1940 United States presidential election in Texas

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1940 United States presidential election in Texas
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  1936 November 5, 1940 [1] 1944  

All 23 Texas votes to the Electoral College
  FDRoosevelt1938.png WendellWillkie.jpg
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote230
Popular vote909,974212,692
Percentage80.92%18.91%

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County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1940 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 23 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

As a former Confederate state, Texas had a history of Jim Crow laws, disfranchisement of its African-American and Mexican-American populations, and single-party Democratic rule outside local governments in a few Unionist German-American counties (chiefly Gillespie and Kendall) of Central Texas. Since 1930 no Republicans had served in either house of the Texas Legislature, and in his two 1930s landslides Franklin D. Roosevelt had won over 87 percent of Texas' ballots.

Texas' leaders were highly critical of Roosevelt's decision in 1940 to replace conservative Texan John Nance Garner with liberal Northerner Henry A. Wallace on the 1940 Democratic ticket. [3] There was also severe opposition to Roosevelt in the German counties due to his policy of all out aid to the United Kingdom and France in World War II against their ancestral homeland. This was sufficient to marginally reduce Roosevelt's margin, but the incumbent president nonetheless easily won Texas with 80.92 percent of the popular vote against Wendell Willkie (RNew York), running with Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 18.91 percent of the popular vote. [4] [5]

Results

1940 United States presidential election in Texas
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 909,974 80.92%
Republican Wendell Willkie 212,69218.91%
Prohibition Roger Babson 9250.08%
Socialist Norman Thomas 7280.06%
Communist Earl Browder 2120.02%
Total votes1,124,531 100%

