1936 United States presidential election in Missouri
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The 1936 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Missouri was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 60.76 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 38.16 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 1,111,043 | 60.76% | |
| Republican | Alf Landon | 697,891 | 38.16% | |
| Union | William Lemke | 14,630 | 0.80% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 3,454 | 0.19% | |
| Prohibition | D. Leigh Colvin | 908 | 0.05% | |
| Communist | Earl R. Browder | 417 | 0.02% | |
| Socialist Labor | John W. Aiken | 292 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 1,828,635 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| 1936 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[5] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic |
Alf Landon Republican |
William Lemke Union |
Norman Thomas Socialist |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 5,315 | 52.48% | 4,685 | 46.26% | 71 | 0.70% | 37 | 0.37% | 19 | 0.19% | 630 | 6.22% | 10,127 |
| Andrew | 3,702 | 48.12% | 3,987 | 51.83% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -285 | -3.70% | 7,693 |
| Atchison | 3,452 | 53.08% | 3,044 | 46.81% | 3 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | 408 | 6.27% | 6,503 |
| Audrain | 7,455 | 74.59% | 2,508 | 25.10% | 21 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.06% | 4,947 | 49.50% | 9,994 |
| Barry | 5,744 | 49.10% | 5,906 | 50.48% | 14 | 0.12% | 24 | 0.21% | 11 | 0.09% | -162 | -1.38% | 11,699 |
| Barton | 4,048 | 55.84% | 3,164 | 43.65% | 14 | 0.19% | 15 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.11% | 884 | 12.19% | 7,249 |
| Bates | 5,681 | 52.71% | 5,022 | 46.60% | 59 | 0.55% | 4 | 0.04% | 11 | 0.10% | 659 | 6.11% | 10,777 |
| Benton | 1,950 | 36.48% | 3,375 | 63.13% | 12 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.11% | -1,425 | -26.66% | 5,346 |
| Bollinger | 2,816 | 47.98% | 2,988 | 50.91% | 59 | 1.01% | 5 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | -172 | -2.93% | 5,869 |
| Boone | 11,241 | 75.31% | 3,624 | 24.28% | 11 | 0.07% | 36 | 0.24% | 14 | 0.09% | 7,617 | 51.03% | 14,926 |
| Buchanan | 28,825 | 64.15% | 15,912 | 35.41% | 161 | 0.36% | 23 | 0.05% | 12 | 0.03% | 12,913 | 28.74% | 44,933 |
| Butler | 6,234 | 49.35% | 6,355 | 50.31% | 2 | 0.02% | 27 | 0.21% | 13 | 0.10% | -121 | -0.96% | 12,631 |
| Caldwell | 3,014 | 44.24% | 3,792 | 55.66% | 2 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.03% | -778 | -11.42% | 6,813 |
| Callaway | 7,160 | 69.56% | 3,112 | 30.23% | 14 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.04% | 4,048 | 39.33% | 10,293 |
| Camden | 1,908 | 45.48% | 2,281 | 54.37% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.10% | -373 | -8.89% | 4,195 |
| Cape Girardeau | 8,892 | 54.45% | 7,374 | 45.16% | 29 | 0.18% | 24 | 0.15% | 11 | 0.07% | 1,518 | 9.30% | 16,330 |
| Carroll | 5,141 | 48.48% | 5,432 | 51.22% | 25 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.04% | -291 | -2.74% | 10,605 |
| Carter | 1,590 | 59.13% | 1,073 | 39.90% | 7 | 0.26% | 17 | 0.63% | 2 | 0.07% | 517 | 19.23% | 2,689 |
