1936 United States presidential election in Texas explained

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Election Name:1936 United States presidential election in Texas
Country:Texas
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1932 United States presidential election in Texas
Previous Year:1932
Next Election:1940 United States presidential election in Texas
Next Year:1940
Votes For Election:All 23 Texas votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:November 3, 1936[1]
Image1:FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:New York
Running Mate1:John Nance Garner
Electoral Vote1:23
Popular Vote1:739,952
Percentage1:87.08%
Nominee2:Alf Landon
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Kansas
Running Mate2:Frank Knox
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:104,661
Percentage2:12.32%
Map Size:350px
President
Before Election:Franklin D. Roosevelt
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Franklin D. Roosevelt
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 1936 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Texas voters chose 23[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Texas was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), with 87.08% of the popular vote, over Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), with 12.32% of the popular vote, a landslide victory margin of 74.76%.[3] [4] Despite the overwhelming Democratic victory here, however, Landon performed better than fellow Republican Herbert Hoover had in 1932, with the state swinging approximately two points towards the GOP, and he managed to flip both Gillespie County and Kendall County back into the Republican column, the latter remaining with the party ever since.

By percentage of the popular vote won, Texas was Roosevelt's fifth-best state, behind South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia.

Results

Results by county

1936 United States presidential election in Texas by county[5]
CountyFranklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
Alf Landon
Republican
William Lemke[6]
Union
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
%%%%%
Anderson3,74992.80%2897.15%00.00%20.05%3,46085.64%4,040
Andrews28793.79%185.88%00.00%10.33%26987.91%306
Angelina3,94391.91%3427.97%10.02%40.09%3,60183.94%4,290
Aransas20674.37%6021.66%82.89%31.08%14652.71%277
Archer1,67291.77%1468.01%40.22%00.00%1,52683.75%1,822
Armstrong89796.14%333.54%30.32%00.00%86492.60%933
Atascosa2,04186.85%28512.13%170.72%70.30%1,75674.72%2,350
Austin1,63584.76%29015.03%20.10%20.10%1,34569.73%1,929
Bailey78879.36%19119.23%101.01%40.40%59760.12%993
Bandera72061.49%43136.81%181.54%20.17%28924.68%1,171
Bastrop2,39592.04%1987.61%70.27%20.08%2,19784.44%2,602
Baylor1,54193.85%1006.09%00.00%10.06%1,44187.76%1,642
Bee1,46270.22%60328.96%110.53%60.29%85941.26%2,082
Bell6,11992.42%4757.17%210.32%60.09%5,64485.24%6,621
Bexar35,78172.74%12,95126.33%2050.42%2500.51%22,83046.41%49,187
Blanco1,05676.97%31322.81%00.00%30.22%74354.15%1,372
Borden22088.71%2610.48%10.40%10.40%19478.23%248
Bosque2,28386.54%35013.27%20.08%30.11%1,93373.28%2,638
Bowie5,03091.11%4728.55%120.22%70.13%4,55882.56%5,521
Brazoria2,28482.01%46216.59%291.04%100.36%1,82265.42%2,785
Brazos2,61098.16%451.69%00.00%40.15%2,56596.46%2,659