Results by county

1940 United States presidential election in Texas by county [6]
CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Anderson 5,28188.37%68811.51%70.12%4,59376.86%5,976
Andrews 44094.42%265.58%00.00%41488.84%466
Angelina 5,99391.19%5728.70%70.11%5,42182.49%6,572
Aransas 53679.17%14120.83%00.00%39558.35%677
Archer 1,90487.30%27612.65%10.05%1,62874.64%2,181
Armstrong 89191.48%828.42%10.10%80983.06%974
Atascosa 1,92282.00%41817.83%40.17%1,50464.16%2,344
Austin 1,40450.02%1,40049.88%30.11%40.14%2,807
Bailey 1,06676.31%33023.62%10.07%73652.68%1,397
Bandera 88166.89%43232.80%40.30%44934.09%1,317
Bastrop 2,49283.18%50216.76%20.07%1,99066.42%2,996
Baylor 1,66792.25%1397.69%10.06%1,52884.56%1,807
Bee 1,75964.98%94835.02%00.00%81129.96%2,707
Bell 7,41887.60%1,05012.40%00.00%6,36875.20%8,468
Bexar 38,21467.40%18,27032.22%2120.37%19,94435.18%56,696
Blanco 1,04266.50%52033.18%50.32%52233.31%1,567
Borden 37589.50%4410.50%00.00%33179.00%419
Bosque 3,08383.78%59516.17%20.05%2,48867.61%3,680
Bowie 6,93786.18%1,10713.75%50.06%5,83072.43%8,049
Brazoria 3,78182.46%79917.43%50.11%2,98265.04%4,585
Brazos 4,15186.90%61712.92%90.19%3,53473.98%4,777
Brewster 1,00180.21%24519.63%20.16%75660.58%1,248
Briscoe 91085.37%15414.45%20.19%75670.92%1,066
Brooks 67076.57%20122.97%40.46%46953.60%875
Brown 4,52387.06%66312.76%90.17%3,86074.30%5,195
Burleson 1,99986.13%31913.74%30.13%1,68072.38%2,321
Burnet 2,17790.26%2339.66%20.08%1,94480.60%2,412
Caldwell 3,49984.13%65915.85%10.02%2,84068.29%4,159
Calhoun 93585.94%15213.97%10.09%78371.97%1,088
Callahan 2,31088.07%30911.78%40.15%2,00176.29%2,623
Cameron 6,03563.98%3,37035.73%280.30%2,66528.25%9,433
Camp 1,34386.93%20012.94%20.13%1,14373.98%1,545
Carson 1,63681.80%36218.10%20.10%1,27463.70%2,000
Cass 3,12687.32%45412.68%00.00%2,67274.64%3,580
Castro 1,00081.57%22418.27%20.16%77663.30%1,226
Chambers 1,27985.27%21914.60%20.13%1,06070.67%1,500
Cherokee 5,29386.71%80113.12%100.16%4,49273.59%6,104
Childress 2,72988.98%33510.92%30.10%2,39478.06%3,067
Clay 2,35784.48%42715.30%60.22%1,93069.18%2,790
Cochran 76585.86%12213.69%40.45%64372.17%891
Coke 96790.71%948.82%50.47%87381.89%1,066
Coleman 3,25787.48%45412.19%120.32%2,80375.29%3,723
Collin 7,37387.65%1,02812.22%110.13%6,34575.43%8,412
Collingsworth 2,03486.70%30713.09%50.21%1,72773.61%2,346
Colorado 1,67458.86%1,16641.00%40.14%50817.86%2,844
Comal 85131.45%1,85268.44%30.11%-1,001-36.99%2,706
Comanche 3,22684.08%61015.90%10.03%2,61668.18%3,837
Concho 1,31087.33%18912.60%10.07%1,12174.73%1,500
Cooke 4,48376.59%1,35823.20%120.21%3,12553.39%5,853
Coryell 3,15585.16%54914.82%10.03%2,60670.34%3,705
Cottle 1,50686.40%23713.60%00.00%1,26972.81%1,743
Crane 81592.19%687.69%10.11%74784.50%884
Crockett 42076.09%13223.91%00.00%28852.17%552
Crosby 1,72085.91%27613.79%60.30%1,44472.13%2,002
Culberson 30386.82%4512.89%10.29%25873.93%349
Dallam 1,53977.96%42721.63%80.41%1,11256.33%1,974
Dallas 49,43174.74%16,57425.06%1310.20%32,85749.68%66,136
Dawson 2,80888.47%36111.37%50.16%2,44777.10%3,174
Deaf Smith 1,21974.01%42325.68%50.30%79648.33%1,647
Delta 2,21492.10%1907.90%00.00%2,02484.19%2,404
Denton 6,38687.58%89912.33%70.10%5,48775.25%7,292
De Witt 2,05654.23%1,73545.77%00.00%3218.47%3,791
