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The 1940 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Illinois was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 50.97% of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 48.54% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Primaries
The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.[5]
Turnout
The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 2,365,144.[5]
The total vote in the general election was 4,217,935.[5] Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 9.[5]
Democratic
The 1940 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 9, 1940, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1940 presidential election.
The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.[5]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1,176,531 | 86.04 |
| John Nance Garner | 190,801 | 13.95 |
| Scattering | 35 | 0.00 |
| Total | 1,367,367 | 100 |
Republican
The 1940 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 9, 1940, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1940 presidential election.
The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.[5]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas E. Dewey | 997,225 | 99.95 |
| Scattering | 552 | 0.06 |
| Total | 997,777 | 100 |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 2,149,934 | 50.97% | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 2,047,240 | 48.54% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 10,914 | 0.26% | |
| Prohibition | Roger W. Babson | 9,190 | 0.22% | |
| Write-in | 657 | 0.02% | ||
| Total votes | 4,217,935 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Normal Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 17,361 | 47.78% | 18,480 | 50.86% | 119 | 0.33% | 373 | 1.03% | -1,119 | -3.08% | 36,333 |
| Alexander | 6,591 | 50.75% | 6,260 | 48.20% | 69 | 0.53% | 68 | 0.52% | 331 | 2.55% | 12,988 |
| Bond | 3,376 | 40.75% | 4,754 | 57.38% | 20 | 0.24% | 135 | 1.63% | -1,378 | -16.63% | 8,285 |
| Boone | 2,277 | 26.38% | 6,330 | 73.33% | 11 | 0.13% | 14 | 0.16% | -4,053 | -46.95% | 8,632 |
| Brown | 2,478 | 53.31% | 2,101 | 45.20% | 1 | 0.02% | 68 | 1.46% | 377 | 8.11% | 4,648 |
| Bureau | 8,274 | 38.29% | 13,258 | 61.36% | 46 | 0.21% | 29 | 0.13% | -4,984 | -23.07% | 21,607 |
| Calhoun | 1,625 | 39.08% | 2,516 | 60.51% | 11 | 0.26% | 6 | 0.14% | -891 | -21.43% | 4,158 |
| Carroll | 3,592 | 35.87% | 6,398 | 63.90% | 8 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.15% | -2,806 | -28.02% | 10,013 |
| Cass | 4,854 | 51.55% | 4,490 | 47.68% | 30 | 0.32% | 42 | 0.45% | 364 | 3.87% | 9,416 |
| Champaign | 17,563 | 46.04% | 20,314 | 53.26% | 165 | 0.43% | 102 | 0.27% | -2,751 | -7.21% | 38,144 |
| Christian | 11,457 | 52.41% | 10,255 | 46.91% | 50 | 0.23% | 100 | 0.46% | 1,202 | 5.50% | 21,862 |
| Clark | 4,807 | 44.36% | 5,976 | 55.15% | 5 | 0.05% | 48 | 0.44% | -1,169 | -10.79% | 10,836 |
| Clay | 4,934 | 48.27% | 5,185 | 50.72% | 31 | 0.30% | 72 | 0.70% | -251 | -2.46% | 10,222 |
| Clinton | 4,558 | 37.27% | 7,582 | 62.00% | 60 | 0.49% | 30 | 0.25% | -3,024 | -24.73% | 12,230 |
