Wendell Willkie - Electoral History

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Wendell Willkie electoral history

1940 Republican presidential primaries

  • Thomas E. Dewey – 1,605,754 (49.76%)
  • Jerrold L. Seawell – 538,112 (16.68%)
  • Robert Taft – 516,428 (16.00%)
  • Unpledged – 186,157 (5.77%)
  • Charles L. McNary – 133,488 (4.14%)
  • R. N. Davis – 106,123 (3.29%)
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg – 100,651 (3.12%)
  • Wendell Willkie – 21,140 (0.66%)
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) – 9,496 (0.29%)
  • Arthur H. James – 8,172 (0.25%)
  • Herbert Hoover – 1,082 (0.03%)
  • John W. Bricker – 188 (0.01%)

1940 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):

First ballot:

  • Thomas E. Dewey – 360
  • Robert Taft – 189
  • Wendell Willkie – 105
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg – 76
  • Arthur H. James – 74
  • Joseph William Martin – 44
  • Scattering – 40
  • Hanford MacNider – 34
  • Frank E. Gannett – 33
  • Styles Bridges – 28
  • Herbert Hoover – 17

Second ballot:

  • Thomas E. Dewey – 338
  • Robert Taft – 203
  • Wendell Willkie – 171
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg – 73
  • Arthur H. James – 66
  • Hanford MacNider – 34
  • Frank E. Gannett – 30
  • Scattering – 29
  • Joseph William Martin – 26
  • Herbert Hoover – 21
  • Styled Bridges – 9

Third ballot:

  • Thomas E. Dewey – 315
  • Wendell Willkie – 259
  • Robert Taft – 212
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg – 72
  • Arthur H. James – 59
  • Herbert Hoover – 32
  • Hanford McNider – 28
  • Frank E. Gannett – 11
  • Scattering – 11
  • Styles Bridges – 1

Fourth ballot:

  • Wendell Willkie – 306
  • Robert Taft – 254
  • Thomas E. Dewey – 250
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg – 61
  • Arthur H. James – 56
  • Herbert Hoover – 31
  • Scattering – 11
  • Frank E. Gannett – 4
  • Styled Bridges – 1

Fifth ballot:

  • Wendell Willkie – 429
  • Robert Taft – 377
  • Arthur H. James – 59
  • Thomas E. Dewey – 57
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg – 42
  • Herbert Hoover – 20
  • Scattering – 11
  • Handorf MacNider – 4
  • Frank E. Gannett – 1

Sixth ballot (before shifts):

  • Wendell Willkie – 655
  • Robert Taft – 318
  • Thomas E. Dewey – 11
  • Herbert Hoover – 10
  • Scattering – 5
  • Frank E. Gannett – 1

Sixth ballot (after shifts):

  • Wendell Willkie – 998
  • Scattering – 2

United States presidential election, 1940:

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)/Henry A. Wallace (D) – 27,313,945 (54.7%) and 449 electoral votes (38 states carried)
  • Wendell Willkie/Charles L. McNary (R) – 22,347,744 (44.8%) and 82 electoral votes (10 states carried)
  • Norman Thomas/Maynard C. Krueger (Socialist) – 116,599 (0.2%)
  • Roger Babson/Edgar Moorman (Prohibition) – 57,903 (0.1%)
  • Others – 65,922 (0.1%)

1944 Republican presidential primaries:

  • Douglas McArthur – 662,127 (28.94%)
  • Earl Warren – 594,439 (25.99%)
  • John W. Bricker – 366,444 (16.02%)
  • Thomas E. Dewey – 278,727 (12.18%)
  • W. Chapman Revercomb – 91,602 (4.00%)
  • Unpledged – 87,834 (3.84%)
  • Harold Stassen – 67,508 (2.95%)
  • Riley A. Bender – 37,575 (1.64%)
  • Charles A. Christopherson – 33,497 (1.46%)
  • Wendell Willkie – 27,097 (1.19%)
  • Joe H. Bottum – 22,135 (0.97%)

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