Electoral history of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932

Template:Franklin D. Roosevelt series This is the electoral history of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served as the 32nd president of the United States (1933–1945) and the 44th governor of New York (1929–1932).

A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt was first elected to the New York State Senate in 1910, representing the 26th district. He won re-election in 1912 before resigning shortly after starting his second term to accept the position of Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson. He served throughout World War I, then resigned in 1920 to run for Vice President of the United States as a part of James M. Cox's campaign. They would lose in a landslide to the Republican ticket of Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. After a break from electoral politics following his polio diagnosis, Roosevelt made his political comeback when he was narrowly elected Governor of New York in the 1928 election. His popularity as a result of his handling of the Great Depression in the state allowed him to win re-election by a much wider margin in 1930.

Roosevelt re-entered national politics when he announced his bid for the presidency in the 1932 election. After securing the Democratic nomination, he unseated incumbent President Herbert Hoover, becoming the first Democrat to win an outright majority of the popular vote since Samuel J. Tilden in 1876 and effectively jumpstarting the Fifth Party System. His re-election in 1936 was the greatest electoral landslide since the largely uncontested 1820 election, receiving the highest percentage of the electoral vote won by any candidate since then. He became the first and only president to win an unprecedented third and fourth terms in 1940 and 1944, in which he continued to enjoy relatively comfortable margins of victory due to his favorable handling of World War II and the persisting popularity of the New Deal. Roosevelt would die in office less than three months into his fourth term, being succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman.

New York State Senate elections (1910–1912)

1910

1910 New York's 26th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Franklin D. Roosevelt	Template:Replace	51.88
		John F. Schlosser (incumbent)	14,568	48.12
Total votes			30,276	100.00
	gain from

1912

1912 New York's 26th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)	Template:Replace	48.45
		Jacob G. Southard	13,959	43.38
		George A. Vossler	2,628	8.17
Total votes			32,177	100.00
	hold

United States Senate election (1914)

Primary election

1914 United States Senate election in New York, Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		James W. Gerard		62.08
		Franklin D. Roosevelt		29.64
		James S. McDonough		8.29
Total votes				100.00

Vice presidential campaign (1920)

Nomination

1920 Democratic National Convention, vice presidential tally

Candidate		Votes	%
Franklin D. Roosevelt		Template:Replace	100.00
Total votes		Template:Replace	100.00

General election

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Electoral College map of the 1920 presidential election

New York gubernatorial elections (1928–1930)

1928

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County results of the 1928 gubernatorial election

1928 New York gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Franklin D. Roosevelt	Template:Replace	48.96
		Albert Ottinger	2,104,129	48.36
		Louis Waldman	101,859	2.34
		William F. Dunne	10,741	0.25
		Charles Hunter Corregan	4,213	0.10
Total votes			4,351,135	100.00
	hold

1930

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County results of the 1930 gubernatorial election

1930 New York gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)	Template:Replace	56.13
		Charles H. Tuttle	1,045,341	33.14
		Robert P. Carroll	190,666	6.05
		Louis Waldman	120,444	3.82
		William Z. Foster	18,034	0.57
		Jeremiah D. Crowley	9,096	0.29
Total votes			3,153,923	100.00
	hold

Presidential elections (1932–1944)

1932

Primary elections

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First-instance vote by state and territory

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  Favorite sons

1932 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Candidate		Votes	%
Franklin D. Roosevelt		Template:Replace	49.44
J. Hamilton Lewis		Template:Replace	19.92
Al Smith		Template:Replace	14.04
John Nance Garner		Template:Replace	8.43
William H. Murray		Template:Replace	7.64
Leo J. Chassee		Template:Replace	0.25
Gus H. Howard		Template:Replace	0.19
Others		Template:Replace	0.10
Total votes		Template:Replace	100.00

Nomination

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First place by convention roll call (first round)

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  Smith

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1932 Democratic National Convention, presidential tally

Candidate	Ballot
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Franklin D. Roosevelt	666.25	677.75	682.75	945
Al Smith	201.75	194.25	190.25	190.25
John Nance Garner	90.25	90.25	101.25
Albert Ritchie	21	23.5	23.5	3.5
George White	52	50.5	52.5	3
Melvin Alvah Traylor	42.25	40.25	40.25
James A. Reed	24	18	27.5
Harry F. Byrd	25	24	25
Will Rogers		22
William H. Murray	23
Newton D. Baker	8.5	8	8.5	5.5
James M. Cox				1
Not voting		5.5	2.5	5.75

General election

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Electoral College map of the 1932 presidential election

1936

Primary elections

1936 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Candidate		Votes	%
Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)		Template:Replace	93.19
Henry Skillman Breckinridge		Template:Replace	2.63
Upton Sinclair		Template:Replace	2.05
John S. McGroarty		Template:Replace	1.18
Joseph A. Coutremarsh		Template:Replace	0.77
Others		Template:Replace	0.18
Total votes		Template:Replace	100.00

Nomination

1936 Democratic National Convention, presidential tally

Candidate		Votes	%
Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)		Template:Replace	100.00
Total votes		Template:Replace	100.00

General election

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Electoral College map of the 1936 presidential election

1940

Primary elections

1940 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Candidate		Votes	%
Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)		Template:Replace	72.16
John Nance Garner		Template:Replace	9.47
Charles W. Sawyer		Template:Replace	6.30
William B. Bankhead		Template:Replace	4.36
H. C. Allen		Template:Replace	2.28
Willis Allen		Template:Replace	2.01
James Farley		Template:Replace	1.71
Ellis E. Patterson		Template:Replace	1.07
Unpledged		Template:Replace	0.61
Others		Template:Replace	0.01
Total votes		Template:Replace	100.00

Nomination

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First place by convention roll call

1940 Democratic National Convention, presidential tally

Candidate		Votes	%
Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)		Template:Replace	86.32
James Farley		Template:Replace	6.57
John Nance Garner		Template:Replace	5.57
Millard Tydings		Template:Replace	0.82
Cordell Hull		Template:Replace	0.47
Total votes		Template:Replace	100.00

General election

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Electoral College map of the 1940 presidential election

1944

Primary elections

1944 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Candidate		Votes	%
Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)		Template:Replace	79.24
Joseph T. Ferguson		Template:Replace	8.34
Harry F. Byrd		Template:Replace	5.51
Claude R. Linger		Template:Replace	3.00
Unpledged		Template:Replace	2.90
Fred H. Hildebrandt		Template:Replace	0.38
A. W. Powell		Template:Replace	0.34
Others		Template:Replace	0.29
Total votes		Template:Replace	100.00

Nomination

1944 Democratic National Convention, presidential tally

Candidate		Votes	%
Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)		Template:Replace	92.35
Harry F. Byrd		Template:Replace	7.56
James Farley		Template:Replace	0.09
Total votes		Template:Replace	100.00

General election

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Electoral College map of the 1944 presidential election