Dickens 1,72887.32%24612.43%50.25%1,48274.89%1,979
Dimmit 73668.21%34031.51%30.28%39636.70%1,079
Donley 1,61987.85%21311.56%110.60%1,40676.29%1,843
Duval 3,23295.51%1514.46%10.03%3,08191.05%3,384
Eastland 5,81884.48%1,06315.43%60.09%4,75569.04%6,887
Ector 2,78385.92%45113.92%50.15%2,33272.00%3,239
Edwards 56576.35%17523.65%00.00%39052.70%740
Ellis 7,88191.87%6928.07%50.06%7,18983.81%8,578
El Paso 12,37476.55%3,76423.28%270.17%8,61053.26%16,165
Erath 3,45983.90%64615.67%180.44%2,81368.23%4,123
Falls 3,94980.46%95819.52%10.02%2,99160.94%4,908
Fannin 7,47890.36%7929.57%60.07%6,68680.79%8,276
Fayette 2,60651.58%2,44148.32%50.10%1653.27%5,052
Fisher 2,26091.61%1998.07%80.32%2,06183.54%2,467
Floyd 1,88079.29%48420.41%70.30%1,39658.88%2,371
Foard 99787.53%14212.47%00.00%85575.07%1,139
Fort Bend 3,10180.57%74819.43%00.00%2,35361.13%3,849
Franklin 1,62189.76%18310.13%20.11%1,43879.62%1,806
Freestone 3,51487.85%48112.03%50.13%3,03375.83%4,000
Frio 1,01280.83%23618.85%40.32%77661.98%1,252
Gaines 1,50988.30%19711.53%30.18%1,31276.77%1,709
Galveston 11,16181.87%2,44317.92%280.21%8,71863.95%13,632
Garza 1,07383.96%19815.49%70.55%87568.47%1,278
Gillespie 48713.15%3,21386.74%40.11%-2,726-73.60%3,704
Glasscock 26886.17%4113.18%20.64%22772.99%311
Goliad 86859.74%58039.92%50.34%28819.82%1,453
Gonzales 3,00880.60%72219.35%20.05%2,28661.25%3,732
Gray 4,31577.89%1,21721.97%80.14%3,09855.92%5,540
Grayson 12,53090.25%1,3409.65%140.10%11,19080.60%13,884
Gregg 9,39185.45%1,58414.41%150.14%7,80771.04%10,990
Grimes 2,89990.62%2989.32%20.06%2,60181.31%3,199
Guadalupe 2,18246.81%2,47353.06%60.13%-291-6.24%4,661
Hale 3,40578.76%90620.96%120.28%2,49957.81%4,323
Hall 2,22190.84%2198.96%50.20%2,00281.88%2,445
Hamilton 2,26377.45%65522.42%40.14%1,60855.03%2,922
Hansford 72582.39%15017.05%50.57%57565.34%880
Hardeman 2,45387.14%36212.86%00.00%2,09174.28%2,815
Hardin 2,99792.93%2267.01%20.06%2,77185.92%3,225
Harris 73,52077.84%20,79722.02%1360.14%52,72355.82%94,453
Harrison 4,51586.89%68113.11%00.00%3,83473.79%5,196
Hartley 54583.21%11016.79%00.00%43566.41%655
Haskell 2,94187.79%40512.09%40.12%2,53675.70%3,350
Hays 2,37183.84%45316.02%40.14%1,91867.82%2,828
Hemphill 86883.62%17016.38%00.00%69867.24%1,038
Henderson 4,11183.66%80316.34%00.00%3,30867.32%4,914
Hidalgo 7,47160.81%4,78738.97%270.22%2,68421.85%12,285
Hill 6,00290.54%6279.46%00.00%5,37581.08%6,629
Hockley 2,38289.92%2619.85%60.23%2,12180.07%2,649
Hood 1,31888.75%16611.18%10.07%1,15277.58%1,485
Hopkins 4,95589.91%55110.00%50.09%4,40479.91%5,511
Houston 3,57988.24%47411.69%30.07%3,10576.55%4,056
Howard 4,32992.05%3677.80%70.15%3,96284.24%4,703
Hudspeth 42688.57%5411.23%10.21%37277.34%481
Hunt 8,15690.18%8779.70%110.12%7,27980.48%9,044
Hutchinson 3,01973.12%1,10126.67%90.22%1,91846.45%4,129
Irion 56087.91%7411.62%30.47%48676.30%637
Jack 2,04686.99%30512.97%10.04%1,74174.02%2,352
Jackson 1,50683.48%29616.41%20.11%1,21067.07%1,804
Jasper 2,23691.04%2208.96%00.00%2,01682.08%2,456
Jeff Davis 37488.21%5011.79%00.00%32476.42%424
Jefferson 19,69480.09%4,86019.76%370.15%14,83460.32%24,591
Jim Hogg 81089.01%10010.99%00.00%71078.02%910
Jim Wells 2,10569.56%91430.20%70.23%1,19139.36%3,026
Johnson 5,53289.47%64910.50%20.03%4,88378.97%6,183
