1936 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
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The 1936 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Oklahoma was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 66.83 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 32.69 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
To date, the 1936 election is the last in which the following counties voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate: Alfalfa, Blaine, Ellis, Garfield, Kingfisher, Tulsa, Washington and Woodward.[5]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 501,069 | 66.83% | |
| Republican | Alf Landon | 245,122 | 32.69% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 2,221 | 0.30% | |
| Prohibition | D. Leigh Colvin | 1,328 | 0.18% | |
| Total votes | 749,740 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[6] Socialist |
David Leigh Colvin[6] Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 3,257 | 54.54% | 2,699 | 45.19% | 9 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.12% | 558 | 9.34% | 5,972 |
| Alfalfa | 3,398 | 56.39% | 2,573 | 42.70% | 17 | 0.28% | 38 | 0.63% | 825 | 13.69% | 6,026 |
| Atoka | 3,173 | 73.40% | 1,141 | 26.39% | 6 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.07% | 2,032 | 47.00% | 4,323 |
| Beaver | 2,502 | 64.77% | 1,340 | 34.69% | 8 | 0.21% | 13 | 0.34% | 1,162 | 30.08% | 3,863 |
| Beckham | 5,372 | 79.23% | 1,352 | 19.94% | 34 | 0.50% | 22 | 0.32% | 4,020 | 59.29% | 6,780 |
| Blaine | 4,242 | 58.95% | 2,877 | 39.98% | 49 | 0.68% | 28 | 0.39% | 1,365 | 18.97% | 7,196 |
| Bryan | 8,106 | 85.43% | 1,362 | 14.35% | 5 | 0.05% | 15 | 0.16% | 6,744 | 71.08% | 9,488 |
| Caddo | 8,358 | 61.15% | 5,205 | 38.08% | 77 | 0.56% | 29 | 0.21% | 3,153 | 23.07% | 13,669 |
| Canadian | 6,135 | 64.52% | 3,325 | 34.97% | 32 | 0.34% | 16 | 0.17% | 2,810 | 29.55% | 9,508 |
| Carter | 9,387 | 80.44% | 2,247 | 19.26% | 23 | 0.20% | 12 | 0.10% | 7,140 | 61.19% | 11,669 |
| Cherokee | 3,966 | 57.44% | 2,917 | 42.25% | 17 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,049 | 15.19% | 6,904 |
| Choctaw | 4,624 | 78.24% | 1,269 | 21.47% | 14 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.05% | 3,355 | 56.77% | 5,910 |
| Cimarron | 1,342 | 70.26% | 555 | 29.06% | 6 | 0.31% | 7 | 0.37% | 787 | 41.20% | 1,910 |
| Cleveland | 6,304 | 69.87% | 2,643 | 29.30% | 55 | 0.61% | 20 | 0.22% | 3,661 | 40.58% | 9,022 |
| Coal | 2,550 | 80.70% | 603 | 19.08% | 6 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,947 | 61.61% | 3,160 |
| Comanche | 7,026 | 69.29% | 3,039 | 29.97% | 64 | 0.63% | 11 | 0.11% | 3,987 | 39.32% | 10,140 |
| Cotton | 3,842 | 76.23% | 1,181 | 23.43% | 14 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,661 | 52.80% | 5,040 |
| Craig | 4,377 | 59.52% | 2,964 | 40.30% | 7 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.08% | 1,413 | 19.21% | 7,354 |
| Creek | 12,540 | 63.01% | 7,257 | 36.46% | 74 | 0.37% | 32 | 0.16% | 5,283 | 26.54% | 19,903 |
| Custer | 5,093 | 67.68% | 2,386 | 31.71% | 30 | 0.40% | 16 | 0.21% | 2,707 | 35.97% | 7,525 |