| Cass | 5,731 | 58.17% | 4,070 | 41.31% | 13 | 0.13% | 27 | 0.27% | 12 | 0.12% | 1,661 | 16.86% | 9,853 |
| Cedar | 2,443 | 40.64% | 3,535 | 58.80% | 18 | 0.30% | 9 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.12% | -1,092 | -18.16% | 6,012 |
| Chariton | 5,490 | 61.29% | 3,433 | 38.33% | 25 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.07% | 2,057 | 22.97% | 8,957 |
| Christian | 2,462 | 37.87% | 4,022 | 61.87% | 4 | 0.06% | 10 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.05% | -1,560 | -24.00% | 6,501 |
| Clark | 3,003 | 51.42% | 2,812 | 48.15% | 15 | 0.26% | 5 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.09% | 191 | 3.27% | 5,840 |
| Clay | 9,535 | 67.70% | 4,491 | 31.89% | 35 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.05% | 16 | 0.11% | 5,044 | 35.81% | 14,084 |
| Clinton | 4,166 | 61.93% | 2,512 | 37.34% | 37 | 0.55% | 4 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.12% | 1,654 | 24.59% | 6,727 |
| Cole | 8,831 | 58.46% | 6,180 | 40.91% | 81 | 0.54% | 11 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,651 | 17.55% | 15,106 |
| Cooper | 5,188 | 50.88% | 4,980 | 48.84% | 16 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.05% | 8 | 0.08% | 208 | 2.04% | 10,197 |
| Crawford | 2,879 | 48.30% | 3,041 | 51.01% | 26 | 0.44% | 11 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.07% | -162 | -2.72% | 5,961 |
| Dade | 2,312 | 40.78% | 3,326 | 58.67% | 12 | 0.21% | 10 | 0.18% | 9 | 0.16% | -1,014 | -17.89% | 5,669 |
| Dallas | 1,749 | 36.23% | 3,066 | 63.50% | 2 | 0.04% | 9 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.04% | -1,317 | -27.28% | 4,828 |
| Daviess | 3,953 | 50.03% | 3,924 | 49.66% | 14 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.08% | 29 | 0.37% | 7,902 |
| DeKalb | 2,680 | 48.11% | 2,872 | 51.56% | 10 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 7 | 0.13% | -192 | -3.45% | 5,570 |
| Dent | 3,168 | 57.45% | 2,313 | 41.95% | 3 | 0.05% | 26 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.07% | 855 | 15.51% | 5,514 |
| Douglas | 2,118 | 34.23% | 4,031 | 65.15% | 11 | 0.18% | 20 | 0.32% | 7 | 0.11% | -1,913 | -30.92% | 6,187 |
| Dunklin | 10,233 | 72.75% | 3,775 | 26.84% | 39 | 0.28% | 12 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.05% | 6,458 | 45.91% | 14,066 |
| Franklin | 7,565 | 47.52% | 7,708 | 48.42% | 602 | 3.78% | 33 | 0.21% | 12 | 0.08% | -143 | -0.90% | 15,920 |
| Gasconade | 1,492 | 26.10% | 4,202 | 73.51% | 10 | 0.17% | 7 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.09% | -2,710 | -47.41% | 5,716 |
| Gentry | 4,173 | 57.12% | 3,115 | 42.64% | 10 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,058 | 14.48% | 7,306 |
| Greene | 21,489 | 55.23% | 17,298 | 44.46% | 34 | 0.09% | 59 | 0.15% | 26 | 0.07% | 4,191 | 10.77% | 38,906 |
| Grundy | 4,187 | 47.78% | 4,521 | 51.59% | 28 | 0.32% | 19 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.09% | -334 | -3.81% | 8,763 |
| Harrison | 3,942 | 44.53% | 4,888 | 55.22% | 8 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.06% | 9 | 0.10% | -946 | -10.69% | 8,852 |
| Henry | 7,145 | 59.00% | 4,927 | 40.68% | 12 | 0.10% | 19 | 0.16% | 8 | 0.07% | 2,218 | 18.31% | 12,111 |
