The 1944 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1944 as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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Pennsylvania voted to give Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt a record fourth term, over the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a slim margin of 2.78%.
1944 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 1,940,479 | 51.14% | 35 | |
Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 1,835,054 | 48.36% | 0 | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 11,721 | 0.31% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Claude Watson | 5,750 | 0.15% | 0 | |
Industrial Government | Edward Teichert | 1,789 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Totals | 3,794,793 | 100.00% | 35 |
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 5,881 | 39.91% | 8,787 | 59.63% | 67 | 0.45% | -2,906 | -19.72% | 14,735 |
Allegheny | 350,690 | 57.09% | 261,218 | 42.52% | 2,393 | 0.39% | 89,472 | 14.56% | 614,301 |
Armstrong | 10,202 | 42.54% | 13,656 | 56.94% | 126 | 0.53% | -3,454 | -14.40% | 23,984 |
Beaver | 32,743 | 57.79% | 23,555 | 41.57% | 360 | 0.64% | 9,188 | 16.22% | 56,658 |
Bedford | 5,175 | 37.11% | 8,703 | 62.40% | 68 | 0.49% | -3,528 | -25.30% | 13,946 |
Berks | 43,889 | 53.91% | 35,274 | 43.33% | 2,247 | 2.76% | 8,615 | 10.58% | 81,410 |
Blair | 18,003 | 41.76% | 24,925 | 57.82% | 178 | 0.41% | -6,922 | -16.06% | 43,106 |
Bradford | 5,523 | 28.86% | 13,472 | 70.40% | 142 | 0.74% | -7,949 | -41.54% | 19,137 |
Bucks | 17,823 | 40.76% | 25,634 | 58.62% | 270 | 0.62% | -7,811 | -17.86% | 43,727 |
Butler | 12,377 | 38.75% | 19,341 | 60.55% | 226 | 0.71% | -6,964 | -21.80% | 31,944 |
Cambria | 39,676 | 58.22% | 28,203 | 41.39% | 264 | 0.39% | 11,473 | 16.84% | 68,143 |
Cameron | 1,115 | 39.08% | 1,729 | 60.60% | 9 | 0.32% | -614 | -21.52% | 2,853 |
Carbon | 11,060 | 52.74% | 9,837 | 46.91% | 73 | 0.35% | 1,223 | 5.83% | 20,970 |
Centre | 8,064 | 44.21% | 10,048 | 55.08% | 130 | 0.71% | -1,984 | -10.88% | 18,242 |
Chester | 18,548 | 40.84% | 26,655 | 58.70% | 208 | 0.46% | -8,107 | -17.85% | 45,411 |
Clarion | 5,263 | 39.10% | 8,098 | 60.16% | 99 | 0.74% | -2,835 | -21.06% | 13,460 |
Clearfield | 13,617 | 48.92% | 13,986 | 50.24% | 233 | 0.84% | -369 | -1.33% | 27,836 |
Clinton | 5,703 | 48.85% | 5,915 | 50.66% | 57 | 0.49% | -212 | -1.82% | 11,675 |
Columbia | 9,647 | 50.63% | 9,336 | 49.00% | 70 | 0.37% | 311 | 1.63% | 19,053 |
Crawford | 9,216 | 37.48% | 15,205 | 61.83% | 170 | 0.69% | -5,989 | -24.35% | 24,591 |
Cumberland | 12,068 | 40.25% | 17,782 | 59.30% | 134 | 0.45% | -5,714 | -19.06% | 29,984 |
Dauphin | 30,684 | 40.51% | 44,725 | 59.05% | 333 | 0.44% | -14,041 | -18.54% | 75,742 |
Delaware | 64,021 | 44.67% | 78,533 | 54.80% | 755 | 0.53% | -14,512 | -10.13% | 143,309 |
Elk | 6,097 | 51.63% | 5,645 | 47.80% | 67 | 0.57% | 452 | 3.83% | 11,809 |
Erie | 32,912 | 47.99% | 35,247 | 51.40% | 419 | 0.61% | -2,335 | -3.40% | 68,578 |
Fayette | 35,093 | 61.04% | 21,945 | 38.17% | 451 | 0.78% | 13,148 | 22.87% | 57,489 |
Forest | 673 | 33.02% | 1,344 | 65.95% | 21 | 1.03% | -671 | -32.92% | 2,038 |
Franklin | 8,807 | 39.58% | 13,380 | 60.13% | 63 | 0.28% | -4,573 | -20.55% | 22,250 |
Fulton | 1,758 | 45.58% | 2,084 | 54.03% | 15 | 0.39% | -326 | -8.45% | 3,857 |
