1936 United States presidential election in Georgia
1936 United States presidential election in Georgia
County Results
Roosevelt
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Landon
50-60%
The 1936 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens , Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties,[ 1] and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries , which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.[ 2]
On election day, the Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President John N. Garner carried the state of Georgia in a landslide, defeating Republican Alf Landon by a margin of nearly 75 percentage points and sweeping all but one county in the state. Even amidst a national Democratic landslide, Roosevelt's margin in Georgia exceeded his margin nationwide by more than 50 percentage points.
Results
Results by congressional districts
Results by county
County
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican
David Leigh Colvin Prohibition
William Frederick Lemke Union
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist
Margin
Total votes cast [ 5]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Appling
1,309
89.84%
140
9.61%
3
0.21%
5
0.34%
0
0.00%
1,169
80.23%
1,457
Atkinson
958
97.06%
29
2.94%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
929
94.12%
987
Bacon
929
93.74%
62
6.26%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
867
87.49%
991
Baker
599
97.72%
13
2.12%
1
0.16%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
586
95.60%
613
Baldwin
811
87.58%
113
12.20%
2
0.22%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
698
75.38%
926
Banks
641
77.98%
181
22.02%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
460
55.96%
822
Barrow
1,181
87.16%
172
12.69%
2
0.15%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,009
74.46%
1,355
Bartow
2,228
83.13%
444
16.57%
6
0.22%
2
0.07%
0
0.00%
1,784
66.57%
2,680
Ben Hill
1,147
88.64%
146
11.28%
1
0.08%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,001
77.36%
1,294
Berrien
1,700
96.98%
53
3.02%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,647
93.95%
1,753
Bibb
5,722
92.34%
452
7.29%
22
0.36%
1
0.02%
0
0.00%
5,270
85.04%
6,197
Bleckley
649
90.14%
69
9.58%
2
0.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
580
80.56%
720
Brantley
527
92.13%
40
6.99%
5
0.87%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
487
85.14%
572
Brooks
1,277
92.74%
94
6.83%
6
0.44%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,183
85.91%
1,377
Bryan
632
90.41%
63
9.01%
4
0.57%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
569
81.40%
699
Bulloch
1,978
96.53%
66
3.22%
5
0.24%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,912
93.31%
2,049
Burke
1,040
95.06%
51
4.66%
3
0.27%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
989
90.40%
1,094
Butts
820
96.13%
28
3.28%
5
0.59%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
792
92.85%
853
Calhoun
777
97.98%
14
1.77%
2
0.25%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
763
96.22%
793
Camden
515
90.19%
53
9.28%
2
0.35%
1
0.18%
0
0.00%
462
80.91%
571
Candler
992
92.28%
80
7.44%
3
0.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
912
84.84%
1,075
Carroll
3,717
84.98%
653
14.93%
4
0.09%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3,064
70.05%
4,374
Catoosa
1,018
82.16%
218
17.59%
1
0.08%
1
0.08%
1
0.08%
800
64.57%
1,239
Charlton
468
94.16%
28
5.63%
1
0.20%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
440
88.53%
497
Chatham
10,019
88.90%
1,227
10.89%
14
0.12%
4
0.04%
6
0.05%
8,792
78.01%
11,270
Chattahoochee
206
91.15%
20
8.85%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
186
82.30%
226
Chattooga
2,999
92.79%
231
7.15%
2
0.06%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,768
85.64%
3,232
Cherokee
1,211
58.79%
842
40.87%
6
0.29%
1
0.05%
0
0.00%
369
17.91%
2,060
Clarke
2,632
94.13%
160
5.72%
3
0.11%
1
0.04%
0
0.00%
2,472
88.41%
2,796
Clay
484
96.99%
13
2.61%
2
0.40%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
471
94.39%
499
Clayton
1,352
88.37%
175
11.44%
3
0.20%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,177
76.93%
1,530
Clinch
1,002
93.21%
71
6.60%
2
0.19%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
