1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana Louisiana 1912 presidential no 1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana 1936 1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana 1944 All 10 Louisiana votes to the Electoral College November 5, 1940https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1940 United States Presidential election of 1940 — Encyclopædia Britannica August 21, 2018 x200px FDRoosevelt1938.png Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry A. Wallace 10 319,751 85.88% WendellWillkie.jpg Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) New York Charles L. McNary 0 52,446 14.09% 1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana results map by parish.svg 350px Parish results Roosevelt #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) 1940 United States presidential election The 1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose tenhttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1940 1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45) August 21, 2018 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Until the rise of Huey P. Long, post-disenfranchisement Louisiana politics was dominated by the New Orleans-based “Choctaw Club”,Wall Bennett H. Rodriguez John C. Louisiana: A History January 28, 2014 274–275 John Wiley & Sons 978-1118619292 which overcame Socialist, Wobbly, and Progressive challenges from the outlying upcountry, Imperial Calcasieu and Acadiana regions between the late 1900s and early 1920s.Collin Richard H. Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to New Orleans and the Progressive Campaign of 1914 Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association 12 1 Winter 1971 5–19 The three presidential elections between 1916 and 1924 saw a rebellion in Acadiana over sugar tariffs and Woodrow Wilson’s foreign and domestic policies; however, the nomination of Catholic Al Smith in 1928 rapidly restored their Democratic loyalty without causing significant upheaval in the remainder of the state, which was too focused on control of black labour to worry about Smith’s Catholicism.Barbara C. Wingo The 1928 Presidential Election in Louisiana Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association 18 4 Autumn 1977 405–435 Louisiana Historical Association Following the 1928 gubernatorial primary, Louisiana politics until Brown v. Board of Education would be governed by a system of coherent “Long” and “anti-Long” Democratic factionalism,Hansen John Mark Shigeo Hirano Snyder Jr. James M. Parties within Parties: Parties, Factions, and Coordinated Politics, 1900-1980 Gerber Alan S. Schickler Eric Governing in a Polarized Age: Elections, Parties, and Political Representation in America February 27, 2017 165–168 Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09509-0 as the administration of Huey Long introduced significant economic reforms, which were strongly opposed by the remnants of the old Choctaws. During the first term of Roosevelt, Long sought to capture the Presidency for himself under a “Share-Our-Wealth” program involving the confiscation of wealthy fortunes, family allowances, and government storage of agricultural surpluses.Sindler Allan P. Huey Long's Louisiana: State politics, 1920-1952 1956 Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore 84–85 However, in the ensuing years Long's fortunes dwindled as a result of 1934 losses in the Sixth Congressional District and the New Orleans city council,Sindler. Huey Long’s Louisiana, pp. 87-88 before Senator Long launched a siege on New Orleans and the Choctaws, combined with abolition of the state's poll tax, in effort to regain his control over the state.Sindler. Huey Long’s Louisiana, pp. 90-95 Long's assassination in 1935 meant he could not launch his planned presidential campaign against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 1936 election had seen sugar-dependent Assumption and Lafourche parishes defect to the GOP at a presidential level due to disagreements with Democratic tariff policy. However, as in 1928, this rebellion would be reversed, this time by Roosevelt's strong support for aid to distressed France in World War II by those parishes’ Creole and Cajun populations who were strongly tied to France.Menendez Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 2005 McFarland & Company Jefferson, North Carolina 0786422173 67 Roosevelt and Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace thus won Louisiana with 85.88 percent of the popular vote, against Republican nominees Wendell Willkie and Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 14.09 percent.