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The 1936 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose 14[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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All 14 Indiana votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indiana was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner of Texas, with 56.63% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with businessman Frank Knox of Illinois, with 41.89% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Boone County, Rush County, Union County and Wayne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5] Indiana has only voted for the Democratic candidate twice since this election, in 1964 and in 2008. This marks the only time since 1856 that Indiana has voted Democratic in consecutive presidential elections.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 934,974 | 56.63% | |
Republican | Alf Landon | 691,570 | 41.89% | |
Union | William Lemke | 19,407 | 1.18% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 3,856 | 0.23% | |
Communist | Earl R. Browder | 1,090 | 0.07% | |
Total votes | 1,650,897 | 100% |
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican |
William Frederick Lemke[6] Union |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[7] Socialist |
Earl Russell Browder[7] Communist |
Margin | Total votes cast[8] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 5,822 | 63.23% | 3,249 | 35.28% | 119 | 1.29% | 15 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,573 | 27.94% | 9,208 |
Allen | 39,151 | 59.19% | 24,765 | 37.44% | 2,056 | 3.11% | 136 | 0.21% | 38 | 0.06% | 14,386 | 21.75% | 66,146 |
Bartholomew | 8,536 | 56.50% | 6,484 | 42.92% | 50 | 0.33% | 34 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,052 | 13.58% | 15,107 |
Benton | 3,211 | 50.72% | 2,989 | 47.21% | 125 | 1.97% | 6 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 222 | 3.51% | 6,331 |
Blackford | 4,217 | 59.02% | 2,845 | 39.82% | 68 | 0.95% | 15 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,372 | 19.20% | 7,145 |
Boone | 6,775 | 53.80% | 5,739 | 45.57% | 65 | 0.52% | 13 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,036 | 8.23% | 12,593 |
Brown | 1,585 | 55.73% | 1,244 | 43.74% | 8 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.07% | 341 | 11.99% | 2,844 |
Carroll | 4,676 | 51.01% | 4,426 | 48.28% | 60 | 0.65% | 1 | 0.01% | 4 | 0.04% | 250 | 2.73% | 9,167 |
Cass | 10,475 | 53.93% | 8,528 | 43.91% | 384 | 1.98% | 31 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.02% | 1,947 | 10.02% | 19,422 |
Clark | 10,116 | 63.64% | 5,536 | 34.83% | 213 | 1.34% | 29 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.01% | 4,580 | 28.81% | 15,896 |
Clay | 8,235 | 56.09% | 6,335 | 43.15% | 51 | 0.35% | 54 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.05% | 1,900 | 12.94% | 14,683 |
Clinton | 8,340 | 53.02% | 7,265 | 46.19% | 92 | 0.58% | 22 | 0.14% | 11 | 0.07% | 1,075 | 6.83% | 15,730 |
Crawford | 2,919 | 52.89% | 2,589 | 46.91% | 5 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 330 | 5.98% | 5,519 |
Daviess | 6,848 | 50.84% | 6,459 | 47.95% | 123 | 0.91% | 37 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.02% | 389 | 2.89% | 13,470 |
Dearborn | 6,366 | 56.56% | 4,669 | 41.48% | 193 | 1.71% | 25 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,697 | 15.08% | 11,256 |
