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The1944 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the1944 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose ten[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Iowa was won byGovernorThomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running withGovernorJohn Bricker, with 51.99% of the popular vote, againstincumbent PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running withSenatorHarry S. Truman, with 47.49% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of 2025, his is the last election in which an incumbent president of either party won another term in office without winning Iowa, as well as the only election in which the state backed the losing candidate more than once consecutively.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 547,267 | 51.99% | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 499,876 | 47.49% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 3,752 | 0.36% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 1,511 | 0.14% | |
| Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert | 193 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 1,052,599 | 100% | ||
| County[5] | Thomas E. Dewey Republican | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic | Claude A. Watson Prohibition | Norman Thomas Socialist | Edward A. Teichert Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 3,428 | 59.69% | 2,297 | 40.00% | 11 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,131 | 19.69% | 5,743 |
| Adams | 2,540 | 57.56% | 1,868 | 42.33% | 5 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 672 | 15.23% | 4,413 |
| Allamakee | 5,017 | 63.27% | 2,893 | 36.49% | 9 | 0.11% | 8 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,124 | 26.79% | 7,929 |
| Appanoose | 4,928 | 49.18% | 5,015 | 50.05% | 69 | 0.69% | 6 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.02% | -87 | -0.87% | 10,020 |
| Audubon | 2,346 | 43.07% | 3,094 | 56.80% | 6 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | -748 | -13.73% | 5,447 |
| Benton | 4,378 | 48.43% | 4,619 | 51.10% | 21 | 0.23% | 17 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.04% | -241 | -2.67% | 9,039 |
| Black Hawk | 15,687 | 48.37% | 16,593 | 51.16% | 99 | 0.31% | 34 | 0.10% | 21 | 0.06% | -906 | -2.79% | 32,434 |
| Boone | 4,868 | 44.24% | 6,062 | 55.09% | 41 | 0.37% | 30 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.02% | -1,194 | -10.85% | 11,003 |
| Bremer | 4,861 | 63.61% | 2,764 | 36.17% | 8 | 0.10% | 9 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,097 | 27.44% | 7,642 |
| Buchanan | 4,653 | 54.69% | 3,841 | 45.15% | 12 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 812 | 9.54% | 8,508 |
| Buena Vista | 3,993 | 48.06% | 4,277 | 51.47% | 26 | 0.31% | 12 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.01% | -284 | -3.42% | 8,309 |
| Butler | 4,182 | 65.03% | 2,225 | 34.60% | 13 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,957 | 30.43% | 6,431 |
| Calhoun | 3,375 | 48.59% | 3,544 | 51.02% | 18 | 0.26% | 8 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.01% | -169 | -2.43% | 6,946 |
| Carroll | 4,833 | 50.04% | 4,799 | 49.68% | 19 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 34 | 0.35% | 9,659 |
| Cass | 5,610 | 65.53% | 2,928 | 34.20% | 17 | 0.20% | 6 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,682 | 31.33% | 8,561 |
| Cedar | 4,673 | 63.95% | 2,610 | 35.72% | 12 | 0.16% | 12 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,063 | 28.23% | 7,307 |
| Cerro Gordo | 8,311 | 47.60% | 9,088 | 52.05% | 30 | 0.17% | 19 | 0.11% | 11 | 0.06% | -777 | -4.45% | 17,459 |
| Cherokee | 3,723 | 53.58% | 3,197 | 46.01% | 17 | 0.24% | 10 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.03% | 526 | 7.57% | 6,949 |
| Chickasaw | 3,575 | 51.59% | 3,328 | 48.03% | 18 | 0.26% | 8 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 247 | 3.56% | 6,929 |
| Clarke | 2,603 | 56.78% | 1,946 | 42.45% | 30 | 0.65% | 5 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 657 | 14.33% | 4,584 |
| Clay | 3,055 | 45.43% | 3,639 | 54.12% | 19 | 0.28% | 11 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | -584 | -8.69% | 6,724 |
| Clayton | 5,855 | 57.61% | 4,259 | 41.91% | 45 | 0.44% | 4 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,596 | 15.70% | 10,163 |
| Clinton | 11,533 | 58.77% | 8,028 | 40.91% | 12 | 0.06% | 32 | 0.16% | 19 | 0.10% | 3,505 | 17.86% | 19,624 |
| Crawford | 4,242 | 56.49% | 3,218 | 42.86% | 23 | 0.31% | 14 | 0.19% | 12 | 0.16% | 1,024 | 13.64% | 7,509 |
| Dallas | 5,413 | 49.83% | 5,316 | 48.93% | 113 | 1.04% | 22 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 97 | 0.89% | 10,864 |
| Davis | 2,559 | 48.12% | 2,727 | 51.28% | 29 | 0.55% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | -168 | -3.16% | 5,318 |
| Decatur | 2,934 | 46.81% | 3,316 | 52.90% | 17 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | -382 | -6.09% | 6,268 |
| Delaware | 5,164 | 67.22% | 2,498 | 32.52% | 14 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,666 | 34.70% | 7,682 |
| Des Moines | 9,488 | 55.24% | 7,543 | 43.91% | 48 | 0.28% | 96 | 0.56% | 2 | 0.01% | 1,945 | 11.32% | 17,177 |
| Dickinson | 2,133 | 46.10% | 2,473 | 53.45% | 9 | 0.19% | 11 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.02% | -340 | -7.35% | 4,627 |
| Dubuque | 12,502 | 49.11% | 12,867 | 50.54% | 21 | 0.08% | 58 | 0.23% | 10 | 0.04% | -365 | -1.43% | 25,458 |
| Emmet | 2,668 | 50.47% | 2,577 | 48.75% | 32 | 0.61% | 7 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.04% | 91 | 1.72% | 5,286 |
| Fayette | 6,693 | 56.50% | 5,105 | 43.09% | 33 | 0.28% | 15 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,588 | 13.41% | 11,846 |
| Floyd | 5,248 | 60.11% | 3,446 | 39.47% | 28 | 0.32% | 7 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,802 | 20.64% | 8,731 |
| Franklin | 3,150 | 51.96% | 2,851 | 47.03% | 41 | 0.68% | 20 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 299 | 4.93% | 6,062 |
| Fremont | 3,113 | 52.97% | 2,747 | 46.74% | 15 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 366 | 6.23% | 5,877 |
| Greene | 3,437 | 54.88% | 2,797 | 44.66% | 19 | 0.30% | 10 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 640 | 10.22% | 6,263 |
| Grundy | 3,625 | 62.14% | 2,191 | 37.56% | 9 | 0.15% | 9 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,434 | 24.58% | 5,834 |
| Guthrie | 4,042 | 57.93% | 2,899 | 41.55% | 27 | 0.39% | 8 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,143 | 16.38% | 6,977 |
| Hamilton | 3,837 | 46.91% | 4,302 | 52.59% | 32 | 0.39% | 8 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | -465 | -5.68% | 8,180 |
| Hancock | 3,114 | 51.87% | 2,855 | 47.56% | 24 | 0.40% | 9 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.02% | 259 | 4.31% | 6,003 |
| Hardin | 5,059 | 55.63% | 3,975 | 43.71% | 25 | 0.27% | 35 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,084 | 11.92% | 9,094 |
| Harrison | 5,059 | 54.35% | 4,201 | 45.13% | 44 | 0.47% | 5 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 858 | 9.22% | 9,309 |
| Henry | 5,028 | 64.31% | 2,741 | 35.06% | 45 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,287 | 29.25% | 7,818 |
| Howard | 2,961 | 48.43% | 3,132 | 51.23% | 18 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.02% | -171 | -2.80% | 6,114 |
| Humboldt | 2,525 | 47.73% | 2,749 | 51.97% | 13 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -224 | -4.23% | 5,290 |
| Ida | 2,640 | 57.38% | 1,943 | 42.23% | 13 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 697 | 15.15% | 4,601 |
| Iowa | 3,959 | 53.94% | 3,119 | 42.49% | 249 | 3.39% | 12 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.01% | 840 | 11.44% | 7,340 |
| Jackson | 4,341 | 55.05% | 3,537 | 44.85% | 3 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 804 | 10.20% | 7,886 |
| Jasper | 6,413 | 47.58% | 6,978 | 51.77% | 64 | 0.47% | 22 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.01% | -565 | -4.19% | 13,479 |
| Jefferson | 4,335 | 59.03% | 2,926 | 39.84% | 78 | 1.06% | 4 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,409 | 19.19% | 7,344 |
| Johnson | 6,396 | 42.93% | 8,434 | 56.62% | 35 | 0.23% | 31 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,038 | -13.68% | 14,897 |
| Jones | 4,453 | 55.44% | 3,563 | 44.36% | 6 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.02% | 890 | 11.08% | 8,032 |
| Keokuk | 4,644 | 53.96% | 3,900 | 45.32% | 53 | 0.62% | 9 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 744 | 8.65% | 8,606 |
| Kossuth | 4,918 | 47.14% | 5,488 | 52.60% | 23 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.02% | -570 | -5.46% | 10,433 |
| Lee | 9,406 | 53.03% | 8,252 | 46.53% | 59 | 0.33% | 19 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,154 | 6.51% | 17,736 |
| Linn | 21,293 | 50.03% | 21,123 | 49.63% | 88 | 0.21% | 50 | 0.12% | 8 | 0.02% | 170 | 0.40% | 42,562 |
| Louisa | 2,745 | 58.67% | 1,894 | 40.48% | 37 | 0.79% | 3 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 851 | 18.19% | 4,679 |
| Lucas | 3,139 | 54.94% | 2,526 | 44.21% | 44 | 0.77% | 3 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 613 | 10.73% | 5,713 |
| Lyon | 3,065 | 60.79% | 1,970 | 39.07% | 4 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,095 | 21.72% | 5,042 |
| Madison | 3,737 | 59.20% | 2,550 | 40.39% | 25 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,187 | 18.80% | 6,313 |
| Mahaska | 5,123 | 50.86% | 4,652 | 46.19% | 266 | 2.64% | 29 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.02% | 471 | 4.68% | 10,072 |
| Marion | 4,874 | 42.99% | 6,365 | 56.14% | 83 | 0.73% | 15 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,491 | -13.15% | 11,338 |
| Marshall | 7,325 | 55.67% | 5,598 | 42.55% | 204 | 1.55% | 26 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.03% | 1,727 | 13.13% | 13,157 |
| Mills | 3,288 | 60.65% | 2,106 | 38.85% | 23 | 0.42% | 4 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,182 | 21.80% | 5,421 |
| Mitchell | 3,406 | 55.54% | 2,696 | 43.97% | 19 | 0.31% | 7 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.07% | 710 | 11.58% | 6,132 |
| Monona | 3,583 | 48.64% | 3,761 | 51.06% | 17 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -178 | -2.42% | 7,366 |
| Monroe | 2,625 | 44.41% | 3,258 | 55.12% | 13 | 0.22% | 12 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.05% | -633 | -10.71% | 5,911 |
| Montgomery | 4,165 | 61.40% | 2,572 | 37.92% | 41 | 0.60% | 4 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,593 | 23.49% | 6,783 |
| Muscatine | 7,104 | 59.38% | 4,801 | 40.13% | 23 | 0.19% | 35 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,303 | 19.25% | 11,963 |
| O'Brien | 4,033 | 56.01% | 3,138 | 43.58% | 14 | 0.19% | 16 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 895 | 12.43% | 7,201 |
| Osceola | 2,100 | 55.29% | 1,689 | 44.47% | 6 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 411 | 10.82% | 3,798 |
| Page | 6,300 | 65.07% | 3,297 | 34.05% | 74 | 0.76% | 9 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,003 | 31.02% | 9,682 |
| Palo Alto | 2,772 | 42.43% | 3,726 | 57.03% | 25 | 0.38% | 10 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -954 | -14.60% | 6,533 |
| Plymouth | 6,085 | 67.04% | 2,970 | 32.72% | 13 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.03% | 3,115 | 34.32% | 9,076 |
| Pocahontas | 2,600 | 41.94% | 3,577 | 57.70% | 14 | 0.23% | 8 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -977 | -15.76% | 6,199 |
| Polk | 36,629 | 44.07% | 46,072 | 55.43% | 215 | 0.26% | 183 | 0.22% | 19 | 0.02% | -9,443 | -11.36% | 83,118 |
| Pottawattamie | 14,007 | 54.25% | 11,752 | 45.52% | 31 | 0.12% | 27 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.00% | 2,255 | 8.73% | 25,818 |
| Poweshiek | 4,186 | 49.47% | 4,234 | 50.04% | 31 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -48 | -0.57% | 8,461 |
| Ringgold | 2,767 | 59.35% | 1,867 | 40.05% | 26 | 0.56% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 900 | 19.31% | 4,662 |
| Sac | 3,770 | 53.63% | 3,223 | 45.85% | 33 | 0.47% | 3 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 547 | 7.78% | 7,030 |
| Scott | 18,015 | 48.58% | 18,962 | 51.14% | 16 | 0.04% | 81 | 0.22% | 7 | 0.02% | -947 | -2.55% | 37,081 |
| Shelby | 3,873 | 55.86% | 2,978 | 42.95% | 80 | 1.15% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 895 | 12.91% | 6,933 |
| Sioux | 6,552 | 65.92% | 3,369 | 33.89% | 13 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,183 | 32.02% | 9,940 |
| Story | 7,163 | 51.84% | 6,554 | 47.43% | 39 | 0.28% | 59 | 0.43% | 3 | 0.02% | 609 | 4.41% | 13,818 |
| Tama | 5,249 | 49.67% | 5,286 | 50.02% | 18 | 0.17% | 14 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -37 | -0.35% | 10,567 |
| Taylor | 3,804 | 61.35% | 2,376 | 38.32% | 19 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,428 | 23.03% | 6,200 |
| Union | 4,566 | 61.29% | 2,861 | 38.40% | 17 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,705 | 22.89% | 7,450 |
| Van Buren | 3,095 | 60.43% | 1,997 | 38.99% | 28 | 0.55% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,098 | 21.44% | 5,122 |
| Wapello | 8,244 | 44.02% | 10,732 | 55.38% | 79 | 0.42% | 25 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.05% | -2,128 | -11.36% | 18,729 |
| Warren | 4,266 | 55.83% | 3,319 | 43.44% | 44 | 0.58% | 11 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.01% | 947 | 12.39% | 7,641 |
| Washington | 5,308 | 60.57% | 3,423 | 39.06% | 28 | 0.32% | 4 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,885 | 21.51% | 8,763 |
| Wayne | 3,098 | 50.31% | 3,025 | 49.12% | 31 | 0.50% | 4 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 73 | 1.19% | 6,158 |
| Webster | 6,935 | 42.11% | 9,477 | 57.55% | 28 | 0.17% | 26 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.01% | -2,542 | -15.44% | 16,468 |
| Winnebago | 2,808 | 51.24% | 2,654 | 48.43% | 16 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 154 | 2.81% | 5,480 |
| Winneshiek | 5,318 | 53.76% | 4,557 | 46.06% | 9 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.01% | 761 | 7.69% | 9,893 |
| Woodbury | 18,544 | 47.43% | 20,448 | 52.30% | 47 | 0.12% | 52 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.01% | -1,904 | -4.87% | 39,096 |
| Worth | 2,086 | 44.15% | 2,629 | 55.64% | 10 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -543 | -11.49% | 4,725 |
| Wright | 3,916 | 47.86% | 4,232 | 51.72% | 24 | 0.29% | 10 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.01% | -316 | -3.86% | 8,183 |
| Totals | 547,267 | 51.99% | 499,876 | 47.49% | 3,752 | 0.36% | 1,511 | 0.14% | 193 | 0.02% | 47,391 | 4.50% | 1,052,599 |
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