1936 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1936 United States presidential election in Indiana
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All 14 Indiana votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote 14 0
Popular vote 934,974 691,570
Percentage 56.63% 41.89%
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The 1936 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose 14[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner of Texas, with 56.63% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with businessman Frank Knox of Illinois, with 41.89% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Boone County, Rush County, Union County and Wayne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5] Indiana has only voted for the Democratic candidate twice since this election, in 1964 and in 2008. This marks the only time since 1856 that Indiana has voted Democratic in consecutive presidential elections.

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Indiana
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 934,974 56.63%
Republican Alf Landon 691,570 41.89%
Union William Lemke 19,407 1.18%
Socialist Norman Thomas 3,856 0.23%
Communist Earl R. Browder 1,090 0.07%
Total votes 1,650,897 100%

Results by county

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican 		William Frederick Lemke[6]
Union 		Norman Mattoon Thomas[7]
Socialist 		Earl Russell Browder[7]
Communist 		Margin Total votes cast[8]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 5,822 63.23% 3,249 35.28% 119 1.29% 15 0.16% 3 0.03% 2,573 27.94% 9,208
Allen 39,151 59.19% 24,765 37.44% 2,056 3.11% 136 0.21% 38 0.06% 14,386 21.75% 66,146
Bartholomew 8,536 56.50% 6,484 42.92% 50 0.33% 34 0.23% 3 0.02% 2,052 13.58% 15,107
Benton 3,211 50.72% 2,989 47.21% 125 1.97% 6 0.09% 0 0.00% 222 3.51% 6,331
Blackford 4,217 59.02% 2,845 39.82% 68 0.95% 15 0.21% 0 0.00% 1,372 19.20% 7,145
Boone 6,775 53.80% 5,739 45.57% 65 0.52% 13 0.10% 1 0.01% 1,036 8.23% 12,593
Brown 1,585 55.73% 1,244 43.74% 8 0.28% 5 0.18% 2 0.07% 341 11.99% 2,844
Carroll 4,676 51.01% 4,426 48.28% 60 0.65% 1 0.01% 4 0.04% 250 2.73% 9,167
Cass 10,475 53.93% 8,528 43.91% 384 1.98% 31 0.16% 4 0.02% 1,947 10.02% 19,422
Clark 10,116 63.64% 5,536 34.83% 213 1.34% 29 0.18% 2 0.01% 4,580 28.81% 15,896
Clay 8,235 56.09% 6,335 43.15% 51 0.35% 54 0.37% 8 0.05% 1,900 12.94% 14,683
Clinton 8,340 53.02% 7,265 46.19% 92 0.58% 22 0.14% 11 0.07% 1,075 6.83% 15,730
Crawford 2,919 52.89% 2,589 46.91% 5 0.09% 5 0.09% 1 0.02% 330 5.98% 5,519
Daviess 6,848 50.84% 6,459 47.95% 123 0.91% 37 0.27% 3 0.02% 389 2.89% 13,470
Dearborn 6,366 56.56% 4,669 41.48% 193 1.71% 25 0.22% 3 0.03% 1,697 15.08% 11,256
Decatur 4,887 48.35% 5,126 50.72% 76 0.75% 15 0.15% 3 0.03% -239 -2.36% 10,107
DeKalb 6,970 53.50% 5,848 44.89% 182 1.40% 25 0.19% 2 0.02% 1,122 8.61% 13,027
Delaware 19,048 56.81% 14,207 42.37% 187 0.56% 69 0.21% 16 0.05% 4,841 14.44% 33,527
Dubois 6,927 66.87% 3,011 29.07% 393 3.79% 27 0.26% 1 0.01% 3,916 37.80% 10,359
Elkhart 14,473 47.65% 14,896 49.05% 875 2.88% 100 0.33% 27 0.09% -423 -1.39% 30,371
