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1944 United States presidential election in Indiana


A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey and the governor of Ohio John W. Bricker defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt and the junior U.S. senator from Missouri Harry S. Truman. Roosevelt defeated Dewey in the national election with 432 electoral votes.

Voters in Indiana chose 13 members of the Electoral College from lists submitted by party officials prior to the election. State law specified that the names of the national party nominees for president and vice president be listed on the ballot, with a vote for a party's national candidates being considered a vote for all the electors nominated by that party. The names of the electors nominated by each party are listed below.

Thomas E. Dewey and John W. BrickerRepublican PartyFranklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. TrumanDemocratic PartyClaude A. Watson and Andrew N. JohnsonProhibition PartyNorman Thomas and Darlington HoopesSocialist Party
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Democratic781,40346.732.30
Prohibition12,5740.750.39
Socialist2,2230.130.01
1,672,091100.00
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  • Madison, James H. (1986). The Indiana Way: A State History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

  • Petersen, Svend (1963). A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company. LCCN 62-21786.

  • Steers, Edwin; Lewis, David M., eds. (1944). Election Laws of Indiana and 1944 Political Calendar. Indianapolis: State Board of Election Commissioners.

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