1944 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 1944 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the wider United States Presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1944 United States presidential election in Georgia

November 7, 1944 (1944-11-07)
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Harry S. Truman John W. Bricker
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 268,187 59,880
Percentage 81.74% 18.25%

County Results

President before election

Franklin Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin Roosevelt
Democratic

Background and vote

With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties,[1] and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries, which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.[2]

1944 saw the beginning of the breakdown of this single-party political system when the Supreme Court in Smith v. Allwright ruled against the white primary system.[3] During the period between Smith and the 1944 election, further challenges from blacks[3] occurred after the state announced that coming primaries would remain all-white.[4] Despite some opposition amongst the Southern ruling elite to Roosevelt – mitigated by the replacement of Henry A. Wallace as Vice-Presidential nominee – the incumbent President again overwhelmingly carried the state, losing only 3 percent on his 1940 vote share.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Georgia[5]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Franklin Roosevelt 268,187 81.74% 12
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 59,880[lower-alpha 1] 18.25% 0
Prohibition Claude Watson 36 0.01% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 6 0.00% 0

Results by county

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican/Independent Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast[7]
# % # % # % # %
Appling 1,318 77.30% 387 22.70% 0 0.00% 931 54.60% 1,705
Atkinson 766 89.49% 90 10.51% 0 0.00% 676 78.97% 856
Bacon 763 77.62% 220 22.38% 0 0.00% 543 55.24% 983
Baker 478 93.91% 31 6.09% 0 0.00% 447 87.82% 509
Baldwin 1,307 80.98% 307 19.02% 0 0.00% 1,000 61.96% 1,614
Banks 490 79.16% 125 20.19% 4 0.65% 365 58.97% 619
Barrow 1,513 85.48% 257 14.52% 0 0.00% 1,256 70.96% 1,770
Bartow 1,915 79.10% 506 20.90% 0 0.00% 1,409 58.20% 2,421
Ben Hill 1,046 84.56% 190 15.36% 1 0.08% 856 69.20% 1,237
Berrien 1,481 87.22% 217 12.78% 0 0.00% 1,264 74.44% 1,698
Bibb 5,352 73.96% 1,884 26.04% 0 0.00% 3,468 47.93% 7,236
Bleckley 815 79.28% 213 20.72% 0 0.00% 602 58.56% 1,028
Brantley 540 81.33% 124 18.67% 0 0.00% 416 62.65% 664
Brooks 1,381 83.19% 279 16.81% 0 0.00% 1,102 66.39% 1,660
Bryan 688 88.43% 90 11.57% 0 0.00% 598 76.86% 778
Bulloch 1,921 87.52% 274 12.48% 0 0.00% 1,647 75.03% 2,195
Burke 909 85.59% 153 14.41% 0 0.00% 756 71.19% 1,062
Butts 1,330 93.99% 85 6.01% 0 0.00% 1,245 87.99% 1,415
