1936 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1936 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana presidential no 1932 United States presidential election in Indiana 1932 1940 United States presidential election in Indiana 1940 November 3, 1936 78.7%Madison 1986 330 0.2 pp 200x200px Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936 june (3x4 cropped) (B&W).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York John Nance Garner 14 934,974 56.63% LandonPortr (cropped).jpg Alf Landon Republican Party (United States) Kansas Frank Knox 0 691,570 41.89% 1936 United States presidential election in Indiana results map by county.svg 180px County results Roosevelt #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Landon #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. The Democratic ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt and the vice president of the United States John Nance Garner defeated the Republican ticket of the governor of Kansas Alf Landon and the publisher of the Chicago Daily News Frank Knox. Roosevelt defeated Landon in the national election with 523 electoral votes.Petersen 1963 94 This was the first presidential election held in Indiana in which the members of the Electoral College were elected as a block, rather than individually, following passage of a 1933 law. The legislation specified that the names of the national party nominees for president and vice president be listed on the ballot in place of the names of the candidates for electors; under the new system, a vote for a party's national ticket would count as a vote for the list of electors nominated by that party.Spencer Gause 1936 46 General election Statistics 2024 11 As of 2024, this is the most recent presidential election in which the Democratic ticket carried Boone, Rush, Union and Wayne counties.Sullivan 2016 It remains the only occasion since 1856 that the state has voted for the Democratic ticket in the second of two consecutive elections.Petersen 1963 129 Roosevelt was the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry Indiana until 1964, when the state voted for the incumbent president Lyndon Johnson over his Republican challenger Barry Goldwater.Madison 1986 304 Results 1936 United States presidential election in IndianaIndiana 1937 929–30 Franklin D. RooseveltJohn Nance Garner Democratic Party (United States) 934,974 56.63 1.96 Alf LandonFrank Knox Republican Party (United States) 691,570 41.89 1.05 William LemkeThomas C. O'Brien Union Party (United States) 19,407 1.18 1.18 Norman ThomasGeorge A. Nelson Socialist Party of America 3,856 0.23 1.13 Earl BrowderJames W. Ford Communist Party USA 1,090 0.07 0.07 1,650,897 100.00 Results by county + 1936 United States presidential election in Indiana by countyIndiana 1937 929–30 County Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Alf LandonRepublican William