | 10 | 0.04% | 3,637 | 13.28% | 27,392 |
| Lawrence | 8,062 | 44.35% | 9,982 | 54.91% | 111 | 0.61% | 22 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,920 | -10.56% | 18,178 |
| Madison | 27,347 | 61.46% | 16,644 | 37.41% | 391 | 0.88% | 88 | 0.20% | 25 | 0.06% | 10,703 | 24.05% | 44,495 |
| Marion | 124,961 | 57.71% | 87,798 | 40.54% | 2,953 | 1.36% | 669 | 0.31% | 169 | 0.08% | 37,163 | 17.16% | 216,550 |
| Marshall | 6,651 | 51.28% | 6,118 | 47.17% | 182 | 1.40% | 19 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.01% | 533 | 4.11% | 12,971 |
| Martin | 2,923 | 52.70% | 2,583 | 46.57% | 32 | 0.58% | 7 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.02% | 340 | 6.13% | 5,546 |
| Miami | 8,173 | 54.05% | 6,747 | 44.62% | 133 | 0.88% | 61 | 0.40% | 8 | 0.05% | 1,426 | 9.43% | 15,122 |
| Monroe | 9,220 | 50.91% | 8,842 | 48.82% | 24 | 0.13% | 19 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.03% | 378 | 2.09% | 18,110 |
| Montgomery | 8,053 | 51.79% | 7,369 | 47.39% | 59 | 0.38% | 59 | 0.38% | 9 | 0.06% | 684 | 4.40% | 15,549 |
| Morgan | 5,451 | 48.12% | 5,793 | 51.14% | 63 | 0.56% | 18 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.03% | -342 | -3.02% | 11,328 |
| Newton | 2,430 | 44.93% | 2,937 | 54.31% | 18 | 0.33% | 21 | 0.39% | 2 | 0.04% | -507 | -9.37% | 5,408 |
| Noble | 5,990 | 50.18% | 5,760 | 48.26% | 165 | 1.38% | 16 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.04% | 230 | 1.93% | 11,936 |
| Ohio | 1,362 | 57.13% | 1,022 | 42.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 340 | 14.26% | 2,384 |
| Orange | 4,549 | 46.94% | 5,106 | 52.68% | 31 | 0.32% | 6 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -557 | -5.75% | 9,692 |
| Owen | 3,498 | 52.62% | 3,091 | 46.50% | 40 | 0.60% | 15 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.06% | 407 | 6.12% | 6,648 |
| Parke | 4,811 | 50.42% | 4,665 | 48.89% | 21 | 0.22% | 37 | 0.39% | 8 | 0.08% | 146 | 1.53% | 9,542 |
| Perry | 4,752 | 55.13% | 3,619 | 41.99% | 228 | 2.65% | 19 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,133 | 13.15% | 8,619 |
| Pike | 4,952 | 55.75% | 3,885 | 43.74% | 31 | 0.35% | 13 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,067 | 12.01% | 8,882 |
| Porter | 5,560 | 46.58% | 6,278 | 52.60% | 68 | 0.57% | 28 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.02% | -718 | -6.02% | 11,936 |
| Posey | 5,630 | 63.34% | 3,088 | 34.74% | 152 | 1.71% | 12 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.07% | 2,542 | 28.60% | 8,888 |
| Pulaski | 3,274 | 53.50% | 2,780 | 45.42% | 31 | 0.51% | 35 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 494 | 8.07% | 6,120 |
| Putnam | 6,177 | 55.12% | 4,961 | 44.27% | 24 | 0.21% | 41 | 0.37% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,216 | 10.85% | 11,207 |
| Randolph | 6,487 | 48.84% | 6,682 | 50.30% | 91 | 0.69% | 20 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.02% | -195 | -1.47% | 13,283 |
| Ripley | 5,546 | 51.84% | 4,919 | 45.98% | 205 | 1.92% | 24 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.04% | 627 | 5.86% | 10,698 |
| Rush | 5,999 | 52.17% | 5,457 | 47.45% | 34 | 0.30% | 8 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.02% | 542 | 4.71% | 11,500 |
