1944 United States presidential election in Illinois
The 1944 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose twenty-eight[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 Senator Harry S. Truman, with 51.52% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 48.05% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 2,079,479 | 51.52% | |
Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 1,939,314 | 48.05% | |
Socialist Labor | Edward Teichert | 9,677 | 0.24% | |
Prohibition | Claude Watson | 7,411 | 0.18% | |
Write-in | Norman Thomas | 180 | 0.00% | |
Total votes | 4,036,061 | 100% |
Results by county
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 13,733 | 46.65% | 15,564 | 52.87% | 142 | 0.48% | -1,831 | -6.22% | 29,439 |
Alexander | 4,767 | 49.47% | 4,792 | 49.73% | 78 | 0.81% | -25 | -0.26% | 9,637 |
Bond | 2,607 | 38.86% | 3,907 | 58.24% | 194 | 2.89% | -1,300 | -19.38% | 6,708 |
Boone | 2,074 | 26.59% | 5,708 | 73.18% | 18 | 0.23% | -3,634 | -46.59% | 7,800 |
Brown | 1,849 | 51.26% | 1,738 | 48.18% | 20 | 0.55% | 111 | 3.08% | 3,607 |
Bureau | 6,976 | 37.05% | 11,802 | 62.68% | 51 | 0.27% | -4,826 | -25.63% | 18,829 |
Calhoun | 1,271 | 39.22% | 1,956 | 60.35% | 14 | 0.43% | -685 | -21.14% | 3,241 |
Carroll | 2,843 | 31.72% | 6,101 | 68.08% | 18 | 0.20% | -3,258 | -36.35% | 8,962 |
Cass | 3,909 | 51.54% | 3,641 | 48.00% | 35 | 0.46% | 268 | 3.53% | 7,585 |
Champaign | 13,842 | 42.00% | 18,935 | 57.46% | 177 | 0.54% | -5,093 | -15.45% | 32,954 |
Christian | 9,360 | 50.77% | 8,995 | 48.79% | 82 | 0.44% | 365 | 1.98% | 18,437 |
Clark | 3,619 | 40.02% | 5,373 | 59.41% | 52 | 0.57% | -1,754 | -19.39% | 9,044 |
Clay | 3,531 | 43.54% | 4,484 | 55.29% | 95 | 1.17% | -953 | -11.75% | 8,110 |
Clinton | 3,944 | 36.69% | 6,753 | 62.82% | 53 | 0.49% | -2,809 | -26.13% | 10,750 |
Coles | 8,936 | 48.40% | 9,473 | 51.31% | 54 | 0.29% | -537 | -2.91% | 18,463 |
Cook | 1,275,367 | 57.81% | 924,659 | 41.91% | 6,165 | 0.28% | 350,708 | 15.90% | 2,206,191 |
Crawford | 4,482 | 42.22% | 6,056 | 57.04% | 79 | 0.74% | -1,574 | -14.83% | 10,617 |
Cumberland | 2,391 | 46.83% | 2,700 | 52.88% | 15 | 0.29% | -309 | -6.05% | 5,106 |
DeKalb | 6,004 | 32.97% | 12,157 | 66.76% | 49 | 0.27% | -6,153 | -33.79% | 18,210 |
DeWitt | 3,658 | 43.77% | 4,630 | 55.40% | 69 | 0.83% | -972 | -11.63% | 8,357 |
Douglas | 3,323 | 41.36% | 4,684 | 58.29% | 28 | 0.35% | -1,361 | -16.94% | 8,035 |
DuPage | 18,711 | 30.79% | 41,890 | 68.93% | 174 | 0.29% | -23,179 | -38.14% | 60,775 |
Edgar | 5,054 | 41.88% | 6,961 | 57.68% | 54 | 0.45% | -1,907 | -15.80% | 12,069 |
Edwards | 1,197 | 28.16% | 3,016 | 70.96% | 37 | 0.87% | -1,819 | -42.80% | 4,250 |
Effingham | 4,587 | 45.33% | 5,441 | 53.77% | 91 | 0.90% | -854 | -8.44% | 10,119 |
Fayette | 5,435 | 45.72% | 6,332 | 53.27% | 120 | 1.01% | -897 | -7.55% | 11,887 |
Ford | 2,270 | 29.85% | 5,317 | 69.91% | 18 | 0.24% | -3,047 | -40.07% | 7,605 |
Franklin | 11,663 | 50.24% | 11,377 | 49.01% | 173 | 0.75% | 286 | 1.23% | 23,213 |
Fulton | 8,946 | 44.22% | 11,117 | 54.96% | 166 | 0.82% | -2,171 | -10.73% | 20,229 |
Gallatin | 2,175 | 50.64% | 2,073 | 48.27% | 47 | 1.09% | 102 | 2.37% | 4,295 |
