1944 United States presidential election in Kansas
Election in Kansas
The 1944 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election . Voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Kansas was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R –New York ), running with Governor John Bricker , with 60.25 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D –New York ), running with Senator Harry S. Truman , with 39.18 percent of the popular vote.[3] [4] Dewey's margin was the largest against Roosevelt in any state in any of the four elections that he contested, despite carrying the state by comfortable margins in both 1932 and 1936 .[5] The 104 counties (all except Wyandotte ) that Roosevelt lost is the most he lost in any state during his four elections to the White House.
Results
Results by county
1944 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[6] [7]
County
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic
Claude A. Watson Prohibition
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Allen
5,032
68.56%
2,262
30.82%
35
0.48%
11
0.15%
2,770
37.74%
7,340
Anderson
3,060
64.89%
1,649
34.97%
3
0.06%
4
0.08%
1,411
29.92%
4,716
Atchison
4,731
58.58%
3,325
41.17%
4
0.05%
16
0.20%
1,406
17.41%
8,076
Barber
2,140
58.28%
1,501
40.88%
18
0.49%
13
0.35%
639
17.40%
3,672
Barton
5,547
59.36%
3,761
40.25%
20
0.21%
17
0.18%
1,786
19.11%
9,345
Bourbon
4,790
56.68%
3,622
42.86%
30
0.35%
9
0.11%
1,168
13.82%
8,451
Brown
4,947
72.98%
1,817
26.80%
11
0.16%
4
0.06%
3,130
46.17%
6,779
Butler
7,064
53.50%
6,084
46.08%
39
0.30%
16
0.12%
980
7.42%
13,203
Chase
1,510
59.99%
998
39.65%
5
0.20%
4
0.16%
512
20.34%
2,517
Chautauqua
2,305
67.38%
1,106
32.33%
6
0.18%
4
0.12%
1,199
35.05%
3,421
Cherokee
5,458
54.65%
4,468
44.73%
24
0.24%
38
0.38%
990
9.91%
9,988
Cheyenne
1,610
67.99%
736
31.08%
16
0.68%
6
0.25%
874
36.91%
2,368
Clark
950
55.69%
741
43.43%
11
0.64%
4
0.23%
209
12.25%
1,706
Clay
4,101
74.01%
1,391
25.10%
35
0.63%
14
0.25%
2,710
48.91%
5,541
Cloud
4,377
63.67%
2,391
34.78%
78
1.13%
29
0.42%
1,986
28.89%
6,875
Coffey
3,461
67.28%
1,660
32.27%
15
0.29%
8
0.16%
1,801
35.01%
5,144
Comanche
1,048
61.47%
642
37.65%
15
0.88%
0
0.00%
406
23.81%
1,705
Cowley
8,453
55.91%
6,577
43.50%
61
0.40%
29
0.19%
1,876
12.41%
15,120
Crawford
9,017
52.09%
8,211
47.43%
27
0.16%
56
0.32%
806
4.66%
17,311
Decatur
1,758
59.92%
1,159
39.50%
12
0.41%
5
0.17%
599
20.42%
2,934
Dickinson
6,227
65.92%
3,190
33.77%
19
0.20%
10
0.11%
3,037
32.15%
9,446
Doniphan
3,230
71.92%
1,261
28.08%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,969
43.84%
4,491
Douglas
8,224
67.47%
3,886
31.88%
30
0.25%
49
0.40%
4,338
35.59%
12,189
Edwards
1,669
65.09%
876
34.17%
11
0.43%
8
0.31%
793
30.93%
2,564
Elk
2,283
70.33%
954
29.39%
7
0.22%
2
0.06%
1,329
