1944 Democratic Party presidential primaries
March 14 to May 19, 1944
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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
References
- ^ Congressional Quarterly 2010, pp. 395–96.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly 2010, pp. 395–96; McGillivray & Scammon 1994.
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.