| St. Joseph | 43,131 | 61.32% | 25,807 | 36.69% | 1,135 | 1.61% | 4 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.04% | 17,324 | 24.63% | 70,339 |
| Scott | 2,696 | 56.81% | 2,034 | 42.86% | 10 | 0.21% | 14 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 662 | 13.95% | 4,746 |
| Shelby | 8,552 | 58.11% | 6,026 | 40.95% | 124 | 0.84% | 15 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.04% | 2,526 | 17.16% | 14,717 |
| Spencer | 4,966 | 51.32% | 4,567 | 47.20% | 124 | 1.28% | 154 | 0.22% | 112 | 0.16% | 399 | 4.12% | 9,676 |
| Starke | 3,143 | 52.11% | 2,846 | 47.18% | 23 | 0.38% | 14 | 0.23% | 6 | 0.10% | 297 | 4.92% | 6,032 |
| Steuben | 3,402 | 45.09% | 3,998 | 52.99% | 133 | 1.76% | 11 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.01% | -596 | -7.90% | 7,545 |
| Sullivan | 10,203 | 67.33% | 4,685 | 30.92% | 79 | 0.52% | 161 | 1.06% | 26 | 0.17% | 5,518 | 36.41% | 15,154 |
| Switzerland | 2,840 | 56.06% | 2,212 | 43.66% | 8 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 628 | 12.40% | 5,066 |
| Tippecanoe | 12,732 | 48.74% | 13,081 | 50.08% | 249 | 0.95% | 54 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.02% | -349 | -1.34% | 26,122 |
| Tipton | 4,796 | 54.88% | 3,842 | 43.96% | 88 | 1.01% | 12 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.01% | 954 | 10.92% | 8,739 |
| Union | 1,662 | 50.17% | 1,630 | 49.20% | 21 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 32 | 0.97% | 3,313 |
| Vanderburgh | 41,490 | 72.68% | 14,725 | 25.79% | 655 | 1.15% | 174 | 0.30% | 41 | 0.07% | 26,765 | 46.89% | 57,085 |
| Vermillion | 7,188 | 61.78% | 4,320 | 37.13% | 56 | 0.48% | 42 | 0.36% | 29 | 0.25% | 2,868 | 24.65% | 11,635 |
| Vigo | 33,018 | 65.08% | 17,278 | 34.05% | 239 | 0.47% | 139 | 0.27% | 64 | 0.13% | 15,740 | 31.02% | 50,738 |
| Wabash | 6,200 | 45.51% | 7,223 | 53.02% | 171 | 1.26% | 20 | 0.15% | 9 | 0.07% | -1,023 | -7.51% | 13,623 |
| Warren | 2,242 | 44.44% | 2,780 | 55.10% | 13 | 0.26% | 9 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | -538 | -10.66% | 5,045 |
| Warrick | 5,343 | 56.67% | 3,968 | 42.08% | 107 | 1.13% | 10 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,375 | 14.58% | 9,429 |
| Washington | 4,766 | 56.19% | 3,690 | 43.50% | 22 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,076 | 12.69% | 8,482 |
| Wayne | 13,696 | 51.93% | 12,126 | 45.98% | 489 | 1.85% | 45 | 0.17% | 17 | 0.06% | 1,570 | 5.95% | 26,373 |
| Wells | 6,189 | 62.81% | 3,606 | 36.59% | 48 | 0.49% | 9 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,583 | 26.21% | 9,854 |
| White | 4,863 | 52.57% | 4,245 | 45.89% | 132 | 1.43% | 10 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 618 | 6.68% | 9,250 |
| Whitley | 5,115 | 55.90% | 3,959 | 43.27% | 62 | 0.68% | 13 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,156 | 12.63% | 9,150 |
| Totals | 934,974 | 56.63% | 691,570 | 41.89% | 19,407 | 1.18% | 3,856 | 0.23% | 1,090 | 0.07% | 243,404 | 14.74% | 1,650,897 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1936 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- "IN US President Race, November 03, 1936". Our Campaigns.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 141-142 ISBN 0405077114
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