1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi

1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi
All 9 Mississippi votes to the Electoral College
County Results Roosevelt 80-90% 90-100%
President before election; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic	Elected President ; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose nine^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Mississippi was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 97.03% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 2.75% of the popular vote.^[3]^[4]

By percentage of the popular vote won, Mississippi was Roosevelt's second-best state. The only state in which he won more of the popular vote than in Mississippi was in South Carolina, where he won 98.57%.

The Roosevelt/Garner ticket easily carried Mississippi on election day, carrying every single county with greater than 85% of the vote, all but two with greater than 90%, and one (Issaquena) unanimously.

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)	157,333	97.03%
	Republican	Alf Landon	4,467	2.75%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	342	0.21%
Total votes			162,142	100%

Results by county

1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi^[5]
County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Alfred Mossman Landon Republican		Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist		Margin		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Adams	1,732	93.12%	124	6.67%	4	0.22%	1,608	86.45%	1,860
Alcorn	2,396	97.52%	53	2.16%	8	0.33%	2,343	95.36%	2,457
Amite	1,421	95.24%	56	3.75%	15	1.01%	1,365	91.49%	1,492
Attala	1,855	97.79%	36	1.90%	6	0.32%	1,819	95.89%	1,897
Benton	1,717	99.42%	10	0.58%	0	0.00%	1,707	98.84%	1,727
Bolivar	2,296	95.79%	101	4.21%	0	0.00%	2,195	91.57%	2,397
Calhoun	1,691	97.58%	40	2.31%	2	0.12%	1,651	95.27%	1,733
Carroll	1,030	98.10%	19	1.81%	1	0.10%	1,011	96.29%	1,050
Chickasaw	1,559	98.80%	18	1.14%	1	0.06%	1,541	97.66%	1,578
Choctaw	1,342	96.83%	41	2.96%	3	0.22%	1,301	93.87%	1,386
Claiborne	774	96.03%	31	3.85%	1	0.12%	743	92.18%	806
Clarke	2,089	98.40%	31	1.46%	3	0.14%	2,058	96.94%	2,123
Clay	1,271	97.54%	32	2.46%	0	0.00%	1,239	95.09%	1,303
Coahoma	2,059	97.68%	49	2.32%	0	0.00%	2,010	95.35%	2,108
Copiah	2,397	98.12%	45	1.84%	1	0.04%	2,352	96.28%	2,443
Covington	1,589	96.65%	52	3.16%	3	0.18%	1,537	93.49%	1,644
DeSoto	1,343	99.04%	13	0.96%	0	0.00%	1,330	98.08%	1,356
Forrest	3,596	93.62%	234	6.09%	11	0.29%	3,362	87.53%	3,841
Franklin	1,098	96.83%	33	2.91%	3	0.26%	1,065	93.92%	1,134
George	892	97.17%	24	2.61%	2	0.22%	868	94.55%	918
Greene	830	94.43%	46	5.23%	3	0.34%	784	89.19%	879
Grenada	1,245	98.97%	13	1.03%	0	0.00%	1,232	97.93%	1,258
Hancock	1,284	87.70%	164	11.20%	14	0.96%	1,120	76.50%	1,464
Harrison	4,208	88.78%	495	10.44%	37	0.78%	3,713	78.33%	4,740
Hinds	8,647	96.33%	313	3.49%	16	0.18%	8,334	92.85%	8,976
Holmes	1,885	99.37%	12	0.63%	0	0.00%	1,873	98.73%	1,897
Humphreys	1,164	99.40%	7	0.60%	0	0.00%	1,157	98.80%	1,171
Issaquena	214	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	214	100.00%	214
Itawamba	1,465	96.89%	47	3.11%	0	0.00%	1,418	93.78%	1,512
Jackson	1,704	93.06%	120	6.55%	7	0.38%	1,584	86.51%	1,831
Jasper	2,004	98.87%	21	1.04%	2	0.10%	1,983	97.83%	2,027
Jefferson	884	98.88%	9	1.01%	1	0.11%	875	97.87%	894
Jefferson Davis	1,325	95.05%	67	4.81%	1	0.07%	1,258	90.24%	1,394
Jones	4,461	95.02%	185	3.94%	49	1.04%	4,276	91.08%	4,695
Kemper	1,477	99.46%	8	0.54%	0	0.00%	1,469	98.92%	1,485
Lafayette	1,652	98.16%	26	1.54%	5	0.30%	1,626	96.61%	1,683
Lamar	1,210	92.65%	91	6.97%	5	0.38%	1,119	85.68%	1,306
