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1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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All 10 Louisiana votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 292,894 36,791
Percentage 88.82% 11.16%

Parish Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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

Ever since the passage of a new constitution in 1898, Louisiana had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. The Republican Party became moribund due to the disenfranchisement of blacks and the complete absence of other support bases as Louisiana completely lacked upland or German refugee whites opposed to secession.[3] Despite this absolute single-party dominance, non-partisan tendencies remained strong among wealthy sugar planters in Acadiana and within the business elite of New Orleans.[4]

Until the rise of Huey P. Long, post-disenfranchisement Louisiana politics was dominated by the New Orleans–based “Choctaw Club”,[5] which overcame Socialist, Wobbly, and Progressive challenges from the outlying upcountry, Imperial Calcasieu and Acadiana regions between the late 1900s and early 1920s.[6] The three presidential elections between 1916 and 1924 saw a rebellion in Acadiana over sugar tariffs and Woodrow Wilson’s foreign and domestic policies; however, the nomination of Catholic Al Smith in 1928 rapidly restored their Democratic loyalty without causing significant upheaval in the remainder of the state, which was too focused on control of black labour to worry about Smith’s Catholicism.[7]

Following the 1928 gubernatorial primary, Louisiana politics until Brown v. Board of Education would be governed by a system of coherent “Long” and “anti-Long” Democratic factionalism,[8] as the administration of Huey Long introduced significant economic reforms, which were strongly opposed by the remnants of the old Choctaws. During the first term of Roosevelt, Long sought to capture the Presidency for himself under a “Share-Our-Wealth” program involving the confiscation of wealthy fortunes, family allowances, and government storage of agricultural surpluses.[9] However, in the ensuing years Long’s fortunes dwindled as a result of 1934 losses in the Sixth Congressional District and the New Orleans city council,[10] before Senator Long launched a siege on New Orleans and the Choctaws, combined with abolition of the state’s poll tax, in effort to regain his control over the state.[11]

However, Long’s assassination in 1935 meant he could not launch any presidential campaign. Although the sugar parishes did oppose incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s tariff policy strongly,[7] with the result that frequently rebellious Assumption and Lafourche Parishes showed a strong swing to Republican nominees Governor Alf Landon and veteran Illinois operative Frank Knox, Louisiana was won by Roosevelt and Vice President John Nance Garner, with 88.82 percent of the popular vote, against Landon’s 11.16 percent.[12][13] By percentage of the popular vote won, Louisiana was Roosevelt's third-best state, behind only South Carolina (98.57 percent) and Mississippi (97.06 percent).

Results

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1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 292,894 88.82%
Republican Alf Landon 36,791 11.16%
Write-ins 93 0.03%
Total votes 329,778 100%

