# 1944 United States presidential election in Alabama

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The 1944 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose eleven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
In Alabama, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states. Since the 1890s, Alabama had been effectively a one-party state ruled by the Democratic Party. Disenfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and a large proportion of poor whites via poll taxes, literacy tests and informal harassment had essentially eliminated opposition parties outside of Unionist Winston County and a few nearby northern hill counties that had been Populist strongholds. The only competitive statewide elections became Democratic Party primaries limited by law to white voters until the landmark court case of Smith v. Allwright, following which Alabama introduced the Boswell Amendment — ruled unconstitutional in Davis v. Schnell in 1949, although substantial increases in black voter registration would not occur until after the late 1960s Voting Rights Act.
Unlike other Deep South states, soon after black disenfranchisement Alabama’s remaining white Republicans made rapid efforts to expel blacks from the state Republican Party, and under Oscar D. Street, who ironically was appointed state party boss as part of the pro-Taft “black and tan” faction in 1912, the state GOP would permanently turn “lily-white”, with the last black delegates at any Republican National Convention serving in 1920. With two exceptions the Republicans were unable to gain from their hard lily-white policy. The first was when they exceeded forty percent in the 1920 House of Representatives races for the 4th, 7th and 10th congressional districts, and the second was the 1928 presidential election when Senator James Thomas Heflin embarked on a nationwide speaking tour, partially funded by the Ku Klux Klan, against Roman Catholic Democratic nominee Al Smith and supported Republican Herbert Hoover, who went on to lose the state by only seven thousand votes.
By 1940, there was significant opposition amongst Alabama’s planter and industrial elite to the New Deal, and there were already attempts to organize the “independent elector” movements that would proliferate after Harry S. Truman’s civil rights proposals, whilst other “big mules” already supported voting Republican for President. However, the hatred of the Republican label, despite six election cycles as a party exclusive of blacks, prevented such a revolt amongst the actual electorate.
Alabama was ultimately won in a landslide by FDR with 81.28 percent of the popular vote, against Dewey with 18.20 percent of the popular vote, a margin of 63.08 percent. Third-party candidates only managed to pick up 0.53 percent of the vote. It was also the last time until 1972 that Alabama would back the national winner in a presidential election.

## Campaign

No campaigning was done by either incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt and new running mate Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman, nor by Republican nominees Governor Thomas E. Dewey–New York and Governor John W. Bricker. Polls were not taken until late October, when a Gallup poll showed Roosevelt as having 77 percent of the vote. This increased slightly to 78 percent of the two-party vote on the day before the poll.

## Results

1944 United States presidential election in Alabama :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 198,918 | 81.28% |
| | Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 44,540 | 18.20% |
| | Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 1,095 | 0.45% |
| | Socialist | Norman Thomas | 190 | 0.08% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 244,743 | 100.00% |

### Results by individual elector

General election results :
| Party | Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes |
| | Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | W. F. Covington, Jr. | 198,918 |
| | Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | John D. McQueen | 198,917 |
| | Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Forrest Castleberry | 198,908 |
| | Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Otis R. Burton | 198,907 |
| | Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | John E. Adams | 198,904 |
| | Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Ben Bloodworth | 198,894 |
| | Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Fournier J. Gale | 198,888 |
| | Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Thomas H. Maxwell | 198,880 |
| | Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Gessner T. McCorvey | 198,871 |
| | Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Walter F. Miller | 198,868 |
| | Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | W. O. Pope | 197,872 |
| | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | William M. Russell | 44,540 |
| | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | C. R. Stone | 44,540 |
| | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | C. S. Prescott | 44,513 |
| | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | J. Dewey Rockett | 44,509 |
| | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | Jack E. Paterson | 44,496 |
| | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | E. L. Harvell | 44,478 |
| | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | Lyman Ward | 44,467 |
| | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | H. A. Jackson | 44,447 |
| | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | Pope M. Long | 44,446 |
| | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | R. M. Sims | 44,433 |
| | Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | Aaron G. Weaver | 44,306 |
| | Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | A. J. Dailey | 1,095 |
| | Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | James C. Mauldin | 1,082 |
| | Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | Emmett Williams | 1,081 |
| | Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | A. W. Stone | 1,071 |
| | Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | C. H. McAdory | 1,069 |
| | Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | John C. Orr | 1,068 |
| | Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | Glenn V. Tingley | 1,064 |
| | Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | J. B. Lockhart | 1,058 |
| | Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | Mary A. Bebout | 1,054 |
| | Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | W. E. Braden | 1,054 |
| | Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | Eunice Sisson | 1,050 |
| | Socialist Party of America | Norman Thomas | Minnie C. Adams | 190 |
| | Socialist Party of America | Norman Thomas | Robert S. Burgess, Jr. | 182 |
| | Socialist Party of America | Norman Thomas | Frederic Roper | 176 |
| | Socialist Party of America | Norman Thomas | D. R. Calloway | 166 |
| | Socialist Party of America | Norman Thomas | F. M. Buttram | 162 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 244,743 |

