1944 United States presidential election in Missouri
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Missouri was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 51.37% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 48.43% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Despite winning the state, Roosevelt's victory margin of less than three percentage points was historically poor for a nationally-successful Democrat, and the state weighed in as 4.56% more Republican than the nation at-large.
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 807,804 | 51.37% | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 761,524 | 48.43% | |
| Write-ins | 3,146 | 0.20% | ||
| Total votes | 1,572,474 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| 1944 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[5][6] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas E. Dewey Republican |
Norman Thomas Socialist |
Claude A. Watson Prohibition |
Edward A. Teichert Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 3,606 | 42.22% | 4,909 | 57.48% | 14 | 0.16% | 12 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,303 | -15.26% | 8,541 |
| Andrew | 2,254 | 37.60% | 3,734 | 62.29% | 2 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,480 | -24.69% | 5,995 |
| Atchison | 2,214 | 44.09% | 2,803 | 55.83% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | -589 | -11.73% | 5,021 |
| Audrain | 6,471 | 65.11% | 3,455 | 34.76% | 3 | 0.03% | 10 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,016 | 30.35% | 9,939 |
| Barry | 4,029 | 40.91% | 5,796 | 58.85% | 13 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.02% | -1,767 | -17.94% | 9,848 |
| Barton | 2,688 | 44.31% | 3,356 | 55.32% | 13 | 0.21% | 10 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | -668 | -11.01% | 6,067 |
| Bates | 4,096 | 44.35% | 5,122 | 55.46% | 6 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,026 | -11.11% | 9,236 |
| Benton | 1,108 | 25.14% | 3,294 | 74.73% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,186 | -49.59% | 4,408 |
| Bollinger | 1,841 | 39.22% | 2,850 | 60.72% | 1 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,009 | -21.50% | 4,694 |
| Boone | 9,704 | 69.67% | 4,195 | 30.12% | 21 | 0.15% | 8 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.01% | 5,509 | 39.55% | 13,929 |
| Buchanan | 20,091 | 57.04% | 15,113 | 42.91% | 14 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.00% | 4,978 | 14.13% | 35,224 |
| Butler | 4,219 | 39.70% | 6,375 | 59.99% | 5 | 0.05% | 25 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.02% | -2,156 | -20.29% | 10,626 |
| Caldwell | 2,001 | 37.10% | 3,384 | 62.75% | 3 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,383 | -25.64% | 5,393 |
| Callaway | 5,757 | 64.51% | 3,143 | 35.22% | 6 | 0.07% | 17 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,614 | 29.29% | 8,924 |
| Camden | 990 | 31.18% | 2,180 | 68.66% | 2 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,190 | -37.48% | 3,175 |
| Cape Girardeau | 6,845 | 45.05% | 8,339 | 54.88% | 4 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,494 | -9.83% | 15,195 |
| Carroll | 3,283 | 38.94% | 5,127 | 60.82% | 20 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,844 | -21.87% | 8,430 |
| Carter | 1,207 | 53.60% | 1,033 | 45.87% | 8 | 0.36% | 2 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.09% | 174 | 7.73% | 2,252 |
| Cass | 4,347 | 48.08% | 4,687 | 51.84% | 2 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -340 | -3.76% | 9,041 |
| Cedar | 1,478 | 29.22% | 3,576 | 70.69% | 2 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,098 | -41.47% | 5,059 |
| Chariton | 3,930 | 50.78% | 3,802 | 49.12% | 1 | 0.01% | 7 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 128 | 1.65% | 7,740 |
| Christian | 1,134 | 21.36% | 4,167 | 78.47% | 3 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,033 | -57.12% | 5,310 |
| Clark | 2,155 | 44.27% | 2,707 | 55.61% | 4 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -552 | -11.34% | 4,868 |
