1944 United States presidential election in Missouri
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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 15 0
Popular vote 807,804 761,524
Percentage 51.37% 48.43%
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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]

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Missouri
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

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% 1,571,677 2.94% 1,571,684

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results — Missouri". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1944". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  5. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 262-263
  6. ^ "MO US President Race, November 07, 1944". Our Campaigns.
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