931
86.60%
1,075
Cobb
2,802
79.72%
707
20.11%
6
0.17%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,095
59.60%
3,515
Coffee
1,702
93.57%
116
6.38%
1
0.05%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,586
87.19%
1,819
Colquitt
2,449
84.42%
448
15.44%
3
0.10%
1
0.03%
0
0.00%
2,001
68.98%
2,901
Columbia
659
94.14%
34
4.86%
7
1.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
625
89.29%
700
Cook
1,697
93.45%
117
6.44%
1
0.06%
1
0.06%
0
0.00%
1,580
87.00%
1,816
Coweta
2,260
96.79%
73
3.13%
2
0.09%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,187
93.66%
2,335
Crawford
413
94.51%
22
5.03%
2
0.46%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
391
89.47%
437
Crisp
1,029
92.70%
79
7.12%
2
0.18%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
950
85.59%
1,110
Dade
857
87.01%
127
12.89%
1
0.10%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
730
74.11%
985
Dawson
377
53.93%
322
46.07%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
55
7.87%
699
Decatur
1,965
95.71%
79
3.85%
4
0.19%
1
0.05%
4
0.19%
1,886
91.86%
2,053
DeKalb
7,391
86.34%
1,137
13.28%
17
0.20%
4
0.05%
11
0.13%
6,254
73.06%
8,560
Dodge
1,259
94.24%
71
5.31%
2
0.15%
4
0.30%
0
0.00%
1,188
88.92%
1,336
Dooly
1,339
97.03%
41
2.97%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,298
94.06%
1,380
Dougherty
2,591
95.40%
122
4.49%
1
0.04%
2
0.07%
0
0.00%
2,469
90.91%
2,716
Douglas
1,015
80.88%
237
18.88%
1
0.08%
2
0.16%
0
0.00%
778
61.99%
1,255
Early
1,107
95.68%
46
3.98%
1
0.09%
2
0.17%
1
0.09%
1,061
91.70%
1,157
Echols
300
90.63%
30
9.06%
1
0.30%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
270
81.57%
331
Effingham
612
81.06%
142
18.81%
1
0.13%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
470
62.25%
755
Elbert
1,772
79.39%
438
19.62%
21
0.94%
1
0.04%
0
0.00%
1,334
59.77%
2,232
Emanuel
1,943
93.37%
125
6.01%
6
0.29%
7
0.34%
0
0.00%
1,818
87.36%
2,081
Evans
733
95.07%
35
4.54%
3
0.39%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
698
90.53%
771
Fannin
1,540
44.90%
1,890
55.10%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
-350
-10.20%
3,430
Fayette
748
91.33%
70
8.55%
1
0.12%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
678
82.78%
819
Floyd
5,499
89.87%
612
10.00%
6
0.10%
1
0.02%
1
0.02%
4,887
79.87%
6,119
Forsyth
780
58.60%
551
41.40%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
229
17.21%
1,331
Franklin
1,621
86.73%
238
12.73%
8
0.43%
1
0.05%
1
0.05%
1,383
74.00%
1,869
Fulton
27,183
88.17%
3,552
11.52%
54
0.18%
20
0.06%
20
0.06%
23,631
76.65%
30,829
Gilmer
1,128
51.86%
1,047
48.14%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
81
3.72%
2,175
Glascock
369
83.86%
68
15.45%
3
0.68%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
301
68.41%
440
Glynn
1,925
87.98%
260
11.88%
1
0.05%
1
0.05%
1
0.05%
1,665
76.10%
2,188
Gordon
2,026
79.86%
504
19.87%
7
0.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,522
59.99%
2,537
Grady
1,659
90.71%
163
8.91%
6
0.33%
1
0.05%
0
0.00%
1,496
81.79%
1,829
Greene
1,348
93.35%
86
5.96%
10
0.69%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,262
87.40%
1,444
Gwinnett
2,382
81.41%
541
18.49%
3
0.10%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,841
62.92%
2,926
Habersham
1,884
80.93%
424
18.21%
16
0.69%
4
0.17%
0
0.00%
1,460
62.71%
2,328
Hall
2,731
85.85%
444
13.96%
6
0.19%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,287
71.90%
3,181
Hancock
504
88.42%
57
10.00%
9
1.58%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
447
78.42%
570
Haralson
1,643
67.39%
787
32.28%
6
0.25%
1
0.04%
1
0.04%
856
35.11%
2,438
Harris
953
94.54%
54
5.36%
1
0.10%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
899
89.19%
1,008
Hart
1,514
86.96%
222
12.75%
5
0.29%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,292
74.21%
1,741
Heard
725
82.11%
155
17.55%
3
0.34%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
570
64.55%
883
Henry
1,362
91.90%
116
7.83%
3
0.20%
1
0.07%
0
0.00%
1,246
84.08%
1,482
Houston
796
95.56%
37
4.44%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
759
91.12%
833
Irwin
1,025
89.83%
110
9.64%
5
0.44%
1
0.09%
0
0.00%
915
80.19%
1,141
Jackson
2,447
92.76%
187
7.09%
4
0.15%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,260