| Hickory | 910 | 28.03% | 2,329 | 71.73% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.12% | -1,419 | -43.70% | 3,247 |
| Holt | 3,076 | 47.33% | 3,409 | 52.45% | 5 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.09% | -333 | -5.12% | 6,499 |
| Howard | 5,326 | 75.10% | 1,745 | 24.61% | 9 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.08% | 3,581 | 50.49% | 7,092 |
| Howell | 4,725 | 46.95% | 5,297 | 52.63% | 27 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.08% | -572 | -5.68% | 10,064 |
| Iron | 2,413 | 59.89% | 1,605 | 39.84% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 8 | 0.20% | 808 | 20.05% | 4,029 |
| Jackson | 215,120 | 72.84% | 79,119 | 26.79% | 830 | 0.28% | 155 | 0.05% | 95 | 0.03% | 136,001 | 46.05% | 295,319 |
| Jasper | 19,822 | 57.31% | 14,440 | 41.75% | 178 | 0.51% | 96 | 0.28% | 49 | 0.14% | 5,382 | 15.56% | 34,585 |
| Jefferson | 9,158 | 61.16% | 5,575 | 37.23% | 208 | 1.39% | 18 | 0.12% | 15 | 0.10% | 3,583 | 23.93% | 14,974 |
| Johnson | 6,294 | 51.96% | 5,797 | 47.86% | 11 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.03% | 497 | 4.10% | 12,113 |
| Knox | 3,030 | 58.35% | 2,134 | 41.09% | 23 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.10% | 896 | 17.25% | 5,193 |
| Laclede | 3,691 | 46.27% | 4,258 | 53.38% | 10 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.10% | -567 | -7.11% | 7,977 |
| Lafayette | 7,275 | 48.95% | 7,535 | 50.70% | 13 | 0.09% | 29 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.06% | -260 | -1.75% | 14,861 |
| Lawrence | 6,184 | 49.71% | 6,185 | 49.72% | 36 | 0.29% | 10 | 0.08% | 24 | 0.19% | -1 | -0.01% | 12,439 |
| Lewis | 3,859 | 65.37% | 1,994 | 33.78% | 27 | 0.46% | 18 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,865 | 31.59% | 5,903 |
| Lincoln | 4,625 | 66.80% | 2,258 | 32.61% | 37 | 0.53% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,367 | 34.19% | 6,924 |
| Linn | 6,744 | 56.60% | 5,118 | 42.95% | 40 | 0.34% | 9 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.03% | 1,626 | 13.65% | 11,915 |
| Livingston | 5,226 | 52.55% | 4,678 | 47.04% | 28 | 0.28% | 8 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.04% | 548 | 5.51% | 9,944 |
| Macon | 6,417 | 56.98% | 4,808 | 42.69% | 21 | 0.19% | 10 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.05% | 1,609 | 14.29% | 11,262 |
| Madison | 2,323 | 53.50% | 2,013 | 46.36% | 1 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 310 | 7.14% | 4,342 |
| Maries | 2,414 | 64.55% | 1,306 | 34.92% | 12 | 0.32% | 5 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,108 | 29.63% | 3,740 |
| Marion | 11,068 | 70.29% | 4,628 | 29.39% | 15 | 0.10% | 16 | 0.10% | 20 | 0.13% | 6,440 | 40.90% | 15,747 |
| McDonald | 3,503 | 51.37% | 3,312 | 48.57% | 1 | 0.01% | 2 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 191 | 2.80% | 6,819 |
| Mercer | 1,834 | 39.83% | 2,757 | 59.87% | 5 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.04% | -923 | -20.04% | 4,605 |
| Miller | 3,436 | 48.49% | 3,607 | 50.90% | 29 | 0.41% | 8 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.08% | -171 | -2.41% | 7,086 |
| Mississippi | 4,160 | 61.75% | 2,552 | 37.88% | 4 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.12% | 13 | 0.19% | 1,608 | 23.87% | 6,737 |
