1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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The 1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose ten[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ever since the passage of a new
Until the rise of
Following the 1928 gubernatorial primary, Louisiana politics until Brown v. Board of Education would be governed by a system of coherent “Long” and “anti-Long” Democratic factionalism,[8] as the administration of Huey Long introduced significant economic reforms, which were strongly opposed by the remnants of the old Choctaws. During the first term of Roosevelt, Long sought to capture the Presidency for himself under a “Share-Our-Wealth” program involving the confiscation of wealthy fortunes, family allowances, and government storage of agricultural surpluses.[9] However, in the ensuing years Long’s fortunes dwindled as a result of 1934 losses in the Sixth Congressional District and the New Orleans city council,[10] before Senator Long launched a siege on New Orleans and the Choctaws, combined with abolition of the state’s poll tax, in effort to regain his control over the state.[11]
However, Long’s assassination in 1935 meant he could not launch any presidential campaign. Although the sugar parishes did oppose incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s tariff policy strongly,[7] with the result that frequently rebellious Assumption and Lafourche Parishes showed a strong swing to Republican nominees Governor Alf Landon and veteran Illinois operative Frank Knox, Louisiana was won by Roosevelt and Vice President John Nance Garner, with 88.82 percent of the popular vote, against Landon’s 11.16 percent.[12][13] By percentage of the popular vote won, Louisiana was Roosevelt's third-best state, behind only South Carolina (98.57 percent) and Mississippi (97.06 percent).
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 292,894 | 88.82% | |
Republican | Alf Landon | 36,791 | 11.16% | |
Write-ins | — | 93 | 0.03% | |
Total votes | 329,778 | 100% |
Results by parish
Parish | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Acadia | 4,504 | 91.08% | 441 | 8.92% | 4,063 | 82.16% | 4,945 | ||
Allen | 2,207 | 87.20% | 324 | 12.80% | 1,883 | 74.40% | 2,531 | ||
Ascension | 2,359 | 87.05% | 350 | 12.92% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,009 | 74.13% | 2,710 |
Assumption | 712 | 39.06% | 1,111 | 60.94% | -399 | -21.89% | 1,823 | ||
Avoyelles | 4,408 | 90.70% | 452 | 9.30% | 3,956 | 81.40% | 4,860 | ||
Beauregard | 2,181 | 79.89% | 549 | 20.11% | 1,632 | 59.78% | 2,730 | ||
Bienville | 2,593 | 92.38% | 213 | 7.59% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,380 | 84.79% | 2,807 |
Bossier | 1,975 | 91.01% | 193 | 8.89% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,782 | 82.12% | 2,170 |
Caddo | 12,156 | 87.72% | 1,697 | 12.25% | 4 | 0.03% | 10,459 | 75.48% | 13,857 |
Calcasieu | 6,259 | 85.63% | 1,037 | 14.19% | 13 | 0.18% | 5,222 | 71.45% | 7,309 |
Caldwell | 1,371 | 85.37% | 235 | 14.63% | 1,136 | 70.73% | 1,606 | ||
Cameron | 1,067 | 98.52% | 16 | 1.48% | 1,051 | 97.05% | 1,083 | ||
Catahoula | 1,363 | 93.29% | 98 | 6.71% | 1,265 | 86.58% | 1,461 | ||
Claiborne | 2,563 | 94.54% | 146 | 5.39% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,417 | 89.16% | 2,711 |
Concordia | 1,152 | 95.13% | 58 | 4.79% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,094 | 90.34% | 1,211 |
De Soto
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2,337 | 96.17% | 93 | 3.83% | 2,244 | 92.35% | 2,430 | ||
East Baton Rouge | 9,911 | 90.26% | 1,069 | 9.74% | 8,842 | 80.53% | 10,980 | ||
East Carroll | 811 | 89.51% | 95 | 10.49% | 716 | 79.03% | 906 | ||
East Feliciana | 1,057 | 91.20% | 102 | 8.80% | 955 | 82.40% | 1,159 | ||
Evangeline | 3,484 | 91.32% | 331 | 8.68% | 3,153 | 82.65% | 3,815 | ||
Franklin | 2,948 | 92.50% | 231 | 7.25% | 8 | 0.25% | 2,717 | 85.25% | 3,187 |
Grant | 1,847 | 78.33% | 511 | 21.67% | 1,336 | 56.66% | 2,358 | ||
