1940 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1940 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana presidential no 1936 United States presidential election in Indiana 1936 1944 United States presidential election in Indiana 1944 81.1%Madison 1986 330 2.4 pp November 5, 1940 200x200px WendellWillkie.jpg Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) New York Charles L. McNary 14 899,466 50.45% FDRoosevelt1938.png Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry A. Wallace 0 874,063 49.03% 1940 United States presidential election in Indiana results map by county.svg 180px County results Willkie #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Roosevelt #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the president of the Commonwealth & Southern Corporation Wendell Willkie and the senior U.S. senator from Oregon Charles L. McNary defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt and the U.S. secretary of agriculture Henry A. Wallace. Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the national election with 449 electoral votes.Petersen 1963 97 General election Results 1940 United States presidential election in IndianaIndiana 1941 1,115–16 Wendell WillkieCharles L. McNary Republican Party (United States) 899,466 50.45 8.56 Franklin D. RooseveltHenry A. Wallace Democratic Party (United States) 874,063 49.03 7.60 Roger BabsonEdgar V. Moorman Prohibition Party 6,437 0.36 0.36 Norman ThomasMaynard C. Krueger Socialist Party of America 2,075 0.12 0.11 John W. AikenAaron M. Orange Socialist Labor Party of America 706 0.04 0.04 1,782,747 100.00 Results by county + 1940 United States presidential election in Indiana by countyIndiana 1941 1,115–16 County Wendell WillkieRepublican Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Others Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Adams 5,247 53.93% 4,382 45.04% 101 1.04% 865 8.89% 9,730 Allen 40,430 57.18% 29,967 42.38% 312 0.44% 10,463 14.80% 70,709 Bartholomew 7,890 48.84% 8,180 50.63% 86 0.53% -290 -1.79% 16,156 Benton 3,675 57.57% 2,689 42.12% 20 0.31% 986 15.44% 6,384 Blackford 3,352 44.52% 4,095 54.38% 83 1.10% -743 -9.87% 7,530 Boone 7,066 53.26% 6,152 46.37% 49 0.37% 914 6.89% 13,267 Brown 1,477 46.74% 1,662 52.59% 21 0.66% -185 -5.85% 3,160 Carroll 5,012 54.05% 4,214 45.44% 47 0.51% 798 8.61% 9,273 Cass 10,057 49.33% 10,268 50.37% 61 0.30% -211 -1.04% 20,386 Clark 6,044 40.02% 9,015 59.69% 45 0.30% -2,971 -19.67% 15,104 Clay 7,768 51.40% 7,255 48.00% 91 0.60% 513 3.39% 15,114 Clinton 8,610 52.36% 7,732 47.02% 102 0.62% 878 5.34% 16,444 Crawford 2,652 47.97% 2,836 51.29% 41 0.74% -184 -3.33% 5,529 Daviess 7,615 54.10% 6,401 45.48% 59 0.42% 1,214 8.63% 14,075 Dearborn 5,908 49.29% 6,038 50.37% 41 0.34% -130 -1.08% 11,987 Decatur 6,087 57.71% 4,417 41.88% 43 0.41% 1,670 15.83% 10,547 DeKalb 7,676 57.17% 5,690 42.38% 60 0.45% 1,986 14.79% 