Jones 3,68890.08%4019.79%50.12%3,28780.29%4,094
Karnes 2,01076.08%63123.88%10.04%1,37952.20%2,642
Kaufman 5,23290.98%5168.97%30.05%4,71682.00%5,751
Kendall 42124.14%1,32175.75%20.11%-900-51.61%1,744
Kenedy 3835.85%6864.15%00.00%-30-28.30%106
Kent 71289.90%799.97%10.13%63379.92%792
Kerr 1,63459.29%1,11240.35%100.36%52218.94%2,756
Kimble 1,11783.61%21916.39%00.00%89867.22%1,336
King 26692.04%237.96%00.00%24384.08%289
Kinney 41872.44%15627.04%30.52%26245.41%577
Kleberg 1,63179.02%42920.78%40.19%1,20258.24%2,064
Knox 1,69987.04%25312.96%00.00%1,44674.08%1,952
Lamar 8,03891.29%7618.64%60.07%7,27782.65%8,805
Lamb 3,25986.15%51313.56%110.29%2,74672.59%3,783
Lampasas 2,00689.12%24410.84%10.04%1,76278.28%2,251
La Salle 70686.31%11213.69%00.00%59472.62%818
Lavaca 2,41963.06%1,41236.81%50.13%1,00726.25%3,836
Lee 95445.30%1,15054.61%20.09%-196-9.31%2,106
Leon 2,34990.31%2529.69%00.00%2,09780.62%2,601
Liberty 3,45887.19%49712.53%110.28%2,96174.66%3,966
Limestone 4,78489.50%55910.46%20.04%4,22579.05%5,345
Lipscomb 77462.88%44536.15%120.97%32926.73%1,231
Live Oak 88863.88%49935.90%30.22%38927.99%1,390
Llano 1,48485.93%23813.78%50.29%1,24672.15%1,727
Loving 9882.35%2117.65%00.00%7764.71%119
Lubbock 8,11386.19%1,28313.63%170.18%6,83072.56%9,413
Lynn 2,61890.97%2558.86%50.17%2,36382.11%2,878
McCulloch 2,37384.27%44315.73%00.00%1,93068.54%2,816
McLennan 15,95287.82%2,17811.99%350.19%13,77475.83%18,165
McMullen 33681.36%7718.64%00.00%25962.71%413
Madison 1,43491.86%1278.14%00.00%1,30783.73%1,561
Marion 1,25388.24%16711.76%00.00%1,08676.48%1,420
Martin 1,04488.40%13611.52%10.08%90876.88%1,181
Mason 1,06562.57%63437.25%30.18%43125.32%1,702
Matagorda 2,15676.64%65123.14%60.21%1,50553.50%2,813
Maverick 87583.73%16615.89%40.38%70967.85%1,045
Medina 1,74954.17%1,48045.83%00.00%2698.33%3,229
Menard 1,15382.36%24617.57%10.07%90764.79%1,400
Midland 1,92174.75%64625.14%30.12%1,27549.61%2,570
Milam 4,08378.38%1,11021.31%160.31%2,97357.07%5,209
Mills 1,65885.20%28714.75%10.05%1,37170.45%1,946
Mitchell 2,40190.37%2519.45%50.19%2,15080.92%2,657
Montague 3,35286.21%53013.63%60.15%2,82272.58%3,888
Montgomery 3,34789.13%40810.87%00.00%2,93978.27%3,755
Moore 95980.66%22418.84%60.50%73561.82%1,189
Morris 1,75295.53%824.47%00.00%1,67091.06%1,834
Motley 90790.07%1009.93%00.00%80780.14%1,007
Nacogdoches 4,98891.83%4408.10%40.07%4,54883.73%5,432
Navarro 7,68391.30%7218.57%110.13%6,96282.73%8,415
Newton 1,94091.68%1748.22%20.09%1,76683.46%2,116
Nolan 3,31487.35%47112.41%90.24%2,84374.93%3,794
Nueces 9,74075.84%3,06523.87%370.29%6,67551.98%12,842
Ochiltree 1,21380.49%29419.51%00.00%91960.98%1,507
Oldham 41683.37%8216.43%10.20%33466.93%499
Orange 3,01189.19%35810.60%70.21%2,65378.58%3,376
Palo Pinto 2,57183.20%51016.50%90.29%2,06166.70%3,090
Panola 2,87194.07%1795.87%20.07%2,69288.20%3,052
Parker 3,68786.69%55813.12%80.19%3,12973.57%4,253
Parmer 1,06274.01%37025.78%30.21%69248.22%1,435
Pecos 1,58382.23%33217.25%100.52%1,25164.99%1,925
Polk 2,64290.42%2809.58%00.00%2,36280.84%2,922
Potter 7,20375.71%2,28524.02%260.27%4,91851.69%9,514
Presidio 91784.59%16315.04%40.37%75469.56%1,084
Rains 1,08081.02%25118.83%20.15%82962.19%1,333
Randall 1,77982.28%38217.67%10.05%1,39764.62%2,162
Reagan 52085.39%8814.45%10.16%43270.94%609