| Coles | 11,409 | 51.83% | 10,528 | 47.82% | 29 | 0.13% | 48 | 0.22% | 881 | 4.00% | 22,014 |
| Cook | 1,168,141 | 55.24% | 938,454 | 44.38% | 4,908 | 0.23% | 3,304 | 0.16% | 229,687 | 10.86% | 2,114,807 |
| Crawford | 5,703 | 44.54% | 7,036 | 54.95% | 12 | 0.09% | 54 | 0.42% | -1,333 | -10.41% | 12,805 |
| Cumberland | 3,091 | 47.92% | 3,330 | 51.62% | 11 | 0.17% | 19 | 0.29% | -239 | -3.70% | 6,451 |
| DeKalb | 6,989 | 35.53% | 12,577 | 63.95% | 53 | 0.27% | 49 | 0.25% | -5,588 | -28.41% | 19,668 |
| DeWitt | 5,052 | 47.78% | 5,477 | 51.80% | 14 | 0.13% | 31 | 0.29% | -425 | -4.02% | 10,574 |
| Douglas | 4,513 | 44.99% | 5,451 | 54.34% | 31 | 0.31% | 36 | 0.36% | -938 | -9.35% | 10,031 |
| DuPage | 18,923 | 31.51% | 40,746 | 67.85% | 307 | 0.51% | 73 | 0.12% | -21,823 | -36.34% | 60,049 |
| Edgar | 6,713 | 45.42% | 7,985 | 54.03% | 22 | 0.15% | 60 | 0.41% | -1,272 | -8.61% | 14,780 |
| Edwards | 1,770 | 34.16% | 3,361 | 64.86% | 23 | 0.44% | 28 | 0.54% | -1,591 | -30.70% | 5,182 |
| Effingham | 5,988 | 49.88% | 5,941 | 49.48% | 27 | 0.22% | 50 | 0.42% | 47 | 0.39% | 12,006 |
| Fayette | 7,286 | 48.85% | 7,486 | 50.19% | 30 | 0.20% | 113 | 0.76% | -200 | -1.34% | 14,915 |
| Ford | 3,062 | 34.55% | 5,770 | 65.11% | 17 | 0.19% | 13 | 0.15% | -2,708 | -30.56% | 8,862 |
| Franklin | 15,523 | 54.16% | 12,936 | 45.14% | 101 | 0.35% | 100 | 0.35% | 2,587 | 9.03% | 28,660 |
| Fulton | 12,198 | 48.35% | 12,816 | 50.80% | 96 | 0.38% | 118 | 0.47% | -618 | -2.45% | 25,228 |
| Gallatin | 3,293 | 55.54% | 2,588 | 43.65% | 18 | 0.30% | 30 | 0.51% | 705 | 11.89% | 5,929 |
| Greene | 6,015 | 55.06% | 4,840 | 44.30% | 28 | 0.26% | 42 | 0.38% | 1,175 | 10.76% | 10,925 |
| Grundy | 4,105 | 38.22% | 6,593 | 61.38% | 23 | 0.21% | 20 | 0.19% | -2,488 | -23.16% | 10,741 |
| Hamilton | 3,691 | 47.64% | 4,005 | 51.69% | 24 | 0.31% | 28 | 0.36% | -314 | -4.05% | 7,748 |
| Hancock | 6,688 | 41.90% | 9,108 | 57.06% | 24 | 0.15% | 141 | 0.88% | -2,420 | -15.16% | 15,961 |
| Hardin | 1,974 | 45.56% | 2,333 | 53.84% | 10 | 0.23% | 16 | 0.37% | -359 | -8.29% | 4,333 |
| Henderson | 1,977 | 37.44% | 3,264 | 61.81% | 17 | 0.32% | 23 | 0.44% | -1,287 | -24.37% | 5,281 |
| Henry | 10,481 | 40.86% | 14,971 | 58.37% | 123 | 0.48% | 73 | 0.28% | -4,490 | -17.51% | 25,648 |
| Iroquois | 7,036 | 38.68% | 11,047 | 60.73% | 15 | 0.08% | 93 | 0.51% | -4,011 | -22.05% | 18,191 |
| Jackson | 9,600 | 44.22% | 11,980 | 55.19% | 65 | 0.30% | 63 | 0.29% | -2,380 | -10.96% | 21,708 |
| Jasper | 3,689 | 47.20% | 4,082 | 52.23% | 10 | 0.13% | 34 | 0.44% | -393 | -5.03% | 7,815 |
| Jefferson | 10,887 | 55.22% | 8,692 | 44.09% | 38 | 0.19% | 98 | 0.50% | 2,195 | 11.13% | 19,715 |
| Jersey | 3,692 | 47.99% | 3,958 | 51.44% | 27 | 0.35% | 17 | 0.22% | -266 | -3.46% | 7,694 |
| Jo Daviess | 3,864 | 34.52% | 7,285 | 65.09% | 23 | 0.21% | 20 | 0.18% | -3,421 | -30.57% | 11,192 |
| Johnson | 2,254 | 36.99% | 3,827 | 62.80% | 4 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.15% | -1,573 | -25.81% | 6,094 |
