Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Missouri D+2.9.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Missouri, 1944. The state ran 4.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R)

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Missouri result

1,572,502 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

807,812

51.4%

Dewey (R)

761,524

48.4%

All others

3,166

0.2%

Margin

D+2.9

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1944 presidential election

Missouri, 1944

RooseveltD+2.9

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	51.4%	807,812
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	48.4%	761,524
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	3,166

D+60

R+60

115 counties, each filled by 1944 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1944 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1944

115 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−15.3%	3,606	4,909	8,541
Andrew County	R	−24.7%	2,254	3,734	5,995
Atchison County	R	−11.7%	2,214	2,803	5,021
Audrain County	D	+30.3%	6,471	3,455	9,939
Barry County	R	−17.9%	4,029	5,796	9,848
Barton County	R	−11.0%	2,688	3,356	6,067
Bates County	R	−11.1%	4,096	5,122	9,236
Benton County	R	−49.6%	1,108	3,294	4,408
Bollinger County	R	−21.5%	1,841	2,850	4,694
Boone County	D	+39.6%	9,704	4,195	13,929
Buchanan County	D	+14.1%	20,091	15,113	35,224
Butler County	R	−20.3%	4,219	6,375	10,626
Caldwell County	R	−25.6%	2,001	3,384	5,393
Callaway County	D	+29.3%	5,757	3,143	8,924
Camden County	R	−37.5%	990	2,180	3,175
Cape Girardeau County	R	−9.8%	6,845	8,339	15,195
Carroll County	R	−21.9%	3,283	5,127	8,430
Carter County	D	+7.7%	1,207	1,033	2,252
Cass County	R	−3.8%	4,347	4,687	9,041
Cedar County	R	−41.5%	1,478	3,576	5,059
Chariton County	D	+1.7%	3,930	3,802	7,740
Christian County	R	−57.1%	1,134	4,167	5,310
Clark County	R	−11.3%	2,155	2,707	4,868
Clay County	D	+12.7%	8,682	6,724	15,446
Clinton County	D	+2.8%	3,079	2,912	5,996
Cole County	R	−1.6%	7,139	7,364	14,507
Cooper County	R	−13.8%	3,729	4,928	8,677
Crawford County	R	−17.1%	2,177	3,077	5,264
Dade County	R	−38.7%	1,462	3,316	4,786
Dallas County	R	−50.3%	1,064	3,232	4,306
Daviess County	R	−16.7%	2,567	3,597	6,169
DeKalb County	R	−15.1%	1,961	2,658	4,625
Dent County	D	+4.7%	2,699	2,456	5,162
Douglas County	R	−65.2%	746	3,570	4,330
Dunklin County	D	+32.7%	8,431	4,274	12,732
Franklin County	R	−22.0%	5,958	9,325	15,326
Gasconade County	R	−66.7%	994	5,007	6,013
Gentry County	D	+0.9%	3,022	2,970	6,000
Greene County	R	−10.9%	17,287	21,531	38,886
Grundy County	R	−16.2%	2,997	4,158	7,167
Harrison County	R	−24.5%	2,623	4,330	6,964
Henry County	R	−9.6%	4,587	5,564	10,174
Hickory County	R	−58.9%	560	2,171	2,734
Holt County	R	−27.6%	1,785	3,152	4,946
Howard County	D	+33.9%	3,958	1,951	5,918
Howell County	R	−26.0%	3,020	5,151	8,185
Iron County	D	+14.4%	2,205	1,649	3,854