Real 45378.24%12621.76%00.00%32756.48%579
Red River 3,89987.46%55512.45%40.09%3,34475.01%4,458
Reeves 1,30583.98%24715.89%20.13%1,05868.08%1,554
Refugio 1,48776.18%45823.46%70.36%1,02952.72%1,952
Roberts 40887.55%5511.80%30.64%35375.75%466
Robertson 3,19194.80%1755.20%00.00%3,01689.60%3,366
Rockwall 1,51094.08%955.92%00.00%1,41588.16%1,605
Runnels 3,08878.60%83521.25%60.15%2,25357.34%3,929
Rusk 7,90191.73%7048.17%80.09%7,19783.56%8,613
Sabine 1,62691.09%1578.80%20.11%1,46982.30%1,785
San Augustine 1,32591.76%1198.24%00.00%1,20683.52%1,444
San Jacinto 76486.43%11913.46%10.11%64572.96%884
San Patricio 2,96374.77%98024.73%200.50%1,98350.04%3,963
San Saba 2,30491.14%2218.74%30.12%2,08382.40%2,528
Schleicher 60183.70%11716.30%00.00%48467.41%718
Scurry 2,30389.16%28010.84%00.00%2,02378.32%2,583
Shackelford 1,52186.77%22913.06%30.17%1,29273.70%1,753
Shelby 4,72093.10%3496.88%10.02%4,37186.21%5,070
Sherman 52886.13%8213.38%30.49%44672.76%613
Smith 9,41085.74%1,55714.19%80.07%7,85371.55%10,975
Somervell 53279.40%13820.60%00.00%39458.81%670
Starr 1,20094.64%685.36%00.00%1,13289.27%1,268
Stephens 2,75085.32%47114.61%20.06%2,27970.71%3,223
Sterling 42596.37%163.63%00.00%40992.74%441
Stonewall 1,17288.25%15611.75%00.00%1,01676.51%1,328
Sutton 57186.91%8412.79%20.30%48774.12%657
Swisher 1,43282.63%29817.20%30.17%1,13465.44%1,733
Tarrant 36,06282.73%7,47417.15%530.12%28,58865.59%43,589
Taylor 7,85288.72%98311.11%150.17%6,86977.62%8,850
Terrell 41775.82%13324.18%00.00%28451.64%550
Terry 2,11693.59%1456.41%00.00%1,97187.17%2,261
Throckmorton 99587.82%13812.18%00.00%85775.64%1,133
Titus 3,68693.53%2556.47%00.00%3,43187.06%3,941
Tom Green 6,43385.81%1,04913.99%150.20%5,38471.82%7,497
Travis 17,30084.38%3,12815.26%750.37%14,17269.12%20,503
Trinity 1,79186.56%27413.24%40.19%1,51773.32%2,069
Tyler 1,32685.22%22814.65%20.13%1,09870.57%1,556
Upshur 3,48087.04%51812.96%00.00%2,96274.09%3,998
Upton 1,06274.16%37025.84%00.00%69248.32%1,432
Uvalde 1,87176.90%55622.85%60.25%1,31554.05%2,433
Val Verde 1,62872.45%61627.41%30.13%1,01245.04%2,247
Van Zandt 4,97587.05%72112.62%190.33%4,25474.44%5,715
Victoria 2,49372.24%95627.70%20.06%1,53744.54%3,451
Walker 2,15890.82%2189.18%00.00%1,94081.65%2,376
Waller 1,06577.96%30021.96%10.07%76556.00%1,366
Ward 1,93186.71%28112.62%150.67%1,65074.09%2,227
Washington 1,44943.68%1,86856.32%00.00%-419-12.63%3,317
Webb 4,14784.19%77515.73%40.08%3,37268.45%4,926
Wharton 3,97683.88%76016.03%40.08%3,21667.85%4,740
Wheeler 2,60083.23%51716.55%70.22%2,08366.68%3,124
Wichita 11,67284.05%2,20615.89%90.06%9,46668.16%13,887
Wilbarger 3,24982.21%69717.64%60.15%2,55264.57%3,952
Willacy 1,17361.09%74038.54%70.36%43322.55%1,920
Williamson 5,94477.49%1,71422.34%130.17%4,23055.14%7,671
Wilson 2,75081.87%60518.01%40.12%2,14563.86%3,359
Winkler 1,34088.62%17211.38%00.00%1,16877.25%1,512
Wise 3,75188.24%49811.71%20.05%3,25376.52%4,251
Wood 3,65986.11%58513.77%50.12%3,07472.35%4,249
Yoakum 88586.85%13413.15%00.00%75173.70%1,019
Young 3,71288.49%47811.39%50.12%3,23477.09%4,195
Zapata 78461.30%49538.70%00.00%28922.60%1,279
Zavala 73974.05%25925.95%00.00%48048.10%998
Totals909,97480.93%212,69218.92%1,7710.16%697,28262.01%1,124,437

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