Results by parish

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1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana by parish[14]
Parish Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican
Various candidates
Write-ins
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Acadia 4,504 91.08% 441 8.92% 4,063 82.16% 4,945
Allen 2,207 87.20% 324 12.80% 1,883 74.40% 2,531
Ascension 2,359 87.05% 350 12.92% 1 0.04% 2,009 74.13% 2,710
Assumption 712 39.06% 1,111 60.94% -399 -21.89% 1,823
Avoyelles 4,408 90.70% 452 9.30% 3,956 81.40% 4,860
Beauregard 2,181 79.89% 549 20.11% 1,632 59.78% 2,730
Bienville 2,593 92.38% 213 7.59% 1 0.04% 2,380 84.79% 2,807
Bossier 1,975 91.01% 193 8.89% 2 0.09% 1,782 82.12% 2,170
Caddo 12,156 87.72% 1,697 12.25% 4 0.03% 10,459 75.48% 13,857
Calcasieu 6,259 85.63% 1,037 14.19% 13 0.18% 5,222 71.45% 7,309
Caldwell 1,371 85.37% 235 14.63% 1,136 70.73% 1,606
Cameron 1,067 98.52% 16 1.48% 1,051 97.05% 1,083
Catahoula 1,363 93.29% 98 6.71% 1,265 86.58% 1,461
Claiborne 2,563 94.54% 146 5.39% 2 0.07% 2,417 89.16% 2,711
Concordia 1,152 95.13% 58 4.79% 1 0.08% 1,094 90.34% 1,211
De Soto 2,337 96.17% 93 3.83% 2,244 92.35% 2,430
East Baton Rouge 9,911 90.26% 1,069 9.74% 8,842 80.53% 10,980
East Carroll 811 89.51% 95 10.49% 716 79.03% 906
East Feliciana 1,057 91.20% 102 8.80% 955 82.40% 1,159
Evangeline 3,484 91.32% 331 8.68% 3,153 82.65% 3,815
Franklin 2,948 92.50% 231 7.25% 8 0.25% 2,717 85.25% 3,187
Grant 1,847 78.33% 511 21.67% 1,336 56.66% 2,358
Iberia 2,595 67.77% 1,234 32.23% 1,361 35.54% 3,829
Iberville 1,953 88.13% 263 11.87% 1,690 76.26% 2,216
Jackson 1,807 91.45% 169 8.55% 1,638 82.89% 1,976
Jefferson 9,056 92.72% 705 7.22% 6 0.06% 8,351 85.50% 9,767
Jefferson Davis 2,567 80.85% 608 19.15% 1,959 61.70% 3,175
Lafayette 4,570 93.72% 306 6.28% 4,264 87.45% 4,876
Lafourche 2,195 57.36% 1,630 42.59% 2 0.05% 565 14.76% 3,827
LaSalle 1,643 86.52% 256 13.48% 1,387 73.04% 1,899
Lincoln 2,154 91.43% 201 8.53% 1 0.04% 1,953 82.89% 2,356
Livingston 2,414 82.96% 496 17.04% 1,918 65.91% 2,910
Madison 1,085 93.86% 71 6.14% 1,014 87.72% 1,156
Morehouse 2,514 93.53% 172 6.40% 2 0.07% 2,342 87.13% 2,688
Natchitoches 3,476 87.38% 502 12.62% 2,974 74.76% 3,978
Orleans 108,012 91.32% 10,254 8.67% 16 0.01% 97,758 82.65% 118,282
Ouachita 7,635 87.28% 1,113 12.72% 6,522 74.55% 8,748
Plaquemines 2,209 95.92% 94 4.08% 2,115 91.84% 2,303
Pointe Coupee 1,419 92.44% 116 7.56% 1,303 84.89% 1,535
Rapides 8,017 86.45% 1,257 13.55% 6,760 72.89% 9,274
Red River 1,641 92.55% 132 7.45% 1,509 85.11% 1,773
Richland 2,425 93.48% 165 6.36% 4 0.15% 2,260 87.12% 2,594
Sabine 2,447 85.41% 417 14.55% 1 0.03% 2,030 70.86% 2,865
Saint Bernard 2,269 98.91% 25 1.09% 2,244 97.82% 2,294
Saint Charles 1,503 94.00% 96 6.00% 1,407 87.99% 1,599
Saint Helena 1,199 92.16% 102 7.84% 1,097 84.32% 1,301
Saint James 1,575 85.88% 259 14.12% 1,316 71.76% 1,834
Saint John the Baptist 1,742 86.93% 262 13.07% 1,480 73.85% 2,004
Saint Landry 5,639 92.75% 441 7.25% 5,198 85.49% 6,080
Saint Martin 2,638 96.35% 100 3.65% 2,538 92.70% 2,738
Saint Mary 1,942 79.95% 487 20.05% 1,455 59.90% 2,429
Saint Tammany 3,477 85.41% 594 14.59% 2,883 70.82% 4,071
Tangipahoa 4,624 77.07% 1,374 22.90% 2 0.03% 3,250 54.17% 6,000
Tensas 812 97.25% 23 2.75% 789 94.49% 835
Terrebonne 1,894 78.26% 526 21.74% 1,368 56.53% 2,420
Union 1,778 86.73% 272 13.27% 1,506 73.46% 2,050
Vermilion 4,141 89.02% 496 10.66% 15 0.32% 3,645 78.35% 4,652
Vernon 2,831 75.21% 928 24.65% 5 0.13% 1,903 50.56% 3,764
Washington 5,667 94.18% 350 5.82% 5,317 88.37% 6,017
Webster 2,799 90.12% 301 9.69% 6 0.19% 2,498 80.42% 3,106
West Baton Rouge 868 91.46% 80 8.43% 1 0.11% 788 83.03% 949
West Carroll 1,440 86.12% 232 13.88% 1,208 72.25% 1,672
West Feliciana 564 88.13% 76 11.88% 488 76.25% 640
Winn 2,393 90.40% 254 9.60% 2,139 80.81% 2,647
Totals 292,894 88.82% 36,791 11.16% 93 0.03% 256,103 77.66% 329,778

Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. ^ Phillips, Kevin P. (November 23, 2014). The Emerging Republican Majority. Princeton University Press. pp. 208, 210. ISBN 9780691163246.
  4. ^ Schott, Matthew J. (Summer 1979). "Progressives against Democracy: Electoral Reform in Louisiana, 1894-1921". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 20 (3): 247–260.
  5. ^ Wall, Bennett H.; Rodriguez, John C. (January 28, 2014). Louisiana: A History. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 274–275. ISBN 978-1118619292.
  6. ^ Collin, Richard H. (Winter 1971). "Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to New Orleans and the Progressive Campaign of 1914". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 12 (1): 5–19.
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  8. ^ Hansen, John Mark; Shigeo, Hirano; Snyder Jr., James M. (February 27, 2017). "Parties within Parties: Parties, Factions, and Coordinated Politics, 1900-1980". In Gerber, Alan S.; Schickler, Eric (eds.). Governing in a Polarized Age: Elections, Parties, and Political Representation in America. Cambridge University Press. pp. 165–168. ISBN 978-1-107-09509-0.
  9. ^ Sindler, Allan P. (1956). Huey Long's Louisiana: State politics, 1920-1952. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 84–85.
  10. ^ Sindler. Huey Long’s Louisiana, pp. 87-88
  11. ^ Sindler. Huey Long’s Louisiana, pp. 90-95
  12. ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results — Louisiana". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  13. ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1936". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  14. ^ "LA US President Race, November 03, 1936". Our Campaigns.