Fayette 5,756 52.70% 5,067 46.39% 75 0.69% 21 0.19% 3 0.03% 689 6.31% 10,922
Floyd 10,654 58.79% 6,976 38.50% 425 2.35% 63 0.35% 3 0.02% 3,678 20.30% 18,121
Fountain 5,617 54.45% 4,663 45.20% 26 0.25% 9 0.09% 1 0.01% 954 9.25% 10,316
Franklin 3,891 54.31% 2,952 41.21% 311 4.34% 9 0.13% 1 0.01% 939 13.11% 7,164
Fulton 4,322 48.00% 4,541 50.43% 125 1.39% 13 0.14% 3 0.03% -219 -2.43% 9,004
Gibson 9,392 56.21% 7,078 42.36% 172 1.03% 43 0.26% 25 0.15% 2,314 13.85% 16,710
Grant 13,655 52.00% 11,774 44.84% 722 2.75% 87 0.33% 22 0.08% 1,881 7.16% 26,260
Greene 9,730 56.10% 7,460 43.01% 50 0.29% 73 0.42% 31 0.18% 2,270 13.09% 17,344
Hamilton 5,396 41.93% 7,323 56.90% 139 1.08% 12 0.09% 0 0.00% -1,927 -14.97% 12,870
Hancock 5,962 58.57% 4,174 41.00% 33 0.32% 11 0.11% 0 0.00% 1,788 17.56% 10,180
Harrison 5,025 55.92% 3,885 43.23% 64 0.71% 10 0.11% 2 0.02% 1,140 12.69% 8,986
Hendricks 5,237 47.19% 5,776 52.05% 63 0.57% 20 0.18% 1 0.01% -539 -4.86% 11,097
Henry 10,172 52.38% 9,099 46.85% 99 0.51% 44 0.23% 6 0.03% 1,073 5.53% 19,420
Howard 12,288 54.99% 9,534 42.67% 425 1.90% 86 0.38% 13 0.06% 2,754 12.32% 22,346
Huntington 8,361 53.26% 7,024 44.75% 275 1.75% 34 0.22% 3 0.02% 1,337 8.52% 15,697
Jackson 8,018 61.50% 4,951 37.98% 34 0.26% 33 0.25% 1 0.01% 3,067 23.53% 13,037
Jasper 3,109 46.26% 3,540 52.67% 59 0.88% 10 0.15% 3 0.04% -431 -6.41% 6,721
Jay 6,535 54.61% 5,233 43.73% 178 1.49% 18 0.15% 3 0.03% 1,302 10.88% 11,967
Jefferson 4,805 47.08% 5,320 52.12% 69 0.68% 12 0.12% 1 0.01% -515 -5.05% 10,207
Jennings 3,157 46.27% 3,594 52.67% 63 0.92% 6 0.09% 3 0.04% -437 -6.40% 6,823
Johnson 6,934 56.24% 5,315 43.11% 66 0.54% 13 0.11% 1 0.01% 1,619 13.13% 12,329
Knox 13,669 61.02% 8,589 38.34% 53 0.24% 62 0.28% 27 0.12% 5,080 22.68% 22,400
Kosciusko 6,890 45.39% 8,182 53.90% 94 0.62% 11 0.07% 2 0.01% -1,292 -8.51% 15,179
LaGrange 2,821 46.69% 3,125 51.72% 85 1.41% 9 0.15% 2 0.03% -304 -5.03% 6,042
Lake 68,551 66.07% 33,689 32.47% 1,064 1.03% 244 0.24% 202 0.19% 34,862 33.60% 103,750
LaPorte 15,359 56.07% 11,722 42.79% 238 0.87% 63 0.23% 10 0.04% 3,637 13.28% 27,392
Lawrence 8,062 44.35% 9,982 54.91% 111 0.61% 22 0.12% 1 0.01% -1,920 -10.56% 18,178
Madison 27,347 61.46% 16,644 37.41% 391 0.88% 88 0.20% 25 0.06% 10,703 24.05% 44,495
Marion 124,961 57.71% 87,798 40.54% 2,953 1.36% 669 0.31% 169 0.08% 37,163 17.16% 216,550
Marshall 6,651 51.28% 6,118 47.17% 182 1.40% 19 0.15% 1 0.01% 533 4.11% 12,971
Martin 2,923 52.70% 2,583 46.57% 32 0.58% 7 0.13% 1 0.02% 340 6.13% 5,546
Miami 8,173 54.05% 6,747 44.62% 133 0.88% 61 0.40% 8 0.05% 1,426 9.43% 15,122
Monroe 9,220 50.91% 8,842 48.82% 24 0.13% 19 0.10% 5 0.03% 378 2.09% 18,110
Montgomery 8,053 51.79% 7,369 47.39% 59 0.38% 59 0.38% 9 0.06% 684 4.40% 15,549
Morgan 5,451 48.12% 5,793 51.14% 63 0.56% 18 0.16% 3 0.03% -342 -3.02% 11,328
Newton 2,430 44.93% 2,937 54.31% 18 0.33% 21 0.39% 2 0.04% -507 -9.37% 5,408
Noble 5,990 50.18% 5,760 48.26% 165 1.38% 16 0.13% 5 0.04% 230 1.93% 11,936
Ohio 1,362 57.13% 1,022 42.87% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 340 14.26% 2,384