### Results by county

| County | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic | Thomas E. Dewey Republican | Thomas E. Dewey Republican | Claude A. Watson Prohibition | Claude A. Watson Prohibition | Norman Thomas Socialist | Norman Thomas Socialist | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Autauga | 1,242 | 91.06% | 117 | 8.58% | 5 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,125 | 82.48% | 1,364 |
| Baldwin | 2,002 | 73.41% | 695 | 25.49% | 22 | 0.81% | 8 | 0.29% | 1,308 | 47.95% | 2,727 |
| Barbour | 2,237 | 94.91% | 67 | 2.84% | 53 | 2.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,170 | 92.07% | 2,357 |
| Bibb | 1,287 | 83.25% | 244 | 15.78% | 10 | 0.65% | 2 | 0.13% | 1,043 | 67.60% | 1,546 |
| Blount | 2,134 | 67.85% | 998 | 31.73% | 10 | 0.32% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,135 | 36.12% | 3,145 |
| Bullock | 1,056 | 97.78% | 24 | 2.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,032 | 95.56% | 1,080 |
| Butler | 1,915 | 95.75% | 80 | 4.00% | 5 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,835 | 91.75% | 2,000 |
| Calhoun | 4,308 | 85.65% | 694 | 13.80% | 26 | 0.52% | 2 | 0.04% | 3,614 | 71.85% | 5,030 |
| Chambers | 3,458 | 94.43% | 194 | 5.30% | 9 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,264 | 89.16% | 3,662 |
| Cherokee | 1,774 | 80.64% | 408 | 18.55% | 17 | 0.77% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,366 | 62.09% | 2,200 |
| Chilton | 1,984 | 58.77% | 1,385 | 41.02% | 6 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.03% | 599 | 17.74% | 3,376 |
| Choctaw | 1,243 | 93.32% | 86 | 6.46% | 3 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,158 | 86.87% | 1,332 |
| Clarke | 2,263 | 93.98% | 142 | 5.90% | 3 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,121 | 88.08% | 2,408 |
| Clay | 1,535 | 67.03% | 741 | 32.36% | 13 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.04% | 794 | 34.67% | 2,290 |
| Cleburne | 948 | 65.02% | 504 | 34.57% | 6 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 443 | 30.36% | 1,458 |
| Coffee | 2,846 | 96.02% | 115 | 3.88% | 3 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,731 | 92.14% | 2,964 |
| Colbert | 3,386 | 87.07% | 496 | 12.75% | 6 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,890 | 74.29% | 3,889 |
| Conecuh | 1,498 | 91.34% | 127 | 7.74% | 9 | 0.55% | 6 | 0.37% | 1,371 | 83.60% | 1,640 |
| Coosa | 1,079 | 72.86% | 394 | 26.60% | 5 | 0.34% | 3 | 0.20% | 685 | 46.25% | 1,481 |
| Covington | 2,972 | 91.98% | 256 | 7.92% | 2 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,716 | 84.06% | 3,231 |
| Crenshaw | 1,980 | 94.06% | 118 | 5.61% | 6 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,862 | 88.50% | 2,105 |
| Cullman | 3,898 | 63.43% | 2,202 | 35.83% | 41 | 0.67% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,696 | 27.60% | 6,145 |
| Dale | 2,094 | 85.57% | 325 | 13.28% | 8 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,769 | 72.86% | 2,447 |
| Dallas | 2,883 | 94.74% | 149 | 4.90% | 5 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.16% | 2,735 | 89.88% | 3,043 |
| DeKalb | 4,366 | 62.35% | 2,627 | 37.52% | 9 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,739 | 24.84% | 7,002 |
| Elmore | 3,108 | 94.32% | 184 | 5.58% | 3 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,924 | 88.74% | 3,295 |
| Escambia | 2,077 | 88.20% | 266 | 11.30% | 12 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,811 | 76.90% | 2,355 |
| Etowah | 5,895 | 78.38% | 1,525 | 20.28% | 89 | 1.18% | 12 | 0.16% | 4,370 | 58.10% | 7,521 |
| Fayette | 1,648 | 64.10% | 913 | 35.51% | 10 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 735 | 28.59% | 2,571 |
| Franklin | 2,709 | 59.30% | 1,853 | 40.56% | 6 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 856 | 18.74% | 4,568 |
| Geneva | 2,004 | 83.36% | 385 | 16.01% | 15 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,619 | 67.35% | 2,404 |
| Greene | 676 | 93.63% | 45 | 6.23% | 1 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 631 | 87.40% | 722 |
| Hale | 1,265 | 97.46% | 33 | 2.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,232 | 94.92% | 1,298 |
