1940 United States presidential election in Illinois
The 1940 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose twenty-nine[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Illinois was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 50.97% of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–Indiana), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 48.54% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 2,149,934 | 50.97% | |
Republican | Wendell Willkie | 2,047,240 | 48.54% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 10,914 | 0.26% | |
Prohibition | Roger W. Babson | 9,190 | 0.22% | |
Write-ins | Various candidates | 657 | 0.02% | |
Total votes | 4,217,935 | 100% |
Results by county
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Normal Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 17,361 | 47.78% | 18,480 | 50.86% | 119 | 0.33% | 373 | 1.03% | -1,119 | -3.08% | 36,333 |
Alexander | 6,591 | 50.75% | 6,260 | 48.20% | 69 | 0.53% | 68 | 0.52% | 331 | 2.55% | 12,988 |
Bond | 3,376 | 40.75% | 4,754 | 57.38% | 20 | 0.24% | 135 | 1.63% | -1,378 | -16.63% | 8,285 |
Boone | 2,277 | 26.38% | 6,330 | 73.33% | 11 | 0.13% | 14 | 0.16% | -4,053 | -46.95% | 8,632 |
Brown | 2,478 | 53.31% | 2,101 | 45.20% | 1 | 0.02% | 68 | 1.46% | 377 | 8.11% | 4,648 |
Bureau | 8,274 | 38.29% | 13,258 | 61.36% | 46 | 0.21% | 29 | 0.13% | -4,984 | -23.07% | 21,607 |
Calhoun | 1,625 | 39.08% | 2,516 | 60.51% | 11 | 0.26% | 6 | 0.14% | -891 | -21.43% | 4,158 |
Carroll | 3,592 | 35.87% | 6,398 | 63.90% | 8 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.15% | -2,806 | -28.02% | 10,013 |
Cass | 4,854 | 51.55% | 4,490 | 47.68% | 30 | 0.32% | 42 | 0.45% | 364 | 3.87% | 9,416 |
Champaign | 17,563 | 46.04% | 20,314 | 53.26% | 165 | 0.43% | 102 | 0.27% | -2,751 | -7.21% | 38,144 |
Christian | 11,457 | 52.41% | 10,255 | 46.91% | 50 | 0.23% | 100 | 0.46% | 1,202 | 5.50% | 21,862 |
Clark | 4,807 | 44.36% | 5,976 | 55.15% | 5 | 0.05% | 48 | 0.44% | -1,169 | -10.79% | 10,836 |
Clay | 4,934 | 48.27% | 5,185 | 50.72% | 31 | 0.30% | 72 | 0.70% | -251 | -2.46% | 10,222 |
Clinton | 4,558 | 37.27% | 7,582 | 62.00% | 60 | 0.49% | 30 | 0.25% | -3,024 | -24.73% | 12,230 |
Coles | 11,409 | 51.83% | 10,528 | 47.82% | 29 | 0.13% | 48 | 0.22% | 881 | 4.00% | 22,014 |
Cook | 1,168,141 | 55.24% | 938,454 | 44.38% | 4,908 | 0.23% | 3,304 | 0.16% | 229,687 | 10.86% | 2,114,807 |
Crawford | 5,703 | 44.54% | 7,036 | 54.95% | 12 | 0.09% | 54 | 0.42% | -1,333 | -10.41% | 12,805 |
Cumberland | 3,091 | 47.92% | 3,330 | 51.62% | 11 | 0.17% | 19 | 0.29% | -239 | -3.70% | 6,451 |
DeKalb | 6,989 | 35.53% | 12,577 | 63.95% | 53 | 0.27% | 49 | 0.25% | -5,588 | -28.41% | 19,668 |
DeWitt | 5,052 | 47.78% | 5,477 | 51.80% | 14 | 0.13% | 31 | 0.29% | -425 | -4.02% | 10,574 |
