1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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Elections in Mississippi |
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The 1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose nine[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Mississippi was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, with 95.70 percent of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–Indiana), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 4.19 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
By percentage of the popular vote won, Mississippi was the most lopsided contest in the nation, with a margin of over ninety-one percent for Roosevelt.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 168,267 | 95.70% | |
Republican | Wendell Willkie | 7,364 | 4.19% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 193 | 0.11% | |
Total votes | 175,824 | 100% |
Results by county
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | |||||
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County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
Adams | 1,869 | 91.80% | 166 | 8.15% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,703 | 83.64% | 2,036 |
Alcorn | 2,934 | 95.63% | 133 | 4.34% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,801 | 91.30% | 3,068 |
Amite | 1,435 | 95.73% | 64 | 4.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,371 | 91.46% | 1,499 |
Attala | 2,049 | 96.65% | 63 | 2.97% | 8 | 0.38% | 1,986 | 93.68% | 2,120 |
Benton | 935 | 97.50% | 24 | 2.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 911 | 94.99% | 959 |
Bolivar | 2,974 | 92.68% | 234 | 7.29% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,740 | 85.38% | 3,209 |
Calhoun | 1,958 | 96.36% | 74 | 3.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,884 | 92.72% | 2,032 |
Carroll | 1,408 | 97.37% | 38 | 2.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,370 | 94.74% | 1,446 |
Chickasaw | 1,764 | 96.76% | 58 | 3.18% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,706 | 93.58% | 1,823 |
Choctaw | 1,212 | 94.84% | 66 | 5.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,146 | 89.67% | 1,278 |
Claiborne | 737 | 94.61% | 32 | 4.11% | 10 | 1.28% | 705 | 90.50% | 779 |
Clarke | 1,711 | 97.60% | 42 | 2.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,669 | 95.21% | 1,753 |
Clay | 1,232 | 92.22% | 103 | 7.71% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,129 | 84.51% | 1,336 |
Coahoma | 2,440 | 94.68% | 137 | 5.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,303 | 89.37% | 2,577 |
Copiah | 2,335 | 97.94% | 49 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,286 | 95.89% | 2,384 |
Covington | 1,419 | 96.46% | 52 | 3.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,367 | 92.93% | 1,471 |
DeSoto | 1,491 | 97.13% | 40 | 2.61% | 4 | 0.26% | 1,451 | 94.53% | 1,535 |
Forrest | 3,075 | 92.82% | 228 | 6.88% | 10 | 0.30% | 2,847 | 85.93% | 3,313 |
Franklin | 1,376 | 97.94% | 29 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,347 | 95.87% | 1,405 |
George | 945 | 96.13% | 38 | 3.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 907 | 92.27% | 983 |
Greene | 926 | 93.35% | 66 | 6.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 860 | 86.69% | 992 |
Grenada | 1,354 | 95.02% | 62 | 4.35% | 9 | 0.63% | 1,292 | 90.67% | 1,425 |
Hancock | 1,550 | 88.67% | 197 | 11.27% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,353 | 77.40% | 1,748 |
Harrison | 5,577 | 89.75% | 633 | 10.19% | 4 | 0.06% | 4,944 | 79.56% | 6,214 |
Hinds | 9,917 | 94.82% | 538 | 5.14% | 4 | 0.04% | 9,379 | 89.67% | 10,459 |
Holmes | 2,041 | 98.22% | 37 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,004 | 96.44% | 2,078 |
Humphreys | 1,061 | 98.15% | 20 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,041 | 96.30% | 1,081 |
Issaquena | 218 | 96.04% | 9 | 3.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 209 | 92.07% | 227 |
Itawamba | 1,627 | 92.55% | 119 | 6.77% | 12 | 0.68% | 1,508 | 85.78% | 1,758 |
Jackson | 2,124 | 92.35% | 171 | 7.43% | 5 | 0.22% | 1,953 | 84.91% | 2,300 |
Jasper | 1,713 | 98.00% | 35 | 2.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,678 | 96.00% | 1,748 |
Jefferson | 801 | 99.13% | 7 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 794 | 98.27% | 808 |
Jefferson Davis | 1,289 | 96.92% | 38 | 2.86% | 3 | 0.23% | 1,251 | 94.06% | 1,330 |
Jones | 4,517 | 94.91% | 242 | 5.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,275 | 89.83% | 4,759 |
Kemper | 1,422 | 97.13% | 42 | 2.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,380 | 94.26% | 1,464 |
Lafayette | 2,188 | 97.03% | 65 | 2.88% | 2 | 0.09% | 2,123 | 94.15% | 2,255 |
