See main article: 1940 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1940 United States presidential election in Indiana |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1936 United States presidential election in Indiana |
Previous Year: | 1936 |
Next Election: | 1944 United States presidential election in Indiana |
Next Year: | 1944 |
Votes For Election: | All 14 Indiana votes to the Electoral College |
Election Date: | November 5, 1940[1] |
Image1: | WendellWillkie.jpg |
Nominee1: | Wendell Willkie |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State1: | New York |
Running Mate1: | Charles L. McNary |
Electoral Vote1: | 14 |
Popular Vote1: | 899,466 |
Percentage1: | 50.45% |
Nominee2: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State2: | New York |
Running Mate2: | Henry A. Wallace |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 874,063 |
Percentage2: | 49.03% |
Map Size: | 300px |
President | |
Before Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1940 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 14[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Indiana was won by Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary of Oregon, with 50.45% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, with 49.03% of the popular vote.[3] [4]
County | Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||||||||||||
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% | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
Adams | 5,247 | 53.93% | 4,382 | 45.04% | 101 | 1.04% | 865 | 8.89% | 9,730 | ||||||||||
Allen | 40,430 | 57.18% | 29,967 | 42.38% | 312 | 0.44% | 10,463 | 14.80% | 70,709 | ||||||||||
Bartholomew | 7,890 | 48.84% | 8,180 | 50.63% | 86 | 0.53% | -290 | -1.79% | 16,156 | ||||||||||
Benton | 3,675 | 57.57% | 2,689 | 42.12% | 20 | 0.31% | 986 | 15.44% | 6,384 | ||||||||||
Blackford | 3,352 | 44.52% | 4,095 | 54.38% | 83 | 1.10% | -743 | -9.87% | 7,530 | ||||||||||
Boone | 7,066 | 53.26% | 6,152 | 46.37% | 49 | 0.37% | 914 | 6.89% | 13,267 | ||||||||||
Brown | 1,477 | 46.74% | 1,662 | 52.59% | 21 | 0.66% | -185 | -5.85% | 3,160 | ||||||||||
Carroll | 5,012 | 54.05% | 4,214 | 45.44% | 47 | 0.51% | 798 | 8.61% | 9,273 | ||||||||||
Cass | 10,057 | 49.33% | 10,268 | 50.37% | 61 | 0.30% | -211 | -1.04% | 20,386 | ||||||||||
Clark | 6,044 | 40.02% | 9,015 | 59.69% | 45 | 0.30% | -2,971 | -19.67% | 15,104 | ||||||||||
Clay | 7,768 | 51.40% | 7,255 | 48.00% | 91 | 0.60% | 513 | 3.39% | 15,114 | ||||||||||
