See main article: article and 1944 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1944 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Country: | Ohio |
| Flag Year: | 1902 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1940 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Previous Year: | 1940 |
| Next Election: | 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Next Year: | 1948 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1944 |
| Nominee2: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Harry S. Truman |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,570,763 |
| Percentage2: | 49.82% |
| Image1: | Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Thomas E. Dewey |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | John W. Bricker |
| Electoral Vote1: | 25 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,582,293 |
| Percentage1: | 50.18% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1944 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was narrowly won by Republican Party candidate Thomas E. Dewey with 50.18% of the popular vote; Dewey's running mate was incumbent Ohio Governor John W. Bricker. The Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt got 49.82% of the popular vote. This election was one of only three occasions since 1892 that Ohio has voted for a losing candidate, the others being in 1960 for Richard Nixon and 2020 for Donald Trump.[1] This also marks the last time that Ohio voted for a candidate who never won the presidency (as Nixon would win the White House later in 1968 and Trump was already the incumbent president in 2020) and the last time that an incumbent president of either party won another term in office without winning Ohio. Had Roosevelt won the state along with Kennedy in 1960, Ohio would have had the longest streak of any state voting for the winning candidate up until 2020.
| 1944 United States presidential election in Ohio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Thomas Edmund Dewey | 1,582,293 | 50.18% | 25 | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 1,570,763 | 49.82% | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,153,056 | 100.0% | 25 | ||
| County | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||||||||
| Adams | 5,590 | 58.30% | 3,998 | 41.70% | 1,592 | 16.60% | 9,588 | ||||||||
| Allen | 21,024 | 62.59% | 12,564 | 37.41% | 8,460 | 25.19% | 33,588 | ||||||||
| Ashland | 8,994 | 59.47% | 6,130 | 40.53% | 2,864 | 18.94% | 15,124 | ||||||||
| Ashtabula | 17,181 | 56.33% | 13,319 | 43.67% | 3,862 | 12.66% | 30,500 | ||||||||
| Athens | 10,326 | 58.13% | 7,438 | 41.87% | 2,888 | 16.26% | 17,764 | ||||||||
| Auglaize | 8,980 | 64.75% | 4,888 | 35.25% | 4,092 | 29.51% | 13,868 | ||||||||
| Belmont | 15,485 | 39.13% | 24,093 | 60.87% | -8,608 | -21.75% | 39,578 | ||||||||
| Brown | 5,024 | 51.44% | 4,743 | 48.56% | 281 | 2.88% | 9,767 | ||||||||
| Butler | 22,702 | 45.96% | 26,698 | 54.04% | -3,996 | -8.09% | 49,400 | ||||||||
| Carroll | 4,898 | 62.75% | 2,907 | 37.25% | 1,991 | 25.51% | 7,805 | ||||||||
| Champaign | 7,795 | 61.89% | 4,800 | 38.11% | 2,995 | 23.78% | 12,595 | ||||||||