Lamar | 1,148 | 95.43% | 55 | 4.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,093 | 90.86% | 1,203 |
Lauderdale | 5,936 | 95.04% | 303 | 4.85% | 7 | 0.11% | 5,633 | 90.19% | 6,246 |
Lawrence | 1,218 | 97.05% | 37 | 2.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,181 | 94.10% | 1,255 |
Leake | 2,802 | 99.26% | 17 | 0.60% | 4 | 0.14% | 2,785 | 98.65% | 2,823 |
Lee | 3,814 | 96.93% | 120 | 3.05% | 1 | 0.03% | 3,694 | 93.88% | 3,935 |
Leflore | 2,404 | 95.59% | 111 | 4.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,293 | 91.17% | 2,515 |
Lincoln | 2,332 | 95.57% | 97 | 3.98% | 11 | 0.45% | 2,235 | 91.60% | 2,440 |
Lowndes | 2,268 | 93.80% | 147 | 6.08% | 3 | 0.12% | 2,121 | 87.72% | 2,418 |
Madison | 2,038 | 96.86% | 66 | 3.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,972 | 93.73% | 2,104 |
Marion | 2,083 | 97.89% | 45 | 2.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,038 | 95.77% | 2,128 |
Marshall | 1,403 | 96.69% | 48 | 3.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,355 | 93.38% | 1,451 |
Monroe | 3,263 | 97.11% | 94 | 2.80% | 3 | 0.09% | 3,169 | 94.32% | 3,360 |
Montgomery | 1,509 | 97.10% | 44 | 2.83% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,465 | 94.27% | 1,554 |
Neshoba | 2,880 | 97.07% | 77 | 2.60% | 10 | 0.34% | 2,803 | 94.47% | 2,967 |
Newton | 2,495 | 98.27% | 41 | 1.61% | 3 | 0.12% | 2,454 | 96.65% | 2,539 |
Noxubee | 1,152 | 95.76% | 51 | 4.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,101 | 91.52% | 1,203 |
Oktibbeha | 1,951 | 95.45% | 79 | 3.86% | 14 | 0.68% | 1,872 | 91.59% | 2,044 |
Panola | 1,988 | 97.74% | 45 | 2.21% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,943 | 95.53% | 2,034 |
Pearl River | 2,022 | 95.47% | 88 | 4.15% | 8 | 0.38% | 1,934 | 91.31% | 2,118 |
Perry | 828 | 97.87% | 18 | 2.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 810 | 95.74% | 846 |
Pike | 2,956 | 93.93% | 185 | 5.88% | 6 | 0.19% | 2,771 | 88.05% | 3,147 |
Pontotoc | 2,171 | 96.75% | 70 | 3.12% | 3 | 0.13% | 2,101 | 93.63% | 2,244 |
Prentiss | 2,117 | 94.72% | 118 | 5.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,999 | 89.44% | 2,235 |
Quitman | 1,152 | 97.46% | 29 | 2.45% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,123 | 95.01% | 1,182 |
Rankin | 2,110 | 98.09% | 35 | 1.63% | 6 | 0.28% | 2,075 | 96.47% | 2,151 |
Scott | 2,377 | 98.75% | 30 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,347 | 97.51% | 2,407 |
Sharkey | 747 | 97.65% | 18 | 2.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 729 | 95.29% | 765 |
Simpson | 2,316 | 98.26% | 40 | 1.70% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,276 | 96.56% | 2,357 |
Smith | 1,826 | 98.49% | 27 | 1.46% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,799 | 97.03% | 1,854 |
Stone | 802 | 96.63% | 28 | 3.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 774 | 93.25% | 830 |
Sunflower | 3,071 | 97.74% | 71 | 2.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,000 | 95.48% | 3,142 |
Tallahatchie | 2,288 | 98.28% | 33 | 1.42% | 7 | 0.30% | 2,255 | 96.86% | 2,328 |
Tate | 1,609 | 99.81% | 3 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,606 | 99.63% | 1,612 |
Tippah | 2,248 | 97.27% | 63 | 2.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,185 | 94.55% | 2,311 |
Tishomingo | 1,463 | 89.75% | 159 | 9.75% | 8 | 0.49% | 1,304 | 80.00% | 1,630 |
Tunica | 795 | 98.39% | 13 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 782 | 96.78% | 808 |
Union | 2,609 | 95.71% | 108 | 3.96% | 9 | 0.33% | 2,501 | 91.75% | 2,726 |
Walthall | 1,206 | 96.71% | 40 | 3.21% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,166 | 93.50% | 1,247 |
Warren | 3,048 | 94.05% | 192 | 5.92% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,856 | 88.12% | 3,241 |
Washington | 2,349 | 88.91% | 292 | 11.05% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,057 | 77.86% | 2,642 |
Wayne | 1,388 | 98.44% | 22 | 1.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,366 | 96.88% | 1,410 |
Webster | 1,595 | 94.55% | 87 | 5.16% | 5 | 0.30% | 1,508 | 89.39% | 1,687 |
Wilkinson | 942 | 95.34% | 46 | 4.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 896 | 90.69% | 988 |
Winston | 1,979 | 98.70% | 26 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,953 | 97.41% | 2,005 |
Yalobusha | 1,555 | 96.88% | 50 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,505 | 93.77% | 1,605 |
Yazoo | 2,390 | 98.15% | 45 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,345 | 96.30% | 2,435 |
Totals | 168,267 | 95.70% | 7,364 | 4.19% | 193 | 0.11% | 160,903 | 91.51% | 175,824 |
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 247-248 ISBN 0405077114