1944 United States presidential election in Kansas
The 1944 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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| Elections in Kansas |
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Kansas was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 60.25% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 39.18% of the popular vote.[3][4] Dewey's margin was the biggest against FDR in any state during the four elections he contested,[5] and the 104 counties (all except Wyandotte) that FDR lost is the most he lost in any state during his four elections to the White House.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 442,096 | 60.25% | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 287,458 | 39.18% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 2,609 | 0.36% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 1,613 | 0.22% | |
| Total votes | 733,776 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Claude A. Watson[6] Prohibition |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[6] Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||||
| Allen | 5,032 | 68.56% | 2,262 | 30.82% | 35 | 0.48% | 11 | 0.15% | 2,770 | 37.74% | 7,340 |
| Anderson | 3,060 | 64.89% | 1,649 | 34.97% | 3 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,411 | 29.92% | 4,716 |
| Atchison | 4,731 | 58.58% | 3,325 | 41.17% | 4 | 0.05% | 16 | 0.20% | 1,406 | 17.41% | 8,076 |
| Barber | 2,140 | 58.28% | 1,501 | 40.88% | 18 | 0.49% | 13 | 0.35% | 639 | 17.40% | 3,672 |
| Barton | 5,547 | 59.36% | 3,761 | 40.25% | 20 | 0.21% | 17 | 0.18% | 1,786 | 19.11% | 9,345 |
| Bourbon | 4,790 | 56.68% | 3,622 | 42.86% | 30 | 0.35% | 9 | 0.11% | 1,168 | 13.82% | 8,451 |
| Brown | 4,947 | 72.98% | 1,817 | 26.80% | 11 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.06% | 3,130 | 46.17% | 6,779 |
| Butler | 7,064 | 53.50% | 6,084 | 46.08% | 39 | 0.30% | 16 | 0.12% | 980 | 7.42% | 13,203 |
| Chase | 1,510 | 59.99% | 998 | 39.65% | 5 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.16% | 512 | 20.34% | 2,517 |
| Chautauqua | 2,305 | 67.38% | 1,106 | 32.33% | 6 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,199 | 35.05% | 3,421 |
| Cherokee | 5,458 | 54.65% | 4,468 | 44.73% | 24 | 0.24% | 38 | 0.38% | 990 | 9.91% | 9,988 |
| Cheyenne | 1,610 | 67.99% | 736 | 31.08% | 16 | 0.68% | 6 | 0.25% | 874 | 36.91% | 2,368 |
| Clark | 950 | 55.69% | 741 | 43.43% | 11 | 0.64% | 4 | 0.23% | 209 | 12.25% | 1,706 |
| Clay | 4,101 | 74.01% | 1,391 | 25.10% | 35 | 0.63% | 14 | 0.25% | 2,710 | 48.91% | 5,541 |
| Cloud | 4,377 | 63.67% | 2,391 | 34.78% | 78 | 1.13% | 29 | 0.42% | 1,986 | 28.89% | 6,875 |
| Coffey | 3,461 | 67.28% | 1,660 | 32.27% | 15 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.16% | 1,801 | 35.01% | 5,144 |
| Comanche | 1,048 | 61.47% | 642 | 37.65% | 15 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 406 | 23.81% | 1,705 |
| Cowley | 8,453 | 55.91% | 6,577 | 43.50% | 61 | 0.40% | 29 | 0.19% | 1,876 | 12.41% | 15,120 |
| Crawford | 9,017 | 52.09% | 8,211 | 47.43% | 27 | 0.16% | 56 | 0.32% | 806 | 4.66% | 17,311 |
| Decatur | 1,758 | 59.92% | 1,159 | 39.50% | 12 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.17% | 599 | 20.42% | 2,934 |
| Dickinson | 6,227 | 65.92% | 3,190 | 33.77% | 19 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.11% | 3,037 | 32.15% | 9,446 |
| Doniphan | 3,230 | 71.92% | 1,261 | 28.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,969 | 43.84% | 4,491 |
| Douglas | 8,224 | 67.47% | 3,886 | 31.88% | 30 | 0.25% | 49 | 0.40% | 4,338 | 35.59% | 12,189 |
| Edwards | 1,669 | 65.09% | 876 | 34.17% | 11 | 0.43% | 8 | 0.31% | 793 | 30.93% | 2,564 |
| Elk | 2,283 | 70.33% | 954 | 29.39% | 7 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,329 | 40.94% | 3,246 |
| Ellis | 3,369 | 60.13% | 2,218 | 39.59% | 9 | 0.16% | 7 | 0.12% | 1,151 | 20.54% | 5,603 |
| Ellsworth | 2,290 | 57.62% | 1,678 | 42.22% | 2 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.10% | 612 | 15.40% | 3,974 |
| Finney | 2,366 | 58.20% | 1,667 | 41.01% | 23 | 0.57% | 9 | 0.22% | 699 | 17.20% | 4,065 |
| Ford | 4,110 | 57.23% | 2,994 | 41.69% | 60 | 0.84% | 17 | 0.24% | 1,116 | 15.54% | 7,181 |
| Franklin | 5,375 | 64.68% | 2,880 | 34.66% | 38 | 0.46% | 17 | 0.20% | 2,495 | 30.02% | 8,310 |
| Geary | 2,833 | 56.97% | 2,107 | 42.37% | 21 | 0.42% | 12 | 0.24% | 726 | 14.60% | 4,973 |
| Gove | 1,125 | 72.02% | 420 | 26.89% | 6 | 0.38% | 11 | 0.70% | 705 | 45.13% | 1,562 |
| Graham | 1,651 | 66.52% | 814 | 32.80% | 13 | 0.52% | 4 | 0.16% | 837 | 33.72% | 2,482 |
| Grant | 566 | 66.35% | 282 | 33.06% | 3 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.23% | 284 | 33.29% | 853 |
| Gray | 1,057 | 57.01% | 775 | 41.80% | 17 | 0.92% | 5 | 0.27% | 282 | 15.21% | 1,854 |
| Greeley | 378 | 63.00% | 215 | 35.83% | 7 | 1.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 163 | 27.17% | 600 |
| Greenwood | 3,959 | 63.99% | 2,187 | 35.35% | 26 | 0.42% | 15 | 0.24% | 1,772 | 28.64% | 6,187 |
| Hamilton | 795 | 62.35% | 471 | 36.94% | 4 | 0.31% | 5 | 0.39% | 324 | 25.41% | 1,275 |
| Harper | 2,849 | 63.76% | 1,573 | 35.21% | 33 | 0.74% | 13 | 0.29% | 1,276 | 28.56% | 4,468 |
| Harvey | 5,339 | 61.35% | 3,300 | 37.92% | 26 | 0.30% | 38 | 0.44% | 2,039 | 23.43% | 8,703 |
| Haskell | 520 | 59.91% | 342 | 39.40% | 6 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 178 | 20.51% | 868 |
| Hodgeman | 982 | 66.31% | 490 | 33.09% | 1 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.54% | 492 | 33.22% | 1,481 |
| Jackson | 3,665 | 69.72% | 1,567 | 29.81% | 15 | 0.29% | 10 | 0.19% | 2,098 | 39.91% | 5,257 |
| Jefferson | 3,504 | 68.73% | 1,575 | 30.89% | 6 | 0.12% | 13 | 0.26% | 1,929 | 37.84% | 5,098 |
| Jewell | 3,754 | 74.20% | 1,216 | 24.04% | 80 | 1.58% | 9 | 0.18% | 2,538 | 50.17% | 5,059 |
| Johnson | 11,951 | 67.24% | 5,771 | 32.47% | 29 | 0.16% | 22 | 0.12% | 6,180 | 34.77% | 17,773 |
| Kearny | 612 | 62.45% | 365 | 37.24% | 1 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.20% | 247 | 25.20% | 980 |
| Kingman | 2,827 | 63.74% | 1,579 | 35.60% | 22 | 0.50% | 7 | 0.16% | 1,248 | 28.14% | 4,435 |
| Kiowa | 1,479 | 69.60% | 618 | 29.08% | 26 | 1.22% | 2 | 0.09% | 861 | 40.52% | 2,125 |
