1940 United States presidential election in Alabama

The 1940 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. In Alabama, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states.

Main article: 1940 United States presidential election
1940 United States presidential election in Alabama
November 5, 1940
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 250,726 42,184
Percentage 85.22% 14.34%
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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Alabama was won in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace of Iowa with 85.22 percent of the popular vote, against corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary of Oregon, with 14.34 percent of the popular vote, for a Democratic margin of 70.88 percent. Third-party candidates only managed to pick up 0.44 percent of the vote.[1]

Communist party candidate Earl Browder personally campaigned in the state giving speeches in Bullock County, Choctaw County, Clarke County, Coffee County, Conecuh County, Greene County and Hale County. Browder campaigned as an isolationist candidate advocating the United States not get involved in the war in Europe. Browder referred to the war as an "imperialist" war and he took a decidedly "anti-British tone" while campaigning in the aforementioned Alabama counties. In each of his speeches he condemned Winston Churchill and praised Joseph Stalin.[2][3] However, Browder said he was "irked by how cold" the crowds there were towards him. In the seven counties where Browder campaigned he ultimately received zero votes in the election (however, in the state as a whole he won just over 500 votes in comparison to Roosevelt's 250,726 votes and Willkie's 42,184 votes.)[2]

Results
General election results[4]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Charles W. Edwards 250,726
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Ben Bloodworth 250,723
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Otis R. Burton 250,714
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt W. F. Covington, Jr. 250,710
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Tully A. Goodwin 250,709
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Roy Mayhall 250,706
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Norvelle R. Leigh, III 250,701
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Walter C. Lusk 250,701
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt W. E. James 250,692
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Bart J. Cowart 250,687
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Walter F. Miller 250,682
Republican Party Wendell Willkie W. B. R. Pennington 42,184
Republican Party Wendell Willkie R. M. Wilbanks 42,180
Republican Party Wendell Willkie R. DuPont Thompson 42,179
Republican Party Wendell Willkie James S. Coleman, Sr. 42,174
Republican Party Wendell Willkie J. E. Paterson 42,174
Republican Party Wendell Willkie William H. Armbrecht 42,172
Republican Party Wendell Willkie C. L. Burton 42,170
Republican Party Wendell Willkie Morris B. Malone 42,168
Republican Party Wendell Willkie David S. Anderson 42,167
Republican Party Wendell Willkie T. M. Jones, Sr. 42,161
Republican Party Wendell Willkie G. C. Youngerman 42,084
Prohibition Party Roger Babson W. C. McMachan 700
Prohibition Party Roger Babson J. A. Fields 699
Prohibition Party Roger Babson W. A. Wheeler 699
Prohibition Party Roger Babson Frank Barnard 698
Prohibition Party Roger Babson L. E. Barton 698
Prohibition Party Roger Babson Charles Lehman 696
Prohibition Party Roger Babson J. B. Lockhart 696
Prohibition Party Roger Babson John C. Orr 696
Prohibition Party Roger Babson Joseph K. Suggs 695
Prohibition Party Roger Babson Leander M. Coop 693
Prohibition Party Roger Babson George W. Crosby 693
Communist Party USA Earl Browder John W. Campbell 509
Communist Party USA Earl Browder Bob F. Hall 345
Communist Party USA Earl Browder Reany Smith 344
Communist Party USA Earl Browder A. M. Forsman 343
Communist Party USA Earl Browder Anton Valla, Jr. 343
Communist Party USA Earl Browder D. W. Gilbert 342
Communist Party USA Earl Browder Anna Kral 341
Communist Party USA Earl Browder Theron Ward 341
Communist Party USA Earl Browder Joseph Machulka 339
Communist Party USA Earl Browder Frank Maildorf 337
Communist Party USA Earl Browder Joe Stuchly 337
Socialist Party of America Norman Thomas D. R. Calloway 100
Socialist Party of America Norman Thomas John W. Estes, Jr. 96
Socialist Party of America Norman Thomas Joseph Ciganek 92
Socialist Party of America Norman Thomas W. H. Chichester 91
Total votes 294,219