| Kane | 25,676 | 37.81% | 41,949 | 61.77% | 222 | 0.33% | 67 | 0.10% | -16,273 | -23.96% | 67,914 |
| Kankakee | 13,716 | 45.97% | 15,998 | 53.62% | 61 | 0.20% | 63 | 0.21% | -2,282 | -7.65% | 29,838 |
| Kendall | 1,978 | 31.92% | 4,200 | 67.79% | 10 | 0.16% | 8 | 0.13% | -2,222 | -35.86% | 6,196 |
| Knox | 12,597 | 41.68% | 17,459 | 57.77% | 116 | 0.38% | 52 | 0.17% | -4,862 | -16.09% | 30,224 |
| Lake | 24,965 | 39.34% | 38,242 | 60.26% | 203 | 0.32% | 51 | 0.08% | -13,277 | -20.92% | 63,461 |
| LaSalle | 29,704 | 53.62% | 25,296 | 45.66% | 207 | 0.37% | 192 | 0.35% | 4,408 | 7.96% | 55,399 |
| Lawrence | 5,625 | 47.54% | 6,061 | 51.22% | 28 | 0.24% | 119 | 1.01% | -436 | -3.68% | 11,833 |
| Lee | 6,005 | 34.74% | 11,228 | 64.96% | 26 | 0.15% | 26 | 0.15% | -5,223 | -30.22% | 17,285 |
| Livingston | 7,722 | 35.61% | 13,909 | 64.14% | 30 | 0.14% | 25 | 0.12% | -6,187 | -28.53% | 21,686 |
| Logan | 6,753 | 42.94% | 8,929 | 56.78% | 20 | 0.13% | 23 | 0.15% | -2,176 | -13.84% | 15,725 |
| Macon | 27,589 | 57.64% | 19,998 | 41.78% | 88 | 0.18% | 189 | 0.39% | 7,591 | 15.86% | 47,864 |
| Macoupin | 14,356 | 52.00% | 13,000 | 47.08% | 180 | 0.65% | 74 | 0.27% | 1,356 | 4.91% | 27,610 |
| Madison | 44,803 | 59.01% | 30,445 | 40.10% | 508 | 0.67% | 173 | 0.23% | 14,358 | 18.91% | 75,929 |
| Marion | 13,807 | 56.41% | 10,461 | 42.74% | 60 | 0.25% | 148 | 0.60% | 3,346 | 13.67% | 24,476 |
| Marshall | 3,343 | 42.26% | 4,527 | 57.23% | 30 | 0.38% | 10 | 0.13% | -1,184 | -14.97% | 7,910 |
| Mason | 4,416 | 49.08% | 4,541 | 50.47% | 18 | 0.20% | 23 | 0.26% | -125 | -1.39% | 8,998 |
| Massac | 2,813 | 37.14% | 4,722 | 62.34% | 16 | 0.21% | 23 | 0.30% | -1,909 | -25.20% | 7,574 |
| McDonough | 5,783 | 35.66% | 10,326 | 63.67% | 26 | 0.16% | 82 | 0.51% | -4,543 | -28.01% | 16,217 |
| McHenry | 6,170 | 27.07% | 16,480 | 72.30% | 125 | 0.55% | 20 | 0.09% | -10,310 | -45.23% | 22,795 |
| McLean | 18,024 | 44.87% | 21,865 | 54.44% | 127 | 0.32% | 150 | 0.37% | -3,841 | -9.56% | 40,166 |
| Menard | 2,894 | 44.81% | 3,531 | 54.68% | 16 | 0.25% | 17 | 0.26% | -637 | -9.86% | 6,458 |
| Mercer | 3,830 | 37.53% | 6,336 | 62.09% | 20 | 0.20% | 18 | 0.18% | -2,506 | -24.56% | 10,204 |
| Monroe | 2,826 | 37.17% | 4,754 | 62.54% | 20 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,928 | -25.36% | 7,602 |
| Montgomery | 9,654 | 47.50% | 10,497 | 51.65% | 85 | 0.42% | 89 | 0.44% | -843 | -4.15% | 20,325 |
| Morgan | 9,082 | 47.10% | 10,137 | 52.57% | 21 | 0.11% | 43 | 0.22% | -1,055 | -5.47% | 19,283 |
| Moultrie | 3,696 | 50.13% | 3,636 | 49.32% | 7 | 0.09% | 34 | 0.46% | 60 | 0.81% | 7,373 |
| Ogle | 4,833 | 28.87% | 11,838 | 70.71% | 28 | 0.17% | 43 | 0.26% | -7,005 | -41.84% | 16,742 |
| Peoria | 42,009 | 54.40% | 34,911 | 45.21% | 176 | 0.23% | 125 | 0.16% | 7,098 | 9.19% | 77,221 |
| Perry | 6,539 | 47.26% | 7,243 | 52.35% | 24 | 0.17% | 31 | 0.22% | -704 | -5.09% | 13,837 |
| Piatt | 3,564 | 43.68% | 4,564 | 55.94% | 7 | 0.09% | 24 | 0.29% | -1,000 | -12.26% | 8,159 |
| Pike | 7,676 | 53.15% | 6,619 | 45.83% | 19 | 0.13% | 127 | 0.88% | 1,057 | 7.32% | 14,441 |
