1936 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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1936 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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  1932 March 10 to May 19, 1936 1940  
  FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg Henry Breckinridge.jpg
Candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry Skillman Breckinridge
Home state New York New York
Contests won131
Popular vote4,814,978136,407
Percentage92.9%2.6%

Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

From March 10 to May 19, 1936, voters of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1936 Democratic National Convention for the purpose of selecting the party's for president in the 1936 United States presidential election. [1] Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1936 Democratic National Convention held from June 23 to June 27, 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Candidates

Before his assassination, there was a challenge from Louisiana Senator Huey Long. But, due to his untimely assassination, President Roosevelt faced only one primary opponent other than various favorite sons.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry Skillman Breckinridge Upton Sinclair John S. McGroarty Al Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt - NARA - 196715.jpg
Henry Breckinridge.jpg
Upton Sinclair, 1935.jpg
John S. McGroarty, c1930.jpg
AlfredSmith.jpg
U.S. President
(1933–1945)
Novelist and Journalist from California
Representative from California
(1935–1939)
Governor of New York
(1919–1920, 1923–1928)
4,830,730 votes
136,407 votes
106,068 votes
61,391 votes
8,856 votes

Primaries

Franklin
Roosevelt
Henry
Breckinridge
Upton
Sinclair
John
McGroarty
Joseph
Coutremarsh
UncommittedOthers
March 10 New Hampshire
(Primary)
100.00%
(15,752)
------
April 7 Wisconsin
(Primary)
99.96%
(401,773)
-----0.04%
(154)
April 14 Illinois
(Primary)
99.97%
(1,416,411)
-----0.03%
(446)
Nebraska
(Primary)
100.00%
(139,743)
------
April 28 Massachusetts
(Primary)
85.85%
(W) (51,924)
-----14.15%
(W) (8,556)
Pennsylvania
(Primary)
95.32%
(720,309)
4.68%
(35,351)
-----
May 4 Maryland
(Primary)
83.45%
(100,269)
15.11%
(18,150)
---1.45%
(1,739)
-
May 5 California
(Primary)
82.51%
(790,235)
-11.08%
(106,068)
6.41%
(61,391)
---
South Dakota
(Primary)
100.00%
(48,262)
------
May 12 Ohio
(Primary)
93.98%
(514,366)
6.02%
(32,950)
-----
West Virginia
(Primary)
97.25%
(288,799)
---2.75%
(8,162)
--
May 15 Oregon
(Primary)
99.77%
(88,305)
-----0.24%
(208)
May 19 New Jersey
(Primary)
18.94%
(W) (11,676)
81.04%
(49,956)
----0.02%
(14)
June 6 Florida
(Primary)
89.67%
(242,906)
---10.33%
(27,982)
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Legend:  1st place
(popular vote)
2nd place
(popular vote)
3rd place
(popular vote)
Candidate has Withdrawn
or Ceased Campaigning
(W) - Votes are Write-In

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