Results by county
1940 United States presidential election in Alabama by county[5]
County Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic		 Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican		 Roger Ward Babson[6]
Prohibition		 Earl Russell Browder[6]
Communist		 Norman Mattoon Thomas[6]
Socialist		 Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  % #  % #  % #  %
Autauga 1,630 93.62% 99 5.69% 10 0.57% 2 0.11% 0 0.00% 1,531 87.94% 1,741
Baldwin 2,681 76.58% 617 17.62% 24 0.72% 12 0.36% 5 0.15% 2,064 61.85% 3,501
Barbour 2,328 95.88% 90 3.71% 7 0.29% 3 0.12% 0 0.00% 2,238 92.17% 2,428
Bibb 1,821 90.51% 173 8.60% 9 0.45% 9 0.45% 0 0.00% 1,647 81.90% 2,012
Blount 2,784 75.71% 855 23.25% 32 0.87% 5 0.14% 1 0.03% 1,929 52.46% 3,677
Bullock 1,301 98.64% 18 1.36% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,283 97.27% 1,319
Butler 2,732 97.99% 52 1.87% 1 0.04% 3 0.11% 0 0.00% 2,680 96.13% 2,788
Calhoun 4,408 86.89% 645 12.71% 16 0.32% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 3,764 74.21% 5,073
Chambers 4,141 97.16% 110 2.58% 10 0.23% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 4,031 94.58% 4,262
Cherokee 2,617 86.94% 381 12.66% 10 0.33% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 2,236 74.29% 3,010
Chilton 2,746 57.80% 1,995 41.99% 5 0.11% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% 751 15.81% 4,751
Choctaw 2,023 96.52% 73 3.48% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,950 93.03% 2,096
Clarke 3,753 98.71% 48 1.26% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,705 97.45% 3,802
Clay 2,153 71.22% 854 28.25% 6 0.20% 10 0.33% 0 0.00% 1,299 42.97% 3,023
Cleburne 1,369 75.72% 434 24.00% 4 0.19% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,205 57.99% 1,808
Coffee 2,226 93.88% 145 6.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,081 87.77% 2,371
Colbert 3,998 91.47% 365 8.35% 4 0.09% 1 0.02% 3 0.07% 3,633 83.12% 4,371
Conecuh 2,345 97.71% 50 2.08% 5 0.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,295 95.63% 2,400
Coosa 1,347 80.32% 317 18.90% 11 0.66% 2 0.12% 0 0.00% 1,030 61.42% 1,677
Covington 4,635 96.08% 186 3.86% 2 0.04% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 4,449 92.23% 4,824
Crenshaw 2,680 96.65% 84 3.03% 7 0.25% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% 2,596 93.62% 2,773
Cullman 5,603 64.51% 3,057 35.19% 11 0.13% 11 0.13% 4 0.05% 2,546 29.31% 8,686
Dale 2,543 87.03% 374 12.80% 1 0.03% 4 0.14% 0 0.00% 2,169 74.23% 2,922
Dallas 3,106 95.10% 157 4.81% 2 0.06% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 2,949 90.29% 3,266
DeKalb 5,432 65.77% 2,810 34.02% 13 0.16% 2 0.02% 2 0.02% 2,622 31.75% 8,259
Elmore 4,267 96.54% 144 3.26% 7 0.16% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 4,123 93.28% 4,420
Escambia 2,772 95.03% 137 4.70% 5 0.17% 3 0.10% 0 0.00% 2,635 90.33% 2,917
Etowah 7,012 84.33% 1,270 15.27% 27 0.32% 4 0.05% 2 0.02% 5,742 69.06% 8,315
Fayette 2,091 73.42% 737 25.88% 10 0.35% 10 0.35% 0 0.00% 1,354 47.54% 2,848
Franklin 3,523 63.67% 1,989 35.95% 8 0.14% 12 0.22% 1 0.02% 1,534 27.72% 5,533
Geneva 2,565 87.19% 364 12.37% 6 0.20% 7 0.24% 0 0.00% 2,201 74.81% 2,942
Greene 894 92.07% 77 7.93% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 817 84.14% 971
Hale 1,691 98.14% 32 1.86% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,659 96.29% 1,723
Henry 1,960 96.50% 69 3.40% 2 0.10% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,891 93.11% 2,031
Houston 3,941 88.78% 483 10.88% 13 0.29% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 3,458 77.90% 4,439
Jackson 3,818 80.01% 945 19.80% 7 0.15% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 2,873 60.21% 4,772