| Labette | 7,480 | 57.87% | 5,398 | 41.76% | 26 | 0.20% | 22 | 0.17% | 2,082 | 16.11% | 12,926 |
| Lane | 773 | 65.90% | 388 | 33.08% | 4 | 0.34% | 8 | 0.68% | 385 | 32.82% | 1,173 |
| Leavenworth | 7,282 | 58.55% | 5,097 | 40.98% | 25 | 0.20% | 34 | 0.27% | 2,185 | 17.57% | 12,438 |
| Lincoln | 2,405 | 72.03% | 910 | 27.25% | 15 | 0.45% | 9 | 0.27% | 1,495 | 44.77% | 3,339 |
| Linn | 3,185 | 68.54% | 1,442 | 31.03% | 8 | 0.17% | 12 | 0.26% | 1,743 | 37.51% | 4,647 |
| Logan | 1,107 | 72.92% | 406 | 26.75% | 4 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.07% | 701 | 46.18% | 1,518 |
| Lyon | 5,710 | 52.88% | 4,984 | 46.15% | 77 | 0.71% | 28 | 0.26% | 726 | 6.72% | 10,799 |
| Marion | 5,219 | 72.64% | 1,925 | 26.79% | 15 | 0.21% | 26 | 0.36% | 3,294 | 45.85% | 7,185 |
| Marshall | 6,184 | 69.59% | 2,681 | 30.17% | 12 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.10% | 3,503 | 39.42% | 8,886 |
| McPherson | 5,840 | 62.31% | 3,321 | 35.44% | 136 | 1.45% | 75 | 0.80% | 2,519 | 26.88% | 9,372 |
| Meade | 1,424 | 68.23% | 631 | 30.23% | 30 | 1.44% | 2 | 0.10% | 793 | 38.00% | 2,087 |
| Miami | 4,326 | 57.28% | 3,217 | 42.60% | 5 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,109 | 14.68% | 7,552 |
| Mitchell | 3,238 | 66.67% | 1,579 | 32.51% | 28 | 0.58% | 12 | 0.25% | 1,659 | 34.16% | 4,857 |
| Montgomery | 11,738 | 62.29% | 7,063 | 37.48% | 29 | 0.15% | 14 | 0.07% | 4,675 | 24.81% | 18,844 |
| Morris | 2,628 | 62.11% | 1,584 | 37.44% | 10 | 0.24% | 9 | 0.21% | 1,044 | 24.68% | 4,231 |
| Morton | 617 | 62.51% | 367 | 37.18% | 3 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 250 | 25.33% | 987 |
| Nemaha | 4,277 | 66.44% | 2,149 | 33.39% | 2 | 0.03% | 9 | 0.14% | 2,128 | 33.06% | 6,437 |
| Neosho | 5,420 | 62.45% | 3,233 | 37.25% | 19 | 0.22% | 7 | 0.08% | 2,187 | 25.20% | 8,679 |
| Ness | 1,745 | 65.45% | 876 | 32.86% | 32 | 1.20% | 13 | 0.49% | 869 | 32.60% | 2,666 |
| Norton | 2,890 | 70.87% | 1,159 | 28.42% | 16 | 0.39% | 13 | 0.32% | 1,731 | 42.45% | 4,078 |
| Osage | 4,107 | 64.40% | 2,212 | 34.69% | 39 | 0.61% | 19 | 0.30% | 1,895 | 29.72% | 6,377 |
| Osborne | 2,827 | 71.52% | 1,078 | 27.27% | 34 | 0.86% | 14 | 0.35% | 1,749 | 44.24% | 3,953 |
| Ottawa | 2,428 | 63.11% | 1,378 | 35.82% | 29 | 0.75% | 12 | 0.31% | 1,050 | 27.29% | 3,847 |
| Pawnee | 2,057 | 54.05% | 1,727 | 45.38% | 14 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.21% | 330 | 8.67% | 3,806 |
| Phillips | 3,053 | 72.74% | 1,098 | 26.16% | 34 | 0.81% | 12 | 0.29% | 1,955 | 46.58% | 4,197 |
| Pottawatomie | 4,074 | 70.01% | 1,727 | 29.68% | 12 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.10% | 2,347 | 40.33% | 5,819 |
| Pratt | 2,658 | 52.85% | 2,334 | 46.41% | 26 | 0.52% | 11 | 0.22% | 324 | 6.44% | 5,029 |
| Rawlins | 1,569 | 61.72% | 955 | 37.57% | 9 | 0.35% | 9 | 0.35% | 614 | 24.15% | 2,542 |
| Reno | 11,004 | 58.71% | 7,604 | 40.57% | 95 | 0.51% | 40 | 0.21% | 3,400 | 18.14% | 18,743 |
| Republic | 3,802 | 66.53% | 1,891 | 33.09% | 16 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,911 | 33.44% | 5,715 |
