1944 Presidential Election

November 7, 1944 · The New Deal Order · 531 electoral votes, 266 to win

A wartime election run with soldier ballots across the world's battlefields: an exhausted, visibly ill Roosevelt won a fourth term over Dewey, with Truman substituted for Wallace on the ticket in the convention's most consequential switch.

Elected

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic

Electoral vote

432 of 531

Popular vote

53.4%

25,612,916 votes

Turnout

55.9%

VAP 53.0%

The result

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic · 53.40% of votes

432

electoral votes

Thomas E. Dewey

Republican · 45.90% of votes

electoral votes

None

Texas Regulars · 0.30% of votes

—

electoral votes

Norman Thomas

Socialist · 0.16% of votes

—

electoral votes

Claude A. Watson

Prohibition · 0.16% of votes

—

electoral votes

Edward A. Teichert

Socialist Labor · 0.09% of votes

—

electoral votes


Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democratic	Harry S. Truman	432	25,612,916	53.40%	36
Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	John W. Bricker	99	22,017,929	45.90%	12
None	Texas Regulars	—	—	143,238	0.30%	—
Norman Thomas	Socialist	Darlington Hoopes	—	79,017	0.16%	—
Claude A. Watson	Prohibition	Andrew N. Johnson	—	74,758	0.16%	—
Edward A. Teichert	Socialist Labor	Arla Arbaugh	—	45,188	0.09%	—

47,973,046 votes recorded for the candidates listed.

