Election in West Virginia
County Results
Roosevelt
50-60%
60-70%
Dewey
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
The 1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election . West Virginia voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
West Virginia was won by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D –New York ), running with Senator Harry S. Truman , with 54.89 percent of the popular vote, against the 41st Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey (R –New York ), running with the 54th Governor of Ohio , John W. Bricker , with 45.11 percent of the popular vote.[1] This would be the last election until 2004 when West Virginia voted to the right of neighboring Virginia , and the last until 2016 when West Virginia voted to the right of Utah . Roosevelt remains the only Democratic presidential candidate to win an outright majority of the state's vote more than once.
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Results
Results by county
1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county[2]
County
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
Barbour
3,718
48.22%
3,993
51.78%
-275
-3.57%
7,711
Berkeley
5,819
48.61%
6,151
51.39%
-332
-2.77%
11,970
Boone
6,366
64.86%
3,449
35.14%
2,917
29.72%
9,815
Braxton
4,313
58.79%
3,023
41.21%
1,290
17.58%
7,336
Brooke
5,726
61.48%
3,588
38.52%
2,138
22.95%
9,314
Cabell
23,020
53.68%
19,861
46.32%
3,159
7.37%
42,881
Calhoun
2,254
57.19%
1,687
42.81%
567
14.39%
3,941
Clay
2,395
53.12%
2,114
46.88%
281
6.23%
4,509
Doddridge
1,000
27.69%
2,611
72.31%
-1,611
-44.61%
3,611
Fayette
17,529
68.85%
7,932
31.15%
9,597
37.69%
25,461
Gilmer
2,509
60.31%
1,651
39.69%
858
20.63%
4,160
Grant
570
15.98%
2,996
84.02%
-2,426
-68.03%
3,566
Greenbrier
7,231
60.15%
4,790
39.85%
2,441
20.31%
12,021
Hampshire
2,485
60.27%
1,638
39.73%
847
20.54%
4,123
Hancock
7,334
63.12%
4,285
36.88%
3,049
26.24%
11,619
Hardy
2,111
58.64%
1,489
41.36%
622
17.28%
3,600
Harrison
18,028
55.58%
14,408
44.42%
3,620
11.16%
32,436
Jackson
2,401
34.86%
4,486
65.14%
-2,085
-30.27%
6,887
Jefferson
3,767
64.17%
2,103
35.83%
1,664
28.35%
5,870
Kanawha
47,400
56.50%
36,488
43.50%
10,912
13.01%
83,888
Lewis
3,350
40.20%
4,984
59.80%
-1,634
-19.61%
8,334
Lincoln
3,654
46.67%
4,175
53.33%
-521
-6.65%
7,829
Logan
14,692
64.75%
8,000
35.25%
6,692
29.49%
22,692
Marion
17,640
60.36%
11,584
39.64%
6,056
20.72%
29,224
Marshall
7,174
47.91%
7,800
52.09%
-626
-4.18%
14,974
Mason
3,662
39.50%
5,609
60.50%
-1,947
-21.00%
9,271
McDowell
19,300
63.65%
11,023
36.35%
8,277
27.30%
30,323
Mercer
14,861
59.69%
10,034
40.31%
4,827
19.39%
24,895
Mineral
3,989
46.25%
4,635
53.75%
-646
-7.49%
8,624
Mingo
9,550
66.97%
4,711
33.03%
4,839
33.93%
14,261
Monongalia
10,429
51.95%
9,647
48.05%
782
3.90%
20,076
Monroe
2,615
45.52%
3,130
54.48%
-515
-8.96%
5,745
Morgan
895
27.99%
2,303
72.01%
-1,408
-44.03%
3,198
Nicholas
4,305
56.91%
3,259
43.09%
1,046
13.83%
7,564
Ohio
17,445
51.90%
16,165
48.10%
1,280
3.81%
33,610
Pendleton
2,177
54.22%
1,838
45.78%
339
8.44%
4,015
Pleasants
1,507
48.16%
1,622
51.84%
-115
-3.68%
3,129
Pocahontas
2,897
55.32%
2,340
44.68%
557
10.64%
5,237
Preston
2,997
30.64%
6,785
69.36%
-3,788
-38.72%
9,782
Putnam
3,918
49.33%
4,025
50.67%
-107
-1.35%
7,943
Raleigh
17,988
63.54%
10,323
36.46%
7,665
27.07%
28,311
Randolph
6,299
63.12%
3,681
36.88%
2,618
26.23%
9,980
Ritchie
1,650
29.40%
3,963
70.60%
-2,313
-41.21%
5,613
Roane
3,787
44.89%
4,650
55.11%
-863
-10.23%
8,437
Summers
4,399
59.72%
2,967
40.28%
1,432
19.44%
7,366
Taylor
3,653
48.43%
3,890
51.57%
-237
-3.14%
7,543
Tucker
2,673
54.63%
2,220
45.37%
453
9.26%
4,893
Tyler
1,428
29.40%
3,429
70.60%
-2,001
-41.20%
4,857
Upshur
2,026
27.53%
5,332
72.47%
-3,306
-44.93%
7,358
Wayne
6,627
59.47%
4,516
40.53%
2,111
18.94%
11,143
Webster
3,285
67.32%
1,595
32.68%
1,690
34.63%
4,880
Wetzel
4,335
54.60%
3,604
45.40%
731
9.21%
7,939
Wirt
1,170
45.21%
1,418
54.79%
-248
-9.58%
2,588
Wood
13,676
48.42%
14,566
51.58%
-890
-3.15%
28,242
Wyoming
6,748
61.34%
4,253
38.66%
2,495
22.68%
11,001
Totals
392,777
54.89%
322,819
45.11%
69,958
9.78%
715,596
References
This page was last edited on 20 March 2024, at 02:33