1944 United States presidential election in Missouri

none June 2025 September 2023 1944 United States presidential election 1944 United States presidential election in Missouri Missouri presidential no 1940 United States presidential election in Missouri 1940 1948 United States presidential election in Missouri 1948 November 7, 1944https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1944 United States Presidential election of 1944 — Encyclopædia Britannica July 19, 2018 x200px 1944_portrait_of_FDR_(1)(small).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Harry S. Truman 15 807,804 51.37% Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York John W. Bricker 0 761,524 48.43% 1944 United States presidential election in Missouri results map by county.svg 300px County results Roosevelt #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Dewey #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) The 1944 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1944 1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49) July 19, 2018 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Missouri was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 51.37% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 48.43% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=29&year=1944 1944 Presidential General Election Results — Missouri July 19, 2018http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1944 The American Presidency Project — Election of 1944 July 19, 2018 Despite winning the state, Roosevelt's victory margin of less than three percentage points was historically poor for a nationally-successful Democrat, and the state weighed in as 4.56% more Republican than the nation at-large. Results 1944 United States presidential election in Missouri Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 807,804 51.37% Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) 761,524 48.43% Write-ins 3,146 0.20% 1,572,474 100% Results by county 1944 United States presidential election in Missouri by countyScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 262-263https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2775 Our Campaigns MO US President Race, November 07, 1944County Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Norman ThomasSocialist Claude A. WatsonProhibition Edward A. TeichertSocialist Labor Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Adair 3,606 42.22% 4,909 57.48% 14 0.16% 12 0.14% 0 0.00% -1,303 -15.26% 8,541 Andrew 2,254 37.60% 3,734 62.29% 2 0.03% 5 0.08% 0 0.00% -1,480 -24.69% 5,995 Atchison 2,214 44.09% 2,803 55.83% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% -589 -11.73% 5,021 Audrain 6,471 65.11% 3,455 34.76% 3 0.03% 10 0.10% 0 0.00% 3,016 30.35% 9,939 Barry 4,029 40.91% 5,796 58.85% 13 0.13% 8 0.08% 2 0.02% -1,767 -17.94% 9,848 Barton 2,688 44.31% 3,356 55.32% 13 0.21% 10 0.16% 0 0.00% -668 -11.01% 6,067 Bates 4,096 44.35% 5,122 55.46% 6 0.06% 11 0.12% 1 0.01% -1,026 -11.11% 9,236 Benton 1,108 25.14% 3,294 74.73% 1 0.02% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% -2,186 -49.59% 4,408 Bollinger 1,841 39.22% 2,850 60.72% 1 0.02% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% -1,009 -21.50% 4,694 Boone 9,704 69.67% 4,195 30.12% 21 0.15% 8 0.06% 1 0.01% 5,509 39.55% 13,929 Buchanan 20,091 57.04% 15,113 42.91% 14 0.04% 5 0.01% 1 0.00% 4,978 14.13% 35,224 Butler 4,219 39.70% 6,375 59.99% 5 0.05% 25 0.24% 2 0.02% -2,156 -20.29% 10,626 Caldwell 2,001 37.10% 3,384 62.75% 3 0.06% 5 0.09% 0 0.00% -1,383 -25.64% 5,393 Callaway 5,757 64.51% 3,143 35.22% 6 0.07% 17 0.19% 1 0.01% 2,614 29.29% 8,924 Camden 990 31.18% 2,180 68.66% 2 0.06% 3 0.09% 0 0.00% -1,190 -37.48% 3,175 Cape Girardeau 6,845 45.05% 8,339 54.88% 4 0.03% 7 0.05% 0 0.00% -1,494 -9.83% 15,195 Carroll 3,283 38.94% 5,127 60.82% 20 0.24% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,844 -21.87% 8,430 Carter 1,207 53.60% 1,033 45.87% 8 0.36% 2 0.09% 2 0.09% 174 7.73% 2,252 Cass 4,347 48.08% 4,687 51.84% 2 0.02% 5 0.06% 0 0.00% -340 -3.76% 9,041 Cedar 1,478 29.22% 3,576 70.69% 2 0.04% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% -2,098 -41.47% 5,059 Chariton 3,930 50.78% 3,802 49.12% 1 0.01% 7 0.09% 0 0.00% 128 1.65% 7,740 Christian 1,134 21.36% 4,167 78.47% 3 0.06% 6 0.11% 0 0.00% -3,033 -57.12% 5,310 Clark 2,155 44.27% 2,707 55.61% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% -552 -11.34% 4,868 Clay 8,682 56.21% 6,724 43.53% 25 0.16% 13 0.08% 2 0.01% 1,958 12.68% 15,446 Clinton 3,079 51.35% 2,912 48.57% 2 0.03% 1 0.02% 2 0.03% 167 2.79% 5,996 Cole 7,139 49.21% 7,364 50.76% 2 0.01% 1 0.01% 1 0.01% -225 -1.55% 14,507 Cooper 3,729 42.98% 4,928 56.79% 6 0.07% 13 0.15% 1 0.01% -1,199 -13.82% 8,677 Crawford 2,177 41.36% 3,077 58.45% 4 0.08% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% -900 -17.10% 5,264 Dade 1,462 30.55% 3,316 69.29% 3 0.06% 4 0.08% 1 0.02% -1,854 -38.74% 4,786 Dallas 1,064 24.71% 3,232 75.06% 8 0.19% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% -2,168 -50.35% 4,306 Daviess 2,567 41.61% 3,597 58.31% 5 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,030 -16.70% 6,169 DeKalb 1,961 42.40% 2,658 57.47% 6 0.13% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -697 -15.07% 4,625 Dent 2,699 52.29% 2,456 47.58% 3 0.06% 4 0.08% 0 0.00% 243 4.71% 5,162 Douglas 746 17.23% 3,570 82.45% 8 0.18% 6 0.14% 0 0.00% -2,824 -65.22% 4,330 Dunklin 8,431 66.23% 4,271 33.55% 10 0.08% 17 0.13% 0 0.00% 4,160 32.68% 12,729 Franklin 5,958 38.88% 9,325 60.84% 26 0.17% 16 0.10% 1 0.01% -3,367 -21.97% 15,326 Gasconade 994 16.53% 5,007 83.27% 4 0.07% 8 0.13% 0 0.00% -4,013 -66.74% 6,013 Gentry 3,022 50.37% 2,970 49.50% 4 0.07% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% 52 0.87% 6,000 Greene 17,287 44.46% 21,531 55.37% 21 0.05% 44 0.11% 3 0.01% -4,244 -10.91% 38,886 Grundy 2,997 41.82% 4,158 58.02% 1 0.01% 8 0.11% 3 0.04% -1,161 -16.20% 7,167 Harrison 2,623 37.67% 4,330 62.18% 7 0.10% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% -1,707 -24.51% 6,964 Henry 4,587 45.09% 5,564 54.69% 4 0.04% 19 0.19% 0 0.00% -977 -9.60% 10,174 Hickory 560 20.48% 2,171 79.41% 3 0.11% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,611 -58.92% 2,734 Holt 1,785 36.09% 3,152 63.73% 1 0.02% 8 0.16% 0 0.00% -1,367 -27.64% 4,946 Howard 3,958 66.88% 1,951 32.97% 1 0.02% 6 0.10% 2 0.03% 2,007 33.91% 5,918 Howell 3,020 36.90% 5,151 62.93% 4 0.05% 10 