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The 1944 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 13[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Indiana was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 52.38% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 46.73% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 875,891 | 52.38% | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 781,403 | 46.73% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 12,574 | 0.75% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 2,223 | 0.13% | |
| Total votes | 1,672,091 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,648 | 58.83% | 3,804 | 39.62% | 149 | 1.55% | 1,844 | 19.21% | 9,601 |
| Allen | 41,907 | 57.64% | 30,445 | 41.87% | 357 | 0.49% | 11,462 | 15.76% | 72,709 |
| Bartholomew | 7,689 | 50.99% | 7,139 | 47.34% | 252 | 1.67% | 550 | 3.65% | 15,080 |
| Benton | 3,621 | 63.38% | 2,065 | 36.15% | 27 | 0.47% | 1,556 | 27.24% | 5,713 |
| Blackford | 3,079 | 47.82% | 3,207 | 49.81% | 153 | 2.38% | -128 | -1.99% | 6,439 |
| Boone | 6,823 | 56.00% | 5,292 | 43.43% | 70 | 0.57% | 1,531 | 12.56% | 12,185 |
| Brown | 1,174 | 45.66% | 1,352 | 52.59% | 45 | 1.75% | -178 | -6.92% | 2,571 |
| Carroll | 4,872 | 57.28% | 3,578 | 42.07% | 55 | 0.65% | 1,294 | 15.21% | 8,505 |
| Cass | 9,788 | 52.89% | 8,615 | 46.55% | 103 | 0.56% | 1,173 | 6.34% | 18,506 |
| Clark | 7,241 | 42.39% | 9,778 | 57.24% | 62 | 0.36% | -2,537 | -14.85% | 17,081 |
| Clay | 6,688 | 53.28% | 5,721 | 45.57% | 144 | 1.15% | 967 | 7.70% | 12,553 |
| Clinton | 8,087 | 55.37% | 6,381 | 43.69% | 137 | 0.94% | 1,706 | 11.68% | 14,605 |
| Crawford | 2,488 | 50.50% | 2,335 | 47.39% | 104 | 2.11% | 153 | 3.11% | 4,927 |
| Daviess | 7,458 | 57.14% | 5,523 | 42.32% | 71 | 0.54% | 1,935 | 14.83% | 13,052 |
| Dearborn | 5,487 | 51.32% | 5,157 | 48.24% | 47 | 0.44% | 330 | 3.09% | 10,691 |
| Decatur | 5,479 | 60.86% | 3,471 | 38.55% | 53 | 0.59% | 2,008 | 22.30% | 9,003 |
| DeKalb | 7,479 | 60.38% | 4,810 | 38.83% | 98 | 0.79% | 2,669 | 21.55% | 12,387 |
| Delaware | 17,340 | 47.41% | 18,780 | 51.35% | 455 | 1.24% | -1,440 | -3.94% | 36,575 |
| Dubois | 4,855 | 47.78% | 5,273 | 51.89% | 34 | 0.33% | -418 | -4.11% | 10,162 |
| Elkhart | 20,659 | 60.39% | 12,991 | 37.98% | 558 | 1.63% | 7,668 | 22.42% | 34,208 |
| Fayette | 5,603 | 51.23% | 5,299 | 48.45% | 36 | 0.33% | 304 | 2.78% | 10,938 |
| Floyd | 8,410 | 44.10% | 10,541 | 55.27% | 120 | 0.63% | -2,131 | -11.17% | 19,071 |
| Fountain | 5,557 | 57.74% | 4,022 | 41.79% | 46 | 0.48% | 1,535 | 15.95% | 9,625 |
| Franklin | 3,796 | 59.82% | 2,530 | 39.87% | 20 | 0.32% | 1,266 | 19.95% | 6,346 |
| Fulton | 5,190 | 61.28% | 3,201 | 37.80% | 78 | 0.92% | 1,989 | 23.49% | 8,469 |
| Gibson | 7,895 | 50.85% | 7,462 | 48.06% | 168 | 1.08% | 433 | 2.79% | 15,525 |