Decatur | 4,887 | 48.35% | 5,126 | 50.72% | 76 | 0.75% | 15 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.03% | -239 | -2.36% | 10,107 |
DeKalb | 6,970 | 53.50% | 5,848 | 44.89% | 182 | 1.40% | 25 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,122 | 8.61% | 13,027 |
Delaware | 19,048 | 56.81% | 14,207 | 42.37% | 187 | 0.56% | 69 | 0.21% | 16 | 0.05% | 4,841 | 14.44% | 33,527 |
Dubois | 6,927 | 66.87% | 3,011 | 29.07% | 393 | 3.79% | 27 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,916 | 37.80% | 10,359 |
Elkhart | 14,473 | 47.65% | 14,896 | 49.05% | 875 | 2.88% | 100 | 0.33% | 27 | 0.09% | -423 | -1.39% | 30,371 |
Fayette | 5,756 | 52.70% | 5,067 | 46.39% | 75 | 0.69% | 21 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.03% | 689 | 6.31% | 10,922 |
Floyd | 10,654 | 58.79% | 6,976 | 38.50% | 425 | 2.35% | 63 | 0.35% | 3 | 0.02% | 3,678 | 20.30% | 18,121 |
Fountain | 5,617 | 54.45% | 4,663 | 45.20% | 26 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.01% | 954 | 9.25% | 10,316 |
Franklin | 3,891 | 54.31% | 2,952 | 41.21% | 311 | 4.34% | 9 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.01% | 939 | 13.11% | 7,164 |
Fulton | 4,322 | 48.00% | 4,541 | 50.43% | 125 | 1.39% | 13 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.03% | -219 | -2.43% | 9,004 |
Gibson | 9,392 | 56.21% | 7,078 | 42.36% | 172 | 1.03% | 43 | 0.26% | 25 | 0.15% | 2,314 | 13.85% | 16,710 |
Grant | 13,655 | 52.00% | 11,774 | 44.84% | 722 | 2.75% | 87 | 0.33% | 22 | 0.08% | 1,881 | 7.16% | 26,260 |
Greene | 9,730 | 56.10% | 7,460 | 43.01% | 50 | 0.29% | 73 | 0.42% | 31 | 0.18% | 2,270 | 13.09% | 17,344 |
Hamilton | 5,396 | 41.93% | 7,323 | 56.90% | 139 | 1.08% | 12 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,927 | -14.97% | 12,870 |
Hancock | 5,962 | 58.57% | 4,174 | 41.00% | 33 | 0.32% | 11 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,788 | 17.56% | 10,180 |
Harrison | 5,025 | 55.92% | 3,885 | 43.23% | 64 | 0.71% | 10 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,140 | 12.69% | 8,986 |
Hendricks | 5,237 | 47.19% | 5,776 | 52.05% | 63 | 0.57% | 20 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.01% | -539 | -4.86% | 11,097 |
Henry | 10,172 | 52.38% | 9,099 | 46.85% | 99 | 0.51% | 44 | 0.23% | 6 | 0.03% | 1,073 | 5.53% | 19,420 |
Howard | 12,288 | 54.99% | 9,534 | 42.67% | 425 | 1.90% | 86 | 0.38% | 13 | 0.06% | 2,754 | 12.32% | 22,346 |
Huntington | 8,361 | 53.26% | 7,024 | 44.75% | 275 | 1.75% | 34 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.02% | 1,337 | 8.52% | 15,697 |
Jackson | 8,018 | 61.50% | 4,951 | 37.98% | 34 | 0.26% | 33 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,067 | 23.53% | 13,037 |
Jasper | 3,109 | 46.26% | 3,540 | 52.67% | 59 | 0.88% | 10 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.04% | -431 | -6.41% | 6,721 |
Jay | 6,535 | 54.61% | 5,233 | 43.73% | 178 | 1.49% | 18 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,302 | 10.88% | 11,967 |
Jefferson | 4,805 | 47.08% | 5,320 | 52.12% | 69 | 0.68% | 12 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.01% | -515 | -5.05% | 10,207 |
Jennings | 3,157 | 46.27% | 3,594 | 52.67% | 63 | 0.92% | 6 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.04% | -437 | -6.40% | 6,823 |
Johnson | 6,934 | 56.24% | 5,315 | 43.11% | 66 | 0.54% | 13 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,619 | 13.13% | 12,329 |