Clinton | 8,610 | 52.36% | 7,732 | 47.02% | 102 | 0.62% | 878 | 5.34% | 16,444 | ||||||||||
Crawford | 2,652 | 47.97% | 2,836 | 51.29% | 41 | 0.74% | -184 | -3.33% | 5,529 | ||||||||||
Daviess | 7,615 | 54.10% | 6,401 | 45.48% | 59 | 0.42% | 1,214 | 8.63% | 14,075 | ||||||||||
Dearborn | 5,908 | 49.29% | 6,038 | 50.37% | 41 | 0.34% | -130 | -1.08% | 11,987 | ||||||||||
Decatur | 6,087 | 57.71% | 4,417 | 41.88% | 43 | 0.41% | 1,670 | 15.83% | 10,547 | ||||||||||
DeKalb | 7,676 | 57.17% | 5,690 | 42.38% | 60 | 0.45% | 1,986 | 14.79% | 13,426 | ||||||||||
Delaware | 17,616 | 45.53% | 20,836 | 53.85% | 239 | 0.62% | -3,220 | -8.32% | 38,691 | ||||||||||
Dubois | 4,729 | 44.01% | 5,992 | 55.77% | 24 | 0.22% | -1,263 | -11.75% | 10,745 | ||||||||||
Elkhart | 19,735 | 58.53% | 13,620 | 40.40% | 361 | 1.07% | 6,115 | 18.14% | 33,716 | ||||||||||
Fayette | 5,567 | 49.94% | 5,542 | 49.72% | 38 | 0.34% | 25 | 0.22% | 11,147 | ||||||||||
Floyd | 8,056 | 42.53% | 10,799 | 57.00% | 89 | 0.47% | -2,743 | -14.48% | 18,944 | ||||||||||
Fountain | 5,771 | 54.59% | 4,783 | 45.24% | 18 | 0.17% | 988 | 9.35% | 10,572 | ||||||||||
Franklin | 4,381 | 58.11% | 3,142 | 41.68% | 16 | 0.21% | 1,239 | 16.43% | 7,539 | ||||||||||
Fulton | 5,532 | 58.40% | 3,879 | 40.95% | 61 | 0.64% | 1,653 | 17.45% | 9,472 | ||||||||||
Gibson | 8,326 | 48.34% | 8,709 | 50.57% | 188 | 1.09% | -383 | -2.22% | 17,223 | ||||||||||
Grant | 15,187 | 52.77% | 13,257 | 46.06% | 335 | 1.16% | 1,930 | 6.71% | 28,779 | ||||||||||
Greene | 9,071 | 50.71% | 8,718 | 48.73% | 100 | 0.56% | 353 | 1.97% | 17,889 | ||||||||||
Hamilton | 8,931 | 64.73% | 4,791 | 34.72% | 75 | 0.54% | 4,140 | 30.01% | 13,797 | ||||||||||
Hancock | 5,283 | 48.98% | 5,417 | 50.23% | 85 | 0.79% | -134 | -1.24% | 10,785 | ||||||||||
Harrison | 4,650 | 49.26% | 4,725 | 50.06% | 64 | 0.68% | -75 | -0.79% | 9,439 | ||||||||||
Hendricks | 6,782 | 57.92% | 4,883 | 41.70% | 45 | 0.38% | 1,899 | 16.22% | 11,710 | ||||||||||
Henry | 11,051 | 52.98% | 9,623 | 46.14% | 184 | 0.88% | 1,428 | 6.85% | 20,858 | ||||||||||
Howard | 11,855 | 47.82% | 12,655 | 51.04% | 283 | 1.14% | -800 | -3.23% | 24,793 | ||||||||||
Huntington | 9,110 | 55.22% | 7,220 | 43.77% | 167 | 1.01% | 1,890 | 11.46% | 16,497 | ||||||||||
Jackson | 6,281 | 45.13% | 7,557 | 54.30% | 79 | 0.57% | -1,276 | -9.17% | 13,917 | ||||||||||
Jasper | 4,462 | 61.62% | 2,751 | 37.99% | 28 | 0.39% | 1,711 | 23.63% | 7,241 | ||||||||||
Jay | 6,478 | 49.27% | 6,554 | 49.84% | 117 | 0.89% | -76 | -0.58% | 13,149 | ||||||||||
Jefferson | 5,957 | 55.80% | 4,688 | 43.91% | 31 | 0.29% | 1,269 | 11.89% | 10,676 | ||||||||||
