1944 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Oklahoma was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 55.57% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 44.20% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 401,549 | 55.57% | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 319,424 | 44.20% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 1,663 | 0.23% | |
| Total votes | 722,636 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,760 | 49.60% | 2,792 | 50.18% | 12 | 0.22% | -32 | -0.58% | 5,564 |
| Alfalfa | 1,716 | 33.11% | 3,434 | 66.27% | 32 | 0.62% | -1,718 | -33.15% | 5,182 |
| Atoka | 2,172 | 58.81% | 1,515 | 41.02% | 6 | 0.16% | 657 | 17.79% | 3,693 |
| Beaver | 1,355 | 41.12% | 1,913 | 58.06% | 27 | 0.82% | -558 | -16.93% | 3,295 |
| Beckham | 3,608 | 63.78% | 2,034 | 35.96% | 15 | 0.27% | 1,574 | 27.82% | 5,657 |
| Blaine | 2,097 | 37.51% | 3,480 | 62.24% | 14 | 0.25% | -1,383 | -24.74% | 5,591 |
| Bryan | 7,180 | 80.91% | 1,677 | 18.90% | 17 | 0.19% | 5,503 | 62.01% | 8,874 |
| Caddo | 6,850 | 55.23% | 5,529 | 44.58% | 24 | 0.19% | 1,321 | 10.65% | 12,403 |
| Canadian | 4,800 | 50.57% | 4,674 | 49.24% | 18 | 0.19% | 126 | 1.33% | 9,492 |
| Carter | 9,184 | 78.81% | 2,446 | 20.99% | 24 | 0.21% | 6,738 | 57.82% | 11,654 |
| Cherokee | 3,415 | 50.50% | 3,336 | 49.33% | 12 | 0.18% | 79 | 1.17% | 6,763 |
| Choctaw | 4,358 | 75.46% | 1,404 | 24.31% | 13 | 0.23% | 2,954 | 51.15% | 5,775 |
| Cimarron | 746 | 47.25% | 822 | 52.06% | 11 | 0.70% | -76 | -4.81% | 1,579 |
| Cleveland | 5,240 | 58.86% | 3,642 | 40.91% | 21 | 0.24% | 1,598 | 17.95% | 8,903 |
| Coal | 1,959 | 71.92% | 760 | 27.90% | 5 | 0.18% | 1,199 | 44.02% | 2,724 |
| Comanche | 7,342 | 63.96% | 4,109 | 35.80% | 28 | 0.24% | 3,233 | 28.16% | 11,479 |
| Cotton | 2,711 | 67.88% | 1,266 | 31.70% | 17 | 0.43% | 1,445 | 36.18% | 3,994 |
| Craig | 3,363 | 51.86% | 3,111 | 47.97% | 11 | 0.17% | 252 | 3.89% | 6,485 |
| Creek | 8,342 | 52.36% | 7,549 | 47.38% | 41 | 0.26% | 793 | 4.98% | 15,932 |
| Custer | 3,928 | 53.79% | 3,349 | 45.86% | 25 | 0.34% | 579 | 7.93% | 7,302 |
| Delaware | 2,373 | 46.29% | 2,660 | 51.89% | 93 | 1.81% | -287 | -5.60% | 5,126 |
| Dewey | 1,808 | 45.35% | 2,166 | 54.33% | 13 | 0.33% | -358 | -8.98% | 3,987 |
| Ellis | 1,104 | 36.18% | 1,939 | 63.55% | 8 | 0.26% | -835 | -27.37% | 3,051 |
| Garfield | 7,879 | 41.13% | 11,211 | 58.53% | 65 | 0.34% | -3,332 | -17.39% | 19,155 |