Calhoun 736 95.21% 37 4.79% 0 0.00% 699 90.43% 773
Camden 556 87.97% 76 12.03% 0 0.00% 480 75.95% 632
Candler 653 82.55% 138 17.45% 0 0.00% 515 65.11% 791
Carroll 3,331 82.55% 704 17.45% 0 0.00% 2,627 65.11% 4,035
Catoosa 1,453 78.63% 395 21.37% 0 0.00% 1,058 57.25% 1,848
Charlton 462 83.85% 89 16.15% 0 0.00% 373 67.70% 551
Chatham 8,725 80.91% 2,058 19.09% 0 0.00% 6,667 61.83% 10,783
Chattahoochee 100 84.03% 19 15.97% 0 0.00% 81 68.07% 119
Chattooga 2,495 89.68% 287 10.32% 0 0.00% 2,208 79.37% 2,782
Cherokee 1,348 56.00% 1,059 44.00% 0 0.00% 289 12.01% 2,407
Clarke 3,112 91.91% 274 8.09% 0 0.00% 2,838 83.82% 3,386
Clay 442 92.66% 35 7.34% 0 0.00% 407 85.32% 477
Clayton 1,828 88.14% 245 11.81% 1 0.05% 1,583 76.33% 2,074
Clinch 582 90.09% 64 9.91% 0 0.00% 518 80.19% 646
Cobb 5,000 78.75% 1,349 21.25% 0 0.00% 3,651 57.51% 6,349
Coffee 1,625 81.62% 366 18.38% 0 0.00% 1,259 63.23% 1,991
Colquitt 2,308 76.83% 696 23.17% 0 0.00% 1,612 53.66% 3,004
Columbia 508 87.59% 72 12.41% 0 0.00% 436 75.17% 580
Cook 1,155 84.99% 204 15.01% 0 0.00% 951 69.98% 1,359
Coweta 2,649 95.32% 130 4.68% 0 0.00% 2,519 90.64% 2,779
Crawford 375 71.56% 149 28.44% 0 0.00% 226 43.13% 524
Crisp 1,199 84.68% 217 15.32% 0 0.00% 982 69.35% 1,416
Dade 943 84.80% 169 15.20% 0 0.00% 774 69.60% 1,112
Dawson 469 57.83% 342 42.17% 0 0.00% 127 15.66% 811
De Kalb 12,069 82.52% 2,555 17.47% 1 0.01% 9,514 65.05% 14,625
Decatur 1,606 84.53% 294 15.47% 0 0.00% 1,312 69.05% 1,900
Dodge 1,437 85.84% 237 14.16% 0 0.00% 1,200 71.68% 1,674
Dooly 845 90.67% 87 9.33% 0 0.00% 758 81.33% 932
Dougherty 3,199 90.44% 338 9.56% 0 0.00% 2,861 80.89% 3,537
Douglas 828 74.73% 280 25.27% 0 0.00% 548 49.46% 1,108
Early 1,753 95.79% 77 4.21% 0 0.00% 1,676 91.58% 1,830
Echols 466 91.73% 42 8.27% 0 0.00% 424 83.46% 508
Effingham 433 54.26% 365 45.74% 0 0.00% 68 8.52% 798
Elbert 1,564 80.79% 370 19.11% 2 0.10% 1,194 61.67% 1,936
Emanuel 1,635 83.72% 317 16.23% 1 0.05% 1,318 67.49% 1,953
Evans 756 86.50% 117 13.39% 1 0.11% 639 73.11% 874
Fannin 1,298 39.60% 1,980 60.40% 0 0.00% -682 -20.81% 3,278
Fayette 782 88.86% 98 11.14% 0 0.00% 684 77.73% 880
Floyd 4,764 80.92% 1,123 19.08% 0 0.00% 3,641 61.85% 5,887
Forsyth 1,047 60.10% 695 39.90% 0 0.00% 352 20.21% 1,742
Franklin 1,377 80.76% 328 19.24% 0 0.00% 1,049 61.52% 1,705
Fulton 37,161 82.86% 7,687 17.14% 0 0.00% 29,474 65.72% 44,848
Gilmer 884 52.71% 793 47.29% 0 0.00% 91 5.43% 1,677
Glascock 318 66.39% 161 33.61% 0 0.00% 157 32.78% 479
Glynn 1,995 83.82% 385 16.18% 0 0.00% 1,610 67.65% 2,380
Gordon 1,457 70.22% 617 29.73% 1 0.05% 840 40.48% 2,075
Grady 1,661 88.16% 223 11.84% 0 0.00% 1,438 76.33% 1,884
Greene 1,246 89.38% 144 10.33% 4 0.29% 1,102 79.05% 1,394
Gwinnett 3,339 82.40% 713 17.60% 0 0.00% 2,626 64.81% 4,052
Habersham 1,842 78.52% 504 21.48% 0 0.00% 1,338 57.03% 2,346
Hall 3,066 79.37% 796 20.61% 1 0.03% 2,270 58.76% 3,863
Hancock 380 77.71% 109 22.29% 0 0.00% 271 55.42% 489
