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%)