13,426 Delaware 17,616 45.53% 20,836 53.85% 239 0.62% -3,220 -8.32% 38,691 Dubois 4,729 44.01% 5,992 55.77% 24 0.22% -1,263 -11.75% 10,745 Elkhart 19,735 58.53% 13,620 40.40% 361 1.07% 6,115 18.14% 33,716 Fayette 5,567 49.94% 5,542 49.72% 38 0.34% 25 0.22% 11,147 Floyd 8,056 42.53% 10,799 57.00% 89 0.47% -2,743 -14.48% 18,944 Fountain 5,771 54.59% 4,783 45.24% 18 0.17% 988 9.35% 10,572 Franklin 4,381 58.11% 3,142 41.68% 16 0.21% 1,239 16.43% 7,539 Fulton 5,532 58.40% 3,879 40.95% 61 0.64% 1,653 17.45% 9,472 Gibson 8,326 48.34% 8,709 50.57% 188 1.09% -383 -2.22% 17,223 Grant 15,187 52.77% 13,257 46.06% 335 1.16% 1,930 6.71% 28,779 Greene 9,071 50.71% 8,718 48.73% 100 0.56% 353 1.97% 17,889 Hamilton 8,931 64.73% 4,791 34.72% 75 0.54% 4,140 30.01% 13,797 Hancock 5,283 48.98% 5,417 50.23% 85 0.79% -134 -1.24% 10,785 Harrison 4,650 49.26% 4,725 50.06% 64 0.68% -75 -0.79% 9,439 Hendricks 6,782 57.92% 4,883 41.70% 45 0.38% 1,899 16.22% 11,710 Henry 11,051 52.98% 9,623 46.14% 184 0.88% 1,428 6.85% 20,858 Howard 11,855 47.82% 12,655 51.04% 283 1.14% -800 -3.23% 24,793 Huntington 9,110 55.22% 7,220 43.77% 167 1.01% 1,890 11.46% 16,497 Jackson 6,281 45.13% 7,557 54.30% 79 0.57% -1,276 -9.17% 13,917 Jasper 4,462 61.62% 2,751 37.99% 28 0.39% 1,711 23.63% 7,241 Jay 6,478 49.27% 6,554 49.84% 117 0.89% -76 -0.58% 13,149 Jefferson 5,957 55.80% 4,688 43.91% 31 0.29% 1,269 11.89% 10,676 Jennings 3,921 56.51% 2,989 43.08% 29 0.42% 932 13.43% 6,939 Johnson 6,451 50.18% 6,350 49.39% 56 0.44% 101 0.79% 12,857 Knox 11,211 47.52% 12,265 51.99% 114 0.48% -1,054 -4.47% 23,590 Kosciusko 9,879 62.68% 5,768 36.60% 113 0.72% 4,111 26.09% 15,760 LaGrange 3,731 63.43% 2,124 36.11% 27 0.46% 1,607 27.32% 5,882 Lake 45,898 38.79% 71,985 60.83% 447 0.38% -26,087 -22.05% 118,330 LaPorte 15,771 53.29% 13,732 46.40% 90 0.30% 2,039 6.89% 29,593 Lawrence 10,717 61.92% 6,553 37.86% 38 0.22% 4,164 24.06% 17,308 Madison 22,382 45.91% 26,111 53.56% 261 0.54% -3,729 -7.65% 48,754 Marion 124,845 50.43% 121,907 49.25% 787 0.32% 2,938 1.19% 247,539 Marshall 7,718 56.41% 5,852 42.77% 111 0.81% 1,866 13.64% 13,681 Martin 2,902 52.28% 2,638 47.52% 11 0.20% 264 4.76% 5,551 Miami 8,217 52.76% 7,252 46.56% 106 0.68% 965 6.20% 15,575 Monroe 10,311 55.74% 8,117 43.88% 71 0.38% 2,194 11.86% 18,499 Montgomery 8,554 54.78% 6,994 44.79% 68 0.44% 1,560 9.99% 15,616 Morgan 6,613 57.29% 4,895 42.40% 36 0.31% 1,718 14.88% 11,544 Newton 3,536 62.32% 2,116 37.29% 22 0.39% 1,420 25.03% 5,674 Noble 7,443 59.46% 5,014 40.06% 60 0.48% 2,429 19.41% 12,517 Ohio 1,186 49.33% 1,210 50.33% 8 0.33% -24 -1.00% 2,404 Orange 5,519 57.77% 4,003 41.90% 31 0.32% 1,516 15.87% 9,553 Owen 3,709 54.00% 3,121 45.44% 38 0.55% 588 8.56% 6,868 Parke 5,242 54.14% 4,384 45.28% 57 0.59% 858 8.86% 9,683 Perry 4,489 50.00% 4,475 49.84% 14 0.16% 14 0.16% 8,978 Pike 4,672 50.91% 4,449 48.48% 56 0.61% 223 2.43% 9,177 Porter 8,270 58.40% 