1944 United States presidential election in Indiana

The 1944 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 13[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1944 United States presidential election in Indiana

November 7, 1944[1]

All 13 Indiana votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate John W. Bricker Harry S. Truman
Electoral vote 13 0
Popular vote 875,891 781,403
Percentage 52.4% 46.7%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Indiana was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (RNew York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 52.38% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 46.73% of the popular vote.[3][4]

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Indiana
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 875,891 52.38%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 781,403 46.73%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson 12,574 0.75%
Socialist Norman Thomas 2,223 0.13%
Total votes 1,672,091 100%

Results by county

County Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # % # %
Adams 5,648 58.83% 3,804 39.62% 149 1.55% 1,844 19.21% 9,601
Allen 41,907 57.64% 30,445 41.87% 357 0.49% 11,462 15.76% 72,709
Bartholomew 7,689 50.99% 7,139 47.34% 252 1.67% 550 3.65% 15,080
Benton 3,621 63.38% 2,065 36.15% 27 0.47% 1,556 27.24% 5,713
Blackford 3,079 47.82% 3,207 49.81% 153 2.38% -128 -1.99% 6,439
Boone 6,823 56.00% 5,292 43.43% 70 0.57% 1,531 12.56% 12,185
Brown 1,174 45.66% 1,352 52.59% 45 1.75% -178 -6.92% 2,571
Carroll 4,872 57.28% 3,578 42.07% 55 0.65% 1,294 15.21% 8,505
Cass 9,788 52.89% 8,615 46.55% 103 0.56% 1,173 6.34% 18,506
Clark 7,241 42.39% 9,778 57.24% 62 0.36% -2,537 -14.85% 17,081
Clay 6,688 53.28% 5,721 45.57% 144 1.15% 967 7.70% 12,553
Clinton 8,087 55.37% 6,381 43.69% 137 0.94% 1,706 11.68% 14,605
Crawford 2,488 50.50% 2,335 47.39% 104 2.11% 153 3.11% 4,927
Daviess 7,458 57.14% 5,523 42.32% 71 0.54% 1,935 14.83% 13,052
Dearborn 5,487 51.32% 5,157 48.24% 47 0.44% 330 3.09% 10,691
Decatur 5,479 60.86% 3,471 38.55% 53 0.59% 2,008 22.30% 9,003
DeKalb 7,479 60.38% 4,810 38.83% 98 0.79% 2,669 21.55% 12,387
Delaware 17,340 47.41% 18,780 51.35% 455 1.24% -1,440 -3.94% 36,575
Dubois 4,855 47.78% 5,273 51.89% 34 0.33% -418 -4.11% 10,162
Elkhart 20,659 60.39% 12,991 37.98% 558 1.63% 7,668 22.42% 34,208
Fayette 5,603 51.23% 5,299 48.45% 36 0.33% 304 2.78% 10,938
Floyd 8,410 44.10% 10,541 55.27% 120 0.63% -2,131 -11.17% 19,071
Fountain 5,557 57.74% 4,022 41.79% 46 0.48% 1,535 15.95% 9,625
Franklin 3,796 59.82% 2,530 39.87% 20 0.32% 1,266 19.95% 6,346
Fulton 5,190 61.28% 3,201 37.80% 78 0.92% 1,989 23.49% 8,469
Gibson 7,895 50.85% 7,462 48.06% 168 1.08% 433 2.79% 15,525
Grant 14,527 55.07% 11,031 41.82% 821 3.11% 3,496 13.25% 26,379
Greene 8,213 54.44% 6,744 44.70% 129 0.86% 1,469 9.74% 15,086
Hamilton 8,297 66.06% 4,101 32.65% 162 1.29% 4,196 33.41% 12,560
Hancock 5,139 51.71% 4,652 46.81% 147 1.48% 487 4.90% 9,938
Harrison 4,397 50.05% 4,285 48.77% 104 1.18% 112 1.27% 8,786
Hendricks 6,673 60.45% 4,297 38.93% 69 0.63% 2,376 21.52% 11,039
Henry 10,583 54.85% 8,297 43.00% 416 2.16% 2,286 11.85% 19,296
Howard 11,515 49.49% 11,224 48.24% 526 2.26% 291 1.25% 23,265
Huntington 8,668 57.15% 6,128 40.41% 370 2.44% 2,540 16.75% 15,166
Jackson 6,321 50.87% 5,982 48.14% 123 0.99% 339 2.73% 12,426
Jasper 4,364 66.63% 2,168 33.10% 18 0.27% 2,196 33.53% 6,550
Jay 6,207 53.38% 5,166 44.42% 256 2.20% 1,041 8.95% 11,629
Jefferson 5,748 56.17% 4,376 42.76% 110 1.07% 1,372 13.41% 10,234
Jennings 3,643 58.58% 2,537 40.79% 39 0.63% 1,106 17.78% 6,219