Greene | 4,268 | 49.78% | 4,261 | 49.70% | 45 | 0.52% | 7 | 0.08% | 8,574 |
Grundy | 3,544 | 35.88% | 6,310 | 63.89% | 22 | 0.22% | -2,766 | -28.01% | 9,876 |
Hamilton | 2,914 | 44.48% | 3,582 | 54.68% | 55 | 0.84% | -668 | -10.20% | 6,551 |
Hancock | 5,338 | 39.90% | 7,972 | 59.59% | 68 | 0.51% | -2,634 | -19.69% | 13,378 |
Hardin | 1,370 | 39.85% | 2,037 | 59.25% | 31 | 0.90% | -667 | -19.40% | 3,438 |
Henderson | 1,550 | 36.43% | 2,695 | 63.34% | 10 | 0.24% | -1,145 | -26.91% | 4,255 |
Henry | 9,130 | 40.11% | 13,539 | 59.48% | 92 | 0.40% | -4,409 | -19.37% | 22,761 |
Iroquois | 5,168 | 33.03% | 10,389 | 66.39% | 91 | 0.58% | -5,221 | -33.37% | 15,648 |
Jackson | 6,735 | 40.11% | 10,002 | 59.57% | 54 | 0.32% | -3,267 | -19.46% | 16,791 |
Jasper | 3,142 | 47.43% | 3,453 | 52.13% | 29 | 0.44% | -311 | -4.70% | 6,624 |
Jefferson | 8,496 | 51.33% | 7,916 | 47.83% | 139 | 0.84% | 580 | 3.50% | 16,551 |
Jersey | 2,910 | 44.87% | 3,546 | 54.67% | 30 | 0.46% | -636 | -9.81% | 6,486 |
Jo Daviess | 3,298 | 33.66% | 6,465 | 65.99% | 34 | 0.35% | -3,167 | -32.33% | 9,797 |
Johnson | 1,522 | 31.49% | 3,298 | 68.24% | 13 | 0.27% | -1,776 | -36.75% | 4,833 |
Kane | 23,362 | 37.54% | 38,689 | 62.16% | 185 | 0.30% | -15,327 | -24.63% | 62,236 |
Kankakee | 11,342 | 42.50% | 15,256 | 57.16% | 90 | 0.34% | -3,914 | -14.67% | 26,688 |
Kendall | 1,673 | 29.35% | 4,022 | 70.55% | 6 | 0.11% | -2,349 | -41.20% | 5,701 |
Knox | 10,070 | 38.49% | 15,964 | 61.02% | 126 | 0.48% | -5,894 | -22.53% | 26,160 |
Lake | 25,453 | 41.52% | 35,674 | 58.19% | 183 | 0.30% | -10,221 | -16.67% | 61,310 |
LaSalle | 21,489 | 41.42% | 28,179 | 54.32% | 2,210 | 4.26% | -6,690 | -12.90% | 51,878 |
Lawrence | 4,003 | 43.02% | 5,191 | 55.79% | 111 | 1.19% | -1,188 | -12.77% | 9,305 |
Lee | 4,899 | 31.98% | 10,397 | 67.88% | 21 | 0.14% | -5,498 | -35.89% | 15,317 |
Livingston | 6,231 | 33.29% | 12,436 | 66.44% | 52 | 0.28% | -6,205 | -33.15% | 18,719 |
Logan | 4,868 | 37.88% | 7,955 | 61.90% | 29 | 0.23% | -3,087 | -24.02% | 12,852 |
Macon | 22,808 | 53.58% | 19,608 | 46.06% | 153 | 0.36% | 3,200 | 7.52% | 42,569 |
Macoupin | 11,951 | 50.46% | 11,572 | 48.86% | 160 | 0.68% | 379 | 1.60% | 23,683 |
Madison | 40,114 | 58.24% | 28,399 | 41.23% | 359 | 0.52% | 11,715 | 17.01% | 68,872 |
Marion | 10,079 | 51.32% | 9,408 | 47.90% | 153 | 0.78% | 671 | 3.42% | 19,640 |
Marshall | 2,596 | 38.17% | 4,195 | 61.68% | 10 | 0.15% | -1,599 | -23.51% | 6,801 |
Mason | 3,282 | 45.19% | 3,959 | 54.52% | 21 | 0.29% | -677 | -9.32% | 7,262 |
Massac | 1,758 | 31.13% | 3,814 | 67.53% | 76 | 1.35% | -2,056 | -36.40% | 5,648 |
McDonough | 4,497 | 33.03% | 9,028 | 66.30% | 91 | 0.67% | -4,531 | -33.28% | 13,616 |
McHenry | 5,567 | 26.14% | 15,666 | 73.55% | 66 | 0.31% | -10,099 | -47.42% | 21,299 |
McLean | 14,011 | 41.75% | 19,366 | 57.70% | 185 | 0.55% | -5,355 | -15.96% | 33,562 |
Menard | 1,888 | 38.33% | 3,013 | 61.17% | 25 | 0.51% | -1,125 | -22.84% | 4,926 |
Mercer | 3,277 | 36.50% | 5,667 | 63.12% | 34 | 0.38% | -2,390 | -26.62% | 8,978 |
Monroe | 2,068 | 33.85% | 4,032 | 66.00% | 9 | 0.15% | -1,964 | -32.15% | 6,109 |
Montgomery | 7,855 | 46.08% | 8,989 | 52.74% | 201 | 1.18% | -1,134 | -6.65% | 17,045 |