85.67%
2,638
Jasper
923
96.55%
33
3.45%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
890
93.10%
956
Jeff Davis
631
87.15%
93
12.85%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
538
74.31%
724
Jefferson
1,238
87.31%
168
11.85%
10
0.71%
1
0.07%
1
0.07%
1,070
75.46%
1,418
Jenkins
880
96.49%
32
3.51%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
848
92.98%
912
Johnson
1,861
84.40%
334
15.15%
10
0.45%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,527
69.25%
2,205
Jones
508
95.67%
23
4.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
485
91.34%
531
Lamar
839
92.30%
69
7.59%
1
0.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
770
84.71%
909
Lanier
800
95.81%
30
3.59%
5
0.60%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
770
92.22%
835
Laurens
2,620
89.39%
304
10.37%
7
0.24%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,316
79.02%
2,931
Lee
490
99.59%
1
0.20%
1
0.20%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
489
99.39%
492
Liberty
369
87.65%
49
11.64%
2
0.48%
1
0.24%
0
0.00%
320
76.01%
421
Lincoln
561
84.23%
88
13.21%
17
2.55%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
473
71.02%
666
Long
305
84.96%
51
14.21%
2
0.56%
1
0.28%
0
0.00%
254
70.75%
359
Lowndes
3,099
94.89%
130
3.98%
8
0.24%
27
0.83%
2
0.06%
2,969
90.91%
3,266
Lumpkin
617
79.41%
160
20.59%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
457
58.82%
777
Macon
958
90.98%
92
8.74%
2
0.19%
1
0.09%
0
0.00%
866
82.24%
1,053
Madison
1,697
80.89%
393
18.73%
8
0.38%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,304
62.15%
2,098
Marion
420
86.96%
62
12.84%
1
0.21%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
358
74.12%
483
McDuffie
705
87.14%
98
12.11%
6
0.74%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
607
75.03%
809
McIntosh
308
85.32%
53
14.68%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
255
70.64%
361
Meriwether
2,438
94.61%
138
5.36%
1
0.04%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,300
89.25%
2,577
Miller
653
94.64%
36
5.22%
1
0.14%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
617
89.42%
690
Mitchell
2,297
96.47%
79
3.32%
3
0.13%
1
0.04%
1
0.04%
2,218
93.15%
2,381
Monroe
1,277
89.24%
147
10.27%
7
0.49%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,130
78.97%
1,431
Montgomery
945
91.39%
81
7.83%
5
0.48%
3
0.29%
0
0.00%
864
83.56%
1,034
Morgan
1,130
96.66%
37
3.17%
2
0.17%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,093
93.50%
1,169
Murray
1,597
66.43%
806
33.53%
1
0.04%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
791
32.90%
2,404
Muscogee
5,009
91.56%
455
8.32%
7
0.13%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4,554
83.24%
5,471
Newton
1,994
93.79%
123
5.79%
8
0.38%
1
0.05%
0
0.00%
1,871
88.01%
2,126
Oconee
483
73.29%
173
26.25%
3
0.46%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
310
47.04%
659
Oglethorpe
845
87.66%
115
11.93%
4
0.41%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
730
75.73%
964
Paulding
1,386
68.14%
645
31.71%
3
0.15%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
741
36.43%
2,034
Peach
767
92.52%
49
5.91%
12
1.45%
1
0.12%
0
0.00%
718
86.61%
829
Pickens
1,223
53.73%
1,053
46.27%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
170
7.47%
2,276
Pierce
1,494
96.45%
45
2.91%
7
0.45%
3
0.19%
0
0.00%
1,449
93.54%
1,549
Pike
910
85.69%
149
14.03%
1
0.09%
2
0.19%
0
0.00%
761
71.66%
1,062
Polk
2,754
87.51%
389
12.36%
4
0.13%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,365
75.15%
3,147
Pulaski
808
94.61%
38
4.45%
7
0.82%
1
0.12%
0
0.00%
770
90.16%
854
Putnam
703
93.11%
51
6.75%
1
0.13%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
652
86.36%
755
Quitman
355
94.92%
19
5.08%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
336
89.84%
374
Rabun
948
85.33%
162
14.58%
1
0.09%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
786
70.75%
1,111
Randolph
1,208
93.86%
74
5.75%
5
0.39%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,134
88.11%
1,287
Richmond
7,239
92.69%
551
7.06%
16
0.20%
1
0.01%
3
0.04%
6,688
85.63%
7,810
Rockdale
837
91.88%
73
8.01%
1
0.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
764
83.86%
911
Schley
419
90.69%
43
9.31%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