Knox | 13,669 | 61.02% | 8,589 | 38.34% | 53 | 0.24% | 62 | 0.28% | 27 | 0.12% | 5,080 | 22.68% | 22,400 |
Kosciusko | 6,890 | 45.39% | 8,182 | 53.90% | 94 | 0.62% | 11 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.01% | -1,292 | -8.51% | 15,179 |
LaGrange | 2,821 | 46.69% | 3,125 | 51.72% | 85 | 1.41% | 9 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.03% | -304 | -5.03% | 6,042 |
Lake | 68,551 | 66.07% | 33,689 | 32.47% | 1,064 | 1.03% | 244 | 0.24% | 202 | 0.19% | 34,862 | 33.60% | 103,750 |
LaPorte | 15,359 | 56.07% | 11,722 | 42.79% | 238 | 0.87% | 63 | 0.23% | 10 | 0.04% | 3,637 | 13.28% | 27,392 |
Lawrence | 8,062 | 44.35% | 9,982 | 54.91% | 111 | 0.61% | 22 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,920 | -10.56% | 18,178 |
Madison | 27,347 | 61.46% | 16,644 | 37.41% | 391 | 0.88% | 88 | 0.20% | 25 | 0.06% | 10,703 | 24.05% | 44,495 |
Marion | 124,961 | 57.71% | 87,798 | 40.54% | 2,953 | 1.36% | 669 | 0.31% | 169 | 0.08% | 37,163 | 17.16% | 216,550 |
Marshall | 6,651 | 51.28% | 6,118 | 47.17% | 182 | 1.40% | 19 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.01% | 533 | 4.11% | 12,971 |
Martin | 2,923 | 52.70% | 2,583 | 46.57% | 32 | 0.58% | 7 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.02% | 340 | 6.13% | 5,546 |
Miami | 8,173 | 54.05% | 6,747 | 44.62% | 133 | 0.88% | 61 | 0.40% | 8 | 0.05% | 1,426 | 9.43% | 15,122 |
Monroe | 9,220 | 50.91% | 8,842 | 48.82% | 24 | 0.13% | 19 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.03% | 378 | 2.09% | 18,110 |
Montgomery | 8,053 | 51.79% | 7,369 | 47.39% | 59 | 0.38% | 59 | 0.38% | 9 | 0.06% | 684 | 4.40% | 15,549 |
Morgan | 5,451 | 48.12% | 5,793 | 51.14% | 63 | 0.56% | 18 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.03% | -342 | -3.02% | 11,328 |
Newton | 2,430 | 44.93% | 2,937 | 54.31% | 18 | 0.33% | 21 | 0.39% | 2 | 0.04% | -507 | -9.37% | 5,408 |
Noble | 5,990 | 50.18% | 5,760 | 48.26% | 165 | 1.38% | 16 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.04% | 230 | 1.93% | 11,936 |
Ohio | 1,362 | 57.13% | 1,022 | 42.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 340 | 14.26% | 2,384 |
Orange | 4,549 | 46.94% | 5,106 | 52.68% | 31 | 0.32% | 6 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -557 | -5.75% | 9,692 |
Owen | 3,498 | 52.62% | 3,091 | 46.50% | 40 | 0.60% | 15 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.06% | 407 | 6.12% | 6,648 |
Parke | 4,811 | 50.42% | 4,665 | 48.89% | 21 | 0.22% | 37 | 0.39% | 8 | 0.08% | 146 | 1.53% | 9,542 |
Perry | 4,752 | 55.13% | 3,619 | 41.99% | 228 | 2.65% | 19 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,133 | 13.15% | 8,619 |
Pike | 4,952 | 55.75% | 3,885 | 43.74% | 31 | 0.35% | 13 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,067 | 12.01% | 8,882 |
Porter | 5,560 | 46.58% | 6,278 | 52.60% | 68 | 0.57% | 28 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.02% | -718 | -6.02% | 11,936 |
Posey | 5,630 | 63.34% | 3,088 | 34.74% | 152 | 1.71% | 12 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.07% | 2,542 | 28.60% | 8,888 |
Pulaski | 3,274 | 53.50% | 2,780 | 45.42% | 31 | 0.51% | 35 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 494 | 8.07% | 6,120 |
Putnam | 6,177 | 55.12% | 4,961 | 44.27% | 24 | 0.21% | 41 | 0.37% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,216 | 10.85% | 11,207 |