Jennings | 3,921 | 56.51% | 2,989 | 43.08% | 29 | 0.42% | 932 | 13.43% | 6,939 | ||||||||||
Johnson | 6,451 | 50.18% | 6,350 | 49.39% | 56 | 0.44% | 101 | 0.79% | 12,857 | ||||||||||
Knox | 11,211 | 47.52% | 12,265 | 51.99% | 114 | 0.48% | -1,054 | -4.47% | 23,590 | ||||||||||
Kosciusko | 9,879 | 62.68% | 5,768 | 36.60% | 113 | 0.72% | 4,111 | 26.09% | 15,760 | ||||||||||
LaGrange | 3,731 | 63.43% | 2,124 | 36.11% | 27 | 0.46% | 1,607 | 27.32% | 5,882 | ||||||||||
Lake | 45,898 | 38.79% | 71,985 | 60.83% | 447 | 0.38% | -26,087 | -22.05% | 118,330 | ||||||||||
LaPorte | 15,771 | 53.29% | 13,732 | 46.40% | 90 | 0.30% | 2,039 | 6.89% | 29,593 | ||||||||||
Lawrence | 10,717 | 61.92% | 6,553 | 37.86% | 38 | 0.22% | 4,164 | 24.06% | 17,308 | ||||||||||
Madison | 22,382 | 45.91% | 26,111 | 53.56% | 261 | 0.54% | -3,729 | -7.65% | 48,754 | ||||||||||
Marion | 124,845 | 50.43% | 121,907 | 49.25% | 787 | 0.32% | 2,938 | 1.19% | 247,539 | ||||||||||
Marshall | 7,718 | 56.41% | 5,852 | 42.77% | 111 | 0.81% | 1,866 | 13.64% | 13,681 | ||||||||||
Martin | 2,902 | 52.28% | 2,638 | 47.52% | 11 | 0.20% | 264 | 4.76% | 5,551 | ||||||||||
Miami | 8,217 | 52.76% | 7,252 | 46.56% | 106 | 0.68% | 965 | 6.20% | 15,575 | ||||||||||
Monroe | 10,311 | 55.74% | 8,117 | 43.88% | 71 | 0.38% | 2,194 | 11.86% | 18,499 | ||||||||||
Montgomery | 8,554 | 54.78% | 6,994 | 44.79% | 68 | 0.44% | 1,560 | 9.99% | 15,616 | ||||||||||
Morgan | 6,613 | 57.29% | 4,895 | 42.40% | 36 | 0.31% | 1,718 | 14.88% | 11,544 | ||||||||||
Newton | 3,536 | 62.32% | 2,116 | 37.29% | 22 | 0.39% | 1,420 | 25.03% | 5,674 | ||||||||||
Noble | 7,443 | 59.46% | 5,014 | 40.06% | 60 | 0.48% | 2,429 | 19.41% | 12,517 | ||||||||||
Ohio | 1,186 | 49.33% | 1,210 | 50.33% | 8 | 0.33% | -24 | -1.00% | 2,404 | ||||||||||
Orange | 5,519 | 57.77% | 4,003 | 41.90% | 31 | 0.32% | 1,516 | 15.87% | 9,553 | ||||||||||
Owen | 3,709 | 54.00% | 3,121 | 45.44% | 38 | 0.55% | 588 | 8.56% | 6,868 | ||||||||||
Parke | 5,242 | 54.14% | 4,384 | 45.28% | 57 | 0.59% | 858 | 8.86% | 9,683 | ||||||||||
Perry | 4,489 | 50.00% | 4,475 | 49.84% | 14 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.16% | 8,978 | ||||||||||
Pike | 4,672 | 50.91% | 4,449 | 48.48% | 56 | 0.61% | 223 | 2.43% | 9,177 | ||||||||||
Porter | 8,270 | 58.40% | 5,840 | 41.24% | 51 | 0.36% | 2,430 | 17.16% | 14,161 | ||||||||||
Posey | 4,514 | 47.06% | 5,022 | 52.35% | 57 | 0.59% | -508 | -5.30% | 9,593 | ||||||||||
Pulaski | 3,472 | 52.70% | 3,021 | 45.86% | 95 | 1.44% | 451 | 6.85% | 6,588 | ||||||||||