40.94%
3,246
Ellis
3,369
60.13%
2,218
39.59%
9
0.16%
7
0.12%
1,151
20.54%
5,603
Ellsworth
2,290
57.62%
1,678
42.22%
2
0.05%
4
0.10%
612
15.40%
3,974
Finney
2,366
58.20%
1,667
41.01%
23
0.57%
9
0.22%
699
17.20%
4,065
Ford
4,110
57.23%
2,994
41.69%
60
0.84%
17
0.24%
1,116
15.54%
7,181
Franklin
5,375
64.68%
2,880
34.66%
38
0.46%
17
0.20%
2,495
30.02%
8,310
Geary
2,833
56.97%
2,107
42.37%
21
0.42%
12
0.24%
726
14.60%
4,973
Gove
1,125
72.02%
420
26.89%
6
0.38%
11
0.70%
705
45.13%
1,562
Graham
1,651
66.52%
814
32.80%
13
0.52%
4
0.16%
837
33.72%
2,482
Grant
566
66.35%
282
33.06%
3
0.35%
2
0.23%
284
33.29%
853
Gray
1,057
57.01%
775
41.80%
17
0.92%
5
0.27%
282
15.21%
1,854
Greeley
378
63.00%
215
35.83%
7
1.17%
0
0.00%
163
27.17%
600
Greenwood
3,959
63.99%
2,187
35.35%
26
0.42%
15
0.24%
1,772
28.64%
6,187
Hamilton
795
62.35%
471
36.94%
4
0.31%
5
0.39%
324
25.41%
1,275
Harper
2,849
63.76%
1,573
35.21%
33
0.74%
13
0.29%
1,276
28.56%
4,468
Harvey
5,339
61.35%
3,300
37.92%
26
0.30%
38
0.44%
2,039
23.43%
8,703
Haskell
520
59.91%
342
39.40%
6
0.69%
0
0.00%
178
20.51%
868
Hodgeman
982
66.31%
490
33.09%
1
0.07%
8
0.54%
492
33.22%
1,481
Jackson
3,665
69.72%
1,567
29.81%
15
0.29%
10
0.19%
2,098
39.91%
5,257
Jefferson
3,504
68.73%
1,575
30.89%
6
0.12%
13
0.26%
1,929
37.84%
5,098
Jewell
3,754
74.20%
1,216
24.04%
80
1.58%
9
0.18%
2,538
50.17%
5,059
Johnson
11,951
67.24%
5,771
32.47%
29
0.16%
22
0.12%
6,180
34.77%
17,773
Kearny
612
62.45%
365
37.24%
1
0.10%
2
0.20%
247
25.20%
980
Kingman
2,827
63.74%
1,579
35.60%
22
0.50%
7
0.16%
1,248
28.14%
4,435
Kiowa
1,479
69.60%
618
29.08%
26
1.22%
2
0.09%
861
40.52%
2,125
Labette
7,480
57.87%
5,398
41.76%
26
0.20%
22
0.17%
2,082
16.11%
12,926
Lane
773
65.90%
388
33.08%
4
0.34%
8
0.68%
385
32.82%
1,173
Leavenworth
7,282
58.55%
5,097
40.98%
25
0.20%
34
0.27%
2,185
17.57%
12,438
Lincoln
2,405
72.03%
910
27.25%
15
0.45%
9
0.27%
1,495
44.77%
3,339
Linn
3,185
68.54%
1,442
31.03%
8
0.17%
12
0.26%
1,743
37.51%
4,647
Logan
1,107
72.92%
406
26.75%
4
0.26%
1
0.07%
701
46.18%
1,518
Lyon
5,710
52.88%
4,984
46.15%
77
0.71%
28
0.26%
726
6.72%
10,799
Marion
5,219
72.64%
1,925
26.79%
15
0.21%
26
0.36%
3,294
45.85%
7,185
Marshall
6,184
69.59%
2,681
30.17%
12
0.14%
9
0.10%
3,503
39.42%
8,886
McPherson
5,840
62.31%
3,321
35.44%
136
1.45%
75
0.80%
2,519
26.88%
9,372
Meade
1,424
68.23%
631
30.23%
30
1.44%
2
0.10%
793
38.00%
2,087
Miami
4,326
57.28%
3,217
42.60%
5
0.07%
4
0.05%
1,109
14.68%
7,552
Mitchell
3,238
66.67%
1,579
32.51%
28
0.58%
12
0.25%
1,659
34.16%
4,857
Montgomery
11,738
62.29%
7,063
37.48%
29
0.15%
14
0.07%
4,675
24.81%
18,844
Morris
2,628
62.11%
1,584
37.44%
10
0.24%
9
0.21%
1,044
24.68%
4,231
Morton
617
62.51%
367
37.18%
3
0.30%
0
0.00%
250
25.33%
987
Nemaha
4,277
66.44%
2,149
33.39%
2
0.03%
9
0.14%
2,128
33.06%
6,437