| Delaware | 3,398 | 56.21% | 2,632 | 43.54% | 11 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.07% | 766 | 12.67% | 6,045 |
| Dewey | 2,980 | 61.28% | 1,846 | 37.96% | 22 | 0.45% | 15 | 0.31% | 1,134 | 23.32% | 4,863 |
| Ellis | 2,493 | 64.80% | 1,324 | 34.42% | 22 | 0.57% | 8 | 0.21% | 1,169 | 30.39% | 3,847 |
| Garfield | 11,142 | 59.51% | 7,457 | 39.83% | 22 | 0.12% | 102 | 0.54% | 3,685 | 19.68% | 18,723 |
| Garvin | 6,276 | 78.12% | 1,700 | 21.16% | 40 | 0.50% | 18 | 0.22% | 4,576 | 56.96% | 8,034 |
| Grady | 9,025 | 74.59% | 3,013 | 24.90% | 37 | 0.31% | 24 | 0.20% | 6,012 | 49.69% | 12,099 |
| Grant | 3,955 | 62.84% | 2,307 | 36.65% | 10 | 0.16% | 22 | 0.35% | 1,648 | 26.18% | 6,294 |
| Greer | 3,745 | 82.82% | 766 | 16.94% | 6 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.11% | 2,979 | 65.88% | 4,522 |
| Harmon | 2,570 | 88.26% | 331 | 11.37% | 8 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.10% | 2,239 | 76.89% | 2,912 |
| Harper | 1,836 | 63.07% | 1,068 | 36.69% | 4 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.10% | 768 | 26.38% | 2,911 |
| Haskell | 3,961 | 64.47% | 2,182 | 35.51% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,779 | 28.96% | 6,144 |
| Hughes | 5,990 | 74.60% | 2,032 | 25.31% | 5 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,958 | 49.29% | 8,030 |
| Jackson | 5,435 | 82.71% | 1,095 | 16.66% | 22 | 0.33% | 19 | 0.29% | 4,340 | 66.05% | 6,571 |
| Jefferson | 3,719 | 77.92% | 1,032 | 21.62% | 12 | 0.25% | 10 | 0.21% | 2,687 | 56.30% | 4,773 |
| Johnston | 3,099 | 80.18% | 743 | 19.22% | 12 | 0.31% | 11 | 0.28% | 2,356 | 60.96% | 3,865 |
| Kay | 11,846 | 63.52% | 6,671 | 35.77% | 45 | 0.24% | 87 | 0.47% | 5,175 | 27.75% | 18,649 |
| Kingfisher | 4,081 | 61.35% | 2,539 | 38.17% | 8 | 0.12% | 24 | 0.36% | 1,542 | 23.18% | 6,652 |
| Kiowa | 5,624 | 76.40% | 1,684 | 22.88% | 38 | 0.52% | 15 | 0.20% | 3,940 | 53.53% | 7,361 |
| Latimer | 2,923 | 68.20% | 1,344 | 31.36% | 14 | 0.33% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,579 | 36.84% | 4,286 |
| Le Flore | 8,061 | 67.35% | 3,894 | 32.53% | 4 | 0.03% | 10 | 0.08% | 4,167 | 34.81% | 11,969 |
| Lincoln | 5,903 | 51.75% | 5,452 | 47.80% | 36 | 0.32% | 16 | 0.14% | 451 | 3.95% | 11,407 |
| Logan | 5,425 | 53.74% | 4,609 | 45.66% | 30 | 0.30% | 31 | 0.31% | 816 | 8.08% | 10,095 |
| Love | 2,227 | 82.88% | 440 | 16.38% | 15 | 0.56% | 5 | 0.19% | 1,787 | 66.51% | 2,687 |
| Major | 1,929 | 45.88% | 2,230 | 53.04% | 23 | 0.55% | 22 | 0.52% | -301 | -7.16% | 4,204 |
| Marshall | 2,840 | 86.64% | 415 | 12.66% | 17 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.18% | 2,425 | 73.98% | 3,278 |
| Mayes | 3,920 | 59.19% | 2,690 | 40.62% | 5 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.12% | 1,230 | 18.57% | 6,623 |
| McClain | 4,092 | 77.21% | 1,191 | 22.47% | 10 | 0.19% | 7 | 0.13% | 2,901 | 54.74% | 5,300 |
| McCurtain | 5,089 | 81.80% | 1,119 | 17.99% | 12 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,970 | 63.82% | 6,221 |
| McIntosh | 3,898 | 61.06% | 2,470 | 38.69% | 10 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,428 | 22.37% | 6,384 |
| Murray | 3,181 | 78.99% | 823 | 20.44% | 11 | 0.27% | 12 | 0.30% | 2,358 | 58.55% | 4,027 |
