1944 United States presidential election in Alabama

The 1944 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1944 United States presidential election in Alabama

November 7, 1944

Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey Party Democratic Republican Home state New York New York Running mate Harry S. Truman John W. Bricker Electoral vote 11 0 Popular vote 198,918 44,540 Percentage 81.28% 18.20%

County Results Roosevelt   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Dewey   60-70%

President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

Alabama was won in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 81.28 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 18.20 percent of the popular vote, a margin of 63.08 percent. Third-party candidates only managed to pick up 0.53 percent of the vote.[1]

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Alabama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)	198,918	81.28%
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	44,540	18.20%
	Prohibition	Claude A. Watson	1,095	0.45%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	190	0.08%
Total votes			244,743	100%

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican		Claude A. Watson[2] Prohibition		Norman Mattoon Thomas[2] Socialist		Margin		Total votes cast[3]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Autauga	1,242	91.06%	117	8.58%	5	0.37%	0	0.00%	1,125	82.48%	1,364
Baldwin	2,002	73.41%	695	25.49%	22	0.81%	8	0.29%	1,308	47.95%	2,727
Barbour	2,237	94.91%	67	2.84%	53	2.25%	0	0.00%	2,170	92.07%	2,357
Bibb	1,287	83.25%	244	15.78%	10	0.65%	2	0.13%	1,043	67.60%	1,546
Blount	2,134	67.85%	998	31.73%	10	0.32%	1	0.03%	1,135	36.12%	3,145
Bullock	1,056	97.78%	24	2.22%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	1,032	95.56%	1,080
Butler	1,915	95.75%	80	4.00%	5	0.25%	0	0.00%	1,835	91.75%	2,000
Calhoun	4,308	85.65%	694	13.80%	26	0.52%	2	0.04%	3,614	71.85%	5,030
Chambers	3,458	94.43%	194	5.30%	9	0.25%	0	0.00%	3,264	89.16%	3,662
Cherokee	1,774	80.64%	408	18.55%	17	0.77%	1	0.05%	1,366	62.09%	2,200
Chilton	1,984	58.77%	1,385	41.02%	6	0.18%	1	0.03%	599	17.74%	3,376
Choctaw	1,243	93.32%	86	6.46%	3	0.23%	0	0.00%	1,158	86.87%	1,332
Clarke	2,263	93.98%	142	5.90%	3	0.12%	0	0.00%	2,121	88.08%	2,408
Clay	1,535	67.03%	741	32.36%	13	0.57%	1	0.04%	794	34.67%	2,290
Cleburne	948	65.02%	504	34.57%	6	0.41%	0	0.00%	443	30.36%	1,458
Coffee	2,846	96.02%	115	3.88%	3	0.10%	0	0.00%	2,731	92.14%	2,964
Colbert	3,386	87.07%	496	12.75%	6	0.15%	2	0.05%	2,890	74.29%	3,889
Conecuh	1,498	91.34%	127	7.74%	9	0.55%	6	0.37%	1,371	83.60%	1,640
Coosa	1,079	72.86%	394	26.60%	5	0.34%	3	0.20%	685	46.25%	1,481
Covington	2,972	91.98%	256	7.92%	2	0.06%	1	0.03%	2,716	84.06%	3,231
Crenshaw	1,980	94.06%	118	5.61%	6	0.29%	0	0.00%	1,862	88.50%	2,105
Cullman	3,898	63.43%	2,202	35.83%	41	0.67%	4	0.07%	1,696	27.60%	6,145
Dale	2,094	85.57%	325	13.28%	8	0.33%	1	0.04%	1,769	72.86%	2,447
Dallas	2,883	94.74%	149	4.90%	5	0.16%	5	0.16%	2,735	89.88%	3,043
DeKalb	4,366	62.35%	2,627	37.52%	9	0.13%	0	0.00%	1,739	24.84%	7,002
Elmore	3,108	94.32%	184	5.58%	3	0.09%	0	0.00%	2,924	88.74%	3,295
