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The 1940 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Missouri was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 52.27 percent of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (RNew York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 47.50 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]

Results

1940 United States presidential election in Missouri
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 958,476 52.27%
Republican Wendell Willkie 871,009 47.50%
Socialist Norman Thomas 2,226 0.12%
Prohibition Roger W. Babson 1,809 0.10%
Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 209 0.01%
Total votes 1,833,729 100%

Results by county

1940 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[5][6]
County Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
Wendell Willkie
Republican
Norman Thomas
Socialist
Roger W. Babson
Prohibition
John W. Aiken
Socialist Labor
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 4,813 45.55% 5,688 53.83% 28 0.27% 36 0.34% 1 0.01% -875 -8.28% 10,566
Andrew 3,059 41.04% 4,384 58.81% 3 0.04% 8 0.11% 0 0.00% -1,325 -17.78% 7,454
Atchison 3,025 47.58% 3,322 52.25% 4 0.06% 7 0.11% 0 0.00% -297 -4.67% 6,358
Audrain 7,768 69.21% 3,447 30.71% 4 0.04% 5 0.04% 0 0.00% 4,321 38.50% 11,224
Barry 5,207 44.11% 6,573 55.68% 9 0.08% 15 0.13% 0 0.00% -1,366 -11.57% 11,804
Barton 3,539 48.38% 3,737 51.09% 15 0.21% 22 0.30% 2 0.03% -198 -2.71% 7,315
Bates 4,978 46.36% 5,727 53.33% 10 0.09% 23 0.21% 0 0.00% -749 -6.98% 10,738
Benton 1,765 30.99% 3,912 68.69% 9 0.16% 7 0.12% 2 0.04% -2,147 -37.70% 5,695
Bollinger 2,511 42.32% 3,415 57.55% 4 0.07% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% -904 -15.23% 5,934
Boone 11,615 70.21% 4,869 29.43% 31 0.19% 26 0.16% 2 0.01% 6,746 40.78% 16,543
Buchanan 24,482 58.30% 17,484 41.63% 16 0.04% 12 0.03% 1 0.00% 6,998 16.66% 41,995
Butler 6,213 43.52% 8,024 56.21% 15 0.11% 23 0.16% 0 0.00% -1,811 -12.69% 14,275
Caldwell 2,728 40.64% 3,976 59.23% 6 0.09% 3 0.04% 0 0.00% -1,248 -18.59% 6,713
Callaway 7,162 66.58% 3,574 33.22% 9 0.08% 12 0.11% 0 0.00% 3,588 33.36% 10,757
Camden 1,549 36.48% 2,692 63.40% 2 0.05% 2 0.05% 1 0.02% -1,143 -26.92% 4,246
Cape Girardeau 8,642 48.07% 9,297 51.71% 19 0.11% 18 0.10% 2 0.01% -655 -3.64% 17,978
Carroll 4,446 42.52% 6,000 57.38% 2 0.02% 9 0.09% 0 0.00% -1,554 -14.86% 10,457
Carter 1,499 55.58% 1,195 44.31% 1 0.04% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% 304 11.27% 2,697
Cass 5,479 52.29% 4,983 47.55% 12 0.11% 5 0.05% 0 0.00% 496 4.73% 10,479
Cedar 1,973 32.49% 4,068 66.99% 15 0.25% 16 0.26% 1 0.02% -2,095 -34.50% 6,073
Chariton 5,053 53.21% 4,439 46.74% 2 0.02% 2 0.02% 1 0.01% 614 6.47% 9,497