Results by state

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Alabama

Franklin D. Roosevelt · 81.3% · runner-up Thomas E. Dewey 18.2%

electoral votes

Arizona

Franklin D. Roosevelt · 58.8% · runner-up Thomas E. Dewey 40.9%

electoral votes

Arkansas

Franklin D. Roosevelt · 70.0% · runner-up Thomas E. Dewey 29.8%

electoral votes

California

Franklin D. Roosevelt · 56.5% · runner-up Thomas E. Dewey 43.0%

electoral votes

Colorado

Thomas E. Dewey · 53.2% · runner-up Franklin D. Roosevelt 46.4%

electoral votes

Connecticut

Franklin D. Roosevelt · 52.3% · runner-up Thomas E. Dewey 46.9%

electoral votes

Delaware

Franklin D. Roosevelt · 54.4% · runner-up Thomas E. Dewey 45.3%

electoral votes

Florida

Franklin D. Roosevelt · 70.3% · runner-up Thomas E. Dewey 29.7%

electoral votes

Georgia

Franklin D. Roosevelt · 81.7% · runner-up Thomas E. Dewey 17.2%

electoral votes

Idaho

Franklin D. Roosevelt · 51.6% · runner-up Thomas E. Dewey 48.1%

electoral votes

Illinois

Franklin D. Roosevelt · 51.5% · runner-up Thomas E. Dewey 48.1%

electoral votes

Indiana

Thomas E. Dewey · 52.4% · runner-up Franklin D. Roosevelt 46.7%

electoral votes


Alabama	Franklin D. Roosevelt	81.3%	11	Thomas E. Dewey · 18.2%
Arizona	Franklin D. Roosevelt	58.8%	4	Thomas E. Dewey · 40.9%
Arkansas	Franklin D. Roosevelt	70.0%	9	Thomas E. Dewey · 29.8%
California	Franklin D. Roosevelt	56.5%	25	Thomas E. Dewey · 43.0%
Colorado	Thomas E. Dewey	53.2%	6	Franklin D. Roosevelt · 46.4%
Connecticut	Franklin D. Roosevelt	52.3%	8	Thomas E. Dewey · 46.9%
Delaware	Franklin D. Roosevelt	54.4%	3	Thomas E. Dewey · 45.3%
Florida	Franklin D. Roosevelt	70.3%	8	Thomas E. Dewey · 29.7%
Georgia	Franklin D. Roosevelt	81.7%	12	Thomas E. Dewey · 17.2%
Idaho	Franklin D. Roosevelt	51.6%	4	Thomas E. Dewey · 48.1%
Illinois	Franklin D. Roosevelt	51.5%	28	Thomas E. Dewey · 48.1%
Indiana	Thomas E. Dewey	52.4%	13	Franklin D. Roosevelt · 46.7%
Iowa	Thomas E. Dewey	52.0%	10	Franklin D. Roosevelt · 47.5%
Kansas	Thomas E. Dewey	60.3%	8	Franklin D. Roosevelt · 39.2%
Kentucky	Franklin D. Roosevelt	54.5%	11	Thomas E. Dewey · 45.2%
Louisiana	Franklin D. Roosevelt	80.6%	10	Thomas E. Dewey · 19.4%
Maine	Thomas E. Dewey	52.4%	5	Franklin D. Roosevelt · 47.5%
Maryland	Franklin D. Roosevelt	52.0%	8	Thomas E. Dewey · 48.0%
Massachusetts	Franklin D. Roosevelt	52.8%	16	Thomas E. Dewey · 47.0%
Michigan	Franklin D. Roosevelt	50.2%	19	Thomas E. Dewey · 49.2%
Minnesota	Franklin D. Roosevelt	52.4%	11	Thomas E. Dewey · 46.9%
Mississippi	Franklin D. Roosevelt	93.6%	9	Thomas E. Dewey · 6.4%
Missouri	Franklin D. Roosevelt	51.4%	15	Thomas E. Dewey · 48.4%
Montana	Franklin D. Roosevelt	54.3%	4	Thomas E. Dewey · 44.9%
Nebraska	Thomas E. Dewey	58.6%	6	Franklin D. Roosevelt · 41.4%
Nevada	Franklin D. Roosevelt	54.6%	3	Thomas E. Dewey · 45.4%
New Hampshire	Franklin D. Roosevelt	52.1%	4	Thomas E. Dewey · 47.9%
New Jersey	Franklin D. Roosevelt	50.3%	16	Thomas E. Dewey · 49.0%
New Mexico	Franklin D. Roosevelt	53.5%	4	Thomas E. Dewey · 46.4%
New York	Franklin D. Roosevelt	52.3%	47	Thomas E. Dewey · 47.3%
North Carolina	Franklin D. Roosevelt	66.7%	14	Thomas E. Dewey · 33.3%
North Dakota	Thomas E. Dewey	53.8%	4	Franklin D. Roosevelt · 45.5%
Ohio	Thomas E. Dewey	50.2%	25	Franklin D. Roosevelt · 49.8%
Oklahoma	Franklin D. Roosevelt	55.6%	10	Thomas E. Dewey · 44.2%
Oregon	Franklin D. Roosevelt	51.8%	6	Thomas E. Dewey · 46.9%
Pennsylvania	Franklin D. Roosevelt	51.1%	35	Thomas E. Dewey · 48.4%
Rhode Island	Franklin D. Roosevelt	58.6%	4	Thomas E. Dewey · 41.3%
South Carolina	Franklin D. Roosevelt	87.6%	8	Thomas E. Dewey · 4.5%
South Dakota	Thomas E. Dewey	58.3%	4	Franklin D. Roosevelt · 41.7%
Tennessee	Franklin D. Roosevelt	60.5%	12	Thomas E. Dewey · 39.2%
Texas	Franklin D. Roosevelt	71.4%	23	Thomas E. Dewey · 16.7%
Utah	Franklin D. Roosevelt	60.5%	4	Thomas E. Dewey · 39.4%
Vermont	Thomas E. Dewey	57.0%	3	Franklin D. Roosevelt · 43.0%
Virginia	Franklin D. Roosevelt	62.4%	11	Thomas E. Dewey · 37.4%
Washington	Franklin D. Roosevelt	56.8%	8	Thomas E. Dewey · 42.2%
West Virginia	Franklin D. Roosevelt	54.9%	8	Thomas E. Dewey · 45.1%
Wisconsin	Thomas E. Dewey	50.4%	12	Franklin D. Roosevelt · 48.6%
Wyoming	Thomas E. Dewey	51.2%	3	Franklin D. Roosevelt · 48.8%

The Congress it seated

79th Congress

1945–1947

Unified government

Senate

57–38 +1

Democratic control · Democratic–Republican +1 independent

House

243–190 +2

Democratic control · Democratic–Republican +2 independents