Electoral history of Harry S. Truman

Electoral history of Harry S. Truman, who served as the 33rd president of the United States (1945–1953), the 34th vice president (1945), and as a United States senator from Missouri (1935–1945)

Electoral history prior to 1934
Before 1934, Truman ran four times for various administrative judgeships in Jackson County, Missouri.
 * In 1922, Truman won the Democratic Party Primary election and general election for Eastern Judge of Jackson County.
 * In 1924, Truman won the Democratic Party Primary election but lost the general election for Eastern Judge of Jackson County.
 * In 1926, Truman won the Democratic Party Primary election and general election for Presiding Judge of Jackson County.
 * In 1930, Truman won the Democratic Party Primary election and general election for Presiding Judge of Jackson County.

United States Senate races, 1934-1940
Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Missouri, 1934:
 * 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:
 * 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:
 * 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:
 * 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 presidential races, 1944
1944 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):

1st ballot:
 * Henry A. Wallace (inc.) - 429.5
 * Harry S. Truman - 319.5
 * John H. Bankhead II - 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 II - 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

1944 United States presidential election:


 * 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:
 * 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):
 * 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%)

1948 United States presidential election:


 * 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:
 * 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:
 * 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%)
 * William 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):

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%)