Douglas | 4,513 | 44.99% | 5,451 | 54.34% | 31 | 0.31% | 36 | 0.36% | -938 | -9.35% | 10,031 |
DuPage | 18,923 | 31.51% | 40,746 | 67.85% | 307 | 0.51% | 73 | 0.12% | -21,823 | -36.34% | 60,049 |
Edgar | 6,713 | 45.42% | 7,985 | 54.03% | 22 | 0.15% | 60 | 0.41% | -1,272 | -8.61% | 14,780 |
Edwards | 1,770 | 34.16% | 3,361 | 64.86% | 23 | 0.44% | 28 | 0.54% | -1,591 | -30.70% | 5,182 |
Effingham | 5,988 | 49.88% | 5,941 | 49.48% | 27 | 0.22% | 50 | 0.42% | 47 | 0.39% | 12,006 |
Fayette | 7,286 | 48.85% | 7,486 | 50.19% | 30 | 0.20% | 113 | 0.76% | -200 | -1.34% | 14,915 |
Ford | 3,062 | 34.55% | 5,770 | 65.11% | 17 | 0.19% | 13 | 0.15% | -2,708 | -30.56% | 8,862 |
Franklin | 15,523 | 54.16% | 12,936 | 45.14% | 101 | 0.35% | 100 | 0.35% | 2,587 | 9.03% | 28,660 |
Fulton | 12,198 | 48.35% | 12,816 | 50.80% | 96 | 0.38% | 118 | 0.47% | -618 | -2.45% | 25,228 |
Gallatin | 3,293 | 55.54% | 2,588 | 43.65% | 18 | 0.30% | 30 | 0.51% | 705 | 11.89% | 5,929 |
Greene | 6,015 | 55.06% | 4,840 | 44.30% | 28 | 0.26% | 42 | 0.38% | 1,175 | 10.76% | 10,925 |
Grundy | 4,105 | 38.22% | 6,593 | 61.38% | 23 | 0.21% | 20 | 0.19% | -2,488 | -23.16% | 10,741 |
Hamilton | 3,691 | 47.64% | 4,005 | 51.69% | 24 | 0.31% | 28 | 0.36% | -314 | -4.05% | 7,748 |
Hancock | 6,688 | 41.90% | 9,108 | 57.06% | 24 | 0.15% | 141 | 0.88% | -2,420 | -15.16% | 15,961 |
Hardin | 1,974 | 45.56% | 2,333 | 53.84% | 10 | 0.23% | 16 | 0.37% | -359 | -8.29% | 4,333 |
Henderson | 1,977 | 37.44% | 3,264 | 61.81% | 17 | 0.32% | 23 | 0.44% | -1,287 | -24.37% | 5,281 |
Henry | 10,481 | 40.86% | 14,971 | 58.37% | 123 | 0.48% | 73 | 0.28% | -4,490 | -17.51% | 25,648 |
Iroquois | 7,036 | 38.68% | 11,047 | 60.73% | 15 | 0.08% | 93 | 0.51% | -4,011 | -22.05% | 18,191 |
Jackson | 9,600 | 44.22% | 11,980 | 55.19% | 65 | 0.30% | 63 | 0.29% | -2,380 | -10.96% | 21,708 |
Jasper | 3,689 | 47.20% | 4,082 | 52.23% | 10 | 0.13% | 34 | 0.44% | -393 | -5.03% | 7,815 |
Jefferson | 10,887 | 55.22% | 8,692 | 44.09% | 38 | 0.19% | 98 | 0.50% | 2,195 | 11.13% | 19,715 |
Jersey | 3,692 | 47.99% | 3,958 | 51.44% | 27 | 0.35% | 17 | 0.22% | -266 | -3.46% | 7,694 |
Jo Daviess | 3,864 | 34.52% | 7,285 | 65.09% | 23 | 0.21% | 20 | 0.18% | -3,421 | -30.57% | 11,192 |
Johnson | 2,254 | 36.99% | 3,827 | 62.80% | 4 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.15% | -1,573 | -25.81% | 6,094 |
Kane | 25,676 | 37.81% | 41,949 | 61.77% | 222 | 0.33% | 67 | 0.10% | -16,273 | -23.96% | 67,914 |
Kankakee | 13,716 | 45.97% | 15,998 | 53.62% | 61 | 0.20% | 63 | 0.21% | -2,282 | -7.65% | 29,838 |
Kendall | 1,978 | 31.92% | 4,200 | 67.79% | 10 | 0.16% | 8 | 0.13% | -2,222 | -35.86% | 6,196 |
Knox | 12,597 | 41.68% | 17,459 | 57.77% | 116 | 0.38% | 52 | 0.17% | -4,862 | -16.09% | 30,224 |