| Clark | 22,207 | 49.83% | 22,362 | 50.17% | -155 | -0.35% | 44,569 | ||||||||
| Clermont | 9,125 | 53.48% | 7,937 | 46.52% | 1,188 | 6.96% | 17,062 | ||||||||
| Clinton | 7,200 | 65.98% | 3,713 | 34.02% | 3,487 | 31.95% | 10,913 | ||||||||
| Columbiana | 19,976 | 51.52% | 18,796 | 48.48% | 1,180 | 3.04% | 38,772 | ||||||||
| Coshocton | 7,917 | 56.38% | 6,126 | 43.62% | 1,791 | 12.75% | 14,043 | ||||||||
| Crawford | 10,464 | 59.65% | 7,079 | 40.35% | 3,385 | 19.30% | 17,543 | ||||||||
| Cuyahoga | 217,824 | 39.71% | 330,659 | 60.29% | -112,835 | -20.57% | 548,483 | ||||||||
| Darke | 11,135 | 58.08% | 8,036 | 41.92% | 3,099 | 16.17% | 19,171 | ||||||||
| Defiance | 7,450 | 67.21% | 3,634 | 32.79% | 3,816 | 34.43% | 11,084 | ||||||||
| Delaware | 9,186 | 66.78% | 4,569 | 33.22% | 4,617 | 33.57% | 13,755 | ||||||||
| Erie | 10,663 | 57.90% | 7,753 | 42.10% | 2,910 | 15.80% | 18,416 | ||||||||
| Fairfield | 11,135 | 56.89% | 8,439 | 43.11% | 2,696 | 13.77% | 19,574 | ||||||||
| Fayette | 5,933 | 60.06% | 3,945 | 39.94% | 1,988 | 20.13% | 9,878 | ||||||||
| Franklin | 99,292 | 52.62% | 89,394 | 47.38% | 9,898 | 5.25% | 188,686 | ||||||||
| Fulton | 8,258 | 79.37% | 2,147 | 20.63% | 6,111 | 58.73% | 10,405 | ||||||||
| Gallia | 6,464 | 68.53% | 2,968 | 31.47% | 3,496 | 37.07% | 9,432 | ||||||||
| Geauga | 5,295 | 61.86% | 3,264 | 38.14% | 2,031 | 23.73% | 8,559 | ||||||||
| Greene | 9,680 | 54.95% | 7,937 | 45.05% | 1,743 | 9.89% | 17,617 | ||||||||
| Guernsey | 8,878 | 57.69% | 6,512 | 42.31% | 2,366 | 15.37% | 15,390 | ||||||||
| Hamilton | 154,960 | 51.75% | 144,470 | 48.25% | 10,490 | 3.50% | 299,430 | ||||||||
| Hancock | 13,450 | 68.27% | 6,252 | 31.73% | 7,198 | 36.53% | 19,702 | ||||||||
| Hardin | 8,566 | 62.55% | 5,128 | 37.45% | 3,438 | 25.11% | 13,694 | ||||||||
| Harrison | 5,194 | 60.57% | 3,381 | 39.43% | 1,813 | 21.14% | 8,575 | ||||||||
| Henry | 7,241 | 73.54% | 2,605 | 26.46% | 4,636 | 47.09% | 9,846 | ||||||||
| Highland | 7,963 | 59.88% | 5,336 | 40.12% | 2,627 | 19.75% | 13,299 | ||||||||
| Hocking | 4,535 | 54.63% | 3,766 | 45.37% | 769 | 9.26% | 8,301 | ||||||||
| Holmes | 3,093 | 54.69% | 2,563 | 45.31% | 530 | 9.37% | 5,656 | ||||||||
| Huron | 11,442 | 66.06% | 5,879 | 33.94% | 5,563 | 32.12% | 17,321 | ||||||||
| Jackson | 6,786 | 59.26% | 4,666 | 40.74% | 2,120 | 18.51% | 11,452 | ||||||||
| Jefferson | 15,496 | 38.43% | 24,827 | 61.57% | -9,331 | -23.14% | 40,323 | ||||||||
| Knox | 9,963 | 64.13% | 5,573 | 35.87% | 4,390 | 28.26% | 15,536 | ||||||||
| Lake | 13,697 | 51.86% | 12,713 | 48.14% | 984 | 3.73% | 26,410 | ||||||||
| Lawrence | 9,312 | 53.90% | 7,966 | 46.10% | 1,346 | 7.79% | 17,278 | ||||||||
| Licking | 16,815 | 56.74% | 12,819 | 43.26% | 3,996 | 13.48% | 29,634 | ||||||||
| Logan | 9,882 | 66.65% | 4,944 | 33.35% | 4,938 | 33.31% | 14,826 | ||||||||
| Lorain | 23,866 | 48.59% | 25,254 | 51.41% | -1,388 | -2.83% | 49,120 | ||||||||
| Lucas | 77,247 | 50.37% | 76,109 | 49.63% | 1,138 | 0.74% | 153,356 | ||||||||
| Madison | 5,546 | 62.17% | 3,374 | 37.83% | 2,172 | 24.35% | 8,920 | ||||||||
| Mahoning | 35,184 | 33.42% | 70,102 | 66.58% | -34,918 | -33.16% | 105,286 | ||||||||