Escambia	2,077	88.20%	266	11.30%	12	0.51%	0	0.00%	1,811	76.90%	2,355
Etowah	5,895	78.38%	1,525	20.28%	89	1.18%	12	0.16%	4,370	58.10%	7,521
Fayette	1,648	64.10%	913	35.51%	10	0.39%	0	0.00%	735	28.59%	2,571
Franklin	2,709	59.30%	1,853	40.56%	6	0.13%	0	0.00%	856	18.74%	4,568
Geneva	2,004	83.36%	385	16.01%	15	0.62%	0	0.00%	1,619	67.35%	2,404
Greene	676	93.63%	45	6.23%	1	0.14%	0	0.00%	631	87.40%	722
Hale	1,265	97.46%	33	2.54%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	1,232	94.92%	1,298
Henry	1,635	97.15%	46	2.73%	2	0.12%	0	0.00%	1,589	94.41%	1,683
Houston	3,349	91.80%	282	7.73%	16	0.44%	1	0.03%	3,067	84.07%	3,648
Jackson	2,967	74.18%	1,026	25.65%	6	0.15%	1	0.03%	1,941	48.53%	4,000
Jefferson	31,101	80.40%	7,409	19.15%	157	0.41%	17	0.04%	23,692	61.24%	38,684
Lamar	2,025	86.10%	310	13.18%	16	0.68%	1	0.04%	1,715	72.92%	2,352
Lauderdale	4,001	86.77%	590	12.80%	19	0.41%	1	0.02%	3,411	73.98%	4,611
Lawrence	1,893	76.86%	565	22.94%	5	0.20%	0	0.00%	1,328	53.92%	2,463
Lee	2,011	93.49%	134	6.23%	5	0.23%	1	0.05%	1,878	87.27%	2,151
Limestone	2,605	94.93%	129	4.70%	10	0.36%	0	0.00%	2,476	90.23%	2,744
Lowndes	802	97.92%	16	1.95%	1	0.12%	0	0.00%	786	95.97%	819
Macon	1,032	92.56%	82	7.35%	1	0.09%	0	0.00%	951	85.37%	1,115
Madison	4,951	91.33%	455	8.39%	11	0.20%	4	0.07%	4,496	82.94%	5,421
Marengo	1,746	94.69%	89	4.83%	7	0.38%	2	0.11%	1,657	89.86%	1,844
Marion	1,866	59.48%	1,260	40.17%	10	0.32%	0	0.00%	607	19.36%	3,137
Marshall	3,356	73.58%	1,200	26.31%	5	0.11%	0	0.00%	2,156	47.27%	4,561
Mobile	9,439	75.98%	2,867	23.08%	86	0.69%	25	0.20%	6,570	52.92%	12,423
Monroe	1,991	97.55%	46	2.25%	4	0.20%	0	0.00%	1,945	95.30%	2,041
Montgomery	9,143	95.62%	381	3.98%	32	0.33%	9	0.09%	8,748	91.57%	9,562
Morgan	4,124	85.24%	664	13.72%	49	1.01%	0	0.00%	3,461	71.57%	4,838
Perry	1,004	95.35%	47	4.46%	2	0.19%	0	0.00%	957	90.88%	1,053
Pickens	1,482	87.23%	209	12.30%	8	0.47%	0	0.00%	1,273	74.93%	1,699
Pike	2,328	93.87%	90	3.63%	31	1.25%	30	1.21%	2,238	90.28%	2,480
Randolph	1,785	71.06%	702	27.95%	25	1.00%	0	0.00%	1,083	43.11%	2,512
Russell	2,109	94.66%	115	5.16%	4	0.18%	0	0.00%	1,994	89.50%	2,228
Shelby	1,955	67.11%	945	32.44%	8	0.27%	2	0.07%	1,009	34.66%	2,913
St. Clair	1,819	61.66%	1,117	37.86%	13	0.44%	1	0.03%	702	23.80%	2,950
Sumter	1,075	95.05%	53	4.69%	3	0.27%	0	0.00%	1,022	90.36%	1,131
Talladega	3,102	81.50%	675	17.74%	25	0.66%	2	0.05%	2,428	63.84%	3,806
Tallapoosa	3,326	95.88%	136	3.92%	7	0.20%	0	0.00%	3,190	91.96%	3,469
Tuscaloosa	4,939	88.62%	584	10.48%	20	0.36%	4	0.07%	4,355	78.51%	5,573
Walker	4,619	66.87%	2,241	32.45%	32	0.46%	12	0.17%	2,379	34.46%	6,907
Washington	1,447	92.28%	115	7.33%	6	0.38%	0	0.00%	1,332	84.95%	1,568
Wilcox	1,209	97.42%	30	2.42%	2	0.16%	0	0.00%	1,179	95.00%	1,241
Winston	912	37.07%	1,538	62.52%	10	0.41%	0	0.00%	-626	-25.45%	2,460
Totals	198,918	81.28%	44,540	18.20%	1,095	0.45%	190	0.08%	154,378	63.08%	244,743

References

1. "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Alabama". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
2. "AL US President Race, November 07, 1944". Our Campaigns.
3. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 31-32 ISBN 0405077114