Jackson County	D	+8.8%	113,803	95,406	209,632
Jasper County	R	−13.7%	13,111	17,301	30,475
Jefferson County	D	+8.1%	7,953	6,758	14,745
Johnson County	R	−14.7%	4,419	5,949	10,378
Knox County	R	−2.8%	1,943	2,057	4,008
Laclede County	R	−21.6%	3,011	4,670	7,687
Lafayette County	R	−17.3%	5,603	7,951	13,561
Lawrence County	R	−27.8%	3,859	6,836	10,722
Lewis County	D	+18.3%	2,883	1,988	4,882
Lincoln County	D	+12.9%	3,773	2,910	6,698
Linn County	D	+2.9%	5,242	4,942	10,193
Livingston County	R	−9.4%	3,887	4,697	8,610
Macon County	R	−0.3%	4,772	4,796	9,581
Madison County	R	−1.6%	2,203	2,277	4,488
Maries County	D	+9.1%	1,824	1,519	3,366
Marion County	D	+30.5%	8,575	4,560	13,149
McDonald County	R	−16.5%	2,523	3,520	6,056
Mercer County	R	−36.9%	1,035	2,249	3,288
Miller County	R	−23.6%	2,229	3,609	5,850
Mississippi County	D	+36.4%	4,182	1,944	6,153
Moniteau County	R	−16.3%	2,327	3,237	5,577
Monroe County	D	+63.9%	5,000	1,098	6,106
Montgomery County	R	−12.5%	2,743	3,527	6,276
Morgan County	R	−25.0%	1,735	2,896	4,641
New Madrid County	D	+29.9%	7,626	4,108	11,752
Newton County	R	−15.1%	5,146	6,985	12,154
Nodaway County	R	−3.2%	5,407	5,766	11,180
Oregon County	D	+26.9%	2,734	1,573	4,314
Osage County	R	−21.5%	2,121	3,284	5,412
Ozark County	R	−62.3%	628	2,707	3,338
Pemiscot County	D	+26.0%	7,380	4,333	11,733
Perry County	R	−35.2%	2,014	4,207	6,226
Pettis County	R	−3.5%	7,176	7,696	14,894
Phelps County	D	+14.4%	4,256	3,180	7,449
Pike County	D	+16.3%	4,659	3,351	8,032
Platte County	D	+22.9%	3,741	2,344	6,093
Polk County	R	−33.1%	2,527	5,040	7,585
Pulaski County	D	+13.0%	3,048	2,345	5,400
Putnam County	R	−45.3%	1,168	3,106	4,281
Ralls County	D	+41.2%	2,799	1,164	3,966
Randolph County	D	+45.1%	7,629	2,879	10,525
Ray County	D	+18.7%	4,521	3,094	7,627
Reynolds County	D	+32.7%	1,877	951	2,833
Ripley County	D	+2.2%	1,923	1,841	3,779
Saline County	D	+5.4%	6,715	6,022	12,753
Schuyler County	D	+6.2%	1,729	1,526	3,264
Scotland County	D	+2.4%	2,158	2,058	4,222
Scott County	D	+28.1%	7,132	3,995	11,168
Shannon County	D	+30.6%	2,093	1,110	3,214
Shelby County	D	+27.9%	3,435	1,934	5,387
St. Charles County	R	−18.1%	4,880	7,050	11,966
St. Clair County	R	−21.9%	2,119	3,306	5,431
St. Francois County	R	−4.1%	6,745	7,320	14,076
St. Louis city	D	+20.7%	204,687	134,411	339,919
St. Louis County	R	−5.2%	57,780	64,131	122,266
Ste. Genevieve County	R	−8.2%	1,878	2,214	4,098
Stoddard County	D	+8.1%	5,982	5,079	11,086
Stone County	R	−61.4%	737	3,080	3,818
Sullivan County	R	−4.1%	3,328	3,611	6,944
Taney County	R	−45.4%	936	2,499	3,444
Texas County	D	+1.2%	4,011	3,916	7,938
Vernon County	R	−2.8%	4,885	5,171	10,062
Warren County	R	−57.2%	815	3,017	3,847
Washington County	R	−16.8%	2,065	2,900	4,974
Wayne County	R	−0.0%	2,169	2,171	4,349
Webster County	R	−21.1%	2,785	4,281	7,081
Worth County	R	−0.2%	1,437	1,444	2,881
Wright County	R	−35.1%	2,116	4,413	6,537