Greene | 8,392 | 59.13% | 5,747 | 40.49% | 53 | 0.37% | 2,645 | 18.64% | 14,192 |
Huntingdon | 4,131 | 33.53% | 8,106 | 65.80% | 83 | 0.67% | -3,975 | -32.26% | 12,320 |
Indiana | 8,863 | 37.83% | 14,388 | 61.42% | 175 | 0.75% | -5,525 | -23.58% | 23,426 |
Jefferson | 6,425 | 36.62% | 10,970 | 62.52% | 152 | 0.87% | -4,545 | -25.90% | 17,547 |
Juniata | 2,666 | 43.05% | 3,512 | 56.71% | 15 | 0.24% | -846 | -13.66% | 6,193 |
Lackawanna | 59,190 | 55.54% | 47,261 | 44.34% | 127 | 0.12% | 11,929 | 11.19% | 106,578 |
Lancaster | 27,353 | 37.64% | 44,888 | 61.77% | 432 | 0.59% | -17,535 | -24.13% | 72,673 |
Lawrence | 17,331 | 47.33% | 18,886 | 51.57% | 403 | 1.10% | -1,555 | -4.25% | 36,620 |
Lebanon | 11,818 | 43.52% | 15,206 | 56.00% | 129 | 0.48% | -3,388 | -12.48% | 27,153 |
Lehigh | 29,134 | 47.73% | 31,584 | 51.75% | 315 | 0.52% | -2,450 | -4.01% | 61,033 |
Luzerne | 73,674 | 51.81% | 67,984 | 47.81% | 541 | 0.38% | 5,690 | 4.00% | 142,199 |
Lycoming | 15,658 | 43.81% | 19,886 | 55.64% | 197 | 0.55% | -4,228 | -11.83% | 35,741 |
McKean | 6,492 | 34.90% | 11,988 | 64.45% | 121 | 0.65% | -5,496 | -29.55% | 18,601 |
Mercer | 16,589 | 45.57% | 19,606 | 53.85% | 212 | 0.58% | -3,017 | -8.29% | 36,407 |
Mifflin | 5,693 | 47.63% | 6,205 | 51.92% | 54 | 0.45% | -512 | -4.28% | 11,952 |
Monroe | 5,490 | 46.81% | 6,202 | 52.88% | 37 | 0.32% | -712 | -6.07% | 11,729 |
Montgomery | 47,815 | 37.70% | 78,260 | 61.71% | 752 | 0.59% | -30,445 | -24.01% | 126,827 |
Montour | 2,212 | 44.71% | 2,727 | 55.12% | 8 | 0.16% | -515 | -10.41% | 4,947 |
Northampton | 32,584 | 54.75% | 26,643 | 44.76% | 292 | 0.49% | 5,941 | 9.98% | 59,519 |
Northumberland | 20,333 | 47.90% | 21,995 | 51.81% | 122 | 0.29% | -1,662 | -3.92% | 42,450 |
Perry | 3,265 | 36.16% | 5,722 | 63.37% | 43 | 0.48% | -2,457 | -27.21% | 9,030 |
Philadelphia | 496,367 | 58.70% | 346,380 | 40.96% | 2,883 | 0.34% | 149,987 | 17.74% | 845,630 |
Pike | 1,408 | 34.33% | 2,674 | 65.20% | 19 | 0.46% | -1,266 | -30.87% | 4,101 |
Potter | 1,894 | 29.58% | 4,474 | 69.86% | 36 | 0.56% | -2,580 | -40.29% | 6,404 |
Schuylkill | 35,852 | 46.72% | 40,671 | 53.00% | 221 | 0.29% | -4,819 | -6.28% | 76,744 |
Snyder | 1,795 | 23.89% | 5,696 | 75.81% | 23 | 0.31% | -3,901 | -51.92% | 7,514 |
Somerset | 10,287 | 38.96% | 16,039 | 60.74% | 79 | 0.30% | -5,752 | -21.78% | 26,405 |
Sullivan | 1,329 | 41.60% | 1,858 | 58.15% | 8 | 0.25% | -529 | -16.56% | 3,195 |
Susquehanna | 4,212 | 32.20% | 8,819 | 67.42% | 49 | 0.37% | -4,607 | -35.22% | 13,080 |
Tioga | 3,248 | 23.69% | 10,381 | 75.73% | 79 | 0.58% | -7,133 | -52.04% | 13,708 |
Union | 1,704 | 23.25% | 5,585 | 76.19% | 41 | 0.56% | -3,881 | -52.95% | 7,330 |
Venango | 6,426 | 29.69% | 14,916 | 68.91% | 304 | 1.40% | -8,490 | -39.22% | 21,646 |
Warren | 4,440 | 32.05% | 9,276 | 66.96% | 137 | 0.99% | -4,836 | -34.91% | 13,853 |
Washington | 46,023 | 62.17% | 27,615 | 37.30% | 392 | 0.53% | 18,408 | 24.87% | 74,030 |
Wayne | 2,793 | 25.22% | 8,242 | 74.43% | 39 | 0.35% | -5,449 | -49.21% | 11,074 |
Westmoreland | 61,057 | 58.17% | 43,202 | 41.16% | 705 | 0.67% | 17,855 | 17.01% | 104,964 |
Wyoming | 1,982 | 30.11% | 4,581 | 69.60% | 19 | 0.29% | -2,599 | -39.49% | 6,582 |
York | 38,226 | 53.72% | 32,617 | 45.84% | 315 | 0.44% | 5,609 | 7.88% | 71,158 |
Totals | 1,940,479 | 51.14% | 1,835,054 | 48.36% | 19,260 | 0.51% | 105,425 | 2.78% | 3,794,793 |