Brewster82884.40%15115.39%20.20%00.00%67769.01%981
Briscoe84992.99%647.01%00.00%00.00%78585.98%913
Brooks36575.57%11724.22%00.00%10.21%24851.35%483
Brown3,97189.08%44810.05%340.76%50.11%3,52379.03%4,458
Burleson1,46691.57%1358.43%00.00%00.00%1,33183.14%1,601
Burnet1,58193.33%1116.55%10.06%10.06%1,47086.78%1,694
Caldwell3,01991.76%2477.51%240.73%00.00%2,77284.26%3,290
Calhoun68587.71%9211.78%10.13%30.38%59375.93%781
Callahan1,73987.34%24512.31%20.10%50.25%1,49475.04%1,991
Cameron5,88771.74%2,16026.32%1501.83%90.11%3,72745.42%8,206
Camp93992.33%787.67%00.00%00.00%86184.66%1,017
Carson1,56890.74%1478.51%130.75%00.00%1,42182.23%1,728
Cass2,46193.57%1696.43%00.00%00.00%2,29287.15%2,630
Castro95092.68%656.34%100.98%00.00%88586.34%1,025
Chambers98487.78%13411.95%20.18%10.09%85075.83%1,121
Cherokee3,90892.65%3027.16%30.07%50.12%3,60685.49%4,218
Childress2,07689.99%2099.06%130.56%90.39%1,86780.93%2,307
Clay2,16891.09%1968.24%110.46%50.21%1,97282.86%2,380
Cochran68391.19%587.74%10.13%70.93%62583.44%749
Coke88891.93%687.04%30.31%70.72%82084.89%966
Coleman2,90091.28%2698.47%40.13%40.13%2,63182.81%3,177
Collin5,66991.29%5318.55%20.03%80.13%5,13882.74%6,210
Collingsworth2,01292.63%1587.27%00.00%20.09%1,85485.36%2,172
Colorado1,43579.06%37220.50%30.17%50.28%1,06358.57%1,815
Comal1,61174.21%55425.52%40.18%20.09%1,05748.69%2,171
Comanche2,58786.09%35511.81%602.00%30.10%2,23274.28%3,005
Concho1,08993.48%766.52%00.00%00.00%1,01386.95%1,165
Cooke3,68683.93%68615.62%120.27%80.18%3,00068.31%4,392
Coryell2,06492.85%1506.75%50.22%40.18%1,91486.10%2,223
Cottle1,26593.08%866.33%50.37%30.22%1,17986.75%1,359
Crane62296.14%253.86%00.00%00.00%59792.27%647
Crockett23175.00%7524.35%20.65%00.00%15650.65%308
Crosby1,71191.64%1538.19%30.16%00.00%1,55883.45%1,867
Culberson23991.22%238.78%00.00%00.00%21682.44%262
Dallam1,43683.15%22012.74%683.94%30.17%1,21670.41%1,727
Dallas42,15384.89%7,20414.51%1750.35%1250.25%34,94970.38%49,657
Dawson1,82991.82%1567.83%60.30%10.05%1,67383.99%1,992
Deaf Smith1,23689.11%14210.24%90.65%00.00%1,09478.88%1,387
Delta1,46694.64%825.29%10.06%00.00%1,38489.35%1,549
Denton5,02190.91%4768.62%150.27%110.20%4,54582.29%5,523
De Witt1,97775.98%61623.67%10.04%80.31%1,36152.31%2,602
Dickens1,44592.57%1157.37%00.00%10.06%1,33085.20%1,561
Dimmit70468.95%29628.99%212.06%00.00%40839.96%1,021
Donley1,51390.93%1337.99%171.02%10.06%1,38082.93%1,664
Duval2,90194.56%1635.31%40.13%00.00%2,73889.24%3,068
Eastland4,65985.99%72413.36%170.31%180.33%3,93572.63%5,418
Ector81689.87%818.92%101.10%10.11%73580.95%908
Edwards35468.87%15730.54%30.58%00.00%19738.33%514
Ellis5,64494.46%3195.34%40.07%80.13%5,32589.12%5,975
El Paso11,92086.32%1,77312.84%960.70%200.14%10,14773.48%13,809
Erath2,69489.95%2909.68%40.13%70.23%2,40480.27%2,995
Falls3,41195.92%1403.94%00.00%50.14%3,27191.99%3,556
Fannin5,24293.32%3686.55%10.02%60.11%4,87486.77%5,617
Fayette2,82082.46%59517.40%40.12%10.03%2,22565.06%3,420
Fisher2,06892.78%1556.95%20.09%40.18%1,91385.82%2,229
Floyd1,86388.93%21710.36%140.67%10.05%1,64678.57%2,095
Foard92892.34%747.36%20.20%10.10%85484.98%1,005
Fort Bend2,58893.26%1766.34%90.32%20.07%2,41286.92%2,775
Franklin92590.95%908.85%10.10%10.10%83582.10%1,017
Freestone1,92993.23%1346.48%00.00%60.29%1,79586.76%2,069
Frio1,01983.59%19315.83%70.57%00.00%82667.76%1,219