| Garvin | 5,328 | 71.80% | 2,086 | 28.11% | 7 | 0.09% | 3,242 | 43.69% | 7,421 |
| Grady | 7,689 | 65.28% | 4,069 | 34.55% | 20 | 0.17% | 3,620 | 30.74% | 11,778 |
| Grant | 2,045 | 40.26% | 3,021 | 59.48% | 13 | 0.26% | -976 | -19.22% | 5,079 |
| Greer | 2,984 | 73.43% | 1,075 | 26.45% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,909 | 46.97% | 4,064 |
| Harmon | 1,933 | 79.03% | 503 | 20.56% | 10 | 0.41% | 1,430 | 58.46% | 2,446 |
| Harper | 1,056 | 42.70% | 1,394 | 56.37% | 23 | 0.93% | -338 | -13.67% | 2,473 |
| Haskell | 2,924 | 58.00% | 2,102 | 41.70% | 15 | 0.30% | 822 | 16.31% | 5,041 |
| Hughes | 5,009 | 66.73% | 2,484 | 33.09% | 13 | 0.17% | 2,525 | 33.64% | 7,506 |
| Jackson | 4,866 | 78.59% | 1,313 | 21.20% | 13 | 0.21% | 3,553 | 57.38% | 6,192 |
| Jefferson | 2,948 | 74.88% | 974 | 24.74% | 15 | 0.38% | 1,974 | 50.14% | 3,937 |
| Johnston | 2,339 | 71.35% | 925 | 28.22% | 14 | 0.43% | 1,414 | 43.14% | 3,278 |
| Kay | 8,656 | 47.45% | 9,498 | 52.07% | 88 | 0.48% | -842 | -4.62% | 18,242 |
| Kingfisher | 2,175 | 38.78% | 3,417 | 60.92% | 17 | 0.30% | -1,242 | -22.14% | 5,609 |
| Kiowa | 4,175 | 66.48% | 2,081 | 33.14% | 24 | 0.38% | 2,094 | 33.34% | 6,280 |
| Latimer | 1,948 | 59.85% | 1,296 | 39.82% | 11 | 0.34% | 652 | 20.03% | 3,255 |
| Le Flore | 5,660 | 60.54% | 3,667 | 39.22% | 22 | 0.24% | 1,993 | 21.32% | 9,349 |
| Lincoln | 3,910 | 44.74% | 4,801 | 54.94% | 28 | 0.32% | -891 | -10.20% | 8,739 |
| Logan | 3,795 | 45.09% | 4,586 | 54.48% | 36 | 0.43% | -791 | -9.40% | 8,417 |
| Love | 1,955 | 81.29% | 446 | 18.54% | 4 | 0.17% | 1,509 | 62.74% | 2,405 |
| Major | 965 | 24.09% | 3,019 | 75.38% | 21 | 0.52% | -2,054 | -51.29% | 4,005 |
| Marshall | 2,261 | 74.77% | 752 | 24.87% | 11 | 0.36% | 1,509 | 49.90% | 3,024 |
| Mayes | 3,830 | 49.93% | 3,822 | 49.82% | 19 | 0.25% | 8 | 0.10% | 7,671 |
| McClain | 3,301 | 68.76% | 1,492 | 31.08% | 8 | 0.17% | 1,809 | 37.68% | 4,801 |
| McCurtain | 5,322 | 78.83% | 1,419 | 21.02% | 10 | 0.15% | 3,903 | 57.81% | 6,751 |
| McIntosh | 3,190 | 55.28% | 2,569 | 44.52% | 12 | 0.21% | 621 | 10.76% | 5,771 |
| Murray | 2,602 | 71.96% | 1,005 | 27.79% | 9 | 0.25% | 1,597 | 44.16% | 3,616 |
| Muskogee | 11,679 | 58.42% | 8,280 | 41.42% | 31 | 0.16% | 3,399 | 17.00% | 19,990 |
| Noble | 2,300 | 42.81% | 3,060 | 56.95% | 13 | 0.24% | -760 | -14.14% | 5,373 |
