See main article: 1944 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1893 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota |
| Previous Year: | 1940 |
| Next Election: | 1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota |
| Next Year: | 1948 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1944 |
| Image1: | 1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | Harry S. Truman |
| Electoral Vote1: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 589,864 |
| Percentage1: | 52.41% |
| Nominee2: | Thomas E. Dewey |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | John W. Bricker |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 527,416 |
| Percentage2: | 46.86% |
| 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 1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Minnesota was won by the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt won the state over New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey by a margin of 62,448 votes, or 5.55%. Nationally, Roosevelt was re-elected to an unprecedented fourth term as president, with 432 electoral votes and a comfortable 7.5% lead over Dewey in the popular vote. However, Roosevelt would not serve the entirety of his fourth term, as he died within a half-year after winning his final election.
Roosevelt was the only president of the United States who was elected to more than two quadrennial terms. The 22nd Amendment, ratified on February 27, 1951, ensures that Roosevelt will continue to hold this record indefinitely, as the said amendment prohibits any person from serving more than two and a half terms as president.
| 1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic (DFL) | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 589,864 | 52.41% | 11 | ||
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 527,416 | 46.86% | 0 | ||
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 5,073 | 0.45% | 0 | ||
| Industrial Government | Edward A. Teichert | 3,176 | 0.28% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1,125,529 | 100.00% | 11 | |||
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt DFL | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican | Norman Mattoon Thomas[2] Socialist | Edward A. Teichert Industrial Government | Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Aitkin | 2,743 | 49.79% | 2,720 | 49.37% | 35 | 0.64% | 11 | 0.20% | 23 | 0.42% | 5,509 | ||||||||||||
| Anoka | 5,431 | 57.36% | 3,958 | 41.80% | 71 | 0.75% | 8 | 0.08% | 1,473 | 15.56% | 9,468 | ||||||||||||
| Becker | 4,889 | 55.87% | 3,803 | 43.46% | 46 | 0.53% | 12 | 0.14% | 1,086 | 12.41% | 8,750 | ||||||||||||
| Beltrami | 5,490 | 66.50% | 2,705 | 32.76% | 41 | 0.50% | 20 | 0.24% | 2,785 | 33.73% | 8,256 | ||||||||||||
| Benton | 2,258 | 42.90% | 2,988 | 56.76% | 11 | 0.21% | 7 | 0.13% | -730 | -13.87% | 5,264 | ||||||||||||
| Big Stone | 2,120 | 56.50% | 1,608 | 42.86% | 14 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.27% | 512 | 13.65% | 3,752 | ||||||||||||
| Blue Earth | 5,098 | 34.96% | 9,429 | 64.67% | 29 | 0.20% | 25 | 0.17% | -4,331 | -29.70% | 14,581 | ||||||||||||
| Brown | 2,842 | 28.57% | 7,018 | 70.54% | 67 | 0.67% | 22 | 0.22% | -4,176 | -41.97% | 9,949 | ||||||||||||