LemkeUnion Norman ThomasSocialist Earl BrowderCommunist Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Adams 5,822 63.23% 3,249 35.28% 119 1.29% 15 0.16% 3 0.03% 2,573 27.94% 9,208 Allen 39,151 59.19% 24,765 37.44% 2,056 3.11% 136 0.21% 38 0.06% 14,386 21.75% 66,146 Bartholomew 8,536 56.50% 6,484 42.92% 50 0.33% 34 0.23% 3 0.02% 2,052 13.58% 15,107 Benton 3,211 50.72% 2,989 47.21% 125 1.97% 6 0.09% 0 0.00% 222 3.51% 6,331 Blackford 4,217 59.02% 2,845 39.82% 68 0.95% 15 0.21% 0 0.00% 1,372 19.20% 7,145 Boone 6,775 53.80% 5,739 45.57% 65 0.52% 13 0.10% 1 0.01% 1,036 8.23% 12,593 Brown 1,585 55.73% 1,244 43.74% 8 0.28% 5 0.18% 2 0.07% 341 11.99% 2,844 Carroll 4,676 51.01% 4,426 48.28% 60 0.65% 1 0.01% 4 0.04% 250 2.73% 9,167 Cass 10,475 53.93% 8,528 43.91% 384 1.98% 31 0.16% 4 0.02% 1,947 10.02% 19,422 Clark 10,116 63.64% 5,536 34.83% 213 1.34% 29 0.18% 2 0.01% 4,580 28.81% 15,896 Clay 8,235 56.09% 6,335 43.15% 51 0.35% 54 0.37% 8 0.05% 1,900 12.94% 14,683 Clinton 8,340 53.02% 7,265 46.19% 92 0.58% 22 0.14% 11 0.07% 1,075 6.83% 15,730 Crawford 2,919 52.89% 2,589 46.91% 5 0.09% 5 0.09% 1 0.02% 330 5.98% 5,519 Daviess 6,848 50.84% 6,459 47.95% 123 0.91% 37 0.27% 3 0.02% 389 2.89% 13,470 Dearborn 6,366 56.56% 4,669 41.48% 193 1.71% 25 0.22% 3 0.03% 1,697 15.08% 11,256 Decatur 4,887 48.35% 5,126 50.72% 76 0.75% 15 0.15% 3 0.03% -239 -2.36% 10,107 DeKalb 6,970 53.50% 5,848 44.89% 182 1.40% 25 0.19% 2 0.02% 1,122 8.61% 13,027 Delaware 19,048 56.81% 14,207 42.37% 187 0.56% 69 0.21% 16 0.05% 4,841 14.44% 33,527 Dubois 6,927 66.87% 3,011 29.07% 393 3.79% 27 0.26% 1 0.01% 3,916 37.80% 10,359 Elkhart 14,473 47.65% 14,896 49.05% 875 2.88% 100 0.33% 27 0.09% -423 -1.39% 30,371 Fayette 5,756 52.70% 5,067 46.39% 75 0.69% 21 0.19% 3 0.03% 689 6.31% 10,922 Floyd 10,654 58.79% 6,976 38.50% 425 2.35% 63 0.35% 3 0.02% 3,678 20.30% 18,121 Fountain 5,617 54.45% 4,663 45.20% 26 0.25% 9 0.09% 1 0.01% 954 9.25% 10,316 Franklin 3,891 54.31% 2,952 41.21% 311 4.34% 9 0.13% 1 0.01% 939 13.11% 7,164 Fulton 4,322 48.00% 4,541 50.43% 125 1.39% 13 0.14% 3 0.03% -219 -2.43% 9,004 Gibson 9,392 56.21% 7,078 42.36% 172 1.03% 43 0.26% 25 0.15% 2,314 13.85% 16,710 Grant 13,655 52.00% 11,774 44.84% 722 2.75% 87 0.33% 22 0.08% 1,881 7.16% 26,260 Greene 9,730 56.10% 7,460 43.01% 50 0.29% 73 0.42% 31 0.18% 2,270 13.09% 17,344 Hamilton 5,396 41.93% 7,323 56.90% 139 1.08% 12 0.09% 0 0.00% -1,927 -14.97% 12,870 Hancock 5,962 58.57% 4,174 41.00% 33 0.32% 11 0.11% 0 0.00% 1,788 17.56% 10,180 Harrison 5,025 55.92% 3,885 43.23% 64 0.71% 10 0.11% 2 0.02% 1,140 12.69% 8,986 Hendricks 5,237 47.19% 5,776 52.05% 63 0.57% 20 0.18% 1 0.01% -539 -4.86% 11,097 Henry 10,172 52.38% 9,099 46.85% 99 0.51% 44 0.23% 6 0.03% 1,073 5.53% 19,420 Howard 12,288 54.99% 9,534 42.67% 425 1.90% 86 0.38% 13 0.06% 2,754 12.32% 22,346 Huntington 8,361 53.26% 7,024 44.75% 275 1.75% 34 0.22% 3 0.02% 1,337 8.52% 15,697 Jackson 