Putnam | 5,832 | 49.00% | 6,020 | 50.58% | 49 | 0.41% | -188 | -1.58% | 11,901 | ||||||||||
Randolph | 8,033 | 57.19% | 5,787 | 41.20% | 226 | 1.61% | 2,246 | 15.99% | 14,046 | ||||||||||
Ripley | 6,061 | 55.44% | 4,834 | 44.21% | 38 | 0.35% | 1,227 | 11.22% | 10,933 | ||||||||||
Rush | 6,486 | 60.02% | 4,282 | 39.62% | 39 | 0.36% | 2,204 | 20.39% | 10,807 | ||||||||||
St. Joseph | 36,164 | 44.02% | 45,620 | 55.53% | 374 | 0.46% | -9,456 | -11.51% | 82,158 | ||||||||||
Scott | 2,285 | 45.96% | 2,668 | 53.66% | 19 | 0.38% | -383 | -7.70% | 4,972 | ||||||||||
Shelby | 7,216 | 47.02% | 8,015 | 52.22% | 117 | 0.76% | -799 | -5.21% | 15,348 | ||||||||||
Spencer | 5,667 | 57.31% | 4,180 | 42.27% | 42 | 0.42% | 1,487 | 15.04% | 9,889 | ||||||||||
Starke | 3,473 | 54.16% | 2,917 | 45.49% | 22 | 0.34% | 556 | 8.67% | 6,412 | ||||||||||
Steuben | 5,056 | 66.35% | 2,524 | 33.12% | 40 | 0.52% | 2,532 | 33.23% | 7,620 | ||||||||||
Sullivan | 6,471 | 42.32% | 8,667 | 56.69% | 151 | 0.99% | -2,196 | -14.36% | 15,289 | ||||||||||
Switzerland | 2,285 | 46.01% | 2,659 | 53.54% | 22 | 0.44% | -374 | -7.53% | 4,966 | ||||||||||
Tippecanoe | 16,148 | 56.96% | 12,129 | 42.78% | 73 | 0.26% | 4,019 | 14.18% | 28,350 | ||||||||||
Tipton | 4,749 | 52.90% | 4,173 | 46.48% | 56 | 0.62% | 576 | 6.42% | 8,978 | ||||||||||
Union | 2,009 | 58.35% | 1,415 | 41.10% | 19 | 0.55% | 594 | 17.25% | 3,443 | ||||||||||
Vanderburgh | 28,417 | 42.25% | 38,567 | 57.33% | 283 | 0.42% | -10,150 | -15.09% | 67,267 | ||||||||||
Vermillion | 5,716 | 47.74% | 6,174 | 51.57% | 83 | 0.69% | -458 | -3.83% | 11,973 | ||||||||||
Vigo | 23,177 | 43.99% | 29,308 | 55.63% | 199 | 0.38% | -6,131 | -11.64% | 52,684 | ||||||||||
Wabash | 8,755 | 61.11% | 5,431 | 37.91% | 141 | 0.98% | 3,324 | 23.20% | 14,327 | ||||||||||
Warren | 2,999 | 60.71% | 1,927 | 39.01% | 14 | 0.28% | 1,072 | 21.70% | 4,940 | ||||||||||
Warrick | 5,456 | 51.88% | 5,019 | 47.72% | 42 | 0.40% | 437 | 4.16% | 10,517 | ||||||||||
Washington | 4,216 | 48.37% | 4,471 | 51.30% | 29 | 0.33% | -255 | -2.93% | 8,716 | ||||||||||
Wayne | 15,058 | 51.27% | 14,139 | 48.14% | 173 | 0.59% | 919 | 3.13% | 29,370 | ||||||||||
Wells | 4,898 | 47.75% | 5,236 | 51.05% | 123 | 1.20% | -338 | -3.30% | 10,257 | ||||||||||
White | 5,189 | 55.15% | 4,176 | 44.38% | 44 | 0.47% | 1,013 | 10.77% | 9,409 | ||||||||||
Whitley | 5,100 | 53.34% | 4,404 | 46.06% | 57 | 0.60% | 696 | 7.28% | 9,561 | ||||||||||
Totals | 899,466 | 50.45% | 874,063 | 49.03% | 9,218 | 0.52% | 25,403 | 1.42% | 1,782,747 |