| Clay | 8,682 | 56.21% | 6,724 | 43.53% | 25 | 0.16% | 13 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.01% | 1,958 | 12.68% | 15,446 |
| Clinton | 3,079 | 51.35% | 2,912 | 48.57% | 2 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.03% | 167 | 2.79% | 5,996 |
| Cole | 7,139 | 49.21% | 7,364 | 50.76% | 2 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | -225 | -1.55% | 14,507 |
| Cooper | 3,729 | 42.98% | 4,928 | 56.79% | 6 | 0.07% | 13 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,199 | -13.82% | 8,677 |
| Crawford | 2,177 | 41.36% | 3,077 | 58.45% | 4 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.04% | -900 | -17.10% | 5,264 |
| Dade | 1,462 | 30.55% | 3,316 | 69.29% | 3 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,854 | -38.74% | 4,786 |
| Dallas | 1,064 | 24.71% | 3,232 | 75.06% | 8 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,168 | -50.35% | 4,306 |
| Daviess | 2,567 | 41.61% | 3,597 | 58.31% | 5 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,030 | -16.70% | 6,169 |
| DeKalb | 1,961 | 42.40% | 2,658 | 57.47% | 6 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -697 | -15.07% | 4,625 |
| Dent | 2,699 | 52.29% | 2,456 | 47.58% | 3 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 243 | 4.71% | 5,162 |
| Douglas | 746 | 17.23% | 3,570 | 82.45% | 8 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,824 | -65.22% | 4,330 |
| Dunklin | 8,431 | 66.23% | 4,271 | 33.55% | 10 | 0.08% | 17 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,160 | 32.68% | 12,729 |
| Franklin | 5,958 | 38.88% | 9,325 | 60.84% | 26 | 0.17% | 16 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | -3,367 | -21.97% | 15,326 |
| Gasconade | 994 | 16.53% | 5,007 | 83.27% | 4 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -4,013 | -66.74% | 6,013 |
| Gentry | 3,022 | 50.37% | 2,970 | 49.50% | 4 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 52 | 0.87% | 6,000 |
| Greene | 17,287 | 44.46% | 21,531 | 55.37% | 21 | 0.05% | 44 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.01% | -4,244 | -10.91% | 38,886 |
| Grundy | 2,997 | 41.82% | 4,158 | 58.02% | 1 | 0.01% | 8 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.04% | -1,161 | -16.20% | 7,167 |
| Harrison | 2,623 | 37.67% | 4,330 | 62.18% | 7 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,707 | -24.51% | 6,964 |
| Henry | 4,587 | 45.09% | 5,564 | 54.69% | 4 | 0.04% | 19 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | -977 | -9.60% | 10,174 |
| Hickory | 560 | 20.48% | 2,171 | 79.41% | 3 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,611 | -58.92% | 2,734 |
| Holt | 1,785 | 36.09% | 3,152 | 63.73% | 1 | 0.02% | 8 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,367 | -27.64% | 4,946 |
| Howard | 3,958 | 66.88% | 1,951 | 32.97% | 1 | 0.02% | 6 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,007 | 33.91% | 5,918 |
| Howell | 3,020 | 36.90% | 5,151 | 62.93% | 4 | 0.05% | 10 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,131 | -26.04% | 8,185 |
| Iron | 2,205 | 57.21% | 1,649 | 42.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 556 | 14.43% | 3,854 |
| Jackson | 113,803 | 54.29% | 95,406 | 45.51% | 254 | 0.12% | 136 | 0.06% | 33 | 0.02% | 18,397 | 8.78% | 209,632 |
| Jasper | 13,111 | 43.02% | 17,301 | 56.77% | 23 | 0.08% | 27 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.01% | -4,190 | -13.75% | 30,475 |
| Jefferson | 7,953 | 53.94% | 6,758 | 45.83% | 19 | 0.13% | 14 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,195 | 8.10% | 14,745 |
| Johnson | 4,419 | 42.58% | 5,949 | 57.32% | 7 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,530 | -14.74% | 10,378 |
| Knox | 1,943 | 48.48% | 2,057 | 51.32% | 5 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -114 | -2.84% | 4,008 |
| Laclede | 3,011 | 39.17% | 4,670 | 60.75% | 4 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,659 | -21.58% | 7,687 |
| Lafayette | 5,603 | 41.32% | 7,951 | 58.63% | 4 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,348 | -17.31% | 13,561 |
| Lawrence | 3,859 | 35.99% | 6,836 | 63.76% | 8 | 0.07% | 17 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.02% | -2,977 | -27.77% | 10,722 |