Randolph | 6,487 | 48.84% | 6,682 | 50.30% | 91 | 0.69% | 20 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.02% | -195 | -1.47% | 13,283 |
Ripley | 5,546 | 51.84% | 4,919 | 45.98% | 205 | 1.92% | 24 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.04% | 627 | 5.86% | 10,698 |
Rush | 5,999 | 52.17% | 5,457 | 47.45% | 34 | 0.30% | 8 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.02% | 542 | 4.71% | 11,500 |
St. Joseph | 43,131 | 61.32% | 25,807 | 36.69% | 1,135 | 1.61% | 4 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.04% | 17,324 | 24.63% | 70,339 |
Scott | 2,696 | 56.81% | 2,034 | 42.86% | 10 | 0.21% | 14 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 662 | 13.95% | 4,746 |
Shelby | 8,552 | 58.11% | 6,026 | 40.95% | 124 | 0.84% | 15 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.04% | 2,526 | 17.16% | 14,717 |
Spencer | 4,966 | 51.32% | 4,567 | 47.20% | 124 | 1.28% | 154 | 0.22% | 112 | 0.16% | 399 | 4.12% | 9,676 |
Starke | 3,143 | 52.11% | 2,846 | 47.18% | 23 | 0.38% | 14 | 0.23% | 6 | 0.10% | 297 | 4.92% | 6,032 |
Steuben | 3,402 | 45.09% | 3,998 | 52.99% | 133 | 1.76% | 11 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.01% | -596 | -7.90% | 7,545 |
Sullivan | 10,203 | 67.33% | 4,685 | 30.92% | 79 | 0.52% | 161 | 1.06% | 26 | 0.17% | 5,518 | 36.41% | 15,154 |
Switzerland | 2,840 | 56.06% | 2,212 | 43.66% | 8 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 628 | 12.40% | 5,066 |
Tippecanoe | 12,732 | 48.74% | 13,081 | 50.08% | 249 | 0.95% | 54 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.02% | -349 | -1.34% | 26,122 |
Tipton | 4,796 | 54.88% | 3,842 | 43.96% | 88 | 1.01% | 12 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.01% | 954 | 10.92% | 8,739 |
Union | 1,662 | 50.17% | 1,630 | 49.20% | 21 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 32 | 0.97% | 3,313 |
Vanderburgh | 41,490 | 72.68% | 14,725 | 25.79% | 655 | 1.15% | 174 | 0.30% | 41 | 0.07% | 26,765 | 46.89% | 57,085 |
Vermillion | 7,188 | 61.78% | 4,320 | 37.13% | 56 | 0.48% | 42 | 0.36% | 29 | 0.25% | 2,868 | 24.65% | 11,635 |
Vigo | 33,018 | 65.08% | 17,278 | 34.05% | 239 | 0.47% | 139 | 0.27% | 64 | 0.13% | 15,740 | 31.02% | 50,738 |
Wabash | 6,200 | 45.51% | 7,223 | 53.02% | 171 | 1.26% | 20 | 0.15% | 9 | 0.07% | -1,023 | -7.51% | 13,623 |
Warren | 2,242 | 44.44% | 2,780 | 55.10% | 13 | 0.26% | 9 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | -538 | -10.66% | 5,045 |
Warrick | 5,343 | 56.67% | 3,968 | 42.08% | 107 | 1.13% | 10 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,375 | 14.58% | 9,429 |
Washington | 4,766 | 56.19% | 3,690 | 43.50% | 22 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,076 | 12.69% | 8,482 |
Wayne | 13,696 | 51.93% | 12,126 | 45.98% | 489 | 1.85% | 45 | 0.17% | 17 | 0.06% | 1,570 | 5.95% | 26,373 |
Wells | 6,189 | 62.81% | 3,606 | 36.59% | 48 | 0.49% | 9 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,583 | 26.21% | 9,854 |
White | 4,863 | 52.57% | 4,245 | 45.89% | 132 | 1.43% | 10 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 618 | 6.68% | 9,250 |
Whitley | 5,115 | 55.90% | 3,959 | 43.27% | 62 | 0.68% | 13 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,156 | 12.63% | 9,150 |
Totals | 934,974 | 56.63% | 691,570 | 41.89% | 19,407 | 1.18% | 3,856 | 0.23% | 1,090 | 0.07% | 243,404 | 14.74% | 1,650,897 |
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