8,018 61.50% 4,951 37.98% 34 0.26% 33 0.25% 1 0.01% 3,067 23.53% 13,037 Jasper 3,109 46.26% 3,540 52.67% 59 0.88% 10 0.15% 3 0.04% -431 -6.41% 6,721 Jay 6,535 54.61% 5,233 43.73% 178 1.49% 18 0.15% 3 0.03% 1,302 10.88% 11,967 Jefferson 4,805 47.08% 5,320 52.12% 69 0.68% 12 0.12% 1 0.01% -515 -5.05% 10,207 Jennings 3,157 46.27% 3,594 52.67% 63 0.92% 6 0.09% 3 0.04% -437 -6.40% 6,823 Johnson 6,934 56.24% 5,315 43.11% 66 0.54% 13 0.11% 1 0.01% 1,619 13.13% 12,329 Knox 13,669 61.02% 8,589 38.34% 53 0.24% 62 0.28% 27 0.12% 5,080 22.68% 22,400 Kosciusko 6,890 45.39% 8,182 53.90% 94 0.62% 11 0.07% 2 0.01% -1,292 -8.51% 15,179 LaGrange 2,821 46.69% 3,125 51.72% 85 1.41% 9 0.15% 2 0.03% -304 -5.03% 6,042 Lake 68,551 66.07% 33,689 32.47% 1,064 1.03% 244 0.24% 202 0.19% 34,862 33.60% 103,750 LaPorte 15,359 56.07% 11,722 42.79% 238 0.87% 63 0.23% 10 0.04% 3,637 13.28% 27,392 Lawrence 8,062 44.35% 9,982 54.91% 111 0.61% 22 0.12% 1 0.01% -1,920 -10.56% 18,178 Madison 27,347 61.46% 16,644 37.41% 391 0.88% 88 0.20% 25 0.06% 10,703 24.05% 44,495 Marion 124,961 57.71% 87,798 40.54% 2,953 1.36% 669 0.31% 169 0.08% 37,163 17.16% 216,550 Marshall 6,651 51.28% 6,118 47.17% 182 1.40% 19 0.15% 1 0.01% 533 4.11% 12,971 Martin 2,923 52.70% 2,583 46.57% 32 0.58% 7 0.13% 1 0.02% 340 6.13% 5,546 Miami 8,173 54.05% 6,747 44.62% 133 0.88% 61 0.40% 8 0.05% 1,426 9.43% 15,122 Monroe 9,220 50.91% 8,842 48.82% 24 0.13% 19 0.10% 5 0.03% 378 2.09% 18,110 Montgomery 8,053 51.79% 7,369 47.39% 59 0.38% 59 0.38% 9 0.06% 684 4.40% 15,549 Morgan 5,451 48.12% 5,793 51.14% 63 0.56% 18 0.16% 3 0.03% -342 -3.02% 11,328 Newton 2,430 44.93% 2,937 54.31% 18 0.33% 21 0.39% 2 0.04% -507 -9.37% 5,408 Noble 5,990 50.18% 5,760 48.26% 165 1.38% 16 0.13% 5 0.04% 230 1.93% 11,936 Ohio 1,362 57.13% 1,022 42.87% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 340 14.26% 2,384 Orange 4,549 46.94% 5,106 52.68% 31 0.32% 6 0.06% 0 0.00% -557 -5.75% 9,692 Owen 3,498 52.62% 3,091 46.50% 40 0.60% 15 0.23% 4 0.06% 407 6.12% 6,648 Parke 4,811 50.42% 4,665 48.89% 21 0.22% 37 0.39% 8 0.08% 146 1.53% 9,542 Perry 4,752 55.13% 3,619 41.99% 228 2.65% 19 0.22% 1 0.01% 1,133 13.15% 8,619 Pike 4,952 55.75% 3,885 43.74% 31 0.35% 13 0.15% 1 0.01% 1,067 12.01% 8,882 Porter 5,560 46.58% 6,278 52.60% 68 0.57% 28 0.23% 2 0.02% -718 -6.02% 11,936 Posey 5,630 63.34% 3,088 34.74% 152 1.71% 12 0.14% 6 0.07% 2,542 28.60% 8,888 Pulaski 3,274 53.50% 2,780 45.42% 31 0.51% 35 0.57% 0 0.00% 494 8.07% 6,120 Putnam 6,177 55.12% 4,961 44.27% 24 0.21% 41 0.37% 4 0.04% 1,216 10.85% 11,207 Randolph 6,487 48.84% 6,682 50.30% 91 0.69% 20 0.15% 3 0.02% -195 -1.47% 13,283 Ripley 5,546 51.84% 4,919 45.98% 205 1.92% 24 0.22% 4 0.04% 627 5.86% 10,698 Rush 5,999 52.17% 5,457 47.45% 34 0.30% 8 0.07% 2 0.02% 542 4.71% 11,500 St. Joseph 43,131 61.32% 25,807 36.69% 1,135 1.61% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% 17,324 24.63% 70,339 Scott 