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From March 10 to May 19, 1936, voters of theDemocratic Party elected delegates to the 1936 Democratic National Convention for the purpose of selecting the party's nominee forpresident in the1936 United States presidential election.[1] Incumbent PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt was selected as the nominee through a series ofprimary elections andcaucuses culminating in the1936 Democratic National Convention held from June 23 to June 27, 1936, inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.
Before his assassination, there was a challenge fromLouisiana SenatorHuey Long. But, due to his untimely assassination, President Roosevelt faced only one primary opponent other than variousfavorite sons.
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Henry Skillman Breckinridge | Upton Sinclair | John S. McGroarty | Al Smith |
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U.S. President (1933–1945) | Assistant Secretary of War (1913–1916) | Novelist and Journalist fromCalifornia | Governor of New York (1919–1920, 1923–1928) | |
4,830,730 votes | 136,407 votes | 106,068 votes | 61,391 votes | 8,856votes |
| Franklin Roosevelt | Henry Breckinridge | Upton Sinclair | John McGroarty | Joseph Coutremarsh | Uncommitted | Others | ||
| March 10 | New Hampshire (Primary) | 100.00% (15,752) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 7 | Wisconsin (Primary) | 99.96% (401,773) | - | - | - | - | - | 0.04% (154) |
| April 14 | Illinois (Primary) | 99.97% (1,416,411) | - | - | - | - | - | 0.03% (446) |
| Nebraska (Primary) | 100.00% (139,743) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| April 28 | Massachusetts (Primary) | 85.85% (W) (51,924) | - | - | - | - | - | 14.15% (W) (8,556) |
| Pennsylvania (Primary) | 95.32% (720,309) | 4.68% (35,351) | - | - | - | - | - | |
| May 4 | Maryland (Primary) | 83.45% (100,269) | 15.11% (18,150) | - | - | - | 1.45% (1,739) | - |
| May 5 | California (Primary) | 82.51% (790,235) | - | 11.08% (106,068) | 6.41% (61,391) | - | - | - |
| South Dakota (Primary) | 100.00% (48,262) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| May 12 | Ohio (Primary) | 93.98% (514,366) | 6.02% (32,950) | - | - | - | - | - |
| West Virginia (Primary) | 97.25% (288,799) | - | - | - | 2.75% (8,162) | - | - | |
| May 15 | Oregon (Primary) | 99.77% (88,305) | - | - | - | - | - | 0.24% (208) |
| May 19 | New Jersey (Primary) | 18.94% (W) (11,676) | 81.04% (49,956) | - | - | - | - | 0.02% (14) |
| June 6 | Florida (Primary)[2] | 89.67% (242,906) | - | - | - | 10.33% (27,982) | - | - |
| Legend: | 1st place (popular vote) | 2nd place (popular vote) | 3rd place (popular vote) | Candidate has Withdrawn or Ceased Campaigning | (W) - Votes areWrite-In |
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