| Lewis | 2,883 | 59.17% | 1,988 | 40.80% | 5 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 895 | 18.37% | 4,872 |
| Lincoln | 3,773 | 56.33% | 2,910 | 43.45% | 6 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 863 | 12.88% | 6,698 |
| Linn | 5,242 | 51.43% | 4,942 | 48.48% | 5 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 300 | 2.94% | 10,193 |
| Livingston | 3,887 | 45.15% | 4,697 | 54.55% | 6 | 0.07% | 20 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -810 | -9.41% | 8,610 |
| Macon | 4,772 | 49.81% | 4,796 | 50.06% | 9 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -24 | -0.25% | 9,581 |
| Madison | 2,203 | 49.09% | 2,277 | 50.74% | 4 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -74 | -1.65% | 4,488 |
| Maries | 1,824 | 54.19% | 1,519 | 45.13% | 2 | 0.06% | 21 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 305 | 9.06% | 3,366 |
| Marion | 8,575 | 65.21% | 4,560 | 34.68% | 11 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,015 | 30.53% | 13,149 |
| McDonald | 2,523 | 41.66% | 3,520 | 58.12% | 12 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | -997 | -16.46% | 6,056 |
| Mercer | 1,035 | 31.48% | 2,249 | 68.40% | 2 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,214 | -36.92% | 3,288 |
| Miller | 2,229 | 38.10% | 3,609 | 61.69% | 2 | 0.03% | 10 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,380 | -23.59% | 5,850 |
| Mississippi | 4,182 | 67.97% | 1,944 | 31.59% | 12 | 0.20% | 14 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,238 | 36.37% | 6,153 |
| Moniteau | 2,327 | 41.72% | 3,237 | 58.04% | 5 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -910 | -16.32% | 5,577 |
| Monroe | 5,000 | 81.89% | 1,098 | 17.98% | 2 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,902 | 63.90% | 6,106 |
| Montgomery | 2,743 | 43.71% | 3,527 | 56.20% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | -784 | -12.49% | 6,276 |
| Morgan | 1,735 | 37.38% | 2,896 | 62.40% | 5 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,161 | -25.02% | 4,641 |
| New Madrid | 7,626 | 64.89% | 4,108 | 34.96% | 3 | 0.03% | 11 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.03% | 3,518 | 29.94% | 11,752 |
| Newton | 5,146 | 42.34% | 6,985 | 57.47% | 10 | 0.08% | 13 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,839 | -15.13% | 12,154 |
| Nodaway | 5,407 | 48.36% | 5,766 | 51.57% | 3 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | -359 | -3.21% | 11,180 |
| Oregon | 2,734 | 63.38% | 1,573 | 36.46% | 6 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,161 | 26.91% | 4,314 |
| Osage | 2,121 | 39.19% | 3,284 | 60.68% | 5 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,163 | -21.49% | 5,412 |
| Ozark | 628 | 18.81% | 2,707 | 81.10% | 3 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,079 | -62.28% | 3,338 |
| Pemiscot | 7,380 | 62.90% | 4,333 | 36.93% | 6 | 0.05% | 11 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.03% | 3,047 | 25.97% | 11,733 |
| Perry | 2,014 | 32.35% | 4,207 | 67.57% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | -2,193 | -35.22% | 6,226 |
| Pettis | 7,176 | 48.18% | 7,696 | 51.67% | 10 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.01% | -520 | -3.49% | 14,894 |
| Phelps | 4,256 | 57.14% | 3,180 | 42.69% | 9 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,076 | 14.44% | 7,449 |
| Pike | 4,659 | 58.01% | 3,351 | 41.72% | 7 | 0.09% | 15 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,308 | 16.28% | 8,032 |
| Platte | 3,741 | 61.40% | 2,344 | 38.47% | 7 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,397 | 22.93% | 6,093 |
| Polk | 2,527 | 33.32% | 5,040 | 66.45% | 6 | 0.08% | 11 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,513 | -33.13% | 7,585 |
| Pulaski | 3,048 | 56.44% | 2,345 | 43.43% | 4 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 703 | 13.02% | 5,400 |
| Putnam | 1,168 | 27.28% | 3,106 | 72.55% | 4 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,938 | -45.27% | 4,281 |