| Grant | 14,527 | 55.07% | 11,031 | 41.82% | 821 | 3.11% | 3,496 | 13.25% | 26,379 |
| Greene | 8,213 | 54.44% | 6,744 | 44.70% | 129 | 0.86% | 1,469 | 9.74% | 15,086 |
| Hamilton | 8,297 | 66.06% | 4,101 | 32.65% | 162 | 1.29% | 4,196 | 33.41% | 12,560 |
| Hancock | 5,139 | 51.71% | 4,652 | 46.81% | 147 | 1.48% | 487 | 4.90% | 9,938 |
| Harrison | 4,397 | 50.05% | 4,285 | 48.77% | 104 | 1.18% | 112 | 1.27% | 8,786 |
| Hendricks | 6,673 | 60.45% | 4,297 | 38.93% | 69 | 0.63% | 2,376 | 21.52% | 11,039 |
| Henry | 10,583 | 54.85% | 8,297 | 43.00% | 416 | 2.16% | 2,286 | 11.85% | 19,296 |
| Howard | 11,515 | 49.49% | 11,224 | 48.24% | 526 | 2.26% | 291 | 1.25% | 23,265 |
| Huntington | 8,668 | 57.15% | 6,128 | 40.41% | 370 | 2.44% | 2,540 | 16.75% | 15,166 |
| Jackson | 6,321 | 50.87% | 5,982 | 48.14% | 123 | 0.99% | 339 | 2.73% | 12,426 |
| Jasper | 4,364 | 66.63% | 2,168 | 33.10% | 18 | 0.27% | 2,196 | 33.53% | 6,550 |
| Jay | 6,207 | 53.38% | 5,166 | 44.42% | 256 | 2.20% | 1,041 | 8.95% | 11,629 |
| Jefferson | 5,748 | 56.17% | 4,376 | 42.76% | 110 | 1.07% | 1,372 | 13.41% | 10,234 |
| Jennings | 3,643 | 58.58% | 2,537 | 40.79% | 39 | 0.63% | 1,106 | 17.78% | 6,219 |
| Johnson | 6,194 | 53.06% | 5,426 | 46.48% | 53 | 0.45% | 768 | 6.58% | 11,673 |
| Knox | 10,023 | 48.98% | 10,297 | 50.32% | 143 | 0.70% | -274 | -1.34% | 20,463 |
| Kosciusko | 9,577 | 65.11% | 4,865 | 33.08% | 266 | 1.81% | 4,712 | 32.04% | 14,708 |
| LaGrange | 3,501 | 68.71% | 1,539 | 30.21% | 55 | 1.08% | 1,962 | 38.51% | 5,095 |
| Lake | 48,147 | 38.84% | 75,066 | 60.56% | 737 | 0.59% | -26,919 | -21.72% | 123,950 |
| LaPorte | 16,543 | 54.12% | 13,896 | 45.46% | 129 | 0.42% | 2,647 | 8.66% | 30,568 |
| Lawrence | 9,200 | 63.38% | 5,246 | 36.14% | 69 | 0.48% | 3,954 | 27.24% | 14,515 |
| Madison | 21,381 | 46.10% | 24,488 | 52.80% | 514 | 1.11% | -3,107 | -6.70% | 46,383 |
| Marion | 116,421 | 52.01% | 106,382 | 47.53% | 1,034 | 0.46% | 10,039 | 4.48% | 223,837 |
| Marshall | 8,225 | 59.88% | 5,254 | 38.25% | 257 | 1.87% | 2,971 | 21.63% | 13,736 |
| Martin | 2,467 | 49.37% | 2,515 | 50.33% | 15 | 0.30% | -48 | -0.96% | 4,997 |
| Miami | 8,207 | 55.54% | 6,379 | 43.17% | 191 | 1.29% | 1,828 | 12.37% | 14,777 |
| Monroe | 8,993 | 55.77% | 6,809 | 42.23% | 323 | 2.00% | 2,184 | 13.54% | 16,125 |
| Montgomery | 8,319 | 59.43% | 5,620 | 40.15% | 60 | 0.43% | 2,699 | 19.28% | 13,999 |
| Morgan | 6,115 | 59.09% | 4,156 | 40.16% | 77 | 0.74% | 1,959 | 18.93% | 10,348 |
| Newton | 3,398 | 67.91% | 1,583 | 31.63% | 23 | 0.46% | 1,815 | 36.27% | 5,004 |
| Noble | 7,200 | 62.89% | 4,174 | 36.46% | 74 | 0.65% | 3,026 | 26.43% | 11,448 |
| Ohio | 1,126 | 51.56% | 1,043 | 47.76% | 15 | 0.69% | 83 | 3.80% | 2,184 |
| Orange | 4,784 | 60.06% | 3,130 | 39.29% | 52 | 0.65% | 1,654 | 20.76% | 7,966 |
| Owen | 3,318 | 55.53% | 2,602 | 43.55% | 55 | 0.92% | 716 | 11.98% | 5,975 |
