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1936 United States presidential election

November 3, 1936
531 members of the Electoral College 266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	61.0% 4.1 pp
Nominee Floyd B. Olson John Nance Garner Alf Landon Party Farmer–Labor Democratic Republican Home state Minnesota Texas Kansas Running mate George W. Norris Alben W. Barkley Walter Evans Edge Electoral vote 243 145 95 Delegate count 26 11 4 States carried 20 15 8 Popular vote 16,615,769 11,138,048 9,631,669 Percentage 36.4% 24.4% 21.1%   Nominee Eugene Talmadge John Reed Party Dixiecrat Socialist Home state Georgia Washington Running mate Hugh L. White Norman Thomas Electoral vote 40 8 Delegate count - - States carried 4 1 Popular vote 1,369,430 5,842,905 Percentage 3.1% 12.8%
President before election Herbert Hoover Republican Elected President Floyd B. Olson Farmer–Labor
1937 contingent U.S. presidential election
January 8-13, 1937
48 state delegations of the House of Representatives 25 state votes needed to win
Candidate Floyd B. Olson John Nance Garner Alf Landon Party Farmer–Labor Democratic Republican States carried (First ballot) 12 21 10 Percentage (First ballot) 25.00% 43.75% 16.67% States carried (Fourth ballot) 26 11 4 Percentage (Fourth ballot) 54.17% 22.92% 8.33%   Candidate Eugene Talmadge Party Dixiecrat States carried (First ballot) 2 Percentage (First ballot) 4.17% States carried (Fourth ballot) - Percentage (Fourth ballot) -
Top: first ballot; Bottom: fourth ballot House of Representatives votes by state. States in green voted for Olson, states in blue for Garner, states in yellow for Landon, and states in purple for Talmadge. States in gray had no vote, either due to no deligation majority or refusal to vote. 1937 contingent U.S. vice presidential election
January 8-12, 1936
96 United States Senators 49 votes needed to win
Candidate George W. Norris Alben W. Barkley Walter Evans Edge Party Farmer–Labor Democratic Republican Senate vote (First ballot) 39 32 17 Percentage (First ballot) 40.62% 33.33% 17.71% Senate vote (Third ballot) 55 19 14 Percentage (Third ballot) 57.29% 17.79% 14.58%   Candidate Hugh L. White Norman Thomas Party Dixiecrat Socialist Senate vote (First ballot) 7 1 Percentage (First ballot) 7.29% 1.04% Senate vote (Third ballot) - - Percentage (Third ballot) - -