| Muskogee | 13,344 | 67.30% | 6,452 | 32.54% | 14 | 0.07% | 19 | 0.10% | 6,892 | 34.76% | 19,829 |
| Noble | 3,901 | 61.19% | 2,461 | 38.60% | 8 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,440 | 22.59% | 6,375 |
| Nowata | 3,512 | 57.73% | 2,552 | 41.95% | 11 | 0.18% | 9 | 0.15% | 960 | 15.78% | 6,084 |
| Okfuskee | 4,843 | 68.68% | 2,162 | 30.66% | 40 | 0.57% | 7 | 0.10% | 2,681 | 38.02% | 7,052 |
| Oklahoma | 50,946 | 67.36% | 24,312 | 32.15% | 230 | 0.30% | 143 | 0.19% | 26,634 | 35.22% | 75,631 |
| Okmulgee | 12,061 | 70.56% | 4,975 | 29.11% | 32 | 0.19% | 25 | 0.15% | 7,086 | 41.46% | 17,093 |
| Osage | 10,090 | 67.02% | 4,917 | 32.66% | 28 | 0.19% | 21 | 0.14% | 5,173 | 34.36% | 15,056 |
| Ottawa | 7,658 | 61.70% | 4,697 | 37.84% | 42 | 0.34% | 15 | 0.12% | 2,961 | 23.86% | 12,412 |
| Pawnee | 4,031 | 57.06% | 2,961 | 41.92% | 56 | 0.79% | 16 | 0.23% | 1,070 | 15.15% | 7,064 |
| Payne | 8,081 | 62.54% | 4,783 | 37.02% | 39 | 0.30% | 18 | 0.14% | 3,298 | 25.52% | 12,921 |
| Pittsburg | 9,974 | 72.97% | 3,651 | 26.71% | 23 | 0.17% | 20 | 0.15% | 6,323 | 46.26% | 13,668 |
| Pontotoc | 8,079 | 79.71% | 2,015 | 19.88% | 32 | 0.32% | 10 | 0.10% | 6,064 | 59.83% | 10,136 |
| Pottawatomie | 12,187 | 71.82% | 4,703 | 27.72% | 51 | 0.30% | 27 | 0.16% | 7,484 | 44.11% | 16,968 |
| Pushmataha | 3,389 | 75.23% | 1,097 | 24.35% | 17 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,292 | 50.88% | 4,505 |
| Roger Mills | 3,383 | 76.38% | 989 | 22.33% | 46 | 1.04% | 11 | 0.25% | 2,394 | 54.05% | 4,429 |
| Rogers | 4,290 | 57.58% | 3,119 | 41.86% | 30 | 0.40% | 12 | 0.16% | 1,171 | 15.72% | 7,451 |
| Seminole | 11,695 | 74.17% | 4,001 | 25.37% | 56 | 0.36% | 16 | 0.10% | 7,694 | 48.80% | 15,768 |
| Sequoyah | 4,281 | 62.13% | 2,609 | 37.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,672 | 24.27% | 6,890 |
| Stephens | 6,390 | 79.17% | 1,636 | 20.27% | 38 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.09% | 4,754 | 58.90% | 8,071 |
| Texas | 3,229 | 72.22% | 1,223 | 27.35% | 10 | 0.22% | 9 | 0.20% | 2,006 | 44.87% | 4,471 |
| Tillman | 5,268 | 82.18% | 1,126 | 17.57% | 9 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.11% | 4,142 | 64.62% | 6,410 |
| Tulsa | 41,256 | 58.65% | 28,759 | 40.88% | 254 | 0.36% | 74 | 0.11% | 12,497 | 17.77% | 70,343 |
| Wagoner | 2,977 | 58.18% | 2,119 | 41.41% | 17 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.08% | 858 | 16.77% | 5,117 |
| Washington | 6,202 | 54.27% | 5,201 | 45.51% | 15 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.10% | 1,001 | 8.76% | 11,429 |
| Washita | 5,205 | 74.05% | 1,792 | 25.49% | 20 | 0.28% | 12 | 0.17% | 3,413 | 48.56% | 7,029 |
| Woods | 4,179 | 63.62% | 2,346 | 35.71% | 14 | 0.21% | 30 | 0.46% | 1,833 | 27.90% | 6,569 |
| Woodward | 3,361 | 57.64% | 2,430 | 41.67% | 20 | 0.34% | 20 | 0.34% | 931 | 15.97% | 5,831 |
| Total | 501,069 | 66.83% | 245,122 | 32.69% | 2,221 | 0.30% | 1,328 | 0.18% | 255,947 | 34.14% | 749,740 |
Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ a b Our Campaigns; OK US Presidential Election, November 03, 1936
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 361-362 ISBN 0405077114