| Parke | 4,751 | 59.03% | 3,241 | 40.27% | 56 | 0.70% | 1,510 | 18.76% | 8,048 |
| Perry | 4,087 | 50.44% | 3,996 | 49.32% | 19 | 0.23% | 91 | 1.12% | 8,102 |
| Pike | 4,267 | 54.11% | 3,513 | 44.55% | 106 | 1.34% | 754 | 9.56% | 7,886 |
| Porter | 8,561 | 60.52% | 5,528 | 39.08% | 57 | 0.40% | 3,033 | 21.44% | 14,146 |
| Posey | 4,374 | 50.75% | 4,183 | 48.53% | 62 | 0.72% | 191 | 2.22% | 8,619 |
| Pulaski | 3,206 | 55.03% | 2,509 | 43.07% | 111 | 1.91% | 697 | 11.96% | 5,826 |
| Putnam | 5,386 | 52.38% | 4,857 | 47.23% | 40 | 0.39% | 529 | 5.14% | 10,283 |
| Randolph | 7,805 | 61.18% | 4,590 | 35.98% | 363 | 2.85% | 3,215 | 25.20% | 12,758 |
| Ripley | 5,642 | 59.12% | 3,835 | 40.18% | 67 | 0.70% | 1,807 | 18.93% | 9,544 |
| Rush | 5,853 | 59.60% | 3,891 | 39.62% | 77 | 0.78% | 1,962 | 19.98% | 9,821 |
| St. Joseph | 39,875 | 45.53% | 47,149 | 53.83% | 565 | 0.65% | -7,274 | -8.30% | 87,589 |
| Scott | 2,379 | 47.07% | 2,621 | 51.86% | 54 | 1.07% | -242 | -4.79% | 5,054 |
| Shelby | 6,816 | 49.63% | 6,798 | 49.50% | 119 | 0.87% | 18 | 0.13% | 13,733 |
| Spencer | 4,986 | 57.40% | 3,647 | 41.99% | 53 | 0.61% | 1,339 | 15.42% | 8,686 |
| Starke | 3,574 | 55.71% | 2,791 | 43.51% | 50 | 0.78% | 783 | 12.21% | 6,415 |
| Steuben | 4,739 | 71.61% | 1,837 | 27.76% | 42 | 0.63% | 2,902 | 43.85% | 6,618 |
| Sullivan | 5,855 | 47.23% | 6,420 | 51.79% | 122 | 0.98% | -565 | -4.56% | 12,397 |
| Switzerland | 2,019 | 47.32% | 2,191 | 51.35% | 57 | 1.34% | -172 | -4.03% | 4,267 |
| Tippecanoe | 15,888 | 60.61% | 10,229 | 39.02% | 95 | 0.36% | 5,659 | 21.59% | 26,212 |
| Tipton | 4,296 | 54.77% | 3,427 | 43.70% | 120 | 1.53% | 869 | 11.08% | 7,843 |
| Union | 1,998 | 63.05% | 1,154 | 36.42% | 17 | 0.54% | 844 | 26.63% | 3,169 |
| Vanderburgh | 30,684 | 46.87% | 34,440 | 52.61% | 338 | 0.52% | -3,756 | -5.74% | 65,462 |
| Vermillion | 4,998 | 50.17% | 4,912 | 49.30% | 53 | 0.53% | 86 | 0.86% | 9,963 |
| Vigo | 21,493 | 46.50% | 24,649 | 53.33% | 81 | 0.18% | -3,156 | -6.83% | 46,223 |
| Wabash | 8,357 | 62.30% | 4,665 | 34.77% | 393 | 2.93% | 3,692 | 27.52% | 13,415 |
| Warren | 2,870 | 64.73% | 1,555 | 35.07% | 9 | 0.20% | 1,315 | 29.66% | 4,434 |
| Warrick | 5,042 | 55.01% | 4,049 | 44.17% | 75 | 0.82% | 993 | 10.83% | 9,166 |
| Washington | 4,033 | 50.32% | 3,940 | 49.16% | 42 | 0.52% | 93 | 1.16% | 8,015 |
| Wayne | 15,295 | 54.51% | 12,432 | 44.31% | 332 | 1.18% | 2,863 | 10.20% | 28,059 |
| Wells | 4,708 | 50.03% | 4,475 | 47.56% | 227 | 2.41% | 233 | 2.48% | 9,410 |
| White | 5,039 | 58.25% | 3,570 | 41.27% | 41 | 0.47% | 1,469 | 16.98% | 8,650 |
| Whitley | 5,268 | 55.88% | 4,079 | 43.27% | 80 | 0.85% | 1,189 | 12.61% | 9,427 |
| Totals | 875,891 | 52.38% | 781,403 | 46.73% | 14,797 | 0.88% | 94,488 | 5.65% | 1,672,091 |
See also
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 143-144 ISBN 0405077114
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