Indiana — 1944 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1944 presidential electionIndiana · PresidentDeweyR+5.7
How it voted
Share of the 1944 vote
| Thomas E. Dewey ✓Republican | 52.4% | 875,891 |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic | 46.7% | 781,403 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.9% | 14,797 |
1944presidential margin
D+60R+60
92 counties, each filled by 1944 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Indiana cast 13 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (92 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IN | Republican | R+19.2 |
| Allen County, IN | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Bartholomew County, IN | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Benton County, IN | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Blackford County, IN | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Boone County, IN | Republican | R+12.6 |
| Brown County, IN | Democratic | D+6.9 |
| Carroll County, IN | Republican | R+15.2 |
| Cass County, IN | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Clark County, IN | Democratic | D+14.9 |
| Clay County, IN | Republican | R+7.7 |
| Clinton County, IN | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Crawford County, IN | Republican | R+3.1 |
| Daviess County, IN | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Dearborn County, IN | Republican | R+3.1 |
| Decatur County, IN | Republican | R+22.3 |
| DeKalb County, IN | Republican | R+21.5 |
| Delaware County, IN | Democratic | D+3.9 |
| Dubois County, IN | Democratic | D+4.1 |
| Elkhart County, IN | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Fayette County, IN | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Floyd County, IN | Democratic | D+11.2 |
| Fountain County, IN | Republican | R+15.9 |
| Franklin County, IN | Republican | R+19.9 |
| Fulton County, IN | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Gibson County, IN | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Grant County, IN | Republican | R+13.3 |
| Greene County, IN | Republican | R+9.7 |
| Hamilton County, IN | Republican | R+33.4 |
| Hancock County, IN | Republican | R+4.9 |
| Harrison County, IN | Republican | R+1.3 |
| Hendricks County, IN | Republican | R+21.5 |
| Henry County, IN | Republican | R+11.8 |
| Howard County, IN | Republican | R+1.3 |
| Huntington County, IN | Republican | R+16.7 |
| Jackson County, IN | Republican | R+2.7 |
| Jasper County, IN | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Jay County, IN | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Jefferson County, IN | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Jennings County, IN | Republican | R+17.8 |
| Johnson County, IN | Republican | R+6.6 |
| Knox County, IN | Democratic | D+1.3 |
| Kosciusko County, IN | Republican | R+32.0 |
| LaGrange County, IN | Republican | R+38.5 |
| Lake County, IN | Democratic | D+21.7 |
| LaPorte County, IN | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Lawrence County, IN | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Madison County, IN | Democratic | D+6.7 |
| Marion County, IN | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Marshall County, IN | Republican | R+21.6 |
| Martin County, IN | Democratic | D+1.0 |
| Miami County, IN | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Monroe County, IN | Republican | R+13.5 |
| Montgomery County, IN | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Morgan County, IN | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Newton County, IN | Republican | R+36.3 |
| Noble County, IN | Republican | R+26.4 |
| Ohio County, IN | Republican | R+3.8 |
| Orange County, IN | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Owen County, IN | Republican | R+12.0 |
| Parke County, IN | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Perry County, IN | Republican | R+1.1 |
| Pike County, IN | Republican | R+9.6 |
| Porter County, IN | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Posey County, IN | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Pulaski County, IN | Republican | R+12.0 |
| Putnam County, IN | Republican | R+5.1 |
| Randolph County, IN | Republican | R+25.2 |
| Ripley County, IN | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Rush County, IN | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Scott County, IN | Democratic | D+4.8 |
| Shelby County, IN | Republican | R+0.1 |
| Spencer County, IN | Republican | R+15.4 |
| St. Joseph County, IN | Democratic | D+8.3 |
| Starke County, IN | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Steuben County, IN | Republican | R+43.9 |
| Sullivan County, IN | Democratic | D+4.6 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Democratic | D+4.0 |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | Republican | R+21.6 |
| Tipton County, IN | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Union County, IN | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | Democratic | D+5.7 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Republican | R+0.9 |
| Vigo County, IN | Democratic | D+6.8 |
| Wabash County, IN | Republican | R+27.5 |
| Warren County, IN | Republican | R+29.7 |
| Warrick County, IN | Republican | R+10.8 |
| Washington County, IN | Republican | R+1.2 |
| Wayne County, IN | Republican | R+10.2 |
| Wells County, IN | Republican | R+2.5 |
| White County, IN | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Whitley County, IN | Republican | R+12.6 |
