1940 United States presidential election in Indiana
← 1936 November 5, 1940[1] 1944 →
All 14 Indiana votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Wendell Willkie Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Charles L. McNary Henry A. Wallace
Electoral vote 14 0
Popular vote 899,466 874,063
Percentage 50.45% 49.03%
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The 1940 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 14[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary of Oregon, with 50.45% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, with 49.03% of the popular vote.[3][4]

Results

1940 United States presidential election in Indiana
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wendell Willkie 899,466 50.45%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 874,063 49.03%
Prohibition Roger Babson 6,437 0.36%
Socialist Norman Thomas 2,075 0.12%
Socialist Labor John Aiken 706 0.04%
Total votes 1,782,747 100%

Results by county

County Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican 		Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # % # %
Adams 5,247 53.93% 4,382 45.04% 101 1.04% 865 8.89% 9,730
Allen 40,430 57.18% 29,967 42.38% 312 0.44% 10,463 14.80% 70,709
Bartholomew 7,890 48.84% 8,180 50.63% 86 0.53% -290 -1.79% 16,156
Benton 3,675 57.57% 2,689 42.12% 20 0.31% 986 15.44% 6,384
Blackford 3,352 44.52% 4,095 54.38% 83 1.10% -743 -9.87% 7,530
Boone 7,066 53.26% 6,152 46.37% 49 0.37% 914 6.89% 13,267
Brown 1,477 46.74% 1,662 52.59% 21 0.66% -185 -5.85% 3,160
Carroll 5,012 54.05% 4,214 45.44% 47 0.51% 798 8.61% 9,273
Cass 10,057 49.33% 10,268 50.37% 61 0.30% -211 -1.04% 20,386
Clark 6,044 40.02% 9,015 59.69% 45 0.30% -2,971 -19.67% 15,104
Clay 7,768 51.40% 7,255 48.00% 91 0.60% 513 3.39% 15,114
Clinton 8,610 52.36% 7,732 47.02% 102 0.62% 878 5.34% 16,444
Crawford 2,652 47.97% 2,836 51.29% 41 0.74% -184 -3.33% 5,529
Daviess 7,615 54.10% 6,401 45.48% 59 0.42% 1,214 8.63% 14,075
Dearborn 5,908 49.29% 6,038 50.37% 41 0.34% -130 -1.08% 11,987
Decatur 6,087 57.71% 4,417 41.88% 43 0.41% 1,670 15.83% 10,547
DeKalb 7,676 57.17% 5,690 42.38% 60 0.45% 1,986 14.79% 13,426
Delaware 17,616 45.53% 20,836 53.85% 239 0.62% -3,220 -8.32% 38,691
Dubois 4,729 44.01% 5,992 55.77% 24 0.22% -1,263 -11.75% 10,745
Elkhart 19,735 58.53% 13,620 40.40% 361 1.07% 6,115 18.14% 33,716
Fayette 5,567 49.94% 5,542 49.72% 38 0.34% 25 0.22% 11,147
Floyd 8,056 42.53% 10,799 57.00% 89 0.47% -2,743 -14.48% 18,944
Fountain 5,771 54.59% 4,783 45.24% 18 0.17% 988 9.35% 10,572
Franklin 4,381 58.11% 3,142 41.68% 16 0.21% 1,239 16.43% 7,539
Fulton 5,532 58.40% 3,879 40.95% 61 0.64% 1,653 17.45% 9,472
Gibson 8,326 48.34% 8,709 50.57% 188 1.09% -383 -2.22% 17,223
Grant 15,187 52.77% 13,257 46.06% 335 1.16% 1,930 6.71% 28,779
Greene 9,071 50.71% 8,718 48.73% 100 0.56% 353 1.97% 17,889
Hamilton 8,931 64.73% 4,791 34.72% 75 0.54% 4,140 30.01% 13,797
Hancock 5,283 48.98% 5,417 50.23% 85 0.79% -134 -1.24% 10,785
Harrison 4,650 49.26% 4,725 50.06% 64 0.68% -75 -0.79% 9,439
Hendricks 6,782 57.92% 4,883 41.70% 45 0.38% 1,899 16.22% 11,710
Henry 11,051 52.98% 9,623 46.14% 184 0.88% 1,428 6.85% 20,858
Howard 11,855 47.82% 12,655 51.04% 283 1.14% -800 -3.23% 24,793
Huntington 9,110 55.22% 7,220 43.77% 167 1.01% 1,890 11.46% 16,497
Jackson 6,281 45.13% 7,557 54.30% 79 0.57% -1,276 -9.17% 13,917
Jasper 4,462 61.62% 2,751 37.99% 28 0.39% 1,711 23.63% 7,241
Jay 6,478 49.27% 6,554 49.84% 117 0.89% -76 -0.58% 13,149
Jefferson 5,957 55.80% 4,688 43.91% 31 0.29% 1,269 11.89% 10,676
Jennings 3,921 56.51% 2,989 43.08% 29 0.42% 932 13.43% 6,939