| Henry | 1,635 | 97.15% | 46 | 2.73% | 2 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,589 | 94.41% | 1,683 |
| Houston | 3,349 | 91.80% | 282 | 7.73% | 16 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.03% | 3,067 | 84.07% | 3,648 |
| Jackson | 2,967 | 74.18% | 1,026 | 25.65% | 6 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,941 | 48.53% | 4,000 |
| Jefferson | 31,101 | 80.40% | 7,409 | 19.15% | 157 | 0.41% | 17 | 0.04% | 23,692 | 61.24% | 38,684 |
| Lamar | 2,025 | 86.10% | 310 | 13.18% | 16 | 0.68% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,715 | 72.92% | 2,352 |
| Lauderdale | 4,001 | 86.77% | 590 | 12.80% | 19 | 0.41% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,411 | 73.98% | 4,611 |
| Lawrence | 1,893 | 76.86% | 565 | 22.94% | 5 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,328 | 53.92% | 2,463 |
| Lee | 2,011 | 93.49% | 134 | 6.23% | 5 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,878 | 87.27% | 2,151 |
| Limestone | 2,605 | 94.93% | 129 | 4.70% | 10 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,476 | 90.23% | 2,744 |
| Lowndes | 802 | 97.92% | 16 | 1.95% | 1 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 786 | 95.97% | 819 |
| Macon | 1,032 | 92.56% | 82 | 7.35% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 951 | 85.37% | 1,115 |
| Madison | 4,951 | 91.33% | 455 | 8.39% | 11 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.07% | 4,496 | 82.94% | 5,421 |
| Marengo | 1,746 | 94.69% | 89 | 4.83% | 7 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,657 | 89.86% | 1,844 |
| Marion | 1,866 | 59.48% | 1,260 | 40.17% | 10 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 607 | 19.36% | 3,137 |
| Marshall | 3,356 | 73.58% | 1,200 | 26.31% | 5 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,156 | 47.27% | 4,561 |
| Mobile | 9,439 | 75.98% | 2,867 | 23.08% | 86 | 0.69% | 25 | 0.20% | 6,570 | 52.92% | 12,423 |
| Monroe | 1,991 | 97.55% | 46 | 2.25% | 4 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,945 | 95.30% | 2,041 |
| Montgomery | 9,143 | 95.62% | 381 | 3.98% | 32 | 0.33% | 9 | 0.09% | 8,748 | 91.57% | 9,562 |
| Morgan | 4,124 | 85.24% | 664 | 13.72% | 49 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,461 | 71.57% | 4,838 |
| Perry | 1,004 | 95.35% | 47 | 4.46% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 957 | 90.88% | 1,053 |
| Pickens | 1,482 | 87.23% | 209 | 12.30% | 8 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,273 | 74.93% | 1,699 |
| Pike | 2,328 | 93.87% | 90 | 3.63% | 31 | 1.25% | 30 | 1.21% | 2,238 | 90.28% | 2,480 |
| Randolph | 1,785 | 71.06% | 702 | 27.95% | 25 | 1.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,083 | 43.11% | 2,512 |
| Russell | 2,109 | 94.66% | 115 | 5.16% | 4 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,994 | 89.50% | 2,228 |
| Shelby | 1,955 | 67.11% | 945 | 32.44% | 8 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,009 | 34.66% | 2,913 |
| St. Clair | 1,819 | 61.66% | 1,117 | 37.86% | 13 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.03% | 702 | 23.80% | 2,950 |
| Sumter | 1,075 | 95.05% | 53 | 4.69% | 3 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,022 | 90.36% | 1,131 |
| Talladega | 3,102 | 81.50% | 675 | 17.74% | 25 | 0.66% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,428 | 63.84% | 3,806 |
| Tallapoosa | 3,326 | 95.88% | 136 | 3.92% | 7 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,190 | 91.96% | 3,469 |
| Tuscaloosa | 4,939 | 88.62% | 584 | 10.48% | 20 | 0.36% | 4 | 0.07% | 4,355 | 78.51% | 5,573 |
| Walker | 4,619 | 66.87% | 2,241 | 32.45% | 32 | 0.46% | 12 | 0.17% | 2,379 | 34.46% | 6,907 |
| Washington | 1,447 | 92.28% | 115 | 7.33% | 6 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,332 | 84.95% | 1,568 |
| Wilcox | 1,209 | 97.42% | 30 | 2.42% | 2 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,179 | 95.00% | 1,241 |
| Winston | 912 | 37.07% | 1,538 | 62.52% | 10 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | -626 | -25.45% | 2,460 |
| Totals | 198,918 | 81.28% | 44,540 | 18.20% | 1,095 | 0.45% | 190 | 0.08% | 154,378 | 63.08% | 244,743 |