| Moniteau | 3,210 | 49.64% | 3,238 | 50.08% | 15 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.02% | -28 | -0.43% | 6,466 |
| Monroe | 6,376 | 86.87% | 939 | 12.79% | 16 | 0.22% | 5 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.05% | 5,437 | 74.07% | 7,340 |
| Montgomery | 3,458 | 49.85% | 3,468 | 49.99% | 2 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.07% | -10 | -0.14% | 6,937 |
| Morgan | 2,585 | 46.19% | 2,993 | 53.48% | 6 | 0.11% | 10 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.04% | -408 | -7.29% | 5,596 |
| New Madrid | 7,791 | 60.53% | 5,056 | 39.28% | 5 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.06% | 12 | 0.09% | 2,735 | 21.25% | 12,872 |
| Newton | 6,929 | 51.52% | 6,437 | 47.87% | 34 | 0.25% | 30 | 0.22% | 18 | 0.13% | 492 | 3.66% | 13,448 |
| Nodaway | 7,499 | 55.97% | 5,817 | 43.41% | 63 | 0.47% | 12 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.06% | 1,682 | 12.55% | 13,399 |
| Oregon | 3,504 | 70.50% | 1,461 | 29.40% | 2 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,043 | 41.11% | 4,970 |
| Osage | 3,995 | 57.91% | 2,836 | 41.11% | 54 | 0.78% | 12 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,159 | 16.80% | 6,899 |
| Ozark | 1,359 | 31.21% | 2,981 | 68.47% | 1 | 0.02% | 9 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.09% | -1,622 | -37.25% | 4,354 |
| Pemiscot | 8,171 | 66.30% | 4,139 | 33.58% | 2 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.06% | 4,032 | 32.72% | 12,324 |
| Perry | 3,098 | 46.90% | 3,382 | 51.20% | 118 | 1.79% | 5 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.05% | -284 | -4.30% | 6,606 |
| Pettis | 9,265 | 55.08% | 7,435 | 44.20% | 98 | 0.58% | 9 | 0.05% | 14 | 0.08% | 1,830 | 10.88% | 16,821 |
| Phelps | 4,658 | 63.11% | 2,690 | 36.44% | 9 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.14% | 14 | 0.19% | 1,968 | 26.66% | 7,381 |
| Pike | 5,898 | 66.82% | 2,871 | 32.53% | 25 | 0.28% | 23 | 0.26% | 10 | 0.11% | 3,027 | 34.29% | 8,827 |
| Platte | 4,884 | 72.99% | 1,787 | 26.71% | 9 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.07% | 3,097 | 46.29% | 6,691 |
| Polk | 3,899 | 43.09% | 5,126 | 56.65% | 7 | 0.08% | 9 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.08% | -1,227 | -13.56% | 9,048 |
| Pulaski | 2,886 | 56.86% | 2,177 | 42.89% | 3 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.10% | 709 | 13.97% | 5,076 |
| Putnam | 1,902 | 35.21% | 3,458 | 64.01% | 5 | 0.09% | 28 | 0.52% | 9 | 0.17% | -1,556 | -28.80% | 5,402 |
| Ralls | 3,822 | 78.24% | 1,051 | 21.51% | 4 | 0.08% | 7 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,771 | 56.72% | 4,885 |
| Randolph | 9,733 | 77.92% | 2,723 | 21.80% | 22 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.06% | 7,010 | 56.12% | 12,491 |
| Ray | 6,300 | 69.05% | 2,805 | 30.74% | 8 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,495 | 38.31% | 9,124 |
| Reynolds | 2,476 | 72.91% | 915 | 26.94% | 5 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,561 | 45.97% | 3,396 |
| Ripley | 2,466 | 56.08% | 1,911 | 43.46% | 4 | 0.09% | 14 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.05% | 555 | 12.62% | 4,397 |
