1944 United States presidential election in Ohio
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November 7, 1944
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 County results
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was narrowly won by Republican Party candidate Thomas E. Dewey with 50.18% of the popular vote; Dewey's running mate was incumbent Ohio Governor John W. Bricker. The Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt got 49.82% of the popular vote. This is the first of only 2 presidential elections in the 20th century, where Ohio voted for the losing candidate, the only other time was the 1960 election.
Results
[edit]| 1944 United States presidential election in Ohio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Thomas Edmund Dewey | 1,582,293 | 50.18% | 25 | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 1,570,763 | 49.82% | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,153,056 | 100.0% | 25 | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,590 | 58.30% | 3,998 | 41.70% | 1,592 | 16.60% | 9,588 |
| Allen | 21,024 | 62.59% | 12,564 | 37.41% | 8,460 | 25.19% | 33,588 |
| Ashland | 8,994 | 59.47% | 6,130 | 40.53% | 2,864 | 18.94% | 15,124 |
| Ashtabula | 17,181 | 56.33% | 13,319 | 43.67% | 3,862 | 12.66% | 30,500 |
| Athens | 10,326 | 58.13% | 7,438 | 41.87% | 2,888 | 16.26% | 17,764 |
| Auglaize | 8,980 | 64.75% | 4,888 | 35.25% | 4,092 | 29.51% | 13,868 |
| Belmont | 15,485 | 39.13% | 24,093 | 60.87% | -8,608 | -21.75% | 39,578 |
| Brown | 5,024 | 51.44% | 4,743 | 48.56% | 281 | 2.88% | 9,767 |
| Butler | 22,702 | 45.96% | 26,698 | 54.04% | -3,996 | -8.09% | 49,400 |
| Carroll | 4,898 | 62.75% | 2,907 | 37.25% | 1,991 | 25.51% | 7,805 |
| Champaign | 7,795 | 61.89% | 4,800 | 38.11% | 2,995 | 23.78% | 12,595 |
| Clark | 22,207 | 49.83% | 22,362 | 50.17% | -155 | -0.35% | 44,569 |
| Clermont | 9,125 | 53.48% | 7,937 | 46.52% | 1,188 | 6.96% | 17,062 |
| Clinton | 7,200 | 65.98% | 3,713 | 34.02% | 3,487 | 31.95% | 10,913 |
| Columbiana | 19,976 | 51.52% | 18,796 | 48.48% | 1,180 | 3.04% | 38,772 |
| Coshocton | 7,917 | 56.38% | 6,126 | 43.62% | 1,791 | 12.75% | 14,043 |
| Crawford | 10,464 | 59.65% | 7,079 | 40.35% | 3,385 | 19.30% | 17,543 |
| Cuyahoga | 217,824 | 39.71% | 330,659 | 60.29% | -112,835 | -20.57% | 548,483 |
| Darke | 11,135 | 58.08% | 8,036 | 41.92% | 3,099 | 16.17% | 19,171 |
| Defiance | 7,450 | 67.21% | 3,634 | 32.79% | 3,816 | 34.43% | 11,084 |
| Delaware | 9,186 | 66.78% | 4,569 | 33.22% | 4,617 | 33.57% | 13,755 |
| Erie | 10,663 | 57.90% | 7,753 | 42.10% | 2,910 | 15.80% | 18,416 |
| Fairfield | 11,135 | 56.89% | 8,439 | 43.11% | 2,696 | 13.77% | 19,574 |
| Fayette | 5,933 | 60.06% | 3,945 | 39.94% | 1,988 | 20.13% | 9,878 |
| Franklin | 99,292 | 52.62% | 89,394 | 47.38% | 9,898 | 5.25% | 188,686 |
| Fulton | 8,258 | 79.37% | 2,147 | 20.63% | 6,111 | 58.73% | 10,405 |
| Gallia | 6,464 | 68.53% | 2,968 | 31.47% | 3,496 | 37.07% | 9,432 |
| Geauga | 5,295 | 61.86% | 3,264 | 38.14% | 2,031 | 23.73% | 8,559 |
| Greene | 9,680 | 54.95% | 7,937 | 45.05% | 1,743 | 9.89% | 17,617 |
| Guernsey | 8,878 | 57.69% | 6,512 | 42.31% | 2,366 | 15.37% | 15,390 |
| Hamilton | 154,960 | 51.75% | 144,470 | 48.25% | 10,490 | 3.50% | 299,430 |
| Hancock | 13,450 | 68.27% | 6,252 | 31.73% | 7,198 | 36.53% | 19,702 |
| Hardin | 8,566 | 62.55% | 5,128 | 37.45% | 3,438 | 25.11% | 13,694 |
| Harrison | 5,194 | 60.57% | 3,381 | 39.43% | 1,813 | 21.14% | 8,575 |
| Henry | 7,241 | 73.54% | 2,605 | 26.46% | 4,636 | 47.09% | 9,846 |
| Highland | 7,963 | 59.88% | 5,336 | 40.12% | 2,627 | 19.75% | 13,299 |
| Hocking | 4,535 | 54.63% | 3,766 | 45.37% | 769 | 9.26% | 8,301 |
| Holmes | 3,093 | 54.69% | 2,563 | 45.31% | 530 | 9.37% | 5,656 |