Lake | 24,965 | 39.34% | 38,242 | 60.26% | 203 | 0.32% | 51 | 0.08% | -13,277 | -20.92% | 63,461 |
LaSalle | 29,704 | 53.62% | 25,296 | 45.66% | 207 | 0.37% | 192 | 0.35% | 4,408 | 7.96% | 55,399 |
Lawrence | 5,625 | 47.54% | 6,061 | 51.22% | 28 | 0.24% | 119 | 1.01% | -436 | -3.68% | 11,833 |
Lee | 6,005 | 34.74% | 11,228 | 64.96% | 26 | 0.15% | 26 | 0.15% | -5,223 | -30.22% | 17,285 |
Livingston | 7,722 | 35.61% | 13,909 | 64.14% | 30 | 0.14% | 25 | 0.12% | -6,187 | -28.53% | 21,686 |
Logan | 6,753 | 42.94% | 8,929 | 56.78% | 20 | 0.13% | 23 | 0.15% | -2,176 | -13.84% | 15,725 |
Macon | 27,589 | 57.64% | 19,998 | 41.78% | 88 | 0.18% | 189 | 0.39% | 7,591 | 15.86% | 47,864 |
Macoupin | 14,356 | 52.00% | 13,000 | 47.08% | 180 | 0.65% | 74 | 0.27% | 1,356 | 4.91% | 27,610 |
Madison | 44,803 | 59.01% | 30,445 | 40.10% | 508 | 0.67% | 173 | 0.23% | 14,358 | 18.91% | 75,929 |
Marion | 13,807 | 56.41% | 10,461 | 42.74% | 60 | 0.25% | 148 | 0.60% | 3,346 | 13.67% | 24,476 |
Marshall | 3,343 | 42.26% | 4,527 | 57.23% | 30 | 0.38% | 10 | 0.13% | -1,184 | -14.97% | 7,910 |
Mason | 4,416 | 49.08% | 4,541 | 50.47% | 18 | 0.20% | 23 | 0.26% | -125 | -1.39% | 8,998 |
Massac | 2,813 | 37.14% | 4,722 | 62.34% | 16 | 0.21% | 23 | 0.30% | -1,909 | -25.20% | 7,574 |
McDonough | 5,783 | 35.66% | 10,326 | 63.67% | 26 | 0.16% | 82 | 0.51% | -4,543 | -28.01% | 16,217 |
McHenry | 6,170 | 27.07% | 16,480 | 72.30% | 125 | 0.55% | 20 | 0.09% | -10,310 | -45.23% | 22,795 |
McLean | 18,024 | 44.87% | 21,865 | 54.44% | 127 | 0.32% | 150 | 0.37% | -3,841 | -9.56% | 40,166 |
Menard | 2,894 | 44.81% | 3,531 | 54.68% | 16 | 0.25% | 17 | 0.26% | -637 | -9.86% | 6,458 |
Mercer | 3,830 | 37.53% | 6,336 | 62.09% | 20 | 0.20% | 18 | 0.18% | -2,506 | -24.56% | 10,204 |
Monroe | 2,826 | 37.17% | 4,754 | 62.54% | 20 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,928 | -25.36% | 7,602 |
Montgomery | 9,654 | 47.50% | 10,497 | 51.65% | 85 | 0.42% | 89 | 0.44% | -843 | -4.15% | 20,325 |
Morgan | 9,082 | 47.10% | 10,137 | 52.57% | 21 | 0.11% | 43 | 0.22% | -1,055 | -5.47% | 19,283 |
Moultrie | 3,696 | 50.13% | 3,636 | 49.32% | 7 | 0.09% | 34 | 0.46% | 60 | 0.81% | 7,373 |
Ogle | 4,833 | 28.87% | 11,838 | 70.71% | 28 | 0.17% | 43 | 0.26% | -7,005 | -41.84% | 16,742 |
Peoria | 42,009 | 54.40% | 34,911 | 45.21% | 176 | 0.23% | 125 | 0.16% | 7,098 | 9.19% | 77,221 |
Perry | 6,539 | 47.26% | 7,243 | 52.35% | 24 | 0.17% | 31 | 0.22% | -704 | -5.09% | 13,837 |
Piatt | 3,564 | 43.68% | 4,564 | 55.94% | 7 | 0.09% | 24 | 0.29% | -1,000 | -12.26% | 8,159 |
Pike | 7,676 | 53.15% | 6,619 | 45.83% | 19 | 0.13% | 127 | 0.88% | 1,057 | 7.32% | 14,441 |
Pope | 1,499 | 33.84% | 2,914 | 65.78% | 9 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.18% | -1,415 | -31.94% | 4,430 |