2,696 56.81% 2,034 42.86% 10 0.21% 14 0.10% 1 0.01% 662 13.95% 4,746 Shelby 8,552 58.11% 6,026 40.95% 124 0.84% 15 0.16% 4 0.04% 2,526 17.16% 14,717 Spencer 4,966 51.32% 4,567 47.20% 124 1.28% 154 0.22% 112 0.16% 399 4.12% 9,676 Starke 3,143 52.11% 2,846 47.18% 23 0.38% 14 0.23% 6 0.10% 297 4.92% 6,032 Steuben 3,402 45.09% 3,998 52.99% 133 1.76% 11 0.15% 1 0.01% -596 -7.90% 7,545 Sullivan 10,203 67.33% 4,685 30.92% 79 0.52% 161 1.06% 26 0.17% 5,518 36.41% 15,154 Switzerland 2,840 56.06% 2,212 43.66% 8 0.16% 6 0.12% 0 0.00% 628 12.40% 5,066 Tippecanoe 12,732 48.74% 13,081 50.08% 249 0.95% 54 0.21% 6 0.02% -349 -1.34% 26,122 Tipton 4,796 54.88% 3,842 43.96% 88 1.01% 12 0.14% 1 0.01% 954 10.92% 8,739 Union 1,662 50.17% 1,630 49.20% 21 0.63% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 32 0.97% 3,313 Vanderburgh 41,490 72.68% 14,725 25.79% 655 1.15% 174 0.30% 41 0.07% 26,765 46.89% 57,085 Vermillion 7,188 61.78% 4,320 37.13% 56 0.48% 42 0.36% 29 0.25% 2,868 24.65% 11,635 Vigo 33,018 65.08% 17,278 34.05% 239 0.47% 139 0.27% 64 0.13% 15,740 31.02% 50,738 Wabash 6,200 45.51% 7,223 53.02% 171 1.26% 20 0.15% 9 0.07% -1,023 -7.51% 13,623 Warren 2,242 44.44% 2,780 55.10% 13 0.26% 9 0.18% 1 0.02% -538 -10.66% 5,045 Warrick 5,343 56.67% 3,968 42.08% 107 1.13% 10 0.11% 1 0.01% 1,375 14.58% 9,429 Washington 4,766 56.19% 3,690 43.50% 22 0.26% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 1,076 12.69% 8,482 Wayne 13,696 51.93% 12,126 45.98% 489 1.85% 45 0.17% 17 0.06% 1,570 5.95% 26,373 Wells 6,189 62.81% 3,606 36.59% 48 0.49% 9 0.09% 2 0.02% 2,583 26.21% 9,854 White 4,863 52.57% 4,245 45.89% 132 1.43% 10 0.11% 0 0.00% 618 6.68% 9,250 Whitley 5,115 55.90% 3,959 43.27% 62 0.68% 13 0.14% 1 0.01% 1,156 12.63% 9,150 TOTAL 934,974 56.63% 691,570 41.89% 19,407 1.18% 3,856 0.23% 1,090 0.07% 243,404 14.74% 1,650,897 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 10em Decatur Elkhart Fulton Jasper Jefferson Jennings Kosciusko LaGrange Morgan Newton Orange Steuben Tippecanoe Warren Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 10em Delaware Henry Rush Union See also United States presidential elections in Indiana Notes References Bibliography Indiana Year Book of the State of Indiana for the Year 1936 1937 Division of Accounting and Statistics Fort Wayne https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015053633791&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 Spencer William W. Gause Fred C. Election Laws of Indiana and 1936 Political Calendar 1936 State Board of Election Commissioners Fort Wayne https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hl39tr&seq=1 Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved over the Past Century https://www.americamagazine.org/unconventional-wisdom/2016/06/29/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century/ America June 29, 2016 Indiana 1936 Category:1936 Indiana elections