| Nowata | 2,581 | 48.46% | 2,730 | 51.26% | 15 | 0.28% | -149 | -2.80% | 5,326 |
| Okfuskee | 3,291 | 60.09% | 2,177 | 39.75% | 9 | 0.16% | 1,114 | 20.34% | 5,477 |
| Oklahoma | 57,812 | 57.59% | 42,464 | 42.30% | 116 | 0.12% | 15,348 | 15.29% | 100,392 |
| Okmulgee | 9,737 | 64.09% | 5,430 | 35.74% | 25 | 0.16% | 4,307 | 28.35% | 15,192 |
| Osage | 6,846 | 55.17% | 5,557 | 44.78% | 7 | 0.06% | 1,289 | 10.39% | 12,410 |
| Ottawa | 5,876 | 53.69% | 5,056 | 46.19% | 13 | 0.12% | 820 | 7.49% | 10,945 |
| Pawnee | 2,460 | 42.52% | 3,310 | 57.21% | 16 | 0.28% | -850 | -14.69% | 5,786 |
| Payne | 5,624 | 48.06% | 6,048 | 51.68% | 30 | 0.26% | -424 | -3.62% | 11,702 |
| Pittsburg | 8,535 | 67.60% | 4,068 | 32.22% | 23 | 0.18% | 4,467 | 35.38% | 12,626 |
| Pontotoc | 6,552 | 68.73% | 2,960 | 31.05% | 21 | 0.22% | 3,592 | 37.68% | 9,533 |
| Pottawatomie | 9,130 | 58.31% | 6,486 | 41.42% | 43 | 0.27% | 2,644 | 16.88% | 15,659 |
| Pushmataha | 2,848 | 70.50% | 1,181 | 29.23% | 11 | 0.27% | 1,667 | 41.26% | 4,040 |
| Roger Mills | 2,015 | 63.44% | 1,148 | 36.15% | 13 | 0.41% | 867 | 27.30% | 3,176 |
| Rogers | 3,209 | 46.13% | 3,739 | 53.75% | 8 | 0.12% | -530 | -7.62% | 6,956 |
| Seminole | 7,116 | 60.86% | 4,560 | 39.00% | 16 | 0.14% | 2,556 | 21.86% | 11,692 |
| Sequoyah | 3,571 | 55.18% | 2,893 | 44.70% | 8 | 0.12% | 678 | 10.48% | 6,472 |
| Stephens | 6,189 | 68.97% | 2,766 | 30.82% | 19 | 0.21% | 3,423 | 38.14% | 8,974 |
| Texas | 2,119 | 54.75% | 1,731 | 44.73% | 20 | 0.52% | 388 | 10.03% | 3,870 |
| Tillman | 3,902 | 72.13% | 1,496 | 27.65% | 12 | 0.22% | 2,406 | 44.47% | 5,410 |
| Tulsa | 33,436 | 43.89% | 42,663 | 56.00% | 89 | 0.12% | -9,227 | -12.11% | 76,188 |
| Wagoner | 2,373 | 40.58% | 3,467 | 59.29% | 8 | 0.14% | -1,094 | -18.71% | 5,848 |
| Washington | 5,090 | 43.72% | 6,533 | 56.12% | 18 | 0.15% | -1,443 | -12.40% | 11,641 |
| Washita | 3,524 | 56.40% | 2,706 | 43.31% | 18 | 0.29% | 818 | 13.09% | 6,248 |
| Woods | 2,426 | 42.75% | 3,226 | 56.85% | 23 | 0.41% | -800 | -14.10% | 5,675 |
| Woodward | 2,152 | 41.19% | 3,055 | 58.47% | 18 | 0.34% | -903 | -17.28% | 5,225 |
| Totals | 401,549 | 55.57% | 319,424 | 44.20% | 1,663 | 0.23% | 82,125 | 11.36% | 722,636 |
Counties that flipped Republican to Democratic
[edit]Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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 - Oklahoma". Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 363-364 ISBN 0405077114