Pulaski | 3,456 | 42.75% | 4,589 | 56.76% | 18 | 0.22% | 22 | 0.27% | -1,133 | -14.01% | 8,085 |
Putnam | 1,195 | 40.03% | 1,778 | 59.56% | 8 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.13% | -583 | -19.53% | 2,985 |
Randolph | 7,802 | 45.32% | 9,333 | 54.21% | 54 | 0.31% | 26 | 0.15% | -1,531 | -8.89% | 17,215 |
Richland | 4,335 | 45.89% | 5,022 | 53.17% | 13 | 0.14% | 76 | 0.80% | -687 | -7.27% | 9,446 |
Rock Island | 35,240 | 57.67% | 25,629 | 41.95% | 132 | 0.22% | 100 | 0.16% | 9,611 | 15.73% | 61,101 |
Saline | 10,692 | 50.02% | 10,567 | 49.43% | 37 | 0.17% | 81 | 0.38% | 125 | 0.58% | 21,377 |
Sangamon | 31,943 | 47.23% | 35,464 | 52.44% | 111 | 0.16% | 110 | 0.16% | -3,521 | -5.21% | 67,628 |
Schuyler | 3,404 | 50.04% | 3,318 | 48.77% | 12 | 0.18% | 69 | 1.01% | 86 | 1.26% | 6,803 |
Scott | 2,492 | 48.87% | 2,585 | 50.70% | 9 | 0.18% | 13 | 0.25% | -93 | -1.82% | 5,099 |
Shelby | 7,704 | 50.69% | 7,250 | 47.71% | 68 | 0.45% | 175 | 1.15% | 454 | 2.99% | 15,197 |
St. Clair | 53,482 | 59.50% | 35,998 | 40.05% | 291 | 0.32% | 120 | 0.13% | 17,484 | 19.45% | 89,891 |
Stark | 1,818 | 34.79% | 3,393 | 64.94% | 1 | 0.02% | 13 | 0.25% | -1,575 | -30.14% | 5,225 |
Stephenson | 8,911 | 38.67% | 14,040 | 60.92% | 49 | 0.21% | 45 | 0.20% | -5,129 | -22.26% | 23,045 |
Tazewell | 17,624 | 58.44% | 12,419 | 41.18% | 52 | 0.17% | 64 | 0.21% | 5,205 | 17.26% | 30,159 |
Union | 5,804 | 53.74% | 4,915 | 45.51% | 45 | 0.42% | 36 | 0.33% | 889 | 8.23% | 10,800 |
Vermilion | 22,891 | 49.50% | 23,059 | 49.87% | 62 | 0.13% | 230 | 0.50% | -168 | -0.36% | 46,242 |
Wabash | 4,187 | 52.57% | 3,659 | 45.94% | 6 | 0.08% | 113 | 1.42% | 528 | 6.63% | 7,965 |
Warren | 4,878 | 38.30% | 7,790 | 61.17% | 11 | 0.09% | 56 | 0.44% | -2,912 | -22.87% | 12,735 |
Washington | 3,479 | 37.73% | 5,701 | 61.82% | 22 | 0.24% | 20 | 0.22% | -2,222 | -24.09% | 9,222 |
Wayne | 5,569 | 45.68% | 6,556 | 53.77% | 23 | 0.19% | 44 | 0.36% | -987 | -8.10% | 12,192 |
White | 5,909 | 51.41% | 5,459 | 47.50% | 70 | 0.61% | 55 | 0.48% | 450 | 3.92% | 11,493 |
Whiteside | 7,356 | 31.65% | 15,752 | 67.77% | 90 | 0.39% | 44 | 0.19% | -8,396 | -36.12% | 23,242 |
Will | 29,442 | 47.53% | 32,291 | 52.13% | 176 | 0.28% | 37 | 0.06% | -2,849 | -4.60% | 61,946 |
Williamson | 14,645 | 50.12% | 14,433 | 49.40% | 67 | 0.23% | 72 | 0.25% | 212 | 0.73% | 29,217 |
Winnebago | 28,061 | 47.46% | 30,683 | 51.89% | 178 | 0.30% | 205 | 0.35% | -2,622 | -4.43% | 59,127 |
Woodford | 4,314 | 39.43% | 6,575 | 60.09% | 20 | 0.18% | 33 | 0.30% | -2,261 | -20.66% | 10,942 |
Totals | 2,149,934 | 50.97% | 2,047,240 | 48.54% | 10,914 | 0.26% | 9,847 | 0.23% | 102,694 | 2.43% | 4,217,935 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- Our Campaigns; IL US President 1940
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