Christian 1,729 27.65% 4,509 72.11% 7 0.11% 7 0.11% 1 0.02% -2,780 -44.46% 6,253
Clark 2,728 46.10% 3,171 53.59% 8 0.14% 10 0.17% 0 0.00% -443 -7.49% 5,917
Clay 9,672 60.98% 6,159 38.83% 11 0.07% 19 0.12% 0 0.00% 3,513 22.15% 15,861
Clinton 3,800 55.50% 3,030 44.25% 5 0.07% 12 0.18% 0 0.00% 770 11.25% 6,847
Cole 8,219 51.72% 7,664 48.23% 2 0.01% 7 0.04% 0 0.00% 555 3.49% 15,892
Cooper 4,606 44.53% 5,720 55.30% 2 0.02% 13 0.13% 2 0.02% -1,114 -10.77% 10,343
Crawford 2,736 42.99% 3,615 56.79% 8 0.13% 5 0.08% 1 0.02% -879 -13.81% 6,365
Dade 1,835 31.85% 3,910 67.87% 5 0.09% 11 0.19% 0 0.00% -2,075 -36.02% 5,761
Dallas 1,566 28.81% 3,859 71.00% 7 0.13% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% -2,293 -42.19% 5,435
Daviess 3,325 43.61% 4,289 56.25% 3 0.04% 6 0.08% 2 0.03% -964 -12.64% 7,625
DeKalb 2,505 44.79% 3,072 54.93% 5 0.09% 10 0.18% 1 0.02% -567 -10.14% 5,593
Dent 3,101 53.78% 2,652 45.99% 9 0.16% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% 449 7.79% 5,766
Douglas 1,350 21.59% 4,870 77.90% 21 0.34% 10 0.16% 1 0.02% -3,520 -56.30% 6,252
Dunklin 11,132 66.74% 5,516 33.07% 14 0.08% 18 0.11% 0 0.00% 5,616 33.67% 16,680
Franklin 7,237 41.22% 10,283 58.58% 23 0.13% 9 0.05% 3 0.02% -3,046 -17.35% 17,555
Gasconade 1,163 17.89% 5,333 82.03% 5 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -4,170 -64.14% 6,501
Gentry 3,689 51.57% 3,446 48.17% 9 0.13% 9 0.13% 1 0.01% 243 3.40% 7,154
Greene 22,130 50.65% 21,456 49.10% 37 0.08% 70 0.16% 2 0.00% 674 1.54% 43,695
Grundy 3,813 45.37% 4,558 54.24% 7 0.08% 26 0.31% 0 0.00% -745 -8.86% 8,404
Harrison 3,325 38.50% 5,304 61.42% 7 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,979 -22.92% 8,636
Henry 6,069 48.85% 6,332 50.97% 11 0.09% 11 0.09% 0 0.00% -263 -2.12% 12,423
Hickory 787 23.91% 2,496 75.84% 3 0.09% 5 0.15% 0 0.00% -1,709 -51.93% 3,291
Holt 2,677 41.68% 3,739 58.22% 2 0.03% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% -1,062 -16.54% 6,422
Howard 4,770 66.97% 2,333 32.75% 12 0.17% 7 0.10% 1 0.01% 2,437 34.21% 7,123
Howell 4,218 40.57% 6,158 59.23% 10 0.10% 11 0.11% 0 0.00% -1,940 -18.66% 10,397
Iron 2,495 54.65% 2,062 45.17% 2 0.04% 5 0.11% 1 0.02% 433 9.49% 4,565
Jackson 137,285 57.39% 101,568 42.46% 184 0.08% 157 0.07% 25 0.01% 35,717 14.93% 239,219
Jasper 18,249 48.83% 18,755 50.19% 50 0.13% 57 0.15% 0 0.00% -506 -1.35% 37,370
Jefferson 9,553 55.82% 7,517 43.92% 28 0.16% 16 0.09% 1 0.01% 2,036 11.90% 17,115
Johnson 5,441 45.62% 6,468 54.23% 8 0.07% 11 0.09% 0 0.00% -1,027 -8.61% 11,928
Knox 2,594 52.06% 2,370 47.56% 19 0.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 224 4.50% 4,983
Laclede 3,323 40.14% 4,941 59.69% 5 0.06% 9 0.11% 0 0.00% -1,618 -19.55% 8,278
Lafayette 6,913 43.91% 8,802 55.91% 19 0.12% 8 0.05% 2 0.01% -1,889 -12.00% 15,744
