1944 United States presidential election in Missouri

1944 United States presidential election in Missouri
Roosevelt 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Dewey 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%
President before election; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic	Elected President ; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic

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]

Despite winning the state, Roosevelt's victory margin of less than three percentage points was historically poor for a nationally-successful Democrat, and the state weighed in as 4.56% more Republican than the nation at-large.

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
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	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%	46,184	2.94%	1,571,684

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Texas

References

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

[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

[Our-6] "MO US President Race, November 07, 1944". Our Campaigns.

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