0.12% 0 0.00% -2,131 -26.04% 8,185 Iron 2,205 57.21% 1,649 42.79% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 556 14.43% 3,854 Jackson 113,803 54.29% 95,406 45.51% 254 0.12% 136 0.06% 33 0.02% 18,397 8.78% 209,632 Jasper 13,111 43.02% 17,301 56.77% 23 0.08% 27 0.09% 3 0.01% -4,190 -13.75% 30,475 Jefferson 7,953 53.94% 6,758 45.83% 19 0.13% 14 0.09% 1 0.01% 1,195 8.10% 14,745 Johnson 4,419 42.58% 5,949 57.32% 7 0.07% 2 0.02% 1 0.01% -1,530 -14.74% 10,378 Knox 1,943 48.48% 2,057 51.32% 5 0.12% 3 0.07% 0 0.00% -114 -2.84% 4,008 Laclede 3,011 39.17% 4,670 60.75% 4 0.05% 1 0.01% 1 0.01% -1,659 -21.58% 7,687 Lafayette 5,603 41.32% 7,951 58.63% 4 0.03% 2 0.01% 1 0.01% -2,348 -17.31% 13,561 Lawrence 3,859 35.99% 6,836 63.76% 8 0.07% 17 0.16% 2 0.02% -2,977 -27.77% 10,722 Lewis 2,883 59.17% 1,988 40.80% 5 0.10% 6 0.12% 0 0.00% 895 18.37% 4,872 Lincoln 3,773 56.33% 2,910 43.45% 6 0.09% 9 0.13% 0 0.00% 863 12.88% 6,698 Linn 5,242 51.43% 4,942 48.48% 5 0.05% 3 0.03% 1 0.01% 300 2.94% 10,193 Livingston 3,887 45.15% 4,697 54.55% 6 0.07% 20 0.23% 0 0.00% -810 -9.41% 8,610 Macon 4,772 49.81% 4,796 50.06% 9 0.09% 4 0.04% 0 0.00% -24 -0.25% 9,581 Madison 2,203 49.09% 2,277 50.74% 4 0.09% 4 0.09% 0 0.00% -74 -1.65% 4,488 Maries 1,824 54.19% 1,519 45.13% 2 0.06% 21 0.62% 0 0.00% 305 9.06% 3,366 Marion 8,575 65.21% 4,560 34.68% 11 0.08% 3 0.02% 0 0.00% 4,015 30.53% 13,149 McDonald 2,523 41.66% 3,520 58.12% 12 0.20% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% -997 -16.46% 6,056 Mercer 1,035 31.48% 2,249 68.40% 2 0.06% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% -1,214 -36.92% 3,288 Miller 2,229 38.10% 3,609 61.69% 2 0.03% 10 0.17% 0 0.00% -1,380 -23.59% 5,850 Mississippi 4,182 67.97% 1,944 31.59% 12 0.20% 14 0.23% 1 0.02% 2,238 36.37% 6,153 Moniteau 2,327 41.72% 3,237 58.04% 5 0.09% 8 0.14% 0 0.00% -910 -16.32% 5,577 Monroe 5,000 81.89% 1,098 17.98% 2 0.03% 6 0.10% 0 0.00% 3,902 63.90% 6,106 Montgomery 2,743 43.71% 3,527 56.20% 2 0.03% 2 0.03% 2 0.03% -784 -12.49% 6,276 Morgan 1,735 37.38% 2,896 62.40% 5 0.11% 4 0.09% 1 0.02% -1,161 -25.02% 4,641 New Madrid 7,626 64.89% 4,108 34.96% 3 0.03% 11 0.09% 4 0.03% 3,518 29.94% 11,752 Newton 5,146 42.34% 6,985 57.47% 10 0.08% 13 0.11% 0 0.00% -1,839 -15.13% 12,154 Nodaway 5,407 48.36% 5,766 51.57% 3 0.03% 3 0.03% 1 0.01% -359 -3.21% 11,180 Oregon 2,734 63.38% 1,573 36.46% 6 0.14% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,161 26.91% 4,314 Osage 2,121 39.19% 3,284 60.68% 5 0.09% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% -1,163 -21.49% 5,412 Ozark 628 18.81% 2,707 81.10% 3 0.09% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -2,079 -62.28% 3,338 Pemiscot 7,380 62.90% 4,333 36.93% 6 0.05% 11 0.09% 3 0.03% 3,047 25.97% 11,733 Perry 2,014 32.35% 4,207 67.57% 1 0.02% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% -2,193 -35.22% 6,226 Pettis 7,176 48.18% 7,696 51.67% 10 0.07% 10 0.07% 2 0.01% -520 -3.49% 14,894 Phelps 4,256 57.14% 3,180 42.69% 9 0.12% 1 0.01% 3 0.04% 1,076 14.44% 7,449 Pike 4,659 58.01% 3,351 41.72% 7 0.09% 15 0.19% 0 0.00% 1,308 16.28% 8,032 Platte 3,741 61.40% 2,344 38.47% 7 0.11% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,397 22.93% 6,093 Polk 2,527 