Iberia | 2,595 | 67.77% | 1,234 | 32.23% | 1,361 | 35.54% | 3,829 | ||
Iberville | 1,953 | 88.13% | 263 | 11.87% | 1,690 | 76.26% | 2,216 | ||
Jackson | 1,807 | 91.45% | 169 | 8.55% | 1,638 | 82.89% | 1,976 | ||
Jefferson | 9,056 | 92.72% | 705 | 7.22% | 6 | 0.06% | 8,351 | 85.50% | 9,767 |
Jefferson Davis | 2,567 | 80.85% | 608 | 19.15% | 1,959 | 61.70% | 3,175 | ||
Lafayette | 4,570 | 93.72% | 306 | 6.28% | 4,264 | 87.45% | 4,876 | ||
Lafourche | 2,195 | 57.36% | 1,630 | 42.59% | 2 | 0.05% | 565 | 14.76% | 3,827 |
LaSalle | 1,643 | 86.52% | 256 | 13.48% | 1,387 | 73.04% | 1,899 | ||
Lincoln | 2,154 | 91.43% | 201 | 8.53% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,953 | 82.89% | 2,356 |
Livingston | 2,414 | 82.96% | 496 | 17.04% | 1,918 | 65.91% | 2,910 | ||
Madison | 1,085 | 93.86% | 71 | 6.14% | 1,014 | 87.72% | 1,156 | ||
Morehouse | 2,514 | 93.53% | 172 | 6.40% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,342 | 87.13% | 2,688 |
Natchitoches | 3,476 | 87.38% | 502 | 12.62% | 2,974 | 74.76% | 3,978 | ||
Orleans
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108,012 | 91.32% | 10,254 | 8.67% | 16 | 0.01% | 97,758 | 82.65% | 118,282 |
Ouachita | 7,635 | 87.28% | 1,113 | 12.72% | 6,522 | 74.55% | 8,748 | ||
Plaquemines | 2,209 | 95.92% | 94 | 4.08% | 2,115 | 91.84% | 2,303 | ||
Pointe Coupee | 1,419 | 92.44% | 116 | 7.56% | 1,303 | 84.89% | 1,535 | ||
Rapides | 8,017 | 86.45% | 1,257 | 13.55% | 6,760 | 72.89% | 9,274 | ||
Red River | 1,641 | 92.55% | 132 | 7.45% | 1,509 | 85.11% | 1,773 | ||
Richland | 2,425 | 93.48% | 165 | 6.36% | 4 | 0.15% | 2,260 | 87.12% | 2,594 |
Sabine | 2,447 | 85.41% | 417 | 14.55% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,030 | 70.86% | 2,865 |
Saint Bernard
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2,269 | 98.91% | 25 | 1.09% | 2,244 | 97.82% | 2,294 | ||
Saint Charles
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1,503 | 94.00% | 96 | 6.00% | 1,407 | 87.99% | 1,599 | ||
Saint Helena
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1,199 | 92.16% | 102 | 7.84% | 1,097 | 84.32% | 1,301 | ||
Saint James
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1,575 | 85.88% | 259 | 14.12% | 1,316 | 71.76% | 1,834 | ||
Saint John the Baptist
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1,742 | 86.93% | 262 | 13.07% | 1,480 | 73.85% | 2,004 | ||
Saint Landry
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5,639 | 92.75% | 441 | 7.25% | 5,198 | 85.49% | 6,080 | ||
Saint Martin
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2,638 | 96.35% | 100 | 3.65% | 2,538 | 92.70% | 2,738 | ||
Saint Mary
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1,942 | 79.95% | 487 | 20.05% | 1,455 | 59.90% | 2,429 | ||
Saint Tammany
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3,477 | 85.41% | 594 | 14.59% | 2,883 | 70.82% | 4,071 | ||
Tangipahoa | 4,624 | 77.07% | 1,374 | 22.90% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,250 | 54.17% | 6,000 |
Tensas | 812 | 97.25% | 23 | 2.75% | 789 | 94.49% | 835 | ||
Terrebonne | 1,894 | 78.26% | 526 | 21.74% | 1,368 | 56.53% | 2,420 | ||
Union | 1,778 | 86.73% | 272 | 13.27% | 1,506 | 73.46% | 2,050 | ||
Vermilion | 4,141 | 89.02% | 496 | 10.66% | 15 | 0.32% | 3,645 | 78.35% | 4,652 |
Vernon | 2,831 | 75.21% | 928 | 24.65% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,903 | 50.56% | 3,764 |
Washington | 5,667 | 94.18% | 350 | 5.82% | 5,317 | 88.37% | 6,017 | ||
Webster | 2,799 | 90.12% | 301 | 9.69% | 6 | 0.19% | 2,498 | 80.42% | 3,106 |
West Baton Rouge | 868 | 91.46% | 80 | 8.43% | 1 | 0.11% | 788 | 83.03% | 949 |
West Carroll | 1,440 | 86.12% | 232 | 13.88% | 1,208 | 72.25% | 1,672 | ||
West Feliciana | 564 | 88.13% | 76 | 11.88% | 488 | 76.25% | 640 | ||
Winn | 2,393 | 90.40% | 254 | 9.60% | 2,139 | 80.81% | 2,647 | ||
Totals | 292,894 | 88.82% | 36,791 | 11.16% | 93 | 0.03% | 256,103 | 77.66% | 329,778 |
See also
References
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