Indiana results by county
92 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,844 | 5,64858.8% | 3,80439.6% | 1491.6% | 9,601 |
| Allen County | Thomas E. Dewey+11,462 | 41,90757.6% | 30,44541.9% | 3570.5% | 72,709 |
| Bartholomew County | Thomas E. Dewey+550 | 7,68951.0% | 7,13947.3% | 2521.7% | 15,080 |
| Benton County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,556 | 3,62163.4% | 2,06536.1% | 270.5% | 5,713 |
| Blackford County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+128 | 3,07947.8% | 3,20749.8% | 1532.4% | 6,439 |
| Boone County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,531 | 6,82356.0% | 5,29243.4% | 700.6% | 12,185 |
| Brown County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+178 | 1,17445.7% | 1,35252.6% | 451.8% | 2,571 |
| Carroll County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,294 | 4,87257.3% | 3,57842.1% | 550.6% | 8,505 |
| Cass County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,173 | 9,78852.9% | 8,61546.6% | 1030.6% | 18,506 |
| Clark County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,537 | 7,24142.4% | 9,77857.2% | 620.4% | 17,081 |
| Clay County | Thomas E. Dewey+967 | 6,68853.3% | 5,72145.6% | 1441.1% | 12,553 |
| Clinton County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,706 | 8,08755.4% | 6,38143.7% | 1370.9% | 14,605 |
| Crawford County | Thomas E. Dewey+153 | 2,48850.5% | 2,33547.4% | 1042.1% | 4,927 |
| Daviess County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,935 | 7,45857.1% | 5,52342.3% | 710.5% | 13,052 |
| Dearborn County | Thomas E. Dewey+330 | 5,48751.3% | 5,15748.2% | 470.4% | 10,691 |
| Decatur County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,008 | 5,47960.9% | 3,47138.6% | 530.6% | 9,003 |
| DeKalb County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,669 | 7,47960.4% | 4,81038.8% | 980.8% | 12,387 |
| Delaware County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,440 | 17,34047.4% | 18,78051.3% | 4551.2% | 36,575 |
| Dubois County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+418 | 4,85547.8% | 5,27351.9% | 340.3% | 10,162 |
| Elkhart County | Thomas E. Dewey+7,668 | 20,65960.4% | 12,99138.0% | 5581.6% | 34,208 |
| Fayette County | Thomas E. Dewey+304 | 5,60351.2% | 5,29948.4% | 360.3% | 10,938 |
| Floyd County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,131 | 8,41044.1% | 10,54155.3% | 1200.6% | 19,071 |
| Fountain County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,535 | 5,55757.7% | 4,02241.8% | 460.5% | 9,625 |
| Franklin County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,266 | 3,79659.8% | 2,53039.9% | 200.3% | 6,346 |
| Fulton County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,989 | 5,19061.3% | 3,20137.8% | 780.9% | 8,469 |
| Gibson County | Thomas E. Dewey+433 | 7,89550.9% | 7,46248.1% | 1681.1% | 15,525 |
| Grant County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,496 | 14,52755.1% | 11,03141.8% | 8213.1% | 26,379 |
| Greene County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,469 | 8,21354.4% | 6,74444.7% | 1290.9% | 15,086 |
| Hamilton County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,196 | 8,29766.1% | 4,10132.7% | 1621.3% | 12,560 |
| Hancock County | Thomas E. Dewey+487 | 5,13951.7% | 4,65246.8% | 1471.5% | 9,938 |
| Harrison County | Thomas E. Dewey+112 | 4,39750.0% | 4,28548.8% | 1041.2% | 8,786 |
| Hendricks County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,376 | 6,67360.4% | 4,29738.9% | 690.6% | 11,039 |
| Henry County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,286 | 10,58354.8% | 8,29743.0% | 4162.2% | 19,296 |
| Howard County | Thomas E. Dewey+291 | 11,51549.5% | 11,22448.2% | 5262.3% | 23,265 |
| Huntington County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,540 | 8,66857.2% | 6,12840.4% | 3702.4% | 15,166 |
| Jackson County | Thomas E. Dewey+339 | 6,32150.9% | 5,98248.1% | 1231.0% | 12,426 |
| Jasper County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,196 | 4,36466.6% | 2,16833.1% | 180.3% | 6,550 |
| Jay County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,041 | 6,20753.4% | 5,16644.4% | 2562.2% | 11,629 |
| Jefferson County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,372 | 5,74856.2% | 4,37642.8% | 1101.1% | 10,234 |
| Jennings County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,106 | 3,64358.6% | 2,53740.8% | 390.6% | 6,219 |
| Johnson County | Thomas E. Dewey+768 | 6,19453.1% | 5,42646.5% | 530.5% | 11,673 |
| Knox County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+274 | 10,02349.0% | 10,29750.3% | 1430.7% | 20,463 |
| Kosciusko County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,712 | 9,57765.1% | 4,86533.1% | 2661.8% | 14,708 |
| LaGrange County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,962 | 3,50168.7% | 1,53930.2% | 551.1% | 5,095 |
| Lake County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+26,919 | 48,14738.8% | 75,06660.6% | 7370.6% | 123,950 |
| LaPorte County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,647 | 16,54354.1% | 13,89645.5% | 1290.4% | 30,568 |
| Lawrence County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,954 | 9,20063.4% | 5,24636.1% | 690.5% | 14,515 |
| Madison County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,107 | 21,38146.1% | 24,48852.8% | 5141.1% | 46,383 |
| Marion County | Thomas E. Dewey+10,039 | 116,42152.0% | 106,38247.5% | 1,0340.5% | 223,837 |