Johnson 6,194 53.06% 5,426 46.48% 53 0.45% 768 6.58% 11,673
Knox 10,023 48.98% 10,297 50.32% 143 0.70% -274 -1.34% 20,463
Kosciusko 9,577 65.11% 4,865 33.08% 266 1.81% 4,712 32.04% 14,708
LaGrange 3,501 68.71% 1,539 30.21% 55 1.08% 1,962 38.51% 5,095
Lake 48,147 38.84% 75,066 60.56% 737 0.59% -26,919 -21.72% 123,950
LaPorte 16,543 54.12% 13,896 45.46% 129 0.42% 2,647 8.66% 30,568
Lawrence 9,200 63.38% 5,246 36.14% 69 0.48% 3,954 27.24% 14,515
Madison 21,381 46.10% 24,488 52.80% 514 1.11% -3,107 -6.70% 46,383
Marion 116,421 52.01% 106,382 47.53% 1,034 0.46% 10,039 4.48% 223,837
Marshall 8,225 59.88% 5,254 38.25% 257 1.87% 2,971 21.63% 13,736
Martin 2,467 49.37% 2,515 50.33% 15 0.30% -48 -0.96% 4,997
Miami 8,207 55.54% 6,379 43.17% 191 1.29% 1,828 12.37% 14,777
Monroe 8,993 55.77% 6,809 42.23% 323 2.00% 2,184 13.54% 16,125
Montgomery 8,319 59.43% 5,620 40.15% 60 0.43% 2,699 19.28% 13,999
Morgan 6,115 59.09% 4,156 40.16% 77 0.74% 1,959 18.93% 10,348
Newton 3,398 67.91% 1,583 31.63% 23 0.46% 1,815 36.27% 5,004
Noble 7,200 62.89% 4,174 36.46% 74 0.65% 3,026 26.43% 11,448
Ohio 1,126 51.56% 1,043 47.76% 15 0.69% 83 3.80% 2,184
Orange 4,784 60.06% 3,130 39.29% 52 0.65% 1,654 20.76% 7,966
Owen 3,318 55.53% 2,602 43.55% 55 0.92% 716 11.98% 5,975
Parke 4,751 59.03% 3,241 40.27% 56 0.70% 1,510 18.76% 8,048
Perry 4,087 50.44% 3,996 49.32% 19 0.23% 91 1.12% 8,102
Pike 4,267 54.11% 3,513 44.55% 106 1.34% 754 9.56% 7,886
Porter 8,561 60.52% 5,528 39.08% 57 0.40% 3,033 21.44% 14,146
Posey 4,374 50.75% 4,183 48.53% 62 0.72% 191 2.22% 8,619
Pulaski 3,206 55.03% 2,509 43.07% 111 1.91% 697 11.96% 5,826
Putnam 5,386 52.38% 4,857 47.23% 40 0.39% 529 5.14% 10,283
Randolph 7,805 61.18% 4,590 35.98% 363 2.85% 3,215 25.20% 12,758
Ripley 5,642 59.12% 3,835 40.18% 67 0.70% 1,807 18.93% 9,544
Rush 5,853 59.60% 3,891 39.62% 77 0.78% 1,962 19.98% 9,821
St. Joseph 39,875 45.53% 47,149 53.83% 565 0.65% -7,274 -8.30% 87,589
Scott 2,379 47.07% 2,621 51.86% 54 1.07% -242 -4.79% 5,054
Shelby 6,816 49.63% 6,798 49.50% 119 0.87% 18 0.13% 13,733
Spencer 4,986 57.40% 3,647 41.99% 53 0.61% 1,339 15.42% 8,686
Starke 3,574 55.71% 2,791 43.51% 50 0.78% 783 12.21% 6,415
Steuben 4,739 71.61% 1,837 27.76% 42 0.63% 2,902 43.85% 6,618
Sullivan 5,855 47.23% 6,420 51.79% 122 0.98% -565 -4.56% 12,397
Switzerland 2,019 47.32% 2,191 51.35% 57 1.34% -172 -4.03% 4,267
Tippecanoe 15,888 60.61% 10,229 39.02% 95 0.36% 5,659 21.59% 26,212
Tipton 4,296 54.77% 3,427 43.70% 120 1.53% 869 11.08% 7,843
Union 1,998 63.05% 1,154 36.42% 17 0.54% 844 26.63% 3,169
Vanderburgh 30,684 46.87% 34,440 52.61% 338 0.52% -3,756 -5.74% 65,462
Vermillion 4,998 50.17% 4,912 49.30% 53 0.53% 86 0.86% 9,963
Vigo 21,493 46.50% 24,649 53.33% 81 0.18% -3,156 -6.83% 46,223
Wabash 8,357 62.30% 4,665 34.77% 393 2.93% 3,692 27.52% 13,415
Warren 2,870 64.73% 1,555 35.07% 9 0.20% 1,315 29.66% 4,434
Warrick 5,042 55.01% 4,049 44.17% 75 0.82% 993 10.83% 9,166
Washington 4,033 50.32% 3,940 49.16% 42 0.52% 93 1.16% 8,015
Wayne 15,295 54.51% 12,432 44.31% 332 1.18% 2,863 10.20% 28,059
Wells 4,708 50.03% 4,475 47.56% 227 2.41% 233 2.48% 9,410
White 5,039 58.25% 3,570 41.27% 41 0.47% 1,469 16.98% 8,650
Whitley 5,268 55.88% 4,079 43.27% 80 0.85% 1,189 12.61% 9,427
Totals875,89152.38%781,40346.73%14,7970.88%94,4885.65%1,672,091

See also

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  2. "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  3. "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  4. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  5. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 143-144 ISBN 0405077114


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