Haralson 1,248 57.80% 911 42.20% 0 0.00% 337 15.61% 2,159
Harris 893 91.87% 79 8.13% 0 0.00% 814 83.74% 972
Hart 1,161 86.38% 183 13.62% 0 0.00% 978 72.77% 1,344
Heard 557 75.07% 185 24.93% 0 0.00% 372 50.13% 742
Henry 1,461 90.58% 152 9.42% 0 0.00% 1,309 81.15% 1,613
Houston 535 73.79% 190 26.21% 0 0.00% 345 47.59% 725
Irwin 862 76.90% 259 23.10% 0 0.00% 603 53.79% 1,121
Jackson 1,754 88.81% 221 11.19% 0 0.00% 1,533 77.62% 1,975
Jasper 777 90.03% 86 9.97% 0 0.00% 691 80.07% 863
Jeff Davis 737 86.00% 120 14.00% 0 0.00% 617 72.00% 857
Jefferson 1,043 79.20% 274 20.80% 0 0.00% 769 58.39% 1,317
Jenkins 698 87.36% 101 12.64% 0 0.00% 597 74.72% 799
Johnson 978 76.29% 304 23.71% 0 0.00% 674 52.57% 1,282
Jones 661 76.95% 196 22.82% 2 0.23% 465 54.13% 859
Lamar 1,015 87.65% 143 12.35% 0 0.00% 872 75.30% 1,158
Lanier 625 93.98% 40 6.02% 0 0.00% 585 87.97% 665
Laurens 2,544 83.63% 498 16.37% 0 0.00% 2,046 67.26% 3,042
Lee 447 94.30% 27 5.70% 0 0.00% 420 88.61% 474
Liberty 481 79.77% 122 20.23% 0 0.00% 359 59.54% 603
Lincoln 444 72.91% 165 27.09% 0 0.00% 279 45.81% 609
Long 318 71.14% 129 28.86% 0 0.00% 189 42.28% 447
Lowndes 2,092 83.91% 401 16.09% 0 0.00% 1,691 67.83% 2,493
Lumpkin 896 80.87% 212 19.13% 0 0.00% 684 61.73% 1,108
Macon 889 84.11% 168 15.89% 0 0.00% 721 68.21% 1,057
Madison 1,235 82.22% 265 17.64% 2 0.13% 970 64.58% 1,502
Marion 501 87.74% 70 12.26% 0 0.00% 431 75.48% 571
McDuffie 795 80.96% 187 19.04% 0 0.00% 608 61.91% 982
McIntosh 406 72.76% 149 26.70% 3 0.54% 257 46.06% 558
Meriwether 2,187 92.05% 189 7.95% 0 0.00% 1,998 84.09% 2,376
Miller 809 93.20% 59 6.80% 0 0.00% 750 86.41% 868
Mitchell 2,179 90.60% 226 9.40% 0 0.00% 1,953 81.21% 2,405
Monroe 1,132 73.41% 410 26.59% 0 0.00% 722 46.82% 1,542
Montgomery 575 85.82% 94 14.03% 1 0.15% 481 71.79% 670
Morgan 1,166 95.50% 51 4.18% 4 0.33% 1,115 91.32% 1,221
Murray 1,375 67.20% 671 32.80% 0 0.00% 704 34.41% 2,046
Muscogee 6,498 82.86% 1,344 17.14% 0 0.00% 5,154 65.72% 7,842
Newton 2,022 94.27% 123 5.73% 0 0.00% 1,899 88.53% 2,145
Oconee 570 74.51% 195 25.49% 0 0.00% 375 49.02% 765
Oglethorpe 922 84.20% 173 15.80% 0 0.00% 749 68.40% 1,095
Paulding 1,355 63.53% 775 36.33% 3 0.14% 580 27.19% 2,133
Peach 919 79.57% 236 20.43% 0 0.00% 683 59.13% 1,155
Pickens 780 49.52% 795 50.48% 0 0.00% -15 -0.95% 1,575
Pierce 1,069 86.63% 165 13.37% 0 0.00% 904 73.26% 1,234
Pike 742 84.80% 133 15.20% 0 0.00% 609 69.60% 875
Polk 2,698 85.35% 463 14.65% 0 0.00% 2,235 70.71% 3,161
Pulaski 592 91.50% 55 8.50% 0 0.00% 537 83.00% 647
Putnam 701 90.45% 74 9.55% 0 0.00% 627 80.90% 775
Quitman 355 95.69% 16 4.31% 0 0.00% 339 91.37% 371
Rabun 1,247 87.08% 185 12.92% 0 0.00% 1,062 74.16% 1,432
Randolph 1,159 91.62% 106 8.38% 0 0.00% 1,053 83.24% 1,265
Richmond 6,918 85.72% 1,152 14.28% 0 0.00% 5,766 71.45% 8,070
Rockdale 946 90.79% 96 9.21% 0 0.00% 850 81.57% 1,042
Schley 329 89.89% 37 10.11% 0 0.00% 292 79.78% 366