| Rice | 4,024 | 61.12% | 2,505 | 38.05% | 34 | 0.52% | 21 | 0.32% | 1,519 | 23.07% | 6,584 |
| Riley | 6,511 | 70.43% | 2,659 | 28.76% | 39 | 0.42% | 35 | 0.38% | 3,852 | 41.67% | 9,244 |
| Rooks | 2,361 | 66.53% | 1,166 | 32.85% | 18 | 0.51% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,195 | 33.67% | 3,549 |
| Rush | 2,193 | 66.80% | 1,076 | 32.77% | 4 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.30% | 1,117 | 34.02% | 3,283 |
| Russell | 3,344 | 67.56% | 1,583 | 31.98% | 14 | 0.28% | 9 | 0.18% | 1,761 | 35.58% | 4,950 |
| Saline | 7,571 | 59.51% | 5,097 | 40.06% | 36 | 0.28% | 19 | 0.15% | 2,474 | 19.45% | 12,723 |
| Scott | 903 | 60.93% | 565 | 38.12% | 10 | 0.67% | 4 | 0.27% | 338 | 22.81% | 1,482 |
| Sedgwick | 38,896 | 52.78% | 34,442 | 46.73% | 188 | 0.26% | 172 | 0.23% | 4,454 | 6.04% | 73,698 |
| Seward | 1,590 | 53.92% | 1,342 | 45.51% | 13 | 0.44% | 4 | 0.14% | 248 | 8.41% | 2,949 |
| Shawnee | 21,396 | 59.03% | 14,678 | 40.49% | 108 | 0.30% | 65 | 0.18% | 6,718 | 18.53% | 36,247 |
| Sheridan | 1,342 | 66.87% | 658 | 32.79% | 3 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.20% | 684 | 34.08% | 2,007 |
| Sherman | 1,608 | 60.07% | 1,021 | 38.14% | 29 | 1.08% | 19 | 0.71% | 587 | 21.93% | 2,677 |
| Smith | 3,282 | 69.93% | 1,377 | 29.34% | 30 | 0.64% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,905 | 40.59% | 4,693 |
| Stafford | 2,493 | 56.25% | 1,908 | 43.05% | 20 | 0.45% | 11 | 0.25% | 585 | 13.20% | 4,432 |
| Stanton | 398 | 61.71% | 240 | 37.21% | 5 | 0.78% | 2 | 0.31% | 158 | 24.50% | 645 |
| Stevens | 760 | 64.63% | 414 | 35.20% | 2 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 346 | 29.42% | 1,176 |
| Sumner | 6,343 | 59.87% | 4,187 | 39.52% | 38 | 0.36% | 26 | 0.25% | 2,156 | 20.35% | 10,594 |
| Thomas | 1,631 | 59.14% | 1,097 | 39.78% | 19 | 0.69% | 11 | 0.40% | 534 | 19.36% | 2,758 |
| Trego | 1,459 | 61.98% | 883 | 37.51% | 4 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.34% | 576 | 24.47% | 2,354 |
| Wabaunsee | 2,839 | 75.95% | 873 | 23.35% | 8 | 0.21% | 18 | 0.48% | 1,966 | 52.59% | 3,738 |
| Wallace | 720 | 70.80% | 292 | 28.71% | 5 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 428 | 42.08% | 1,017 |
| Washington | 5,040 | 77.11% | 1,455 | 22.26% | 24 | 0.37% | 17 | 0.26% | 3,585 | 54.85% | 6,536 |
| Wichita | 604 | 64.32% | 329 | 35.04% | 6 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 275 | 29.29% | 939 |
| Wilson | 4,248 | 68.57% | 1,912 | 30.86% | 17 | 0.27% | 18 | 0.29% | 2,336 | 37.71% | 6,195 |
| Woodson | 2,308 | 69.56% | 999 | 30.11% | 2 | 0.06% | 9 | 0.27% | 1,309 | 39.45% | 3,318 |
| Wyandotte | 26,817 | 44.74% | 32,914 | 54.91% | 128 | 0.21% | 86 | 0.14% | -6,097 | -10.17% | 59,945 |
| Totals | 442,096 | 60.25% | 287,458 | 39.18% | 2,609 | 0.36% | 1,613 | 0.22% | 154,638 | 21.07% | 733,776 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- "1944 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- "KS US President Race, November 07, 1944". Our Campaigns.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 169-170 ISBN 0405077114
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