1944 Democratic Party presidential primaries

The 1944 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1944 U.S. presidential election.[1] The very popular incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1944 Democratic National Convention held from July 19 to July 21, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois.

1944 Democratic Party presidential primaries
March 14 to May 19, 1944
 
Candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt Joseph T. Ferguson Harry F. Byrd
Home state New York Ohio Virginia
Contests won 7 0 0
Popular vote 1,324,006 164,915 109,000
Percentage 79.2% 8.34% 5.51%
Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

 Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

See also

References
  1. Kalb, Deborah (2016-02-19). Guide to U.S. Elections - Google Books. ISBN 9781483380353. Retrieved 2016-02-19.


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