Neosho
5,420
62.45%
3,233
37.25%
19
0.22%
7
0.08%
2,187
25.20%
8,679
Ness
1,745
65.45%
876
32.86%
32
1.20%
13
0.49%
869
32.60%
2,666
Norton
2,890
70.87%
1,159
28.42%
16
0.39%
13
0.32%
1,731
42.45%
4,078
Osage
4,107
64.40%
2,212
34.69%
39
0.61%
19
0.30%
1,895
29.72%
6,377
Osborne
2,827
71.52%
1,078
27.27%
34
0.86%
14
0.35%
1,749
44.24%
3,953
Ottawa
2,428
63.11%
1,378
35.82%
29
0.75%
12
0.31%
1,050
27.29%
3,847
Pawnee
2,057
54.05%
1,727
45.38%
14
0.37%
8
0.21%
330
8.67%
3,806
Phillips
3,053
72.74%
1,098
26.16%
34
0.81%
12
0.29%
1,955
46.58%
4,197
Pottawatomie
4,074
70.01%
1,727
29.68%
12
0.21%
6
0.10%
2,347
40.33%
5,819
Pratt
2,658
52.85%
2,334
46.41%
26
0.52%
11
0.22%
324
6.44%
5,029
Rawlins
1,569
61.72%
955
37.57%
9
0.35%
9
0.35%
614
24.15%
2,542
Reno
11,004
58.71%
7,604
40.57%
95
0.51%
40
0.21%
3,400
18.14%
18,743
Republic
3,802
66.53%
1,891
33.09%
16
0.28%
6
0.10%
1,911
33.44%
5,715
Rice
4,024
61.12%
2,505
38.05%
34
0.52%
21
0.32%
1,519
23.07%
6,584
Riley
6,511
70.43%
2,659
28.76%
39
0.42%
35
0.38%
3,852
41.67%
9,244
Rooks
2,361
66.53%
1,166
32.85%
18
0.51%
4
0.11%
1,195
33.67%
3,549
Rush
2,193
66.80%
1,076
32.77%
4
0.12%
10
0.30%
1,117
34.02%
3,283
Russell
3,344
67.56%
1,583
31.98%
14
0.28%
9
0.18%
1,761
35.58%
4,950
Saline
7,571
59.51%
5,097
40.06%
36
0.28%
19
0.15%
2,474
19.45%
12,723
Scott
903
60.93%
565
38.12%
10
0.67%
4
0.27%
338
22.81%
1,482
Sedgwick
38,896
52.78%
34,442
46.73%
188
0.26%
172
0.23%
4,454
6.04%
73,698
Seward
1,590
53.92%
1,342
45.51%
13
0.44%
4
0.14%
248
8.41%
2,949
Shawnee
21,396
59.03%
14,678
40.49%
108
0.30%
65
0.18%
6,718
18.53%
36,247
Sheridan
1,342
66.87%
658
32.79%
3
0.15%
4
0.20%
684
34.08%
2,007
Sherman
1,608
60.07%
1,021
38.14%
29
1.08%
19
0.71%
587
21.93%
2,677
Smith
3,282
69.93%
1,377
29.34%
30
0.64%
4
0.09%
1,905
40.59%
4,693
Stafford
2,493
56.25%
1,908
43.05%
20
0.45%
11
0.25%
585
13.20%
4,432
Stanton
398
61.71%
240
37.21%
5
0.78%
2
0.31%
158
24.50%
645
Stevens
760
64.63%
414
35.20%
2
0.17%
0
0.00%
346
29.42%
1,176
Sumner
6,343
59.87%
4,187
39.52%
38
0.36%
26
0.25%
2,156
20.35%
10,594
Thomas
1,631
59.14%
1,097
39.78%
19
0.69%
11
0.40%
534
19.36%
2,758
Trego
1,459
61.98%
883
37.51%
4
0.17%
8
0.34%
576
24.47%
2,354
Wabaunsee
2,839
75.95%
873
23.35%
8
0.21%
18
0.48%
1,966
52.59%
3,738
Wallace
720
70.80%
292
28.71%
5
0.49%
0
0.00%
428
42.08%
1,017
Washington
5,040
77.11%
1,455
22.26%
24
0.37%
17
0.26%
3,585
54.85%
6,536
Wichita
604
64.32%
329
35.04%
6
0.64%
0
0.00%
275
29.29%
939
Wilson
4,248
68.57%
1,912
30.86%
17
0.27%
18
0.29%
2,336
37.71%
6,195
Woodson
2,308
69.56%
999
30.11%
2
0.06%
9
0.27%
1,309
39.45%
3,318
Wyandotte
26,817
44.74%
32,914
54.91%
128
0.21%
86
0.14%
-6,097
-10.17%
59,945
Totals
442,096
60.25%
287,458
39.18%
2,609
0.36%
1,613
0.22%
154,638
21.07%
733,776
See also
References