1944 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1944 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana presidential no 1940 United States presidential election in Indiana 1940 1948 United States presidential election in Indiana 1948 November 7, 1944 71.7%Madison 1986 330 9.4 pp 200x200px Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York John W. Bricker 13 875,891 52.38% 1944_portrait_of_FDR_(1)(small).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Harry S. Truman 0 781,403 46.73% 1944 United States presidential election in Indiana results map by county.svg 180px County results Dewey #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% 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 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey and the governor of Ohio John W. Bricker defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt and the junior U.S. senator from Missouri Harry S. Truman. Roosevelt defeated Dewey in the national election with 432 electoral votes.Petersen 1963 100 General election Electors Voters in Indiana chose 13 members of the Electoral College from lists submitted by party officials prior to the election. State law specified that the names of the national party nominees for president and vice president be listed on the ballot, with a vote for a party's national candidates being considered a vote for all the electors nominated by that party.Steers Lewis 1944 47–48 The names of the electors nominated by each party are listed below.Indiana 1944 1,026 Thomas E. Dewey and John W. BrickerRepublican Party Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Party Claude A. Watson and Andrew N. JohnsonProhibition Party Norman Thomas and Darlington HoopesSocialist Party text-align:center Edward J. Hancock Samuel E. Boys E. Miles Norton Josiah F. Ale Harry Danielson Ernest Galmeyer Hurd Hurst Isaac T. Sollers Reid Dugger Robert S. Davis Manse Johnson Leo Kinman Clyde E. Whitehill text-align:center Carleton B. McCulloch Araminta C. Kern Frank Migas Margaret Afflis George N. Beamer August J. Lassus William Rollings A. J. Stevenson Ross Lockridge L. N. Savage W. I. Brunton Glenn R. Henderson Walter Myers Jr. text-align:center Sam B. Woods Noah McCoy R. L. Frame Celia Wertenberger Ralph Stallsmith J. W. Myers A. A. Ulmet Phillip Swing Harry Copeland Zolly Golliher C. M. Kroft George M. Carr I. F. Beeson text-align:center Eugene Cooney Earl V. Hankins Joseph Thomas William Figolah Clarence M. McColley Wallace Whitmore Lilly Miller Charles Back Charles H. Miller Mayme Hartman Arthur Seuta Sam Thornburg Luella Hunter Results 1944 United States presidential election in IndianaIndiana 1944 1,025–26 Thomas E. DeweyJohn W. Bricker Republican Party (United States) 875,891 52.38 1.93 Franklin D. RooseveltHarry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) 781,403 46.73 2.30 Claude A. WatsonAndrew N. Johnson Prohibition Party 12,574 0.75 0.39 Norman ThomasDarlington Hoopes Socialist Party of America 2,223 0.13 0.01 1,672,091 100.00 Results by county + 1944 United States presidential election in Indiana by countyIndiana 1944 1,025–26 County Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Others Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % 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 TOTAL 875,891 52.38% 781,403 46.73% 14,797 0.88% 94,488 5.65% 1,672,091 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 10em Bartholomew Cass Crawford Dearborn Gibson Hancock Harrison Howard Jackson Jay Ohio Posey Putnam Shelby Vermillion Washington Wells Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Martin See also United States presidential elections in Indiana References Bibliography Indiana Year Book of the State of Indiana for the Year 1944 1944 Division of Accounting and Statistics [Indianapolis] https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015053633569&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 Steers Edwin Lewis David M. Election Laws of Indiana and 1944 Political Calendar 1944 State Board of Election Commissioners Indianapolis https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112066951820&seq=1 Indiana 1944 Category:1944 Indiana elections