Gaines68093.66%425.79%00.00%40.55%63887.88%726
Galveston9,37084.37%1,66615.00%440.40%260.23%7,70469.37%11,106
Garza80785.67%13214.01%20.21%10.11%67571.66%942
Gillespie1,01640.41%1,42156.52%692.74%80.32%-405-16.11%2,514
Glasscock25289.05%2910.25%00.00%20.71%22378.80%283
Goliad1,18478.36%32321.38%20.13%20.13%86156.98%1,511
Gonzales2,67488.16%35211.61%30.10%40.13%2,32276.56%3,033
Gray4,34789.83%4649.59%210.43%70.14%3,88380.24%4,839
Grayson10,62791.64%9478.17%120.10%110.09%9,68083.47%11,597
Gregg6,48991.12%6218.72%60.08%50.07%5,86882.40%7,121
Grimes1,85193.06%1366.84%00.00%20.10%1,71586.22%1,989
Guadalupe2,96269.91%1,26629.88%30.07%60.14%1,69640.03%4,237
Hale3,10986.80%45112.59%120.34%100.28%2,65874.20%3,582
Hall2,19593.56%1265.37%200.85%50.21%2,06988.19%2,346
Hamilton1,92990.48%2029.47%00.00%10.05%1,72781.00%2,132
Hansford82689.69%748.03%161.74%50.54%75281.65%921
Hardeman1,99190.17%2079.38%70.32%30.14%1,78480.80%2,208
Hardin2,35195.18%1194.82%00.00%00.00%2,23290.36%2,470
Harris59,20587.67%8,08311.97%1090.16%1360.20%51,12275.70%67,533
Harrison3,40091.69%3028.14%00.00%60.16%3,09883.55%3,708
Hartley56093.33%406.67%00.00%00.00%52086.67%600
Haskell2,71394.46%1565.43%20.07%10.03%2,55789.03%2,872
Hays1,96486.94%28612.66%90.40%00.00%1,67874.28%2,259
Hemphill1,00888.89%12110.67%50.44%00.00%88778.22%1,134
Henderson3,25992.45%2607.38%00.00%60.17%2,99985.08%3,525
Hidalgo6,78267.46%2,96229.46%2852.83%240.24%3,82038.00%10,053
Hill4,71094.58%2655.32%40.08%10.02%4,44589.26%4,980
Hockley1,73194.44%904.91%20.11%100.55%1,64189.53%1,833
Hood98890.31%1029.32%30.27%10.09%88680.99%1,094
Hopkins2,75391.22%2618.65%00.00%40.13%2,49282.57%3,018
Houston2,45896.05%993.87%10.04%10.04%2,35992.18%2,559
Howard3,09492.75%2306.89%40.12%80.24%2,86485.85%3,336
Hudspeth36393.56%246.19%00.00%10.26%33987.37%388
Hunt5,80194.37%3355.45%70.11%40.07%5,46688.92%6,147
Hutchinson2,47886.25%39013.57%10.03%40.14%2,08872.68%2,873
Irion47689.81%499.25%00.00%50.94%42780.57%530
Jack1,11385.22%18314.01%70.54%30.23%93071.21%1,306
Jackson95284.40%17115.16%40.35%10.09%78169.24%1,128
Jasper1,50093.05%1096.76%30.19%00.00%1,39186.29%1,612
Jeff Davis29189.54%3310.15%10.31%00.00%25879.38%325
Jefferson18,18787.40%2,54412.23%320.15%450.22%15,64375.18%20,808
Jim Hogg71293.68%486.32%00.00%00.00%66487.37%760
Jim Wells1,69182.97%33816.58%70.34%20.10%1,35366.39%2,038
Johnson4,28192.12%3377.25%240.52%50.11%3,94484.87%4,647
Jones3,39691.71%3058.24%00.00%20.05%3,09183.47%3,703
Karnes2,06784.47%37115.16%80.33%10.04%1,69669.31%2,447
Kaufman3,94394.44%2295.49%10.02%20.05%3,71488.96%4,175
Kendall40536.68%69362.77%40.36%20.18%-288-26.09%1,104
Kenedy9676.19%3023.81%00.00%00.00%6652.38%126
Kent53394.50%315.50%00.00%00.00%50289.01%564
Kerr1,58661.26%99438.39%80.31%10.04%59222.87%2,589
Kimble68181.75%15118.13%00.00%10.12%53063.63%833
King21194.20%135.80%00.00%00.00%19888.39%224
Kinney35767.11%17532.89%00.00%00.00%18234.21%532
Kleberg1,48887.12%1569.13%613.57%30.18%1,33277.99%1,708
Knox1,82391.15%1718.55%10.05%50.25%1,65282.60%2,000
Lamar5,62194.65%3085.19%100.17%00.00%5,31389.46%5,939
Lamb2,32088.21%30011.41%40.15%60.23%2,02076.81%2,630
Lampasas1,46291.43%1348.38%30.19%00.00%1,32883.05%1,599
La Salle70490.49%749.51%00.00%00.00%63080.98%778
Lavaca2,20484.12%40315.38%100.38%30.11%1,80168.74%2,620
Lee1,15580.94%27118.99%00.00%10.07%88461.95%1,427