| Marshall County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,971 | 8,22559.9% | 5,25438.2% | 2571.9% | 13,736 |
| Martin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+48 | 2,46749.4% | 2,51550.3% | 150.3% | 4,997 |
| Miami County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,828 | 8,20755.5% | 6,37943.2% | 1911.3% | 14,777 |
| Monroe County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,184 | 8,99355.8% | 6,80942.2% | 3232.0% | 16,125 |
| Montgomery County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,699 | 8,31959.4% | 5,62040.1% | 600.4% | 13,999 |
| Morgan County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,959 | 6,11559.1% | 4,15640.2% | 770.7% | 10,348 |
| Newton County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,815 | 3,39867.9% | 1,58331.6% | 230.5% | 5,004 |
| Noble County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,026 | 7,20062.9% | 4,17436.5% | 740.6% | 11,448 |
| Ohio County | Thomas E. Dewey+83 | 1,12651.6% | 1,04347.8% | 150.7% | 2,184 |
| Orange County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,654 | 4,78460.1% | 3,13039.3% | 520.7% | 7,966 |
| Owen County | Thomas E. Dewey+716 | 3,31855.5% | 2,60243.5% | 550.9% | 5,975 |
| Parke County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,510 | 4,75159.0% | 3,24140.3% | 560.7% | 8,048 |
| Perry County | Thomas E. Dewey+91 | 4,08750.4% | 3,99649.3% | 190.2% | 8,102 |
| Pike County | Thomas E. Dewey+754 | 4,26754.1% | 3,51344.5% | 1061.3% | 7,886 |
| Porter County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,033 | 8,56160.5% | 5,52839.1% | 570.4% | 14,146 |
| Posey County | Thomas E. Dewey+191 | 4,37450.7% | 4,18348.5% | 620.7% | 8,619 |
| Pulaski County | Thomas E. Dewey+697 | 3,20655.0% | 2,50943.1% | 1111.9% | 5,826 |
| Putnam County | Thomas E. Dewey+529 | 5,38652.4% | 4,85747.2% | 400.4% | 10,283 |
| Randolph County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,215 | 7,80561.2% | 4,59036.0% | 3632.8% | 12,758 |
| Ripley County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,807 | 5,64259.1% | 3,83540.2% | 670.7% | 9,544 |
| Rush County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,962 | 5,85359.6% | 3,89139.6% | 770.8% | 9,821 |
| Scott County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+242 | 2,37947.1% | 2,62151.9% | 541.1% | 5,054 |
| Shelby County | Thomas E. Dewey+18 | 6,81649.6% | 6,79849.5% | 1190.9% | 13,733 |
| Spencer County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,339 | 4,98657.4% | 3,64742.0% | 530.6% | 8,686 |
| St. Joseph County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+7,274 | 39,87545.5% | 47,14953.8% | 5650.6% | 87,589 |
| Starke County | Thomas E. Dewey+783 | 3,57455.7% | 2,79143.5% | 500.8% | 6,415 |
| Steuben County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,902 | 4,73971.6% | 1,83727.8% | 420.6% | 6,618 |
| Sullivan County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+565 | 5,85547.2% | 6,42051.8% | 1221.0% | 12,397 |
| Switzerland County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+172 | 2,01947.3% | 2,19151.3% | 571.3% | 4,267 |
| Tippecanoe County | Thomas E. Dewey+5,659 | 15,88860.6% | 10,22939.0% | 950.4% | 26,212 |
| Tipton County | Thomas E. Dewey+869 | 4,29654.8% | 3,42743.7% | 1201.5% | 7,843 |
| Union County | Thomas E. Dewey+844 | 1,99863.0% | 1,15436.4% | 170.5% | 3,169 |
| Vanderburgh County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,756 | 30,68446.9% | 34,44052.6% | 3380.5% | 65,462 |
| Vermillion County | Thomas E. Dewey+86 | 4,99850.2% | 4,91249.3% | 530.5% | 9,963 |
| Vigo County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,156 | 21,49346.5% | 24,64953.3% | 810.2% | 46,223 |
| Wabash County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,692 | 8,35762.3% | 4,66534.8% | 3932.9% | 13,415 |
| Warren County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,315 | 2,87064.7% | 1,55535.1% | 90.2% | 4,434 |
| Warrick County | Thomas E. Dewey+993 | 5,04255.0% | 4,04944.2% | 750.8% | 9,166 |
| Washington County | Thomas E. Dewey+93 | 4,03350.3% | 3,94049.2% | 420.5% | 8,015 |
| Wayne County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,863 | 15,29554.5% | 12,43244.3% | 3321.2% | 28,059 |
| Wells County | Thomas E. Dewey+233 | 4,70850.0% | 4,47547.6% | 2272.4% | 9,410 |
| White County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,469 | 5,03958.3% | 3,57041.3% | 410.5% | 8,650 |
| Whitley County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,189 | 5,26855.9% | 4,07943.3% | 800.8% | 9,427 |
Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R)
Indiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1944 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.5% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −14.6% |
| 1924 | −16.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +11.7% |
| 1936 | +14.7% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −5.7% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −17.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.4% |
| 1964 | +12.4% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −32.8% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −18.4% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −15.6% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | −10.2% |
| 2016 | −19.0% |
| 2020 | −16.1% |
| 2024 | −19.0% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1944 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.