Johnson 6,451 50.18% 6,350 49.39% 56 0.44% 101 0.79% 12,857
Knox 11,211 47.52% 12,265 51.99% 114 0.48% -1,054 -4.47% 23,590
Kosciusko 9,879 62.68% 5,768 36.60% 113 0.72% 4,111 26.09% 15,760
LaGrange 3,731 63.43% 2,124 36.11% 27 0.46% 1,607 27.32% 5,882
Lake 45,898 38.79% 71,985 60.83% 447 0.38% -26,087 -22.05% 118,330
LaPorte 15,771 53.29% 13,732 46.40% 90 0.30% 2,039 6.89% 29,593
Lawrence 10,717 61.92% 6,553 37.86% 38 0.22% 4,164 24.06% 17,308
Madison 22,382 45.91% 26,111 53.56% 261 0.54% -3,729 -7.65% 48,754
Marion 124,845 50.43% 121,907 49.25% 787 0.32% 2,938 1.19% 247,539
Marshall 7,718 56.41% 5,852 42.77% 111 0.81% 1,866 13.64% 13,681
Martin 2,902 52.28% 2,638 47.52% 11 0.20% 264 4.76% 5,551
Miami 8,217 52.76% 7,252 46.56% 106 0.68% 965 6.20% 15,575
Monroe 10,311 55.74% 8,117 43.88% 71 0.38% 2,194 11.86% 18,499
Montgomery 8,554 54.78% 6,994 44.79% 68 0.44% 1,560 9.99% 15,616
Morgan 6,613 57.29% 4,895 42.40% 36 0.31% 1,718 14.88% 11,544
Newton 3,536 62.32% 2,116 37.29% 22 0.39% 1,420 25.03% 5,674
Noble 7,443 59.46% 5,014 40.06% 60 0.48% 2,429 19.41% 12,517
Ohio 1,186 49.33% 1,210 50.33% 8 0.33% -24 -1.00% 2,404
Orange 5,519 57.77% 4,003 41.90% 31 0.32% 1,516 15.87% 9,553
Owen 3,709 54.00% 3,121 45.44% 38 0.55% 588 8.56% 6,868
Parke 5,242 54.14% 4,384 45.28% 57 0.59% 858 8.86% 9,683
Perry 4,489 50.00% 4,475 49.84% 14 0.16% 14 0.16% 8,978
Pike 4,672 50.91% 4,449 48.48% 56 0.61% 223 2.43% 9,177
Porter 8,270 58.40% 5,840 41.24% 51 0.36% 2,430 17.16% 14,161
Posey 4,514 47.06% 5,022 52.35% 57 0.59% -508 -5.30% 9,593
Pulaski 3,472 52.70% 3,021 45.86% 95 1.44% 451 6.85% 6,588
Putnam 5,832 49.00% 6,020 50.58% 49 0.41% -188 -1.58% 11,901
Randolph 8,033 57.19% 5,787 41.20% 226 1.61% 2,246 15.99% 14,046
Ripley 6,061 55.44% 4,834 44.21% 38 0.35% 1,227 11.22% 10,933
Rush 6,486 60.02% 4,282 39.62% 39 0.36% 2,204 20.39% 10,807
St. Joseph 36,164 44.02% 45,620 55.53% 374 0.46% -9,456 -11.51% 82,158
Scott 2,285 45.96% 2,668 53.66% 19 0.38% -383 -7.70% 4,972
Shelby 7,216 47.02% 8,015 52.22% 117 0.76% -799 -5.21% 15,348
Spencer 5,667 57.31% 4,180 42.27% 42 0.42% 1,487 15.04% 9,889
Starke 3,473 54.16% 2,917 45.49% 22 0.34% 556 8.67% 6,412
Steuben 5,056 66.35% 2,524 33.12% 40 0.52% 2,532 33.23% 7,620
Sullivan 6,471 42.32% 8,667 56.69% 151 0.99% -2,196 -14.36% 15,289
Switzerland 2,285 46.01% 2,659 53.54% 22 0.44% -374 -7.53% 4,966
Tippecanoe 16,148 56.96% 12,129 42.78% 73 0.26% 4,019 14.18% 28,350
Tipton 4,749 52.90% 4,173 46.48% 56 0.62% 576 6.42% 8,978
Union 2,009 58.35% 1,415 41.10% 19 0.55% 594 17.25% 3,443
Vanderburgh 28,417 42.25% 38,567 57.33% 283 0.42% -10,150 -15.09% 67,267
Vermillion 5,716 47.74% 6,174 51.57% 83 0.69% -458 -3.83% 11,973
Vigo 23,177 43.99% 29,308 55.63% 199 0.38% -6,131 -11.64% 52,684
Wabash 8,755 61.11% 5,431 37.91% 141 0.98% 3,324 23.20% 14,327
Warren 2,999 60.71% 1,927 39.01% 14 0.28% 1,072 21.70% 4,940
Warrick 5,456 51.88% 5,019 47.72% 42 0.40% 437 4.16% 10,517
Washington 4,216 48.37% 4,471 51.30% 29 0.33% -255 -2.93% 8,716
Wayne 15,058 51.27% 14,139 48.14% 173 0.59% 919 3.13% 29,370
Wells 4,898 47.75% 5,236 51.05% 123 1.20% -338 -3.30% 10,257
White 5,189 55.15% 4,176 44.38% 44 0.47% 1,013 10.77% 9,409
Whitley 5,100 53.34% 4,404 46.06% 57 0.60% 696 7.28% 9,561
Totals 899,466 50.45% 874,063 49.03% 9,218 0.52% 25,403 1.42% 1,782,747

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  3. ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1940". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  5. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 141-142 ISBN 0405077114
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