| Pope | 1,499 | 33.84% | 2,914 | 65.78% | 9 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.18% | -1,415 | -31.94% | 4,430 |
| Pulaski | 3,456 | 42.75% | 4,589 | 56.76% | 18 | 0.22% | 22 | 0.27% | -1,133 | -14.01% | 8,085 |
| Putnam | 1,195 | 40.03% | 1,778 | 59.56% | 8 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.13% | -583 | -19.53% | 2,985 |
| Randolph | 7,802 | 45.32% | 9,333 | 54.21% | 54 | 0.31% | 26 | 0.15% | -1,531 | -8.89% | 17,215 |
| Richland | 4,335 | 45.89% | 5,022 | 53.17% | 13 | 0.14% | 76 | 0.80% | -687 | -7.27% | 9,446 |
| Rock Island | 35,240 | 57.67% | 25,629 | 41.95% | 132 | 0.22% | 100 | 0.16% | 9,611 | 15.73% | 61,101 |
| Saline | 10,692 | 50.02% | 10,567 | 49.43% | 37 | 0.17% | 81 | 0.38% | 125 | 0.58% | 21,377 |
| Sangamon | 31,943 | 47.23% | 35,464 | 52.44% | 111 | 0.16% | 110 | 0.16% | -3,521 | -5.21% | 67,628 |
| Schuyler | 3,404 | 50.04% | 3,318 | 48.77% | 12 | 0.18% | 69 | 1.01% | 86 | 1.26% | 6,803 |
| Scott | 2,492 | 48.87% | 2,585 | 50.70% | 9 | 0.18% | 13 | 0.25% | -93 | -1.82% | 5,099 |
| Shelby | 7,704 | 50.69% | 7,250 | 47.71% | 68 | 0.45% | 175 | 1.15% | 454 | 2.99% | 15,197 |
| St. Clair | 53,482 | 59.50% | 35,998 | 40.05% | 291 | 0.32% | 120 | 0.13% | 17,484 | 19.45% | 89,891 |
| Stark | 1,818 | 34.79% | 3,393 | 64.94% | 1 | 0.02% | 13 | 0.25% | -1,575 | -30.14% | 5,225 |
| Stephenson | 8,911 | 38.67% | 14,040 | 60.92% | 49 | 0.21% | 45 | 0.20% | -5,129 | -22.26% | 23,045 |
| Tazewell | 17,624 | 58.44% | 12,419 | 41.18% | 52 | 0.17% | 64 | 0.21% | 5,205 | 17.26% | 30,159 |
| Union | 5,804 | 53.74% | 4,915 | 45.51% | 45 | 0.42% | 36 | 0.33% | 889 | 8.23% | 10,800 |
| Vermilion | 22,891 | 49.50% | 23,059 | 49.87% | 62 | 0.13% | 230 | 0.50% | -168 | -0.36% | 46,242 |
| Wabash | 4,187 | 52.57% | 3,659 | 45.94% | 6 | 0.08% | 113 | 1.42% | 528 | 6.63% | 7,965 |
| Warren | 4,878 | 38.30% | 7,790 | 61.17% | 11 | 0.09% | 56 | 0.44% | -2,912 | -22.87% | 12,735 |
| Washington | 3,479 | 37.73% | 5,701 | 61.82% | 22 | 0.24% | 20 | 0.22% | -2,222 | -24.09% | 9,222 |
| Wayne | 5,569 | 45.68% | 6,556 | 53.77% | 23 | 0.19% | 44 | 0.36% | -987 | -8.10% | 12,192 |
| White | 5,909 | 51.41% | 5,459 | 47.50% | 70 | 0.61% | 55 | 0.48% | 450 | 3.92% | 11,493 |
| Whiteside | 7,356 | 31.65% | 15,752 | 67.77% | 90 | 0.39% | 44 | 0.19% | -8,396 | -36.12% | 23,242 |
| Will | 29,442 | 47.53% | 32,291 | 52.13% | 176 | 0.28% | 37 | 0.06% | -2,849 | -4.60% | 61,946 |
| Williamson | 14,645 | 50.12% | 14,433 | 49.40% | 67 | 0.23% | 72 | 0.25% | 212 | 0.73% | 29,217 |
| Winnebago | 28,061 | 47.46% | 30,683 | 51.89% | 178 | 0.30% | 205 | 0.35% | -2,622 | -4.43% | 59,127 |
| Woodford | 4,314 | 39.43% | 6,575 | 60.09% | 20 | 0.18% | 33 | 0.30% | -2,261 | -20.66% | 10,942 |
| Totals | 2,149,934 | 50.97% | 2,047,240 | 48.54% | 10,914 | 0.26% | 9,847 | 0.23% | 102,694 | 2.43% | 4,217,935 |
See also
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, November 5, 1940 JUDICIAL ELECTIONS, 1939-1940 PRIMARY ELECTION General Primary, April 9, 1940" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 24, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ Our Campaigns; IL US President 1940