5,840 41.24% 51 0.36% 2,430 17.16% 14,161 Posey 4,514 47.06% 5,022 52.35% 57 0.59% -508 -5.30% 9,593 Pulaski 3,472 52.70% 3,021 45.86% 95 1.44% 451 6.85% 6,588 Putnam 5,832 49.00% 6,020 50.58% 49 0.41% -188 -1.58% 11,901 Randolph 8,033 57.19% 5,787 41.20% 226 1.61% 2,246 15.99% 14,046 Ripley 6,061 55.44% 4,834 44.21% 38 0.35% 1,227 11.22% 10,933 Rush 6,486 60.02% 4,282 39.62% 39 0.36% 2,204 20.39% 10,807 St. Joseph 36,164 44.02% 45,620 55.53% 374 0.46% -9,456 -11.51% 82,158 Scott 2,285 45.96% 2,668 53.66% 19 0.38% -383 -7.70% 4,972 Shelby 7,216 47.02% 8,015 52.22% 117 0.76% -799 -5.21% 15,348 Spencer 5,667 57.31% 4,180 42.27% 42 0.42% 1,487 15.04% 9,889 Starke 3,473 54.16% 2,917 45.49% 22 0.34% 556 8.67% 6,412 Steuben 5,056 66.35% 2,524 33.12% 40 0.52% 2,532 33.23% 7,620 Sullivan 6,471 42.32% 8,667 56.69% 151 0.99% -2,196 -14.36% 15,289 Switzerland 2,285 46.01% 2,659 53.54% 22 0.44% -374 -7.53% 4,966 Tippecanoe 16,148 56.96% 12,129 42.78% 73 0.26% 4,019 14.18% 28,350 Tipton 4,749 52.90% 4,173 46.48% 56 0.62% 576 6.42% 8,978 Union 2,009 58.35% 1,415 41.10% 19 0.55% 594 17.25% 3,443 Vanderburgh 28,417 42.25% 38,567 57.33% 283 0.42% -10,150 -15.09% 67,267 Vermillion 5,716 47.74% 6,174 51.57% 83 0.69% -458 -3.83% 11,973 Vigo 23,177 43.99% 29,308 55.63% 199 0.38% -6,131 -11.64% 52,684 Wabash 8,755 61.11% 5,431 37.91% 141 0.98% 3,324 23.20% 14,327 Warren 2,999 60.71% 1,927 39.01% 14 0.28% 1,072 21.70% 4,940 Warrick 5,456 51.88% 5,019 47.72% 42 0.40% 437 4.16% 10,517 Washington 4,216 48.37% 4,471 51.30% 29 0.33% -255 -2.93% 8,716 Wayne 15,058 51.27% 14,139 48.14% 173 0.59% 919 3.13% 29,370 Wells 4,898 47.75% 5,236 51.05% 123 1.20% -338 -3.30% 10,257 White 5,189 55.15% 4,176 44.38% 44 0.47% 1,013 10.77% 9,409 Whitley 5,100 53.34% 4,404 46.06% 57 0.60% 696 7.28% 9,561 TOTAL 899,466 50.45% 874,063 49.03% 9,218 0.52% 25,403 1.42% 1,782,747 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 10em Adams Allen Boone Benton Carroll Clay Clinton Daviess DeKalb Fayette Fountain Franklin Grant Greene Henry Huntington Johnson LaPorte Lawrence Marshall Martin Marion Miami Montgomery Monroe Noble Owen Parke Perry Pike Pulaski Rush Ripley Union Tipton Spencer Starke Warrick Wayne White Whitley See also United States presidential elections in Indiana References Bibliography Indiana Year Book of the State of Indiana for the Year 1940 1941 Division of Accounting and Statistics Indianapolis https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015053633601&seq=1 Madison James H. The Indiana Way: A State History 1986 Indiana University Press Bloomington https://archive.org/details/indianawaystate00madi Petersen Svend A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections 1963 Frederick Ungar Publishing Company New York 62-21786 https://archive.org/details/statisticalhisto00pete Indiana 1940 Category:1940 Indiana elections Category:Long stubs with short prose