| Carlton | 6,153 | 69.48% | 2,653 | 29.96% | 39 | 0.44% | 11 | 0.12% | 3,500 | 39.52% | 8,856 | ||||||||||||
| Carver | 1,565 | 21.06% | 5,828 | 78.42% | 28 | 0.38% | 11 | 0.15% | -4,263 | -57.36% | 7,432 | ||||||||||||
| Cass | 3,377 | 51.58% | 3,135 | 47.88% | 27 | 0.41% | 8 | 0.12% | 242 | 3.70% | 6,547 | ||||||||||||
| Chippewa | 3,264 | 51.98% | 2,967 | 47.25% | 30 | 0.48% | 18 | 0.29% | 297 | 4.73% | 6,279 | ||||||||||||
| Chisago | 2,376 | 43.72% | 3,020 | 55.58% | 29 | 0.53% | 9 | 0.17% | -644 | -11.85% | 5,434 | ||||||||||||
| Clay | 5,230 | 54.06% | 4,392 | 45.40% | 34 | 0.35% | 18 | 0.19% | 838 | 8.66% | 9,674 | ||||||||||||
| Clearwater | 2,658 | 69.58% | 1,125 | 29.45% | 28 | 0.73% | 9 | 0.24% | 1,533 | 40.13% | 3,820 | ||||||||||||
| Cook | 545 | 51.13% | 513 | 48.12% | 8 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 32 | 3.00% | 1,066 | ||||||||||||
| Cottonwood | 2,354 | 37.32% | 3,916 | 62.08% | 20 | 0.32% | 18 | 0.29% | -1,562 | -24.76% | 6,308 | ||||||||||||
| Crow Wing | 5,504 | 54.67% | 4,500 | 44.70% | 40 | 0.40% | 23 | 0.23% | 1,004 | 9.97% | 10,067 | ||||||||||||
| Dakota | 8,562 | 52.20% | 7,731 | 47.13% | 67 | 0.41% | 43 | 0.26% | 831 | 5.07% | 16,403 | ||||||||||||
| Dodge | 1,808 | 38.26% | 2,902 | 61.42% | 9 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.13% | -1,094 | -23.15% | 4,725 | ||||||||||||
| Douglas | 3,681 | 46.79% | 4,140 | 52.62% | 34 | 0.43% | 12 | 0.15% | -459 | -5.83% | 7,867 | ||||||||||||
| Faribault | 3,640 | 38.37% | 5,822 | 61.37% | 15 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.11% | -2,182 | -23.00% | 9,487 | ||||||||||||
| Fillmore | 3,183 | 33.29% | 6,339 | 66.29% | 27 | 0.28% | 13 | 0.14% | -3,156 | -33.01% | 9,562 | ||||||||||||
| Freeborn | 6,486 | 52.96% | 5,728 | 46.77% | 20 | 0.16% | 12 | 0.10% | 758 | 6.19% | 12,246 | ||||||||||||
| Goodhue | 5,791 | 42.33% | 7,820 | 57.17% | 55 | 0.40% | 13 | 0.10% | -2,029 | -14.83% | 13,679 | ||||||||||||
| Grant | 1,969 | 50.76% | 1,898 | 48.93% | 5 | 0.13% | 7 | 0.18% | 71 | 1.83% | 3,879 | ||||||||||||
| Hennepin | 148,792 | 55.66% | 116,781 | 43.69% | 1,368 | 0.51% | 379 | 0.14% | 32,011 | 11.97% | 267,320 | ||||||||||||
| Houston | 1,847 | 31.26% | 4,036 | 68.31% | 17 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.14% | -2,189 | -37.05% | 5,908 | ||||||||||||
| Hubbard | 1,613 | 43.13% | 2,114 | 56.52% | 10 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.08% | -501 | -13.40% | 3,740 | ||||||||||||
| Isanti | 2,225 | 49.59% | 2,205 | 49.14% | 53 | 1.18% | 4 | 0.09% | 20 | 0.45% | 4,487 | ||||||||||||
| Itasca | 8,787 | 67.10% | 4,227 | 32.28% | 60 | 0.46% | 21 | 0.16% | 4,560 | 34.82% | 13,095 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 3,417 | 54.85% | 2,789 | 44.77% | 9 | 0.14% | 15 | 0.24% | 628 | 10.08% | 6,230 | ||||||||||||
| Kanabec | 1,776 | 47.83% | 1,913 | 51.52% | 22 | 0.59% | 2 | 0.05% | -137 | -3.69% | 3,713 | ||||||||||||
| Kandiyohi | 6,482 | 62.61% | 3,784 | 36.55% | 70 | 0.68% | 17 | 0.16% | 2,698 | 26.06% | 10,353 | ||||||||||||
| Kittson | 2,752 | 73.25% | 983 | 26.16% | 19 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,769 | 47.09% | 3,757 | ||||||||||||