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=22&year=1940 1940 Presidential General Election Results ± Louisiana August 21, 2018https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1940 The American Presidency Project — Election of 1940 August 21, 2018 By percentage of the vote carried, Louisiana was the third-most lopsided contest in the nation, only behind South Carolina and Mississippi, whose margins both exceeded 90% in favor of Roosevelt. Results 1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 319,751 85.88% Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) 52,446 14.09% #FFFFFF — Write-ins 108 0.03% 372,305 100% Results by parish 1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana by parishLA US President Race, November 05, 1940 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2815 Our CampaignsParishFranklin Delano RooseveltDemocraticWendell Lewis WillkieRepublicanVarious candidatesWrite-insMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Acadia5,05887.52%71912.44% 2 0.03%4,33975.08%5,779Allen2,59290.35%2779.65% 2,31580.69%2,869Ascension2,45186.42%38513.58% 2,06672.85%2,836Assumption1,75970.90%72229.10% 1,03741.80%2,481Avoyelles4,88396.39%1833.61% 4,70092.78%5,066Beauregard2,67783.53%52816.47% 2,14967.05%3,205Bienville2,88388.82%36211.15% 1 0.03%2,52177.66%3,246Bossier3,04591.17%2758.23% 20 0.60%2,77082.93%3,340Caddo17,19284.50%3,12415.36% 29 0.14%14,06869.15%20,345Calcasieu6,99382.96%1,42516.91% 11 0.13%5,56866.06%8,429Caldwell1,66883.99%31816.01% 1,35067.98%1,986Cameron1,17596.08%483.92% 1,12792.15%1,223Catahoula1,51291.86%1348.14% 1,37883.72%1,646Claiborne3,04994.22%1875.78% 2,86288.44%3,236Concordia1,17390.79%1199.21% 1,05481.58%1,292De Soto2,87293.16%2116.84% 2,66186.31%3,083East Baton Rouge13,30388.30%1,76211.70% 11,54176.61%15,065East Carroll1,02579.15%27020.85% 75558.30%1,295East Feliciana1,05986.59%16413.41% 89573.18%1,223Evangeline3,56994.19%2205.81% 3,34988.39%3,789Franklin3,15991.54%2928.46% 2,86783.08%3,451Grant2,53491.61%2328.39% 2,30283.22%2,766Iberia4,09170.57%1,70629.43% 2,38541.14%5,797Iberville2,50583.47%49616.53% 2,00966.94%3,001Jackson2,73490.71%2809.29% 2,45481.42%3,014Jefferson8,33489.46%98210.54% 7,35278.92%9,316Jefferson Davis2,53170.60%1,05429.40% 1,47741.20%3,585Lafayette6,32377.36%1,85022.64% 4,47354.73%8,173Lafourche3,53176.83%1,06523.17% 2,46653.66%4,596LaSalle2,03988.38%25811.18% 10 0.43%1,78177.20%2,307Lincoln2,96986.86%44913.14% 2,52073.73%3,418Livingston2,97192.18%2527.82% 2,71984.36%3,223Madison1,01784.82%18215.18% 83569.64%1,199Morehouse2,41791.59%2228.41% 2,19583.18%2,639Natchitoches3,82484.83%68415.17% 3,14069.65%4,508Orleans97,93085.63%16,40614.35% 28 0.02%81,52471.28%114,364Ouachita8,50684.93%1,50915.07% 6,99769.87%10,015Plaquemines1,97990.66%2049.34% 1,77581.31%2,183Pointe Coupee1,87788.37%24711.63% 1,63076.74%2,124Rapides9,10091.28%8698.72% 8,23182.57%9,969Red River1,89289.12%23110.88% 1,66178.24%2,123Richland2,41788.63%31011.37% 2,10777.26%2,727Sabine3,02683.73%58816.27% 2,43867.46%3,614Saint Bernard1,71593.97%1106.03% 1,60587.95%1,825Saint Charles1,55091.02%1538.98% 1,39782.03%1,703Saint Helena1,00792.64%807.36% 92785.28%1,087Saint James1,46374.30%50625.70% 95748.60%1,969Saint John the Baptist1,19280.70%28519.30% 90761.41%1,477Saint Landry6,35891.89%5618.11% 5,79783.78%6,919Saint Martin3,25284.38%60215.62% 2,65068.76%3,854Saint Mary3,68683.30%73916.70% 2,94766.60%4,425Saint Tammany4,47587.01%66812.99% 3,80774.02%5,143Tangipahoa5,90082.09%1,28417.87% 3 0.04%4,61664.23%7,187Tensas95790.97%959.03% 86281.94%1,052Terrebonne3,21784.26%60115.74% 2,61668.52%3,818Union2,84288.45%37111.55% 2,47176.91%3,213Vermilion4,96965.47%2,62134.53% 2,34830.94%7,590Vernon3,43991.71%3118.29% 3,12883.41%3,750Washington6,06295.08%3144.92% 5,74890.15%6,376Webster3,77791.83%3328.07% 4 0.10%3,44583.76%4,113West Baton Rouge1,18589.37%14110.63% 1,04478.73%1,326West Carroll1,87683.82%36216.18% 1,51467.65%2,238West Feliciana63383.29%12716.71% 50666.58%760Winn2,55286.98%38213.02% 2,17073.96%2,934Totals319,75185.88%52,44614.09%1080.03%267,30571.80%372,305 Parishes that flipped from Republican to Democratic Assumption See also United States presidential elections in Louisiana References Louisiana 1940 Category:1940 Louisiana elections