Leon1,74894.69%975.25%00.00%10.05%1,65189.44%1,846
Liberty2,81391.69%2447.95%60.20%50.16%2,56983.74%3,068
Limestone3,85795.05%1964.83%40.10%10.02%3,66190.22%4,058
Lipscomb97377.65%27321.79%40.32%30.24%70055.87%1,253
Live Oak87476.33%23120.17%322.79%80.70%64356.16%1,145
Llano1,30292.41%1077.59%00.00%00.00%1,19584.81%1,409
Loving11872.39%2112.88%1911.66%53.07%9759.51%163
Lubbock6,42590.97%6228.81%110.16%50.07%5,80382.16%7,063
Lynn1,98391.89%1697.83%00.00%60.28%1,81484.06%2,158
McCulloch1,72283.55%32315.67%70.34%90.44%1,39967.88%2,061
McLennan12,48990.77%1,1168.11%1150.84%390.28%11,37382.66%13,759
McMullen26587.75%3712.25%00.00%00.00%22875.50%302
Madison1,12796.16%453.84%00.00%00.00%1,08292.32%1,172
Marion91987.69%12912.31%00.00%00.00%79075.38%1,048
Martin77590.75%708.20%80.94%10.12%70582.55%854
Mason78768.61%35931.30%10.09%00.00%42837.31%1,147
Matagorda1,70078.56%45921.21%30.14%20.09%1,24157.35%2,164
Maverick89081.20%16615.15%373.38%30.27%72466.06%1,096
Medina2,05067.63%96931.97%100.33%20.07%1,08135.66%3,031
Menard73486.05%11513.48%10.12%30.35%61972.57%853
Midland1,22986.06%19013.31%80.56%10.07%1,03972.76%1,428
Milam4,07793.02%2886.57%00.00%180.41%3,78986.45%4,383
Mills1,00585.90%16514.10%00.00%00.00%84071.79%1,170
Mitchell2,03591.21%1928.61%10.04%30.13%1,84382.61%2,231
Montague2,78989.16%32410.36%00.00%150.48%2,46578.80%3,128
Montgomery2,44392.61%1867.05%20.08%70.27%2,25785.56%2,638
Moore58392.39%477.45%00.00%10.16%53684.94%631
Morris1,22095.91%524.09%00.00%00.00%1,16891.82%1,272
Motley86792.93%646.86%10.11%10.11%80386.07%933
Nacogdoches4,07595.01%2094.87%20.05%30.07%3,86690.14%4,289
Navarro5,81595.02%2934.79%90.15%30.05%5,52290.23%6,120
Newton1,11192.12%937.71%10.08%10.08%1,01884.41%1,206
Nolan2,91391.15%2688.39%110.34%40.13%2,64582.76%3,196
Nueces6,59783.09%1,23415.54%1041.31%50.06%5,36367.54%7,940
Ochiltree1,11188.03%1098.64%413.25%10.08%1,00279.40%1,262
Oldham43794.59%204.33%51.08%00.00%41790.26%462
Orange2,28192.01%1907.66%30.12%50.20%2,09184.35%2,479
Palo Pinto2,73887.67%37111.88%90.29%50.16%2,36775.79%3,123
Panola2,42595.36%953.74%10.04%220.87%2,33091.62%2,543
Parker2,49386.08%37512.95%130.45%150.52%2,11873.14%2,896
Parmer93686.83%13512.52%40.37%30.28%80174.30%1,078
Pecos1,33088.79%16711.15%00.00%10.07%1,16377.64%1,498
Polk1,61891.93%1418.01%00.00%10.06%1,47783.92%1,760
Potter6,49684.99%1,01813.32%1171.53%120.16%5,47871.67%7,643
Presidio93889.42%10610.10%20.19%30.29%83279.31%1,049
Rains67691.23%638.50%10.13%10.13%61382.73%741
Randall1,65691.80%1427.87%30.17%30.17%1,51483.92%1,804
Reagan47787.85%6612.15%00.00%00.00%41175.69%543
Real21079.25%5520.75%00.00%00.00%15558.49%265
Red River2,68593.00%1996.89%00.00%30.10%2,48686.11%2,887
Reeves1,12791.70%1008.14%10.08%10.08%1,02783.56%1,229
Refugio1,05881.07%24218.54%50.38%00.00%81662.53%1,305
Roberts42694.04%275.96%00.00%00.00%39988.08%453
Robertson2,63396.77%863.16%20.07%00.00%2,54793.61%2,721
Rockwall1,16897.74%262.18%10.08%00.00%1,14295.56%1,195
Runnels2,98589.99%3139.44%100.30%90.27%2,67280.55%3,317
Rusk6,10793.27%4336.61%40.06%40.06%5,67486.65%6,548
Sabine1,21691.70%1088.14%00.00%20.15%1,10883.56%1,326
San Augustine1,05494.28%645.72%00.00%00.00%99088.55%1,118
San Jacinto56489.38%6710.62%00.00%00.00%49778.76%631
San Patricio2,21381.21%48217.69%240.88%60.22%1,73163.52%2,725
