1944 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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All 9 Arkansas votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Harry S. Truman John W. Bricker
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 148,965 63,551
Percentage 69.9% 29.8%
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arkansas was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 69.95 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 29.84 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 148,965 69.95%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 63,551 29.84%
Socialist Norman Thomas 438 0.21%
Total votes 212,954 100%

Results by county

1944 United States presidential election in Arkansas by county[5]
County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Arkansas 1,711 62.20% 1,031 37.48% 9 0.33% 680 24.72% 2,751
Ashley 2,169 88.17% 285 11.59% 6 0.24% 1,884 76.59% 2,460
Baxter 796 58.02% 572 41.69% 4 0.29% 224 16.33% 1,372
Benton 2,861 46.33% 3,305 53.52% 9 0.15% -444 -7.19% 6,175
Boone 2,132 61.25% 1,349 38.75% 0 0.00% 783 22.49% 3,481
Bradley 1,710 91.10% 162 8.63% 5 0.27% 1,548 82.47% 1,877
Calhoun 906 88.13% 122 11.87% 0 0.00% 784 76.26% 1,028
Carroll 1,464 55.45% 1,176 44.55% 0 0.00% 288 10.91% 2,640
Chicot 1,552 84.99% 270 14.79% 4 0.22% 1,282 70.21% 1,826
Clark 1,981 75.58% 637 24.30% 3 0.11% 1,344 51.28% 2,621
Clay 1,934 57.54% 1,422 42.31% 5 0.15% 512 15.23% 3,361
Cleburne 839 58.39% 582 40.50% 16 1.11% 257 17.88% 1,437
Cleveland 960 86.49% 150 13.51% 0 0.00% 810 72.97% 1,110
Columbia 2,145 84.35% 394 15.49% 4 0.16% 1,751 68.86% 2,543
Conway 1,579 71.09% 639 28.77% 3 0.14% 940 42.32% 2,221
Craighead 3,582 70.60% 1,474 29.05% 18 0.35% 2,108 41.55% 5,074
Crawford 1,702 59.47% 1,141 39.87% 19 0.66% 561 19.60% 2,862
Crittenden 1,548 80.63% 372 19.38% 0 0.00% 1,176 61.25% 1,920
Cross 1,724 79.01% 452 20.71% 6 0.27% 1,272 58.30% 2,182
Dallas 1,238 82.15% 266 17.65% 3 0.20% 972 64.50% 1,507
Desha 1,175 86.27% 186 13.66% 1 0.07% 989 72.61% 1,362
Drew 1,370 81.02% 320 18.92% 1 0.06% 1,050 62.09% 1,691
Faulkner 2,332 72.00% 897 27.69% 10 0.31% 1,435 44.30% 3,239
Franklin 1,188 72.13% 457 27.75% 2 0.12% 731 44.38% 1,647
Fulton 660 55.60% 525 44.23% 2 0.17% 135 11.37% 1,187
Garland 3,596 63.43% 2,069 36.50% 4 0.07% 1,527 26.94% 5,669
Grant 1,088 76.51% 334 23.49% 0 0.00% 754 53.02% 1,422
Greene 2,565 73.26% 928 26.51% 8 0.23% 1,637 46.76% 3,501
Hempstead 2,157 77.34% 624 22.37% 8 0.29% 1,533 54.97% 2,789
Hot Spring 1,646 65.58% 853 33.98% 11 0.44% 793 31.59% 2,510
Howard 1,538 72.62% 576 27.20% 4 0.19% 962 45.42% 2,118
Independence 1,779 59.70% 1,192 40.00% 9 0.30% 587 19.70% 2,980
Izard 853 67.75% 402 31.93% 4 0.32% 451 35.82% 1,259
Jackson 2,318 84.85% 414 15.15% 0 0.00% 1,904 69.69% 2,732
