Electoral history of Harry S. Truman

Electoral history of Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States, 34th Vice President of the United States and United States Senator from Missouri

United States Senate races, 1934-1940

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Missouri, 1934 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=373399] :
* Harry S. Truman - 276,850 (41.42%)
* John J. Cochran - 236,257 (35.35%)
* Jacob L. Milligan - 147,631 (22.09%)
* James Longstreet Cleveland - 7,691 (1.15%)

Missouri United States Senate election, 1934 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=148184] :
* Harry S. Truman (D) - 787,110 (59.55%)
* Roscoe C. Patterson (R) (inc.) - 524,954 (39.71%)
* W.C. Meyer (Socialist) - 9,010 (0.68%)
* Frank Brown (Communist) - 418 (0.03%)
* William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) - 384 (0.03%)

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Missouri, 1940 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=374490] :
* Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 268,354 (40.91%)
* Lloyd Stark - 260,221 (39.67%)
* Maurice M. Milligan - 127,378 (19.42%)

Missouri United States Senate election, 1940 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261570] :
* Harry S. Truman (D) (inc.) - 930,775 (51.17%)
* Manvel H. Davis (R) - 886,376 (48.73%)
* W. F. Rinck (Socialist) - 1,669 (0.09%)
* Theodore Baeff (Socialist Labor) - 196 (0.01%)

Vice Presidencial races, 1944

1944 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=60084] :

1st ballot:
* Henry A. Wallace (inc.) - 429.5
* Harry S. Truman - 319.5
* John H. Bankhead - 98
* Scott W. Lucas - 61
* Alben W. Barkley - 49.5
* J. Melville Broughton - 43
* Paul V. McNutt - 31
* Joseph C. O'Mahoney - 27
* Prentice Cooper - 26
* Robert S. Kerr - 23
* Scattering - 68.5

2nd ballot before shifts:
* Harry S. Truman - 477.5
* Henry A. Wallace (inc.) - 473
* Scott W. Lucas - 58
* Alben W. Barkley - 40
* J. Melville Broughton - 30
* Paul V. McNutt - 28
* Prentice Cooper - 26
* John H. Bankhead - 23.5
* Joseph C. O'Mahoney - 8
* Robert S. Kerr - 1
* Scattering - 11

2nd ballot after shifts:
* Harry S. Truman - 1,031
* Henry A. Wallace - 105
* Prentice Cooper - 26
* Alben W. Barkley - 6
* Paul V. McNutt - 1
* Scatering - 7

United States presidential election, 1944:

* Franklin D. Roosevelt/Harry S. Truman (D) - 25,612,916 (53.4%) and 432 electoral votes (81.36%, 36 states carried)
* Thomas E. Dewey/John W. Bricker (R) - 22,017,929 (45.9%) and 99 electoral votes (18.64%, 12 states carried)
* Texas Regulars - 135,439 (0.3%)
* Norman Thomas/Darlington Hoopes (Socialist) - 79,017 (0.2%)
* Claude Watson/Andrew Johnson (Prohibition) - 74,758 (0.2%)
* Others - 57,004 (0.1%)

Presidential races, 1948-1952

1948 Democratic presidential primaries [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55185] :
* Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 1,419,875 (64.65%)
* William Alexander Julian - 271,146 (12.35%)
* Unpledged delegates - 161,629 (7.36%)
* Harley M. Kilgore - 157,102 (7.15%)
* W. B. Bixler - 136,401 (6.21%)
* Lynn Fellows - 11,193 (0.51%)
* Fred H. Hildebrandt - 8,016 (0.37%)
* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 6,211 (0.28%)
* Henry A. Wallace - 4,416 (0.20%)

1948 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58372] :
* Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 926 (76.47%)
* Richard B. Russell - 266 (21.97%)
* James A. Roe - 15 (1.24%)
* Paul V. McNutt - 3 (0.25%)
* Alben W. Barkley - 1 (0.08%)

United States presidential election, 1948:

* Harry S. Truman/Alben W. Barkley (D) - 24,179,347 (49.6%) and 303 electoral votes (57.06%, 28 states carried)
* Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren (R) - 21,991,292 (45.1%) and 189 electoral votes (35.59%, 16 states carried)
* [Strom Thurmond] /Fielding L. Wright (Dixiecrat) - 1,175,930 (2.4%) and 39 electoral votes (7.35%, 4 states carried)
* Henry A. Wallace/Glen H. Taylor (Progressive) - 1,157,328 (2.4%)
* Norman Thomas/Tucker P. Smith (Socialist) - 139,569 (0.3%)
* Claude Watson/Dale Learn (Prohibition) - 103,708 (0.2%)
* Others - 46,361 (0.1%)

1952 Democratic New Hampshire primary [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=35850] :
* Estes Kefauver - 19,800 (55.01%)
* Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 15,927 (44.25%)
* Douglas MacArthur - 151 (0.42%)
* Jim Farley - 77 (0.21%)
* Adlai Stevenson II - 40 (0.11%)

1952 Democratic presidential primaries [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55191] :
* Estes Kefauver - 3,169,448 (65.04%)
* Pat Brown - 485,578 (9.97%)
* Richard B. Russell - 371,179 (7.62%)
* Matthew M. Neely - 191,471 (3.93%)
* Robert J. Bulkley - 184,880 (3.79%)
* Hubert Humphrey - 102,527 (2.10%)
* Adlai Stevenson II - 81,096 (1.66%)
* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 64,911 (1.33%)
* Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 62,345 (1.28%)
* Unpledged delegates - 46,361 (0.95%)
* Robert S. Kerr - 45,285 (0.93%)
* Wiliam O. Douglas - 29,532 (0.61%)
* W. Averell Harriman - 19,806 (0.41%)
* Jerome F. Fox - 18,322 (0.38%)

1952 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58373] :

Most votes received by candidates for party presidential nomination, up to the point where a nominee was determined. Vote totals are rounded up to the next whole number.

* Adlai Stevenson II - 618 (37.36%)
* Estes Kefauver - 363 (21.95%)
* Richard B. Russell - 294 (17.78%)
* W. Averell Harriman - 124 (7.50%)
* Alben W. Barkley - 79 (4.78%)
* Robert S. Kerr - 65 (3.93%)
* Paul A. Dever - 38 (2.30%)
* Hubert Humphrey - 26 (1.57%)
* J. William Fulbright - 22 (1.33%)
* James E. Murray - 12 (0.73%)
* Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 6 (0.36%)
* Oscar R. Ewing - 4 (0.24%)
* Paul H. Douglas - 2 (0.12%)
* William O. Douglas - 1 (0.06%)

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