| Koochiching | 3,981 | 70.60% | 1,607 | 28.50% | 36 | 0.64% | 15 | 0.27% | 2,374 | 42.10% | 5,639 | ||||||||||||
| Lac qui Parle | 2,779 | 47.10% | 3,104 | 52.61% | 10 | 0.17% | 7 | 0.12% | -325 | -5.51% | 5,900 | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 2,401 | 74.13% | 792 | 24.45% | 40 | 1.23% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,609 | 49.68% | 3,239 | ||||||||||||
| Lake of the Woods | 1,168 | 64.49% | 642 | 35.45% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 526 | 29.04% | 1,811 | ||||||||||||
| Le Sueur | 3,358 | 42.15% | 4,560 | 57.24% | 28 | 0.35% | 21 | 0.26% | -1,202 | -15.09% | 7,967 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 2,302 | 58.77% | 1,600 | 40.85% | 11 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.10% | 702 | 17.92% | 3,917 | ||||||||||||
| Lyon | 4,640 | 55.94% | 3,617 | 43.60% | 18 | 0.22% | 20 | 0.24% | 1,023 | 12.33% | 8,295 | ||||||||||||
| Mahnomen | 1,494 | 66.11% | 748 | 33.10% | 12 | 0.53% | 6 | 0.27% | 746 | 33.01% | 2,260 | ||||||||||||
| Marshall | 3,808 | 64.94% | 2,029 | 34.60% | 16 | 0.27% | 11 | 0.19% | 1,779 | 30.34% | 5,864 | ||||||||||||
| Martin | 4,443 | 46.02% | 5,182 | 53.68% | 20 | 0.21% | 9 | 0.09% | -739 | -7.65% | 9,654 | ||||||||||||
| McLeod | 2,557 | 30.58% | 5,756 | 68.84% | 36 | 0.43% | 12 | 0.14% | -3,199 | -38.26% | 8,361 | ||||||||||||
| Meeker | 3,159 | 42.09% | 4,302 | 57.31% | 34 | 0.45% | 11 | 0.15% | -1,143 | -15.23% | 7,506 | ||||||||||||
| Mille Lacs | 2,872 | 50.32% | 2,798 | 49.03% | 32 | 0.56% | 5 | 0.09% | 74 | 1.30% | 5,707 | ||||||||||||
| Morrison | 3,920 | 43.55% | 5,035 | 55.93% | 33 | 0.37% | 14 | 0.16% | -1,115 | -12.39% | 9,002 | ||||||||||||
| Mower | 7,199 | 52.03% | 6,588 | 47.62% | 29 | 0.21% | 19 | 0.14% | 611 | 4.42% | 13,835 | ||||||||||||
| Murray | 2,495 | 48.90% | 2,585 | 50.67% | 16 | 0.31% | 6 | 0.12% | -90 | -1.76% | 5,102 | ||||||||||||
| Nicollet | 2,321 | 34.63% | 4,345 | 64.83% | 23 | 0.34% | 13 | 0.19% | -2,024 | -30.20% | 6,702 | ||||||||||||
| Nobles | 3,413 | 44.93% | 4,149 | 54.61% | 24 | 0.32% | 11 | 0.14% | -736 | -9.69% | 7,597 | ||||||||||||
| Norman | 2,846 | 59.69% | 1,884 | 39.51% | 28 | 0.59% | 10 | 0.21% | 962 | 20.18% | 4,768 | ||||||||||||
| Olmsted | 6,873 | 45.00% | 8,355 | 54.70% | 28 | 0.18% | 18 | 0.12% | -1,482 | -9.70% | 15,274 | ||||||||||||
| Otter Tail | 5,823 | 31.85% | 12,351 | 67.55% | 78 | 0.43% | 32 | 0.18% | -6,528 | -35.70% | 18,284 | ||||||||||||
| Pennington | 3,330 | 67.89% | 1,525 | 31.09% | 41 | 0.84% | 9 | 0.18% | 1,805 | 36.80% | 4,905 | ||||||||||||
| Pine | 4,332 | 55.33% | 3,433 | 43.85% | 46 | 0.59% | 18 | 0.23% | 899 | 11.48% | 7,829 | ||||||||||||
| Pipestone | 2,129 | 42.63% | 2,844 | 56.95% | 15 | 0.30% | 6 | 0.12% | -715 | -14.32% | 4,994 | ||||||||||||
| Polk | 8,808 | 66.18% | 4,402 | 33.07% | 81 | 0.61% | 19 | 0.14% | 4,406 | 33.10% | 13,310 | ||||||||||||
| Pope | 2,781 | 51.49% | 2,607 | 48.27% | 4 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.17% | 174 | 3.22% | 5,401 | ||||||||||||
| Ramsey | 78,759 | 58.89% | 53,052 | 39.67% | 870 | 0.65% | 1,063 | 0.79% | 25,707 | 19.22% | 133,744 | ||||||||||||
