Election Name: | 1944 Democratic Party presidential primaries |
Country: | United States |
Flag Year: | 1912 |
Type: | primary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1940 Democratic Party presidential primaries |
Previous Year: | 1940 |
Next Election: | 1948 Democratic Party presidential primaries |
Next Year: | 1948 |
Election Date: | March 14 to May 19, 1944 |
Color1: | 3333ff |
Candidate1: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Home State1: | New York |
States Carried1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,324,006 |
Percentage1: | 79.2% |
Color2: | 00D400 |
Candidate2: | Joseph T. Ferguson |
Home State2: | Ohio |
States Carried2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 164,915 |
Percentage2: | 8.34% |
Color3: | ff7f00 |
Candidate3: | Harry F. Byrd |
Home State3: | Virginia |
States Carried3: | 0 |
Popular Vote3: | 109,000 |
Percentage3: | 5.51% |
Democratic nominee | |
Before Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
After Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
From March 14 to May 19, 1944, voters of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1944 Democratic National Convention where the party chose its nominee for president in the 1944 United States presidential election.[1] The very popular incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated at the convention.