| Ralls | 2,799 | 70.57% | 1,164 | 29.35% | 3 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,635 | 41.23% | 3,966 |
| Randolph | 7,629 | 72.48% | 2,879 | 27.35% | 8 | 0.08% | 9 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,750 | 45.13% | 10,525 |
| Ray | 4,521 | 59.28% | 3,094 | 40.57% | 7 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,427 | 18.71% | 7,627 |
| Reynolds | 1,877 | 66.25% | 951 | 33.57% | 5 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 926 | 32.69% | 2,833 |
| Ripley | 1,923 | 50.89% | 1,841 | 48.72% | 11 | 0.29% | 4 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 82 | 2.17% | 3,779 |
| Saint Charles | 4,880 | 40.78% | 7,050 | 58.92% | 31 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,170 | -18.13% | 11,966 |
| Saint Clair | 2,119 | 39.02% | 3,306 | 60.87% | 2 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,187 | -21.86% | 5,431 |
| Saint Francois | 6,745 | 47.92% | 7,320 | 52.00% | 4 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -575 | -4.08% | 14,076 |
| Saint Louis County | 57,780 | 47.26% | 64,131 | 52.45% | 271 | 0.22% | 65 | 0.05% | 19 | 0.02% | -6,351 | -5.19% | 122,266 |
| Saint Louis City | 204,687 | 60.22% | 134,411 | 39.54% | 574 | 0.17% | 152 | 0.04% | 95 | 0.03% | 70,276 | 20.67% | 339,919 |
| Sainte Genevieve | 1,878 | 45.83% | 2,214 | 54.03% | 4 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -336 | -8.20% | 4,098 |
| Saline | 6,715 | 52.65% | 6,022 | 47.22% | 4 | 0.03% | 11 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.01% | 693 | 5.43% | 12,753 |
| Schuyler | 1,729 | 52.97% | 1,526 | 46.75% | 7 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 203 | 6.22% | 3,264 |
| Scotland | 2,158 | 51.11% | 2,058 | 48.74% | 3 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 100 | 2.37% | 4,222 |
| Scott | 7,132 | 63.86% | 3,995 | 35.77% | 7 | 0.06% | 31 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.03% | 3,137 | 28.09% | 11,168 |
| Shannon | 2,093 | 65.12% | 1,110 | 34.54% | 9 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 983 | 30.58% | 3,214 |
| Shelby | 3,435 | 63.76% | 1,934 | 35.90% | 6 | 0.11% | 12 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,501 | 27.86% | 5,387 |
| Stoddard | 5,982 | 53.96% | 5,079 | 45.81% | 6 | 0.05% | 18 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.01% | 903 | 8.15% | 11,086 |
| Stone | 737 | 19.30% | 3,080 | 80.67% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,343 | -61.37% | 3,818 |
| Sullivan | 2,880 | 46.85% | 3,262 | 53.07% | 3 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -382 | -6.21% | 6,147 |
| Taney | 936 | 27.18% | 2,499 | 72.56% | 5 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,563 | -45.38% | 3,444 |
| Texas | 4,011 | 50.53% | 3,916 | 49.33% | 5 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 95 | 1.20% | 7,938 |
| Vernon | 4,885 | 48.55% | 5,171 | 51.39% | 1 | 0.01% | 4 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | -286 | -2.84% | 10,062 |
| Warren | 815 | 21.19% | 3,017 | 78.42% | 10 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.03% | -2,202 | -57.24% | 3,847 |
| Washington | 2,065 | 41.52% | 2,900 | 58.30% | 5 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.06% | -835 | -16.79% | 4,974 |
| Wayne | 2,169 | 49.87% | 2,171 | 49.92% | 4 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | -2 | -0.05% | 4,349 |
| Webster | 2,777 | 39.26% | 4,281 | 60.53% | 3 | 0.04% | 11 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,504 | -21.26% | 7,073 |
| Worth | 1,437 | 49.88% | 1,444 | 50.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -7 | -0.24% | 2,881 |
| Wright | 2,116 | 32.37% | 4,413 | 67.51% | 8 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,297 | -35.14% | 6,537 |
| Totals | 807,356 | 51.37% | 761,172 | 48.43% | 1,751 | 0.11% | 1,175 | 0.07% | 220 | 0.01% | 46,184 | 2.94% | 1,571,684 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results — Missouri". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1944". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 262-263
- ^ "MO US President Race, November 07, 1944". Our Campaigns.