| Red Lake | 1,642 | 68.02% | 757 | 31.36% | 12 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.12% | 885 | 36.66% | 2,414 | ||||||||||||
| Redwood | 2,886 | 34.59% | 5,428 | 65.06% | 16 | 0.19% | 13 | 0.16% | -2,542 | -30.47% | 8,343 | ||||||||||||
| Renville | 3,747 | 41.74% | 5,160 | 57.49% | 49 | 0.55% | 20 | 0.22% | -1,413 | -15.74% | 8,976 | ||||||||||||
| Rice | 4,470 | 39.48% | 6,824 | 60.27% | 18 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.09% | -2,354 | -20.79% | 11,322 | ||||||||||||
| Rock | 1,649 | 38.71% | 2,584 | 60.66% | 20 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.16% | -935 | -21.95% | 4,260 | ||||||||||||
| Roseau | 3,697 | 70.42% | 1,513 | 28.82% | 30 | 0.57% | 10 | 0.19% | 2,184 | 41.60% | 5,250 | ||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 63,369 | 68.92% | 27,493 | 29.90% | 420 | 0.46% | 660 | 0.72% | 35,876 | 39.02% | 91,942 | ||||||||||||
| Scott | 2,786 | 45.30% | 3,326 | 54.08% | 16 | 0.26% | 22 | 0.36% | -540 | -8.78% | 6,150 | ||||||||||||
| Sherburne | 1,447 | 41.13% | 2,046 | 58.16% | 19 | 0.54% | 6 | 0.17% | -599 | -17.03% | 3,518 | ||||||||||||
| Sibley | 1,683 | 27.94% | 4,311 | 71.56% | 15 | 0.25% | 15 | 0.25% | -2,628 | -43.63% | 6,024 | ||||||||||||
| Stearns | 8,647 | 39.25% | 13,298 | 60.37% | 55 | 0.25% | 29 | 0.13% | -4,651 | -21.11% | 22,029 | ||||||||||||
| Steele | 3,307 | 40.92% | 4,760 | 58.90% | 10 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.06% | -1,453 | -17.98% | 8,082 | ||||||||||||
| Stevens | 1,693 | 41.47% | 2,377 | 58.23% | 7 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.12% | -684 | -16.76% | 4,082 | ||||||||||||
| Swift | 3,310 | 56.33% | 2,519 | 42.87% | 31 | 0.53% | 16 | 0.27% | 791 | 13.46% | 5,876 | ||||||||||||
| Todd | 3,803 | 40.06% | 5,636 | 59.37% | 29 | 0.31% | 25 | 0.26% | -1,833 | -19.31% | 9,493 | ||||||||||||
| Traverse | 1,721 | 56.78% | 1,296 | 42.76% | 11 | 0.36% | 3 | 0.10% | 425 | 14.02% | 3,031 | ||||||||||||
| Wabasha | 2,482 | 36.89% | 4,213 | 62.62% | 18 | 0.27% | 15 | 0.22% | -1,731 | -25.73% | 6,728 | ||||||||||||
| Wadena | 1,868 | 41.17% | 2,653 | 58.47% | 10 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.13% | -785 | -17.30% | 4,537 | ||||||||||||
| Waseca | 2,207 | 34.62% | 4,146 | 65.04% | 17 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.08% | -1,939 | -30.42% | 6,375 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 5,599 | 47.94% | 6,014 | 51.49% | 52 | 0.45% | 14 | 0.12% | -415 | -3.55% | 11,679 | ||||||||||||
| Watonwan | 2,324 | 42.31% | 3,146 | 57.27% | 17 | 0.31% | 6 | 0.11% | -822 | -14.96% | 5,493 | ||||||||||||
| Wilkin | 1,819 | 48.17% | 1,945 | 51.51% | 8 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.11% | -126 | -3.34% | 3,776 | ||||||||||||
| Winona | 6,117 | 42.17% | 8,296 | 57.19% | 35 | 0.24% | 58 | 0.40% | -2,179 | -15.02% | 14,506 | ||||||||||||
| Wright | 3,678 | 34.34% | 6,961 | 64.99% | 47 | 0.44% | 25 | 0.23% | -3,283 | -30.65% | 10,711 | ||||||||||||
| Yellow Medicine | 3,214 | 48.81% | 3,337 | 50.68% | 23 | 0.35% | 11 | 0.17% | -123 | -1.87% | 6,585 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 589,864 | 52.41% | 527,416 | 46.86% | 5,048 | 0.45% | 3,176 | 0.28% | 62,448 | 5.55% | 1,125,504 | ||||||||||||