Lauderdale	6,075	98.72%	67	1.09%	12	0.19%	6,008	97.63%	6,154
Lawrence	1,286	97.35%	34	2.57%	1	0.08%	1,252	94.78%	1,321
Leake	2,566	99.30%	8	0.31%	7	0.27%	2,558	98.99%	2,584
Lee	3,585	98.84%	42	1.16%	0	0.00%	3,543	97.68%	3,627
Leflore	2,137	98.34%	35	1.61%	1	0.05%	2,102	96.73%	2,173
Lincoln	2,465	96.70%	74	2.90%	10	0.39%	2,391	93.80%	2,549
Lowndes	2,328	97.24%	56	2.34%	10	0.42%	2,272	94.90%	2,394
Madison	1,838	98.24%	32	1.71%	1	0.05%	1,806	96.53%	1,871
Marion	1,932	98.07%	37	1.88%	1	0.05%	1,895	96.19%	1,970
Marshall	1,111	97.97%	22	1.94%	1	0.09%	1,089	96.03%	1,134
Monroe	3,199	98.22%	55	1.69%	3	0.09%	3,144	96.53%	3,257
Montgomery	1,383	99.64%	5	0.36%	0	0.00%	1,378	99.28%	1,388
Neshoba	3,495	98.04%	67	1.88%	3	0.08%	3,428	96.16%	3,565
Newton	2,624	98.42%	39	1.46%	3	0.11%	2,585	96.96%	2,666
Noxubee	1,332	97.94%	27	1.99%	1	0.07%	1,305	95.96%	1,360
Oktibbeha	1,714	98.73%	19	1.09%	3	0.17%	1,695	97.64%	1,736
Panola	1,481	99.80%	3	0.20%	0	0.00%	1,478	99.60%	1,484
Pearl River	1,156	93.23%	81	6.53%	3	0.24%	1,075	86.69%	1,240
Perry	737	97.88%	16	2.12%	0	0.00%	721	95.75%	753
Pike	3,170	97.21%	86	2.64%	5	0.15%	3,084	94.57%	3,261
Pontotoc	2,286	95.73%	93	3.89%	9	0.38%	2,193	91.83%	2,388
Prentiss	1,809	97.10%	50	2.68%	4	0.21%	1,759	94.42%	1,863
Quitman	1,025	99.03%	9	0.87%	1	0.10%	1,016	98.16%	1,035
Rankin	1,884	97.06%	54	2.78%	3	0.15%	1,830	94.28%	1,941
Scott	2,097	98.40%	33	1.55%	1	0.05%	2,064	96.86%	2,131
Sharkey	567	98.78%	7	1.22%	0	0.00%	560	97.56%	574
Simpson	2,445	98.04%	48	1.92%	1	0.04%	2,397	96.11%	2,494
Smith	1,676	98.94%	17	1.00%	1	0.06%	1,659	97.93%	1,694
Stone	675	96.43%	23	3.29%	2	0.29%	652	93.14%	700
Sunflower	2,508	99.17%	21	0.83%	0	0.00%	2,487	98.34%	2,529
Tallahatchie	1,567	99.68%	4	0.25%	1	0.06%	1,563	99.43%	1,572
Tate	1,088	99.36%	7	0.64%	0	0.00%	1,081	98.72%	1,095
Tippah	1,625	98.84%	19	1.16%	0	0.00%	1,606	97.69%	1,644
Tishomingo	1,619	92.83%	115	6.59%	10	0.57%	1,504	86.24%	1,744
Tunica	701	99.29%	5	0.71%	0	0.00%	696	98.58%	706
Union	2,249	97.11%	63	2.72%	4	0.17%	2,186	94.39%	2,316
Walthall	1,234	97.70%	28	2.22%	1	0.08%	1,206	95.49%	1,263
Warren	3,233	96.19%	122	3.63%	6	0.18%	3,111	92.56%	3,361
Washington	2,143	95.63%	94	4.19%	4	0.18%	2,049	91.43%	2,241
Wayne	1,367	96.81%	44	3.12%	1	0.07%	1,323	93.70%	1,412
Webster	1,439	95.49%	56	3.72%	12	0.80%	1,383	91.77%	1,507
Wilkinson	767	97.09%	21	2.66%	2	0.25%	746	94.43%	790
Winston	2,418	99.34%	15	0.62%	1	0.04%	2,403	98.73%	2,434
Yalobusha	1,350	98.04%	25	1.82%	2	0.15%	1,325	96.22%	1,377
Yazoo	2,141	99.07%	17	0.79%	3	0.14%	2,124	98.29%	2,161
Total	157,333	97.03%	4,467	2.75%	342	0.21%	152,866	94.48%	162,142

References

^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
^ Vinacke, Harold M.; Jones, S. Shepard; Myers, Denys P. (March 1941). "Documents on American Foreign Relations: July, 1939-June, 1940". The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 27 (4): 666. doi:10.2307/1898004. ISSN 0161-391X. JSTOR 1898004.

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 15, 2019.

[2] "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved January 15, 2019.

[3] "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi". Retrieved January 15, 2019.

[4] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved January 15, 2019.

[5] Vinacke, Harold M.; Jones, S. Shepard; Myers, Denys P. (March 1941). "Documents on American Foreign Relations: July, 1939-June, 1940". The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 27 (4): 666. doi:10.2307/1898004. ISSN 0161-391X. JSTOR 1898004.

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