| Marion | 11,925 | 57.61% | 8,775 | 42.39% | 3,150 | 15.22% | 20,700 | ||||||||
| Medina | 10,375 | 63.35% | 6,003 | 36.65% | 4,372 | 26.69% | 16,378 | ||||||||
| Meigs | 6,401 | 65.32% | 3,399 | 34.68% | 3,002 | 30.63% | 9,800 | ||||||||
| Mercer | 7,712 | 63.04% | 4,522 | 36.96% | 3,190 | 26.07% | 12,234 | ||||||||
| Miami | 14,751 | 58.47% | 10,476 | 41.53% | 4,275 | 16.95% | 25,227 | ||||||||
| Monroe | 3,617 | 50.30% | 3,574 | 49.70% | 43 | 0.60% | 7,191 | ||||||||
| Montgomery | 63,336 | 43.47% | 82,367 | 56.53% | -19,031 | -13.06% | 145,703 | ||||||||
| Morgan | 4,309 | 72.13% | 1,665 | 27.87% | 2,644 | 44.26% | 5,974 | ||||||||
| Morrow | 5,439 | 69.78% | 2,356 | 30.22% | 3,083 | 39.55% | 7,795 | ||||||||
| Muskingum | 17,577 | 58.00% | 12,729 | 42.00% | 4,848 | 16.00% | 30,306 | ||||||||
| Noble | 4,130 | 64.89% | 2,235 | 35.11% | 1,895 | 29.77% | 6,365 | ||||||||
| Ottawa | 6,922 | 58.35% | 4,941 | 41.65% | 1,981 | 16.70% | 11,863 | ||||||||
| Paulding | 4,515 | 65.72% | 2,355 | 34.28% | 2,160 | 31.44% | 6,870 | ||||||||
| Perry | 7,339 | 59.24% | 5,050 | 40.76% | 2,289 | 18.48% | 12,389 | ||||||||
| Pickaway | 5,997 | 52.80% | 5,362 | 47.20% | 635 | 5.59% | 11,359 | ||||||||
| Pike | 3,117 | 43.99% | 3,968 | 56.01% | -851 | -12.01% | 7,085 | ||||||||
| Portage | 12,284 | 49.50% | 12,533 | 50.50% | -249 | -1.00% | 24,817 | ||||||||
| Preble | 6,609 | 57.56% | 4,872 | 42.44% | 1,737 | 15.13% | 11,481 | ||||||||
| Putnam | 8,004 | 71.79% | 3,145 | 28.21% | 4,859 | 43.58% | 11,149 | ||||||||
| Richland | 18,065 | 53.97% | 15,406 | 46.03% | 2,659 | 7.94% | 33,471 | ||||||||
| Ross | 11,424 | 53.50% | 9,928 | 46.50% | 1,496 | 7.01% | 21,352 | ||||||||
| Sandusky | 13,763 | 69.19% | 6,129 | 30.81% | 7,634 | 38.38% | 19,892 | ||||||||
| Scioto | 17,489 | 50.51% | 17,134 | 49.49% | 355 | 1.03% | 34,623 | ||||||||
| Seneca | 15,137 | 70.86% | 6,224 | 29.14% | 8,913 | 41.73% | 21,361 | ||||||||
| Shelby | 7,084 | 55.75% | 5,622 | 44.25% | 1,462 | 11.51% | 12,706 | ||||||||
| Stark | 51,506 | 47.30% | 57,393 | 52.70% | -5,887 | -5.41% | 108,899 | ||||||||
| Summit | 64,696 | 41.61% | 90,783 | 58.39% | -26,087 | -16.78% | 155,479 | ||||||||
| Trumbull | 25,150 | 42.30% | 34,312 | 57.70% | -9,162 | -15.41% | 59,462 | ||||||||
| Tuscarawas | 14,357 | 47.01% | 16,184 | 52.99% | -1,827 | -5.98% | 30,541 | ||||||||
| Union | 6,908 | 70.38% | 2,907 | 29.62% | 4,001 | 40.76% | 9,815 | ||||||||
| Van Wert | 8,529 | 62.83% | 5,046 | 37.17% | 3,483 | 25.66% | 13,575 | ||||||||
| Vinton | 2,719 | 59.82% | 1,826 | 40.18% | 893 | 19.65% | 4,545 | ||||||||
| Warren | 8,598 | 59.86% | 5,765 | 40.14% | 2,833 | 19.72% | 14,363 | ||||||||
| Washington | 11,676 | 62.44% | 7,023 | 37.56% | 4,653 | 24.88% | 18,699 | ||||||||
| Wayne | 13,616 | 58.89% | 9,506 | 41.11% | 4,110 | 17.78% | 23,122 | ||||||||
| Williams | 8,738 | 71.89% | 3,417 | 28.11% | 5,321 | 43.78% | 12,155 | ||||||||
| Wood | 16,016 | 66.62% | 8,025 | 33.38% | 7,991 | 33.24% | 24,041 | ||||||||
| Wyandot | 6,144 | 65.54% | 3,231 | 34.46% | 2,913 | 31.07% | 9,375 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1,582,293 | 50.18% | 1,570,763 | 49.82% | 11,530 | 0.37% | 3,153,056 | ||||||||