Jefferson 37,110 84.34% 6,714 15.26% 105 0.24% 52 0.12% 19 0.04% 30,395 69.08% 44,001
Lamar 2,665 90.28% 275 9.32% 8 0.27% 4 0.14% 0 0.00% 2,391 80.97% 2,952
Lauderdale 5,065 90.35% 507 9.04% 19 0.34% 10 0.18% 4 0.07% 4,558 81.32% 5,606
Lawrence 2,277 82.23% 480 17.33% 2 0.07% 10 0.36% 0 0.00% 1,797 64.90% 2,769
Lee 2,566 95.96% 103 3.85% 4 0.15% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 2,463 92.11% 2,674
Limestone 2,941 96.58% 95 3.12% 9 0.30% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,846 93.46% 3,045
Lowndes 1,132 98.86% 12 1.05% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,120 97.82% 1,145
Macon 1,259 96.77% 41 3.15% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,218 93.62% 1,301
Madison 5,515 90.44% 566 9.28% 9 0.15% 3 0.05% 5 0.08% 4,959 81.46% 6,098
Marengo 2,284 96.94% 70 2.97% 2 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,214 93.97% 2,356
Marion 2,654 69.64% 1,081 28.37% 12 0.31% 64 1.68% 0 0.00% 1,573 41.28% 3,811
Marshall 4,142 81.55% 913 17.98% 18 0.35% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% 3,229 63.58% 5,079
Mobile 11,480 85.08% 1,887 13.99% 89 0.66% 14 0.10% 14 0.10% 9,592 71.20% 13,493
Monroe 2,953 98.17% 40 1.33% 12 0.40% 3 0.10% 0 0.00% 2,913 96.84% 3,008
Montgomery 11,311 97.74% 230 1.99% 16 0.14% 16 0.14% 0 0.00% 11,081 95.75% 11,573
Morgan 5,345 90.93% 500 8.51% 22 0.37% 8 0.14% 1 0.02% 4,846 82.46% 5,878
Perry 1,509 97.17% 39 2.51% 5 0.32% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,470 94.66% 1,553
Pickens 1,714 92.00% 140 7.51% 7 0.45% 2 0.13% 0 0.00% 1,277 81.55% 1,863
Pike 3,049 95.94% 121 3.81% 1 0.03% 7 0.22% 0 0.00% 2,928 92.13% 3,178
Randolph 2,407 77.92% 670 21.69% 8 0.26% 4 0.13% 0 0.00% 1,737 56.23% 3,089
Russell 2,435 97.95% 48 1.93% 2 0.08% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 2,387 96.02% 2,486
Shelby 2,777 74.61% 938 25.20% 5 0.13% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,839 49.41% 4,024
St. Clair 2,462 61.18% 1,540 38.27% 9 0.22% 6 0.15% 7 0.17% 922 22.91% 3,722
Sumter 1,404 96.76% 46 3.17% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,358 93.59% 1,451
Talladega 3,965 87.88% 534 11.84% 9 0.20% 4 0.09% 0 0.00% 3,431 76.04% 4,512
Tallapoosa 4,325 96.65% 139 3.11% 7 0.16% 3 0.07% 1 0.02% 4,186 93.54% 4,475
Tuscaloosa 6,284 93.35% 426 6.33% 14 0.21% 5 0.07% 3 0.04% 5,858 87.02% 6,732
Walker 5,940 74.52% 2,007 25.18% 17 0.21% 4 0.05% 3 0.04% 3,933 49.34% 7,971
Washington 1,892 95.65% 80 4.04% 5 0.25% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,812 91.61% 1,978
Wilcox 1,534 98.71% 20 1.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,514 97.43% 1,554
Winston 1,394 45.10% 1,686 54.55% 6 0.19% 4 0.13% 0 0.00% -301 -9.78% 3,091
Totals250,72685.22%42,18414.34%7000.24%5090.17%1000.03%208,54270.88%294,219

See also

References
  1. "1940 Presidential General Election Results — Alabama". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. Isserman, Maurice (1982). Which Side Were You On?: The American Communist Party During the Second World War. University of Illinois Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780252063367.
  3. The Southern Historian. United States: Alabama Media Planning Board and the Beta Omicron Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, 1997.
  4. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1943. Wetumpka, Alabama: Wetumpka Printing Co. pp. 671–684.
  5. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 29–30 ISBN 0405077114.
  6. "AL US President Race, November 05, 1940". Our Campaigns.
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