1944 Democratic Party presidential primaries

1944 Democratic Party presidential primaries

March 14 to May 19, 1944
 
Candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt Uncommitted Claude R. Linger
Home state New York West Virginia
Contests won 7 6 1
Popular vote 1,324,006 478,567 59,282
Percentage 70.9% 25.6% 3.2%


Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Presidential primaries were organized by the Democratic Party to select delegates to determine the party's nominees in the 1944 United States presidential election. Voting took place from March 14 to May 19, 1944, in 14 U.S. states. The incumbent president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt won the majority of contests and was nominated for an unprecedented fourth term by the 1944 Democratic National Convention.[1]

Contests

Date Contest Popular vote[2]
Roosevelt Uncommitted Others
March 14 New Hampshire 6,772[a]
(100.0%)
April 5 Wisconsin 49,632
(94.3%)
3,014
(5.7%)
April 11 Illinois 47,961
(99.3%)
343
(0.3%)
Nebraska 37,405
(99.2%)
319
(0.8%)
April 25 Massachusetts 57,299[a]
(100.0%)
Pennsylvania 322,469
(99.7%)
961
(0.3%)
May 2 Alabama 116,922[a]
(100.0%)
Florida 118,518[b]
(100.0%)
South Dakota 14,141[c]
(100.0%)
May 9 Ohio 164,915
(100.0%)
West Virginia 59,282[d]
(100.0%)
May 16 California 770,222
(100.0%)
New Jersey 16,884
(99.6%)
60[e]
(0.4%)
May 19 Oregon 79,833
(98.7%)
1,057
(1.3%)
TOTAL 1,324,006
(70.9%)
478,567
(25.6%)
65,036
(3.5%)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Votes for formally unpledged pro-Roosevelt delegates.
  2. ^ Split between pro-Roosevelt and pro-Byrd delegates.
  3. ^ Split between two pro-Roosevelt lists.
  4. ^ Votes for Claude R. Linger.
  5. ^ Votes for Thomas E. Dewey.

References

Bibliography

  • Congressional Quarterly (2010). Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (6th ed.). Washington D.C.: Congressional Quarterly.
  • McGillivray, Alice V.; Scammon, Richard M. (1994). America at the Polls, 1920–1956: Harding to Eisenhower. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly.