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The1944 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Kansas was won byGovernorThomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running withGovernorJohn Bricker, with 60.25 percent of the popular vote, againstincumbent PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running withSenatorHarry S. Truman, with 39.18 percent of the popular vote.[3][4] Dewey's margin was the largest against Roosevelt in any state in any of the four elections that he contested, despite carrying the state by comfortable margins in both1932 and1936.[5] The 104 counties (all exceptWyandotte) that Roosevelt lost is the most he lost in any state during his four elections to the White House.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 442,096 | 60.25% | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 287,458 | 39.18% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 2,609 | 0.36% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 1,613 | 0.22% | |
| Total votes | 733,776 | 100% | ||
| 1944 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[6][7] | |||||||||||
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| County | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Claude A. Watson Prohibition | Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 5,032 | 68.56% | 2,262 | 30.82% | 35 | 0.48% | 11 | 0.15% | 2,770 | 37.74% | 7,340 |
| Anderson | 3,060 | 64.89% | 1,649 | 34.97% | 3 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,411 | 29.92% | 4,716 |
| Atchison | 4,731 | 58.58% | 3,325 | 41.17% | 4 | 0.05% | 16 | 0.20% | 1,406 | 17.41% | 8,076 |
| Barber | 2,140 | 58.28% | 1,501 | 40.88% | 18 | 0.49% | 13 | 0.35% | 639 | 17.40% | 3,672 |
| Barton | 5,547 | 59.36% | 3,761 | 40.25% | 20 | 0.21% | 17 | 0.18% | 1,786 | 19.11% | 9,345 |
| Bourbon | 4,790 | 56.68% | 3,622 | 42.86% | 30 | 0.35% | 9 | 0.11% | 1,168 | 13.82% | 8,451 |
| Brown | 4,947 | 72.98% | 1,817 | 26.80% | 11 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.06% | 3,130 | 46.17% | 6,779 |
| Butler | 7,064 | 53.50% | 6,084 | 46.08% | 39 | 0.30% | 16 | 0.12% | 980 | 7.42% | 13,203 |
| Chase | 1,510 | 59.99% | 998 | 39.65% | 5 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.16% | 512 | 20.34% | 2,517 |
| Chautauqua | 2,305 | 67.38% | 1,106 | 32.33% | 6 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,199 | 35.05% | 3,421 |
| Cherokee | 5,458 | 54.65% | 4,468 | 44.73% | 24 | 0.24% | 38 | 0.38% | 990 | 9.91% | 9,988 |
| Cheyenne | 1,610 | 67.99% | 736 | 31.08% | 16 | 0.68% | 6 | 0.25% | 874 | 36.91% | 2,368 |
| Clark | 950 | 55.69% | 741 | 43.43% | 11 | 0.64% | 4 | 0.23% | 209 | 12.25% | 1,706 |
| Clay | 4,101 | 74.01% | 1,391 | 25.10% | 35 | 0.63% | 14 | 0.25% | 2,710 | 48.91% | 5,541 |
| Cloud | 4,377 | 63.67% | 2,391 | 34.78% | 78 | 1.13% | 29 | 0.42% | 1,986 | 28.89% | 6,875 |
| Coffey | 3,461 | 67.28% | 1,660 | 32.27% | 15 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.16% | 1,801 | 35.01% | 5,144 |
| Comanche | 1,048 | 61.47% | 642 | 37.65% | 15 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 406 | 23.81% | 1,705 |
| Cowley | 8,453 | 55.91% | 6,577 | 43.50% | 61 | 0.40% | 29 | 0.19% | 1,876 | 12.41% | 15,120 |
| Crawford | 9,017 | 52.09% | 8,211 | 47.43% | 27 | 0.16% | 56 | 0.32% | 806 | 4.66% | 17,311 |
| Decatur | 1,758 | 59.92% | 1,159 | 39.50% | 12 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.17% | 599 | 20.42% | 2,934 |
| Dickinson | 6,227 | 65.92% | 3,190 | 33.77% | 19 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.11% | 3,037 | 32.15% | 9,446 |
| Doniphan | 3,230 | 71.92% | 1,261 | 28.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,969 | 43.84% | 4,491 |
| Douglas | 8,224 | 67.47% | 3,886 | 31.88% | 30 | 0.25% | 49 | 0.40% | 4,338 | 35.59% | 12,189 |
| Edwards | 1,669 | 65.09% | 876 | 34.17% | 11 | 0.43% | 8 | 0.31% | 793 | 30.93% | 2,564 |
| Elk | 2,283 | 70.33% | 954 | 29.39% | 7 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,329 | 40.94% | 3,246 |
| Ellis | 3,369 | 60.13% | 2,218 | 39.59% | 9 | 0.16% | 7 | 0.12% | 1,151 | 20.54% | 5,603 |
| Ellsworth | 2,290 | 57.62% | 1,678 | 42.22% | 2 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.10% | 612 | 15.40% | 3,974 |
| Finney | 2,366 | 58.20% | 1,667 | 41.01% | 23 | 0.57% | 9 | 0.22% | 699 | 17.20% | 4,065 |
| Ford | 4,110 | 57.23% | 2,994 | 41.69% | 60 | 0.84% | 17 | 0.24% | 1,116 | 15.54% | 7,181 |
| Franklin | 5,375 | 64.68% | 2,880 | 34.66% | 38 | 0.46% | 17 | 0.20% | 2,495 | 30.02% | 8,310 |
| Geary | 2,833 | 56.97% | 2,107 | 42.37% | 21 | 0.42% | 12 | 0.24% | 726 | 14.60% | 4,973 |
| Gove | 1,125 | 72.02% | 420 | 26.89% | 6 | 0.38% | 11 | 0.70% | 705 | 45.13% | 1,562 |
| Graham | 1,651 | 66.52% | 814 | 32.80% | 13 | 0.52% | 4 | 0.16% | 837 | 33.72% | 2,482 |
| Grant | 566 | 66.35% | 282 | 33.06% | 3 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.23% | 284 | 33.29% | 853 |
| Gray | 1,057 | 57.01% | 775 | 41.80% | 17 | 0.92% | 5 | 0.27% | 282 | 15.21% | 1,854 |
| Greeley | 378 | 63.00% | 215 | 35.83% | 7 | 1.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 163 | 27.17% | 600 |
| Greenwood | 3,959 | 63.99% | 2,187 | 35.35% | 26 | 0.42% | 15 | 0.24% | 1,772 | 28.64% | 6,187 |
| Hamilton | 795 | 62.35% | 471 | 36.94% | 4 | 0.31% | 5 | 0.39% | 324 | 25.41% | 1,275 |
| Harper | 2,849 | 63.76% | 1,573 | 35.21% | 33 | 0.74% | 13 | 0.29% | 1,276 | 28.56% | 4,468 |
| Harvey | 5,339 | 61.35% | 3,300 | 37.92% | 26 | 0.30% | 38 | 0.44% | 2,039 | 23.43% | 8,703 |
| Haskell | 520 | 59.91% | 342 | 39.40% | 6 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 178 | 20.51% | 868 |
| Hodgeman | 982 | 66.31% | 490 | 33.09% | 1 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.54% | 492 | 33.22% | 1,481 |
| Jackson | 3,665 | 69.72% | 1,567 | 29.81% | 15 | 0.29% | 10 | 0.19% | 2,098 | 39.91% | 5,257 |
| Jefferson | 3,504 | 68.73% | 1,575 | 30.89% | 6 | 0.12% | 13 | 0.26% | 1,929 | 37.84% | 5,098 |
| Jewell | 3,754 | 74.20% | 1,216 | 24.04% | 80 | 1.58% | 9 | 0.18% | 2,538 | 50.17% | 5,059 |
| Johnson | 11,951 | 67.24% | 5,771 | 32.47% | 29 | 0.16% | 22 | 0.12% | 6,180 | 34.77% | 17,773 |
| Kearny | 612 | 62.45% | 365 | 37.24% | 1 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.20% | 247 | 25.20% | 980 |
| Kingman | 2,827 | 63.74% | 1,579 | 35.60% | 22 | 0.50% | 7 | 0.16% | 1,248 | 28.14% | 4,435 |
| Kiowa | 1,479 | 69.60% | 618 | 29.08% | 26 | 1.22% | 2 | 0.09% | 861 | 40.52% | 2,125 |
| Labette | 7,480 | 57.87% | 5,398 | 41.76% | 26 | 0.20% | 22 | 0.17% | 2,082 | 16.11% | 12,926 |
| Lane | 773 | 65.90% | 388 | 33.08% | 4 | 0.34% | 8 | 0.68% | 385 | 32.82% | 1,173 |
| Leavenworth | 7,282 | 58.55% | 5,097 | 40.98% | 25 | 0.20% | 34 | 0.27% | 2,185 | 17.57% | 12,438 |
| Lincoln | 2,405 | 72.03% | 910 | 27.25% | 15 | 0.45% | 9 | 0.27% | 1,495 | 44.77% | 3,339 |
| Linn | 3,185 | 68.54% | 1,442 | 31.03% | 8 | 0.17% | 12 | 0.26% | 1,743 | 37.51% | 4,647 |
| Logan | 1,107 | 72.92% | 406 | 26.75% | 4 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.07% | 701 | 46.18% | 1,518 |
| Lyon | 5,710 | 52.88% | 4,984 | 46.15% | 77 | 0.71% | 28 | 0.26% | 726 | 6.72% | 10,799 |
| Marion | 5,219 | 72.64% | 1,925 | 26.79% | 15 | 0.21% | 26 | 0.36% | 3,294 | 45.85% | 7,185 |
| Marshall | 6,184 | 69.59% | 2,681 | 30.17% | 12 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.10% | 3,503 | 39.42% | 8,886 |
| McPherson | 5,840 | 62.31% | 3,321 | 35.44% | 136 | 1.45% | 75 | 0.80% | 2,519 | 26.88% | 9,372 |
| Meade | 1,424 | 68.23% | 631 | 30.23% | 30 | 1.44% | 2 | 0.10% | 793 | 38.00% | 2,087 |
| Miami | 4,326 | 57.28% | 3,217 | 42.60% | 5 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,109 | 14.68% | 7,552 |
| Mitchell | 3,238 | 66.67% | 1,579 | 32.51% | 28 | 0.58% | 12 | 0.25% | 1,659 | 34.16% | 4,857 |
| Montgomery | 11,738 | 62.29% | 7,063 | 37.48% | 29 | 0.15% | 14 | 0.07% | 4,675 | 24.81% | 18,844 |
| Morris | 2,628 | 62.11% | 1,584 | 37.44% | 10 | 0.24% | 9 | 0.21% | 1,044 | 24.68% | 4,231 |
| Morton | 617 | 62.51% | 367 | 37.18% | 3 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 250 | 25.33% | 987 |
| Nemaha | 4,277 | 66.44% | 2,149 | 33.39% | 2 | 0.03% | 9 | 0.14% | 2,128 | 33.06% | 6,437 |
| Neosho | 5,420 | 62.45% | 3,233 | 37.25% | 19 | 0.22% | 7 | 0.08% | 2,187 | 25.20% | 8,679 |
| Ness | 1,745 | 65.45% | 876 | 32.86% | 32 | 1.20% | 13 | 0.49% | 869 | 32.60% | 2,666 |
| Norton | 2,890 | 70.87% | 1,159 | 28.42% | 16 | 0.39% | 13 | 0.32% | 1,731 | 42.45% | 4,078 |
| Osage | 4,107 | 64.40% | 2,212 | 34.69% | 39 | 0.61% | 19 | 0.30% | 1,895 | 29.72% | 6,377 |
| Osborne | 2,827 | 71.52% | 1,078 | 27.27% | 34 | 0.86% | 14 | 0.35% | 1,749 | 44.24% | 3,953 |
| Ottawa | 2,428 | 63.11% | 1,378 | 35.82% | 29 | 0.75% | 12 | 0.31% | 1,050 | 27.29% | 3,847 |
| Pawnee | 2,057 | 54.05% | 1,727 | 45.38% | 14 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.21% | 330 | 8.67% | 3,806 |
| Phillips | 3,053 | 72.74% | 1,098 | 26.16% | 34 | 0.81% | 12 | 0.29% | 1,955 | 46.58% | 4,197 |
| Pottawatomie | 4,074 | 70.01% | 1,727 | 29.68% | 12 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.10% | 2,347 | 40.33% | 5,819 |
| Pratt | 2,658 | 52.85% | 2,334 | 46.41% | 26 | 0.52% | 11 | 0.22% | 324 | 6.44% | 5,029 |
| Rawlins | 1,569 | 61.72% | 955 | 37.57% | 9 | 0.35% | 9 | 0.35% | 614 | 24.15% | 2,542 |
| Reno | 11,004 | 58.71% | 7,604 | 40.57% | 95 | 0.51% | 40 | 0.21% | 3,400 | 18.14% | 18,743 |
| Republic | 3,802 | 66.53% | 1,891 | 33.09% | 16 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,911 | 33.44% | 5,715 |
| Rice | 4,024 | 61.12% | 2,505 | 38.05% | 34 | 0.52% | 21 | 0.32% | 1,519 | 23.07% | 6,584 |
| Riley | 6,511 | 70.43% | 2,659 | 28.76% | 39 | 0.42% | 35 | 0.38% | 3,852 | 41.67% | 9,244 |
| Rooks | 2,361 | 66.53% | 1,166 | 32.85% | 18 | 0.51% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,195 | 33.67% | 3,549 |
| Rush | 2,193 | 66.80% | 1,076 | 32.77% | 4 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.30% | 1,117 | 34.02% | 3,283 |
| Russell | 3,344 | 67.56% | 1,583 | 31.98% | 14 | 0.28% | 9 | 0.18% | 1,761 | 35.58% | 4,950 |
| Saline | 7,571 | 59.51% | 5,097 | 40.06% | 36 | 0.28% | 19 | 0.15% | 2,474 | 19.45% | 12,723 |
| Scott | 903 | 60.93% | 565 | 38.12% | 10 | 0.67% | 4 | 0.27% | 338 | 22.81% | 1,482 |
| Sedgwick | 38,896 | 52.78% | 34,442 | 46.73% | 188 | 0.26% | 172 | 0.23% | 4,454 | 6.04% | 73,698 |
| Seward | 1,590 | 53.92% | 1,342 | 45.51% | 13 | 0.44% | 4 | 0.14% | 248 | 8.41% | 2,949 |
| Shawnee | 21,396 | 59.03% | 14,678 | 40.49% | 108 | 0.30% | 65 | 0.18% | 6,718 | 18.53% | 36,247 |
| Sheridan | 1,342 | 66.87% | 658 | 32.79% | 3 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.20% | 684 | 34.08% | 2,007 |
| Sherman | 1,608 | 60.07% | 1,021 | 38.14% | 29 | 1.08% | 19 | 0.71% | 587 | 21.93% | 2,677 |
| Smith | 3,282 | 69.93% | 1,377 | 29.34% | 30 | 0.64% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,905 | 40.59% | 4,693 |
| Stafford | 2,493 | 56.25% | 1,908 | 43.05% | 20 | 0.45% | 11 | 0.25% | 585 | 13.20% | 4,432 |
| Stanton | 398 | 61.71% | 240 | 37.21% | 5 | 0.78% | 2 | 0.31% | 158 | 24.50% | 645 |
| Stevens | 760 | 64.63% | 414 | 35.20% | 2 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 346 | 29.42% | 1,176 |
| Sumner | 6,343 | 59.87% | 4,187 | 39.52% | 38 | 0.36% | 26 | 0.25% | 2,156 | 20.35% | 10,594 |
| Thomas | 1,631 | 59.14% | 1,097 | 39.78% | 19 | 0.69% | 11 | 0.40% | 534 | 19.36% | 2,758 |
| Trego | 1,459 | 61.98% | 883 | 37.51% | 4 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.34% | 576 | 24.47% | 2,354 |
| Wabaunsee | 2,839 | 75.95% | 873 | 23.35% | 8 | 0.21% | 18 | 0.48% | 1,966 | 52.59% | 3,738 |
| Wallace | 720 | 70.80% | 292 | 28.71% | 5 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 428 | 42.08% | 1,017 |
| Washington | 5,040 | 77.11% | 1,455 | 22.26% | 24 | 0.37% | 17 | 0.26% | 3,585 | 54.85% | 6,536 |
| Wichita | 604 | 64.32% | 329 | 35.04% | 6 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 275 | 29.29% | 939 |
| Wilson | 4,248 | 68.57% | 1,912 | 30.86% | 17 | 0.27% | 18 | 0.29% | 2,336 | 37.71% | 6,195 |
| Woodson | 2,308 | 69.56% | 999 | 30.11% | 2 | 0.06% | 9 | 0.27% | 1,309 | 39.45% | 3,318 |
| Wyandotte | 26,817 | 44.74% | 32,914 | 54.91% | 128 | 0.21% | 86 | 0.14% | -6,097 | -10.17% | 59,945 |
| Totals | 442,096 | 60.25% | 287,458 | 39.18% | 2,609 | 0.36% | 1,613 | 0.22% | 154,638 | 21.07% | 733,776 |
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