33.32% 5,040 66.45% 6 0.08% 11 0.15% 1 0.01% -2,513 -33.13% 7,585 Pulaski 3,048 56.44% 2,345 43.43% 4 0.07% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% 703 13.02% 5,400 Putnam 1,168 27.28% 3,106 72.55% 4 0.09% 3 0.07% 0 0.00% -1,938 -45.27% 4,281 Ralls 2,799 70.57% 1,164 29.35% 3 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,635 41.23% 3,966 Randolph 7,629 72.48% 2,879 27.35% 8 0.08% 9 0.09% 0 0.00% 4,750 45.13% 10,525 Ray 4,521 59.28% 3,094 40.57% 7 0.09% 4 0.05% 1 0.01% 1,427 18.71% 7,627 Reynolds 1,877 66.25% 951 33.57% 5 0.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 926 32.69% 2,833 Ripley 1,923 50.89% 1,841 48.72% 11 0.29% 4 0.11% 0 0.00% 82 2.17% 3,779 Saint Charles 4,880 40.78% 7,050 58.92% 31 0.26% 4 0.03% 1 0.01% -2,170 -18.13% 11,966 Saint Clair 2,119 39.02% 3,306 60.87% 2 0.04% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% -1,187 -21.86% 5,431 Saint Francois 6,745 47.92% 7,320 52.00% 4 0.03% 7 0.05% 0 0.00% -575 -4.08% 14,076Saint Louis County 57,780 47.26% 64,131 52.45% 271 0.22% 65 0.05% 19 0.02% -6,351 -5.19% 122,266 Saint Louis City 204,687 60.22% 134,411 39.54% 574 0.17% 152 0.04% 95 0.03% 70,276 20.67% 339,919 Sainte Genevieve 1,878 45.83% 2,214 54.03% 4 0.10% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% -336 -8.20% 4,098 Saline 6,715 52.65% 6,022 47.22% 4 0.03% 11 0.09% 1 0.01% 693 5.43% 12,753 Schuyler 1,729 52.97% 1,526 46.75% 7 0.21% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% 203 6.22% 3,264 Scotland 2,158 51.11% 2,058 48.74% 3 0.07% 3 0.07% 0 0.00% 100 2.37% 4,222 Scott 7,132 63.86% 3,995 35.77% 7 0.06% 31 0.28% 3 0.03% 3,137 28.09% 11,168 Shannon 2,093 65.12% 1,110 34.54% 9 0.28% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 983 30.58% 3,214 Shelby 3,435 63.76% 1,934 35.90% 6 0.11% 12 0.22% 0 0.00% 1,501 27.86% 5,387 Stoddard 5,982 53.96% 5,079 45.81% 6 0.05% 18 0.16% 1 0.01% 903 8.15% 11,086 Stone 737 19.30% 3,080 80.67% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -2,343 -61.37% 3,818 Sullivan 2,880 46.85% 3,262 53.07% 3 0.04% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% -382 -6.21% 6,147 Taney 936 27.18% 2,499 72.56% 5 0.15% 4 0.12% 0 0.00% -1,563 -45.38% 3,444 Texas 4,011 50.53% 3,916 49.33% 5 0.06% 6 0.08% 0 0.00% 95 1.20% 7,938 Vernon 4,885 48.55% 5,171 51.39% 1 0.01% 4 0.04% 1 0.01% -286 -2.84% 10,062 Warren 815 21.19% 3,017 78.42% 10 0.26% 4 0.10% 1 0.03% -2,202 -57.24% 3,847 Washington 2,065 41.52% 2,900 58.30% 5 0.10% 1 0.02% 3 0.06% -835 -16.79% 4,974 Wayne 2,169 49.87% 2,171 49.92% 4 0.09% 4 0.09% 1 0.02% -2 -0.05% 4,349 Webster 2,777 39.26% 4,281 60.53% 3 0.04% 11 0.16% 1 0.01% -1,504 -21.26% 7,073 Worth 1,437 49.88% 1,444 50.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -7 -0.24% 2,881 Wright 2,116 32.37% 4,413 67.51% 8 0.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -2,297 -35.14% 6,537Totals807,35651.37%761,17248.43%1,7510.11%1,1750.07%2200.01%46,1842.94%1,571,684 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Cass Cole Greene Knox Macon Vernon Wayne Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Texas See also United States presidential elections in Missouri References Missouri 1944 Category:1944 Missouri elections