San Saba1,50590.99%1478.89%10.06%10.06%1,35882.10%1,654
Schleicher46985.58%7814.23%00.00%10.18%39171.35%548
Scurry1,74691.32%1628.47%30.16%10.05%1,58482.85%1,912
Shackelford1,15388.35%15211.65%00.00%00.00%1,00176.70%1,305
Shelby3,16795.62%1364.11%00.00%90.27%3,03191.52%3,312
Sherman56894.35%345.65%00.00%00.00%53488.70%602
Smith7,11691.37%6608.47%60.08%60.08%6,45682.90%7,788
Somervell31783.86%5715.08%30.79%10.26%26068.78%378
Starr2,28987.43%32012.22%30.11%60.23%1,96975.21%2,618
Stephens2,38077.27%68122.11%130.42%60.19%1,69955.16%3,080
Sterling38496.48%143.52%00.00%00.00%37092.96%398
Stonewall1,00194.34%595.56%00.00%10.09%94288.78%1,061
Sutton39886.15%6413.85%00.00%00.00%33472.29%462
Swisher1,45390.98%1408.77%30.19%10.06%1,31382.22%1,597
Tarrant29,79188.24%3,78111.20%1390.41%510.15%26,01077.04%33,762
Taylor6,16989.43%6789.83%60.09%450.65%5,49179.60%6,898
Terrell32479.41%8420.59%00.00%00.00%24058.82%408
Terry1,61994.18%875.06%110.64%20.12%1,53289.12%1,719
Throckmorton94987.63%13212.19%10.09%10.09%81775.44%1,083
Titus1,87295.90%773.94%00.00%30.15%1,79591.96%1,952
Tom Green4,80387.34%62711.40%500.91%190.35%4,17675.94%5,499
Travis12,09290.07%1,1548.60%1411.05%380.28%10,93881.47%13,425
Trinity1,19688.72%15111.20%10.07%00.00%1,04577.52%1,348
Tyler1,07690.27%1169.73%00.00%00.00%96080.54%1,192
Upshur2,24387.38%32112.50%00.00%30.12%1,92274.87%2,567
Upton72889.54%819.96%20.25%20.25%64779.58%813
Uvalde1,74383.08%35416.87%10.05%00.00%1,38966.21%2,098
Val Verde1,26271.26%50428.46%30.17%20.11%75842.80%1,771
Van Zandt3,25792.24%2456.94%110.31%180.51%3,01285.30%3,531
Victoria2,08185.46%35214.46%20.08%00.00%1,72971.01%2,435
Walker1,71596.02%693.86%00.00%20.11%1,64692.16%1,786
Waller88988.72%11111.08%00.00%20.20%77877.64%1,002
Ward1,11391.76%988.08%20.16%00.00%1,01583.68%1,213
Washington1,99391.72%1768.10%10.05%30.14%1,81783.62%2,173
Webb3,59483.78%69616.22%00.00%00.00%2,89867.55%4,290
Wharton3,03490.43%3079.15%70.21%70.21%2,72781.28%3,355
Wheeler2,41589.38%27710.25%80.30%20.07%2,13879.13%2,702
Wichita9,42887.39%1,32712.30%200.19%130.12%8,10175.09%10,788
Wilbarger3,27990.76%3168.75%150.42%30.08%2,96382.01%3,613
Willacy1,00271.62%37626.88%191.36%20.14%62644.75%1,399
Williamson4,99592.79%3756.97%30.06%100.19%4,62085.83%5,383
Wilson2,57389.84%2869.99%10.03%40.14%2,28779.85%2,864
Winkler90392.62%636.46%40.41%50.51%84086.15%975
Wise2,73788.58%34811.26%20.06%30.10%2,38977.31%3,090
Wood2,75193.25%1926.51%10.03%60.20%2,55986.75%2,950
Yoakum22792.65%135.31%31.22%20.82%21487.35%245
Young3,06590.65%3048.99%70.21%50.15%2,76181.66%3,381
Zapata28289.24%3410.76%00.00%00.00%24878.48%316
Zavala78878.64%20920.86%30.30%20.20%57957.78%1,002
Totals739,90087.06%104,66112.32%3,1870.38%1,5830.19%635,23974.79%849,845

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1936 — Encyclopædia Britannica. December 23, 2018.
  2. Web site: 1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41). December 23, 2018.
  3. Web site: 1936 Presidential General Election Results – Texas. December 23, 2018.
  4. Web site: The American Presidency Project — Election of 1936. December 23, 2018.
  5. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls; pp. 436–440
  6. Web site: Géoelections. 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote. (.xlsx file for €15 on request)