| Huron | 11,442 | 66.06% | 5,879 | 33.94% | 5,563 | 32.12% | 17,321 |
| Jackson | 6,786 | 59.26% | 4,666 | 40.74% | 2,120 | 18.51% | 11,452 |
| Jefferson | 15,496 | 38.43% | 24,827 | 61.57% | -9,331 | -23.14% | 40,323 |
| Knox | 9,963 | 64.13% | 5,573 | 35.87% | 4,390 | 28.26% | 15,536 |
| Lake | 13,697 | 51.86% | 12,713 | 48.14% | 984 | 3.73% | 26,410 |
| Lawrence | 9,312 | 53.90% | 7,966 | 46.10% | 1,346 | 7.79% | 17,278 |
| Licking | 16,815 | 56.74% | 12,819 | 43.26% | 3,996 | 13.48% | 29,634 |
| Logan | 9,882 | 66.65% | 4,944 | 33.35% | 4,938 | 33.31% | 14,826 |
| Lorain | 23,866 | 48.59% | 25,254 | 51.41% | -1,388 | -2.83% | 49,120 |
| Lucas | 77,247 | 50.37% | 76,109 | 49.63% | 1,138 | 0.74% | 153,356 |
| Madison | 5,546 | 62.17% | 3,374 | 37.83% | 2,172 | 24.35% | 8,920 |
| Mahoning | 35,184 | 33.42% | 70,102 | 66.58% | -34,918 | -33.16% | 105,286 |
| Marion | 11,925 | 57.61% | 8,775 | 42.39% | 3,150 | 15.22% | 20,700 |
| Medina | 10,375 | 63.35% | 6,003 | 36.65% | 4,372 | 26.69% | 16,378 |
| Meigs | 6,401 | 65.32% | 3,399 | 34.68% | 3,002 | 30.63% | 9,800 |
| Mercer | 7,712 | 63.04% | 4,522 | 36.96% | 3,190 | 26.07% | 12,234 |
| Miami | 14,751 | 58.47% | 10,476 | 41.53% | 4,275 | 16.95% | 25,227 |
| Monroe | 3,617 | 50.30% | 3,574 | 49.70% | 43 | 0.60% | 7,191 |
| Montgomery | 63,336 | 43.47% | 82,367 | 56.53% | -19,031 | -13.06% | 145,703 |
| Morgan | 4,309 | 72.13% | 1,665 | 27.87% | 2,644 | 44.26% | 5,974 |
| Morrow | 5,439 | 69.78% | 2,356 | 30.22% | 3,083 | 39.55% | 7,795 |
| Muskingum | 17,577 | 58.00% | 12,729 | 42.00% | 4,848 | 16.00% | 30,306 |
| Noble | 4,130 | 64.89% | 2,235 | 35.11% | 1,895 | 29.77% | 6,365 |
| Ottawa | 6,922 | 58.35% | 4,941 | 41.65% | 1,981 | 16.70% | 11,863 |
| Paulding | 4,515 | 65.72% | 2,355 | 34.28% | 2,160 | 31.44% | 6,870 |
| Perry | 7,339 | 59.24% | 5,050 | 40.76% | 2,289 | 18.48% | 12,389 |
| Pickaway | 5,997 | 52.80% | 5,362 | 47.20% | 635 | 5.59% | 11,359 |
| Pike | 3,117 | 43.99% | 3,968 | 56.01% | -851 | -12.01% | 7,085 |
| Portage | 12,284 | 49.50% | 12,533 | 50.50% | -249 | -1.00% | 24,817 |
| Preble | 6,609 | 57.56% | 4,872 | 42.44% | 1,737 | 15.13% | 11,481 |
| Putnam | 8,004 | 71.79% | 3,145 | 28.21% | 4,859 | 43.58% | 11,149 |
| Richland | 18,065 | 53.97% | 15,406 | 46.03% | 2,659 | 7.94% | 33,471 |
| Ross | 11,424 | 53.50% | 9,928 | 46.50% | 1,496 | 7.01% | 21,352 |
| Sandusky | 13,763 | 69.19% | 6,129 | 30.81% | 7,634 | 38.38% | 19,892 |
| Scioto | 17,489 | 50.51% | 17,134 | 49.49% | 355 | 1.03% | 34,623 |
| Seneca | 15,137 | 70.86% | 6,224 | 29.14% | 8,913 | 41.73% | 21,361 |
| Shelby | 7,084 | 55.75% | 5,622 | 44.25% | 1,462 | 11.51% | 12,706 |
| Stark | 51,506 | 47.30% | 57,393 | 52.70% | -5,887 | -5.41% | 108,899 |
| Summit | 64,696 | 41.61% | 90,783 | 58.39% | -26,087 | -16.78% | 155,479 |
| Trumbull | 25,150 | 42.30% | 34,312 | 57.70% | -9,162 | -15.41% | 59,462 |
| Tuscarawas | 14,357 | 47.01% | 16,184 | 52.99% | -1,827 | -5.98% | 30,541 |
| Union | 6,908 | 70.38% | 2,907 | 29.62% | 4,001 | 40.76% | 9,815 |
| Van Wert | 8,529 | 62.83% | 5,046 | 37.17% | 3,483 | 25.66% | 13,575 |
| Vinton | 2,719 | 59.82% | 1,826 | 40.18% | 893 | 19.65% | 4,545 |
| Warren | 8,598 | 59.86% | 5,765 | 40.14% | 2,833 | 19.72% | 14,363 |
| Washington | 11,676 | 62.44% | 7,023 | 37.56% | 4,653 | 24.88% | 18,699 |
| Wayne | 13,616 | 58.89% | 9,506 | 41.11% | 4,110 | 17.78% | 23,122 |
| Williams | 8,738 | 71.89% | 3,417 | 28.11% | 5,321 | 43.78% | 12,155 |
| Wood | 16,016 | 66.62% | 8,025 | 33.38% | 7,991 | 33.24% | 24,041 |
| Wyandot | 6,144 | 65.54% | 3,231 | 34.46% | 2,913 | 31.07% | 9,375 |
| Totals | 1,582,293 | 50.18% | 1,570,763 | 49.82% | 11,530 | 0.37% | 3,153,056 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 350-351 ISBN 0405077114