Morgan | 6,965 | 43.72% | 8,923 | 56.01% | 42 | 0.26% | -1,958 | -12.29% | 15,930 |
Moultrie | 2,853 | 46.93% | 3,180 | 52.31% | 46 | 0.76% | -327 | -5.38% | 6,079 |
Ogle | 3,951 | 26.86% | 10,680 | 72.59% | 81 | 0.55% | -6,729 | -45.74% | 14,712 |
Peoria | 32,837 | 48.83% | 34,171 | 50.81% | 243 | 0.36% | -1,334 | -1.98% | 67,251 |
Perry | 4,677 | 42.73% | 6,236 | 56.97% | 33 | 0.30% | -1,559 | -14.24% | 10,946 |
Piatt | 2,641 | 40.09% | 3,912 | 59.38% | 35 | 0.53% | -1,271 | -19.29% | 6,588 |
Pike | 5,833 | 50.58% | 5,633 | 48.85% | 66 | 0.57% | 200 | 1.73% | 11,532 |
Pope | 813 | 25.74% | 2,305 | 72.99% | 40 | 1.27% | -1,492 | -47.25% | 3,158 |
Pulaski | 2,311 | 41.28% | 3,248 | 58.02% | 39 | 0.70% | -937 | -16.74% | 5,598 |
Putnam | 865 | 36.10% | 1,521 | 63.48% | 10 | 0.42% | -656 | -27.38% | 2,396 |
Randolph | 6,199 | 45.06% | 7,518 | 54.65% | 39 | 0.28% | -1,319 | -9.59% | 13,756 |
Richland | 2,858 | 38.04% | 4,577 | 60.91% | 79 | 1.05% | -1,719 | -22.88% | 7,514 |
Rock Island | 30,102 | 55.48% | 23,980 | 44.19% | 180 | 0.33% | 6,122 | 11.28% | 54,262 |
Saline | 7,351 | 44.45% | 9,083 | 54.92% | 105 | 0.63% | -1,732 | -10.47% | 16,539 |
Sangamon | 28,713 | 46.50% | 32,871 | 53.24% | 161 | 0.26% | -4,158 | -6.73% | 61,745 |
Schuyler | 2,555 | 47.27% | 2,801 | 51.82% | 49 | 0.91% | -246 | -4.55% | 5,405 |
Scott | 1,864 | 45.93% | 2,185 | 53.84% | 9 | 0.22% | -321 | -7.91% | 4,058 |
Shelby | 5,919 | 48.35% | 6,201 | 50.65% | 123 | 1.00% | -282 | -2.30% | 12,243 |
St. Clair | 48,325 | 58.78% | 33,557 | 40.82% | 327 | 0.40% | 14,768 | 17.96% | 82,209 |
Stark | 1,401 | 31.43% | 3,050 | 68.42% | 7 | 0.16% | -1,649 | -36.99% | 4,458 |
Stephenson | 7,755 | 39.13% | 11,948 | 60.28% | 118 | 0.60% | -4,193 | -21.15% | 19,821 |
Tazewell | 14,412 | 53.30% | 12,531 | 46.34% | 96 | 0.36% | 1,881 | 6.96% | 27,039 |
Union | 4,367 | 51.21% | 4,114 | 48.25% | 46 | 0.54% | 253 | 2.97% | 8,527 |
Vermilion | 18,387 | 46.60% | 20,794 | 52.70% | 273 | 0.69% | -2,407 | -6.10% | 39,454 |
Wabash | 3,026 | 45.83% | 3,496 | 52.95% | 81 | 1.23% | -470 | -7.12% | 6,603 |
Warren | 3,926 | 35.53% | 7,085 | 64.12% | 39 | 0.35% | -3,159 | -28.59% | 11,050 |
Washington | 2,723 | 33.26% | 5,428 | 66.31% | 35 | 0.43% | -2,705 | -33.04% | 8,186 |
Wayne | 4,019 | 41.17% | 5,683 | 58.21% | 61 | 0.62% | -1,664 | -17.04% | 9,763 |
White | 4,822 | 47.97% | 5,139 | 51.12% | 91 | 0.91% | -317 | -3.15% | 10,052 |
Whiteside | 5,555 | 27.93% | 14,162 | 71.21% | 171 | 0.86% | -8,607 | -43.28% | 19,888 |
Will | 27,085 | 47.14% | 30,058 | 52.32% | 310 | 0.54% | -2,973 | -5.17% | 57,453 |
Williamson | 9,974 | 43.99% | 12,594 | 55.55% | 103 | 0.45% | -2,620 | -11.56% | 22,671 |
Winnebago | 27,831 | 47.22% | 30,837 | 52.31% | 277 | 0.47% | -3,006 | -5.10% | 58,945 |
Woodford | 3,514 | 35.90% | 6,237 | 63.73% | 36 | 0.37% | -2,723 | -27.82% | 9,787 |
Totals | 2,079,479 | 51.52% | 1,939,314 | 48.05% | 17,088 | 0.42% | 140,165 | 3.47% | 4,035,881 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1944 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Illinois". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- Géoelections; 1944 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
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