Screven 895 81.96% 197 18.04% 0 0.00% 698 63.92% 1,092
Seminole 1,076 92.84% 83 7.16% 0 0.00% 993 85.68% 1,159
Spalding 2,805 92.79% 217 7.18% 1 0.03% 2,588 85.61% 3,023
Stephens 1,158 84.53% 212 15.47% 0 0.00% 946 69.05% 1,370
Stewart 597 88.44% 78 11.56% 0 0.00% 519 76.89% 675
Sumter 1,550 88.88% 194 11.12% 0 0.00% 1,356 77.75% 1,744
Talbot 832 94.87% 45 5.13% 0 0.00% 787 89.74% 877
Taliaferro 389 98.48% 6 1.52% 0 0.00% 383 96.96% 395
Tattnall 1,215 71.09% 494 28.91% 0 0.00% 721 42.19% 1,709
Taylor 773 74.18% 269 25.82% 0 0.00% 504 48.37% 1,042
Telfair 1,187 87.22% 174 12.78% 0 0.00% 1,013 74.43% 1,361
Terrell 1,639 97.10% 49 2.90% 0 0.00% 1,590 94.19% 1,688
Thomas 1,747 75.79% 557 24.16% 1 0.04% 1,190 51.63% 2,305
Tift 1,630 80.45% 396 19.55% 0 0.00% 1,234 60.91% 2,026
Toombs 1,825 88.51% 237 11.49% 0 0.00% 1,588 77.01% 2,062
Towns 1,137 62.78% 674 37.22% 0 0.00% 463 25.57% 1,811
Treutlen 893 94.30% 54 5.70% 0 0.00% 839 88.60% 947
Troup 3,233 90.43% 342 9.57% 0 0.00% 2,891 80.87% 3,575
Turner 797 70.41% 334 29.51% 1 0.09% 463 40.90% 1,132
Twiggs 457 72.89% 170 27.11% 0 0.00% 287 45.77% 627
Union 1,288 62.89% 760 37.11% 0 0.00% 528 25.78% 2,048
Upson 2,362 90.67% 243 9.33% 0 0.00% 2,119 81.34% 2,605
Walker 2,753 78.23% 765 21.74% 1 0.03% 1,988 56.49% 3,519
Walton 2,046 92.25% 172 7.75% 0 0.00% 1,874 84.49% 2,218
Ware 2,306 83.34% 459 16.59% 2 0.07% 1,847 66.75% 2,767
Warren 449 74.46% 152 25.21% 2 0.33% 297 49.25% 603
Washington 1,094 75.71% 351 24.29% 0 0.00% 743 51.42% 1,445
Wayne 978 79.51% 252 20.49% 0 0.00% 726 59.02% 1,230
Webster 284 81.38% 65 18.62% 0 0.00% 219 62.75% 349
Wheeler 517 77.40% 151 22.60% 0 0.00% 366 54.79% 668
White 706 81.24% 161 18.53% 2 0.23% 545 62.72% 869
Whitfield 2,827 73.26% 1,032 26.74% 0 0.00% 1,795 46.51% 3,859
Wilcox 1,364 86.88% 206 13.12% 0 0.00% 1,158 73.76% 1,570
Wilkes 946 85.61% 159 14.39% 0 0.00% 787 71.22% 1,105
Wilkinson 763 73.79% 271 26.21% 0 0.00% 492 47.58% 1,034
Worth 1,096 83.41% 218 16.59% 0 0.00% 878 66.82% 1,314
Totals268,18781.73%59,90018.26%420.01%208,28763.48%328,129

Notes

  1. Dewey total is a fusion of 56,507 Republican votes and 3,373 votes cast by a slate of "Independent Democrats".[6]

References

  1. Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 208, 210 ISBN 9780691163246
  2. Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155 ISBN 022611435X
  3. Mickey, Robert W.; ‘The Beginning of the End for Authoritarian Rule in America: Smith v. Allwright and the Abolition of the White Primary in the Deep South, 1944–1948’; Studies in American Political Development, vol. 22 (Fall 2008), pp. 143-182
  4. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1944 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia
  5. "GA US President Race, November 07, 1944". Our Campaigns.
  6. Géoelections; 1944 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
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