Thomas E. Dewey carried Ohio R+0.4.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Ohio, 1944. The state ran 7.9 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

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

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Ohio result

3,153,056 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

1,570,763

49.8%

Dewey (R)

1,582,293

50.2%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+0.4

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1944 presidential election

Ohio, 1944

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Thomas E. Dewey ✓Republican	50.2%	1,582,293
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic	49.8%	1,570,763
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Ohio's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1944 contest in context

Ohio's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−0.1%
1896	−4.8%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−25.4%
1908	−6.2%
1912	+14.1%
1916	+7.7%
1920	−19.9%
1924	−34.6%
1928	−30.4%
1932	+2.8%
1936	+20.6%
1940	+4.4%
1944	−0.4%
1948	+0.2%
1952	−13.5%
1956	−22.2%
1960	−6.6%
1964	+25.9%
1968	−2.3%
1972	−21.6%
1976	+0.3%
1980	−10.6%
1984	−18.8%
1988	−10.9%
1992	+1.8%
1996	+6.4%
2000	−3.5%
2004	−2.1%
2008	+4.6%
2012	+3.0%
2016	−8.0%
2020	−8.0%
2024	−11.1%

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County results — 1944

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−16.6%	3,998	5,590	9,588
Allen County	R	−25.2%	12,564	21,024	33,588
Ashland County	R	−18.9%	6,130	8,994	15,124
Ashtabula County	R	−12.7%	13,319	17,181	30,500
Athens County	R	−16.3%	7,438	10,326	17,764
Auglaize County	R	−29.5%	4,888	8,980	13,868
Belmont County	D	+21.7%	24,093	15,485	39,578
Brown County	R	−2.9%	4,743	5,024	9,767
Butler County	D	+8.1%	26,698	22,702	49,400
Carroll County	R	−25.5%	2,907	4,898	7,805
Champaign County	R	−23.8%	4,800	7,795	12,595
Clark County	D	+0.3%	22,362	22,207	44,569
Clermont County	R	−7.0%	7,937	9,125	17,062
Clinton County	R	−32.0%	3,713	7,200	10,913
Columbiana County	R	−3.0%	18,796	19,976	38,772
Coshocton County	R	−12.8%	6,126	7,917	14,043
Crawford County	R	−19.3%	7,079	10,464	17,543
Cuyahoga County	D	+20.6%	330,659	217,824	548,483
Darke County	R	−16.2%	8,036	11,135	19,171
Defiance County	R	−34.4%	3,634	7,450	11,084
Delaware County	R	−33.6%	4,569	9,186	13,755
Erie County	R	−15.8%	7,753	10,663	18,416
Fairfield County	R	−13.8%	8,439	11,135	19,574
Fayette County	R	−20.1%	3,945	5,933	9,878
Franklin County	R	−5.2%	89,394	99,292	188,686
Fulton County	R	−58.7%	2,147	8,258	10,405
Gallia County	R	−37.1%	2,968	6,464	9,432
Geauga County	R	−23.7%	3,264	5,295	8,559
Greene County	R	−9.9%	7,937	9,680	17,617
Guernsey County	R	−15.4%	6,512	8,878	15,390
Hamilton County	R	−3.5%	144,470	154,960	299,430
Hancock County	R	−36.5%	6,252	13,450	19,702
Hardin County	R	−25.1%	5,128	8,566	13,694
Harrison County	R	−21.1%	3,381	5,194	8,575
Henry County	R	−47.1%	2,605	7,241	9,846
Highland County	R	−19.8%	5,336	7,963	13,299
Hocking County	R	−9.3%	3,766	4,535	8,301
Holmes County	R	−9.4%	2,563	3,093	5,656
Huron County	R	−32.1%	5,879	11,442	17,321
Jackson County	R	−18.5%	4,666	6,786	11,452
Jefferson County	D	+23.1%	24,827	15,496	40,323
Knox County	R	−28.3%	5,573	9,963	15,536
Lake County	R	−3.7%	12,713	13,697	26,410
Lawrence County	R	−7.8%	7,966	9,312	17,278
Licking County	R	−13.5%	12,819	16,815	29,634
Logan County	R	−33.3%	4,944	9,882	14,826
Lorain County	D	+2.8%	25,254	23,866	49,120
Lucas County	R	−0.7%	76,109	77,247	153,356
Madison County	R	−24.3%	3,374	5,546	8,920
Mahoning County	D	+33.2%	70,102	35,184	105,286
Marion County	R	−15.2%	8,775	11,925	20,700
Medina County	R	−26.7%	6,003	10,375	16,378
Meigs County	R	−30.6%	3,399	6,401	9,800
Mercer County	R	−26.1%	4,522	7,712	12,234
Miami County	R	−16.9%	10,476	14,751	25,227
Monroe County	R	−0.6%	3,574	3,617	7,191
Montgomery County	D	+13.1%	82,367	63,336	145,703
Morgan County	R	−44.3%	1,665	4,309	5,974
Morrow County	R	−39.6%	2,356	5,439	7,795
Muskingum County	R	−16.0%	12,729	17,577	30,306
Noble County	R	−29.8%	2,235	4,130	6,365
Ottawa County	R	−16.7%	4,941	6,922	11,863
Paulding County	R	−31.4%	2,355	4,515	6,870
Perry County	R	−18.5%	5,050	7,339	12,389
Pickaway County	R	−5.6%	5,362	5,997	11,359
Pike County	D	+12.0%	3,968	3,117	7,085
Portage County	D	+1.0%	12,533	12,284	24,817
Preble County	R	−15.1%	4,872	6,609	11,481
Putnam County	R	−43.6%	3,145	8,004	11,149
Richland County	R	−7.9%	15,406	18,065	33,471
Ross County	R	−7.0%	9,928	11,424	21,352
Sandusky County	R	−38.4%	6,129	13,763	19,892
Scioto County	R	−1.0%	17,134	17,489	34,623
Seneca County	R	−41.7%	6,224	15,137	21,361
Shelby County	R	−11.5%	5,622	7,084	12,706
Stark County	D	+5.4%	57,393	51,506	108,899
Summit County	D	+16.8%	90,783	64,696	155,479
Trumbull County	D	+15.4%	34,312	25,150	59,462
Tuscarawas County	D	+6.0%	16,184	14,357	30,541
Union County	R	−40.8%	2,907	6,908	9,815
Van Wert County	R	−25.7%	5,046	8,529	13,575
Vinton County	R	−19.6%	1,826	2,719	4,545
Warren County	R	−19.7%	5,765	8,598	14,363
Washington County	R	−24.9%	7,023	11,676	18,699
Wayne County	R	−17.8%	9,506	13,616	23,122
Williams County	R	−43.8%	3,417	8,738	12,155
Wood County	R	−33.2%	8,025	16,016	24,041
Wyandot County	R	−31.1%	3,231	6,144	9,375