1936 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Selection of the Democratic Party nominee June 2025 May 2023 April 2025 1936 Democratic Party presidential primaries United States 1912 primary no 1932 Democratic Party presidential primaries 1932 1940 Democratic Party presidential primaries 1940 March 10 to May 19, 1936 File:FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg 150x150px 00308F Franklin D. Roosevelt New York 13 4,814,978 92.9% File:Henry Breckinridge.jpg F0DC82 Henry Skillman Breckinridge New York 1 136,407 2.6% 1936DemocraticPresidentialPrimaries.svg Results map by state. Democratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt From March 10 to May 19, 1936, voters of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1936 Democratic National Convention for the purpose of selecting the party's nominee for president in the 1936 United States presidential election.https://books.google.com/books?id=9CZECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA397 Guide to U.S. Elections - Google Books 2016-02-19 9781483380353 2016-02-19 Kalb Deborah Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1936 Democratic National Convention held from June 23 to June 27, 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Candidates Before his assassination, there was a challenge from Louisiana Senator Huey Long. But, due to his untimely assassination, President Roosevelt faced only one primary opponent other than various favorite sons. Franklin D. RooseveltHenry Skillman BreckinridgeUpton SinclairJohn S. McGroartyAl Smithcenter|120x120pxcenter|120x120pxcenter|120x120pxcenter|119x119pxcenter|120x120pxU.S. President (1933–1945)Assistant Secretary of War(1913–1916)Novelist and Journalist from CaliforniaRepresentative from California(1935–1939)Governor of New York(1919–1920, 1923–1928)4,830,730 votes136,407 votes106,068 votes61,391 votes8,856 votes Primaries + FranklinRoosevelt HenryBreckinridge UptonSinclair JohnMcGroarty JosephCoutremarsh Uncommitted Others March 10 New Hampshire(Primary) 100.00%(15,752) - - - - - - April 7 Wisconsin(Primary) 99.96%(401,773) - - - - - 0.04%(154) April 14 Illinois(Primary) 99.97%(1,416,411) - - - - - 0.03%(446) Nebraska(Primary) 100.00%(139,743) - - - - - - April 28 Massachusetts(Primary) 85.85%(W) (51,924) - - - - - 14.15%(W) (8,556) Pennsylvania(Primary) 95.32%(720,309) 4.68%(35,351) - - - - - May 4 Maryland(Primary) 83.45%(100,269) 15.11%(18,150) - - - 1.45%(1,739) - May 5 California(Primary) 82.51%(790,235) - 11.08%(106,068) 6.41%(61,391) - - - South Dakota(Primary) 100.00%(48,262) - - - - - - May 12 Ohio(Primary) 93.98%(514,366) 6.02%(32,950) - - - - - West Virginia(Primary) 97.25%(288,799) - - - 2.75%(8,162) - - May 15 Oregon(Primary) 99.77%(88,305) - - - - - 0.24%(208) May 19 New Jersey(Primary) 18.94%(W) (11,676) 81.04%(49,956) - - - - 0.02%(14) June 6 Florida(Primary)Gray R.A. https://archive.org/details/TabulationofofficialvoteFloridaprimaryelections1936/page/n1/mode/2up Tabulation of official vote. Florida primary elections: Democratic and Republican (1936) Florida Secretary of State 1936 3 March 4, 2025 Internet Archive 89.67%(242,906) - - - 10.33%(27,982) - - Legend:   1st place(popular vote) 2nd place(popular vote) 3rd place(popular vote) Candidate has Withdrawnor Ceased Campaigning (W) - Votes are Write-In See also 1936 Republican Party presidential primaries White primary References