Lawrence 5,279 41.76% 7,317 57.88% 5 0.04% 39 0.31% 1 0.01% -2,038 -16.12% 12,641
Lewis 3,484 58.63% 2,428 40.86% 9 0.15% 21 0.35% 0 0.00% 1,056 17.77% 5,942
Lincoln 4,420 59.09% 3,035 40.57% 5 0.07% 18 0.24% 2 0.03% 1,385 18.52% 7,480
Linn 6,246 52.34% 5,664 47.46% 9 0.08% 15 0.13% 0 0.00% 582 4.88% 11,934
Livingston 4,633 46.53% 5,298 53.21% 6 0.06% 19 0.19% 0 0.00% -665 -6.68% 9,956
Macon 6,120 53.13% 5,384 46.74% 10 0.09% 4 0.03% 1 0.01% 736 6.39% 11,519
Madison 2,405 49.03% 2,495 50.87% 1 0.02% 4 0.08% 0 0.00% -90 -1.83% 4,905
Maries 2,078 54.17% 1,749 45.59% 1 0.03% 8 0.21% 0 0.00% 329 8.58% 3,836
Marion 9,723 62.09% 5,892 37.62% 12 0.08% 33 0.21% 0 0.00% 3,831 24.46% 15,660
McDonald 3,312 44.79% 4,063 54.95% 8 0.11% 11 0.15% 0 0.00% -751 -10.16% 7,394
Mercer 1,364 32.78% 2,787 66.98% 4 0.10% 4 0.10% 2 0.05% -1,423 -34.20% 4,161
Miller 3,113 43.80% 3,971 55.87% 9 0.13% 14 0.20% 0 0.00% -858 -12.07% 7,107
Mississippi 4,362 58.46% 3,073 41.18% 4 0.05% 21 0.28% 2 0.03% 1,289 17.27% 7,462
Moniteau 2,922 44.57% 3,627 55.32% 3 0.05% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% -705 -10.75% 6,556
Monroe 6,018 83.23% 1,200 16.60% 5 0.07% 8 0.11% 0 0.00% 4,818 66.63% 7,231
Montgomery 3,205 44.82% 3,930 54.96% 7 0.10% 8 0.11% 1 0.01% -725 -10.14% 7,151
Morgan 2,376 42.76% 3,166 56.98% 6 0.11% 7 0.13% 1 0.02% -790 -14.22% 5,556
New Madrid 9,591 60.20% 6,318 39.65% 6 0.04% 18 0.11% 0 0.00% 3,273 20.54% 15,933
Newton 6,256 43.55% 8,064 56.14% 21 0.15% 21 0.15% 2 0.01% -1,808 -12.59% 14,364
Nodaway 6,696 49.74% 6,759 50.21% 4 0.03% 2 0.01% 0 0.00% -63 -0.47% 13,461
Oregon 3,593 66.12% 1,826 33.60% 2 0.04% 13 0.24% 0 0.00% 1,767 32.52% 5,434
Osage 2,332 38.32% 3,743 61.50% 8 0.13% 3 0.05% 0 0.00% -1,411 -23.18% 6,086
Ozark 965 21.91% 3,421 77.66% 11 0.25% 6 0.14% 2 0.05% -2,456 -55.75% 4,405
Pemiscot 9,391 60.77% 6,011 38.90% 10 0.06% 41 0.27% 0 0.00% 3,380 21.87% 15,453
Perry 2,354 33.54% 4,656 66.33% 7 0.10% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% -2,302 -32.80% 7,019
Pettis 8,570 48.99% 8,905 50.91% 6 0.03% 11 0.06% 0 0.00% -335 -1.92% 17,492
Phelps 4,780 58.91% 3,319 40.90% 8 0.10% 5 0.06% 2 0.02% 1,461 18.01% 8,114
Pike 5,742 60.51% 3,707 39.07% 14 0.15% 25 0.26% 1 0.01% 2,035 21.45% 9,489
Platte 4,635 64.44% 2,545 35.38% 13 0.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,090 29.06% 7,193
Polk 3,380 37.86% 5,534 61.98% 7 0.08% 7 0.08% 0 0.00% -2,154 -24.13% 8,928
Pulaski 2,752 53.68% 2,367 46.17% 5 0.10% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% 385 7.51% 5,127
Putnam 1,708 30.71% 3,828 68.84% 17 0.31% 8 0.14% 0 0.00% -2,120 -38.12% 5,561
Ralls 3,562 71.53% 1,412 28.35% 2 0.04% 4 0.08% 0 0.00% 2,150 43.17% 4,980