376
81.39%
462
Screven
933
92.47%
61
6.05%
15
1.49%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
872
86.42%
1,009
Seminole
761
90.27%
82
9.73%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
679
80.55%
843
Spalding
2,457
98.28%
36
1.44%
3
0.12%
3
0.12%
1
0.04%
2,421
96.84%
2,500
Stephens
1,142
94.22%
68
5.61%
2
0.17%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,074
88.61%
1,212
Stewart
628
92.22%
49
7.20%
2
0.29%
2
0.29%
0
0.00%
579
85.02%
681
Sumter
1,870
96.69%
58
3.00%
6
0.31%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,812
93.69%
1,934
Talbot
796
94.42%
41
4.86%
6
0.71%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
755
89.56%
843
Taliaferro
552
96.34%
14
2.44%
7
1.22%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
538
93.89%
573
Tattnall
1,047
82.31%
214
16.82%
11
0.86%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
833
65.49%
1,272
Taylor
771
83.71%
147
15.96%
3
0.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
624
67.75%
921
Telfair
1,158
90.54%
121
9.46%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,037
81.08%
1,279
Terrell
1,336
95.50%
61
4.36%
2
0.14%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,275
91.14%
1,399
Thomas
2,409
91.08%
222
8.39%
13
0.49%
1
0.04%
0
0.00%
2,187
82.68%
2,645
Tift
1,627
90.49%
161
8.95%
10
0.56%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,466
81.54%
1,798
Toombs
1,001
92.43%
78
7.20%
4
0.37%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
923
85.23%
1,083
Towns
763
51.04%
732
48.96%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
31
2.07%
1,495
Treutlen
912
97.44%
23
2.46%
1
0.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
889
94.98%
936
Troup
2,728
94.13%
167
5.76%
3
0.10%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,561
88.37%
2,898
Turner
860
82.06%
188
17.94%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
672
64.12%
1,048
Twiggs
491
89.44%
57
10.38%
1
0.18%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
434
79.05%
549
Union
1,148
59.45%
783
40.55%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
365
18.90%
1,931
Upson
1,471
91.37%
138
8.57%
1
0.06%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,333
82.80%
1,610
Walker
2,313
83.32%
458
16.50%
4
0.14%
1
0.04%
0
0.00%
1,855
66.82%
2,776
Walton
1,952
93.58%
132
6.33%
2
0.10%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,820
87.25%
2,086
Ware
2,566
90.77%
256
9.06%
5
0.18%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,310
81.71%
2,827
Warren
545
79.91%
129
18.91%
8
1.17%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
416
61.00%
682
Washington
1,286
89.24%
149
10.34%
6
0.42%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,137
78.90%
1,441
Wayne
788
87.65%
105
11.68%
6
0.67%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
683
75.97%
899
Webster
310
88.32%
40
11.40%
1
0.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
270
76.92%
351
Wheeler
594
86.21%
94
13.64%
1
0.15%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
500
72.57%
689
White
599
78.82%
161
21.18%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
438
57.63%
760
Whitfield
2,481
73.69%
877
26.05%
7
0.21%
1
0.03%
1
0.03%
1,604
47.64%
3,367
Wilcox
1,066
84.40%
195
15.44%
2
0.16%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
871
68.96%
1,263
Wilkes
1,031
91.89%
78
6.95%
13
1.16%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
953
84.94%
1,122
Wilkinson
695
84.96%
118
14.43%
5
0.61%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
577
70.54%
818
Worth
1,124
89.42%
132
10.50%
1
0.08%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
992
78.92%
1,257
Totals
255,363
87.10%
36,943
12.60%
660
0.23%
141
0.05%
68
0.02%
218,420
74.50%
293,175
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Notes
References
^ Phillips, Kevin P. ; The Emerging Republican Majority , pp. 208, 210 ISBN 9780691163246
^ Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000 , p. 155 ISBN 022611435X
^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia" . Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Georgia's Official Register, 1933-1935-1937 (PDF) . Atlanta, Georgia. pp. 651–652.
^ "GA US President Race, November 03, 1936" . Our Campaigns.