Orange 4,549 46.94% 5,106 52.68% 31 0.32% 6 0.06% 0 0.00% -557 -5.75% 9,692
Owen 3,498 52.62% 3,091 46.50% 40 0.60% 15 0.23% 4 0.06% 407 6.12% 6,648
Parke 4,811 50.42% 4,665 48.89% 21 0.22% 37 0.39% 8 0.08% 146 1.53% 9,542
Perry 4,752 55.13% 3,619 41.99% 228 2.65% 19 0.22% 1 0.01% 1,133 13.15% 8,619
Pike 4,952 55.75% 3,885 43.74% 31 0.35% 13 0.15% 1 0.01% 1,067 12.01% 8,882
Porter 5,560 46.58% 6,278 52.60% 68 0.57% 28 0.23% 2 0.02% -718 -6.02% 11,936
Posey 5,630 63.34% 3,088 34.74% 152 1.71% 12 0.14% 6 0.07% 2,542 28.60% 8,888
Pulaski 3,274 53.50% 2,780 45.42% 31 0.51% 35 0.57% 0 0.00% 494 8.07% 6,120
Putnam 6,177 55.12% 4,961 44.27% 24 0.21% 41 0.37% 4 0.04% 1,216 10.85% 11,207
Randolph 6,487 48.84% 6,682 50.30% 91 0.69% 20 0.15% 3 0.02% -195 -1.47% 13,283
Ripley 5,546 51.84% 4,919 45.98% 205 1.92% 24 0.22% 4 0.04% 627 5.86% 10,698
Rush 5,999 52.17% 5,457 47.45% 34 0.30% 8 0.07% 2 0.02% 542 4.71% 11,500
St. Joseph 43,131 61.32% 25,807 36.69% 1,135 1.61% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% 17,324 24.63% 70,339
Scott 2,696 56.81% 2,034 42.86% 10 0.21% 14 0.10% 1 0.01% 662 13.95% 4,746
Shelby 8,552 58.11% 6,026 40.95% 124 0.84% 15 0.16% 4 0.04% 2,526 17.16% 14,717
Spencer 4,966 51.32% 4,567 47.20% 124 1.28% 154 0.22% 112 0.16% 399 4.12% 9,676
Starke 3,143 52.11% 2,846 47.18% 23 0.38% 14 0.23% 6 0.10% 297 4.92% 6,032
Steuben 3,402 45.09% 3,998 52.99% 133 1.76% 11 0.15% 1 0.01% -596 -7.90% 7,545
Sullivan 10,203 67.33% 4,685 30.92% 79 0.52% 161 1.06% 26 0.17% 5,518 36.41% 15,154
Switzerland 2,840 56.06% 2,212 43.66% 8 0.16% 6 0.12% 0 0.00% 628 12.40% 5,066
Tippecanoe 12,732 48.74% 13,081 50.08% 249 0.95% 54 0.21% 6 0.02% -349 -1.34% 26,122
Tipton 4,796 54.88% 3,842 43.96% 88 1.01% 12 0.14% 1 0.01% 954 10.92% 8,739
Union 1,662 50.17% 1,630 49.20% 21 0.63% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 32 0.97% 3,313
Vanderburgh 41,490 72.68% 14,725 25.79% 655 1.15% 174 0.30% 41 0.07% 26,765 46.89% 57,085
Vermillion 7,188 61.78% 4,320 37.13% 56 0.48% 42 0.36% 29 0.25% 2,868 24.65% 11,635
Vigo 33,018 65.08% 17,278 34.05% 239 0.47% 139 0.27% 64 0.13% 15,740 31.02% 50,738
Wabash 6,200 45.51% 7,223 53.02% 171 1.26% 20 0.15% 9 0.07% -1,023 -7.51% 13,623
Warren 2,242 44.44% 2,780 55.10% 13 0.26% 9 0.18% 1 0.02% -538 -10.66% 5,045
Warrick 5,343 56.67% 3,968 42.08% 107 1.13% 10 0.11% 1 0.01% 1,375 14.58% 9,429
Washington 4,766 56.19% 3,690 43.50% 22 0.26% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 1,076 12.69% 8,482
Wayne 13,696 51.93% 12,126 45.98% 489 1.85% 45 0.17% 17 0.06% 1,570 5.95% 26,373
Wells 6,189 62.81% 3,606 36.59% 48 0.49% 9 0.09% 2 0.02% 2,583 26.21% 9,854
White 4,863 52.57% 4,245 45.89% 132 1.43% 10 0.11% 0 0.00% 618 6.68% 9,250
Whitley 5,115 55.90% 3,959 43.27% 62 0.68% 13 0.14% 1 0.01% 1,156 12.63% 9,150
Totals 934,974 56.63% 691,570 41.89% 19,407 1.18% 3,856 0.23% 1,090 0.07% 243,404 14.74% 1,650,897

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
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  8. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 141-142 ISBN 0405077114