Randolph 9,155 73.26% 3,319 26.56% 4 0.03% 19 0.15% 0 0.00% 5,836 46.70% 12,497
Ray 5,786 62.88% 3,399 36.94% 4 0.04% 11 0.12% 1 0.01% 2,387 25.94% 9,201
Reynolds 2,406 66.83% 1,187 32.97% 1 0.03% 6 0.17% 0 0.00% 1,219 33.86% 3,600
Ripley 2,419 51.20% 2,291 48.49% 14 0.30% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 128 2.71% 4,725
Saint Charles 5,334 40.48% 7,792 59.14% 41 0.31% 5 0.04% 4 0.03% -2,458 -18.66% 13,176
Saint Clair 2,859 41.83% 3,950 57.80% 7 0.10% 17 0.25% 1 0.01% -1,091 -15.96% 6,834
Saint Francois 8,132 48.26% 8,687 51.55% 13 0.08% 19 0.11% 0 0.00% -555 -3.29% 16,851
Saint Louis County 52,380 43.74% 66,909 55.88% 330 0.28% 110 0.09% 18 0.02% -14,529 -12.13% 119,747
Saint Louis City 233,338 57.98% 168,165 41.79% 652 0.16% 209 0.05% 87 0.02% 65,173 16.19% 402,451
Sainte Genevieve 2,098 43.20% 2,750 56.63% 8 0.16% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -652 -13.43% 4,856
Saline 7,988 52.03% 7,336 47.79% 6 0.04% 22 0.14% 0 0.00% 652 4.25% 15,352
Schuyler 1,998 53.31% 1,732 46.21% 10 0.27% 7 0.19% 1 0.03% 266 7.10% 3,748
Scotland 2,435 50.87% 2,329 48.65% 12 0.25% 10 0.21% 1 0.02% 106 2.21% 4,787
Scott 7,899 64.00% 4,401 35.66% 18 0.15% 22 0.18% 2 0.02% 3,498 28.34% 12,342
Shannon 2,806 63.44% 1,589 35.93% 20 0.45% 8 0.18% 0 0.00% 1,217 27.52% 4,423
Shelby 4,028 64.75% 2,167 34.83% 3 0.05% 23 0.37% 0 0.00% 1,861 29.91% 6,221
Stoddard 6,725 52.47% 6,055 47.24% 19 0.15% 18 0.14% 1 0.01% 670 5.23% 12,818
Stone 1,041 22.40% 3,598 77.43% 6 0.13% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% -2,557 -55.02% 4,647
Sullivan 3,743 47.77% 4,080 52.07% 2 0.03% 11 0.14% 0 0.00% -337 -4.30% 7,836
Taney 1,497 31.96% 3,167 67.61% 8 0.17% 10 0.21% 2 0.04% -1,670 -35.65% 4,684
Texas 4,497 48.67% 4,730 51.20% 8 0.09% 4 0.04% 0 0.00% -233 -2.52% 9,239
Vernon 6,271 53.44% 5,443 46.38% 10 0.09% 10 0.09% 1 0.01% 828 7.06% 11,735
Warren 914 21.04% 3,403 78.34% 19 0.44% 6 0.14% 2 0.05% -2,489 -57.30% 4,344
Washington 2,881 42.96% 3,817 56.92% 4 0.06% 1 0.01% 3 0.04% -936 -13.96% 6,706
Wayne 2,991 52.12% 2,735 47.66% 2 0.03% 10 0.17% 1 0.02% 256 4.46% 5,739
Webster 3,518 42.12% 4,818 57.69% 10 0.12% 6 0.07% 0 0.00% -1,300 -15.57% 8,352
Worth 1,702 48.45% 1,807 51.44% 2 0.06% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% -105 -2.99% 3,513
Wright 2,727 34.77% 5,096 64.98% 11 0.14% 8 0.10% 1 0.01% -2,369 -30.21% 7,843
Totals 958,476 52.26% 871,009 47.49% 2,226 0.12% 1,809 0.10% 209 0.01% 87,467 4.77% 1,833,988

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results — Missouri". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1940". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  5. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 260-261
  6. ^ "MO US President Race, November 05, 1940". Our Campaigns.