| Saint Charles | 5,903 | 48.91% | 5,156 | 42.72% | 901 | 7.47% | 100 | 0.83% | 8 | 0.07% | 747 | 6.19% | 12,068 |
| Saint Clair | 3,302 | 49.40% | 3,351 | 50.13% | 16 | 0.24% | 11 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.06% | -49 | -0.73% | 6,684 |
| Saint Francois | 7,876 | 51.77% | 7,271 | 47.79% | 34 | 0.22% | 21 | 0.14% | 11 | 0.07% | 605 | 3.98% | 15,213 |
| Saint Louis County | 63,226 | 56.40% | 45,541 | 40.63% | 2,615 | 2.33% | 615 | 0.55% | 103 | 0.09% | 17,685 | 15.78% | 112,100 |
| Saint Louis City | 260,063 | 65.54% | 127,887 | 32.23% | 7,037 | 1.77% | 1,268 | 0.32% | 575 | 0.14% | 132,176 | 33.31% | 396,830 |
| Sainte Genevieve | 2,446 | 58.49% | 1,664 | 39.79% | 65 | 1.55% | 7 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 782 | 18.70% | 4,182 |
| Saline | 8,622 | 58.35% | 6,108 | 41.34% | 17 | 0.12% | 9 | 0.06% | 20 | 0.14% | 2,514 | 17.01% | 14,776 |
| Schuyler | 2,173 | 59.88% | 1,447 | 39.87% | 7 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 726 | 20.01% | 3,629 |
| Scotland | 2,768 | 58.01% | 1,940 | 40.65% | 48 | 1.01% | 8 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.17% | 828 | 17.35% | 4,772 |
| Scott | 7,763 | 70.95% | 3,126 | 28.57% | 35 | 0.32% | 10 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.06% | 4,637 | 42.38% | 10,941 |
| Shannon | 3,069 | 70.57% | 1,225 | 28.17% | 8 | 0.18% | 44 | 1.01% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,844 | 42.40% | 4,349 |
| Shelby | 4,367 | 71.57% | 1,697 | 27.81% | 28 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.13% | 2,670 | 43.76% | 6,102 |
| Stoddard | 6,608 | 57.51% | 4,828 | 42.02% | 6 | 0.05% | 34 | 0.30% | 15 | 0.13% | 1,780 | 15.49% | 11,491 |
| Stone | 1,366 | 28.79% | 3,366 | 70.94% | 3 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.08% | -2,000 | -42.15% | 4,745 |
| Sullivan | 3,986 | 49.67% | 4,019 | 50.08% | 14 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.04% | -33 | -0.41% | 8,025 |
| Taney | 1,710 | 37.50% | 2,827 | 62.00% | 15 | 0.33% | 7 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,117 | -24.50% | 4,560 |
| Texas | 4,718 | 53.11% | 4,132 | 46.51% | 5 | 0.06% | 18 | 0.20% | 11 | 0.12% | 586 | 6.60% | 8,884 |
| Vernon | 6,872 | 59.87% | 4,546 | 39.61% | 40 | 0.35% | 10 | 0.09% | 10 | 0.09% | 2,326 | 20.26% | 11,478 |
| Warren | 1,277 | 32.40% | 2,639 | 66.96% | 9 | 0.23% | 10 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.15% | -1,362 | -34.56% | 3,941 |
| Washington | 2,942 | 49.85% | 2,909 | 49.29% | 23 | 0.39% | 17 | 0.29% | 11 | 0.19% | 33 | 0.56% | 5,902 |
| Wayne | 3,235 | 56.31% | 2,494 | 43.41% | 3 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.12% | 741 | 12.90% | 5,745 |
| Webster | 3,612 | 44.58% | 4,469 | 55.16% | 8 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 12 | 0.15% | -857 | -10.58% | 8,102 |
| Worth | 1,944 | 54.67% | 1,581 | 44.46% | 27 | 0.76% | 2 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.06% | 363 | 10.21% | 3,556 |
| Wright | 3,296 | 40.32% | 4,837 | 59.18% | 9 | 0.11% | 14 | 0.17% | 18 | 0.22% | -1,541 | -18.85% | 8,174 |
| Totals | 1,111,043 | 60.76% | 697,891 | 38.16% | 14,630 | 0.80% | 3,454 | 0.19% | 1,617 | 0.09% | 413,152 | 22.59% | 1,828,635 |
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