Jefferson 4,095 72.15% 1,578 27.80% 3 0.05% 2,517 44.34% 5,676
Johnson 1,311 68.60% 593 31.03% 7 0.37% 718 37.57% 1,911
Lafayette 1,150 86.66% 177 13.34% 0 0.00% 973 73.32% 1,327
Lawrence 1,810 66.06% 927 33.83% 3 0.11% 883 32.23% 2,740
Lee 1,118 80.09% 275 19.70% 3 0.21% 843 60.39% 1,396
Lincoln 1,034 88.00% 141 12.00% 0 0.00% 893 76.00% 1,175
Little River 961 74.55% 326 25.29% 2 0.16% 635 49.26% 1,289
Logan 2,269 63.83% 1,279 35.98% 7 0.20% 990 27.85% 3,555
Lonoke 2,064 74.70% 697 25.23% 2 0.07% 1,367 49.48% 2,763
Madison 1,788 45.75% 2,120 54.25% 0 0.00% -332 -8.50% 3,908
Marion 842 66.40% 414 32.65% 12 0.95% 428 33.75% 1,268
Miller 2,873 74.60% 972 25.24% 6 0.16% 1,901 49.36% 3,851
Mississippi 3,938 75.22% 1,292 24.68% 5 0.10% 2,646 50.54% 5,235
Monroe 1,311 81.63% 291 18.12% 4 0.25% 1,020 63.51% 1,606
Montgomery 573 62.01% 349 37.77% 2 0.22% 224 24.24% 924
Nevada 1,353 76.40% 415 23.43% 3 0.17% 938 52.96% 1,771
Newton 710 43.03% 934 56.61% 6 0.36% -224 -13.58% 1,650
Ouachita 3,154 86.93% 473 13.04% 1 0.03% 2,681 73.90% 3,628
Perry 710 71.36% 285 28.64% 0 0.00% 425 42.71% 995
Phillips 2,046 80.30% 501 19.66% 1 0.04% 1,545 60.64% 2,548
Pike 877 67.88% 405 31.35% 10 0.77% 472 36.53% 1,292
Poinsett 2,506 88.93% 311 11.04% 1 0.04% 2,195 77.89% 2,818
Polk 999 56.35% 764 43.09% 10 0.56% 235 13.25% 1,773
Pope 2,048 71.58% 805 28.14% 8 0.28% 1,243 43.45% 2,861
Prairie 1,117 70.47% 465 29.34% 3 0.19% 652 41.14% 1,585
Pulaski 16,470 72.91% 6,069 26.87% 50 0.22% 10,401 46.04% 22,589
Randolph 1,514 73.89% 529 25.82% 6 0.29% 985 48.07% 2,049
St. Francis 1,654 78.46% 446 21.16% 8 0.38% 1,208 57.31% 2,108
Saline 2,556 79.45% 643 19.99% 18 0.56% 1,913 59.47% 3,217
Scott 898 72.07% 348 27.93% 0 0.00% 550 44.14% 1,246
Searcy 891 38.62% 1,409 61.07% 7 0.30% -518 -22.45% 2,307
Sebastian 6,008 63.46% 3,452 36.46% 7 0.07% 2,556 27.00% 9,467
Sevier 1,356 77.66% 389 22.28% 1 0.06% 967 55.38% 1,746
Sharp 1,217 64.29% 664 35.08% 12 0.63% 553 29.21% 1,893
Stone 592 51.30% 549 47.57% 13 1.13% 43 3.73% 1,154
Union 4,624 84.70% 833 15.26% 2 0.04% 3,791 69.44% 5,459
Van Buren 1,090 62.39% 655 37.49% 2 0.11% 435 24.90% 1,747
Washington 3,089 49.81% 3,084 49.73% 28 0.45% 5 0.08% 6,201
White 2,532 65.29% 1,346 34.71% 0 0.00% 1,186 30.58% 3,878
Woodruff 1,377 82.85% 279 16.79% 6 0.36% 1,098 66.06% 1,662
Yell 1,642 77.02% 489 22.94% 1 0.05% 1,153 54.08% 2,132
Totals 148,965 69.95% 63,551 29.84% 438 0.21% 85,414 40.11% 212,954

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results — Arkansas". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1944". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  5. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 50-51 ISBN 0405077114
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