United States presidential election, 1940 (No FDR)

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United States presidential election, 1940
November 5, 1940
Nominee		Thomas Dewey	Cordell Hull
Party		Republican	Democratic
Home state		New York	Tennessee
Running mate		Robert Taft	James Farley
Electoral vote		271	260
States carried		16	32
Popular vote		22,092,255	21,342,255

This election pitted Democrats Vice President Cordell Hull and Postmaster General James A. Farley against Republicans NY Governer Thomas E. Dewey and Senator Robert A. Taft.

Democrat Convention

Presidential Balloting, DNC 1940
ballot	1	2	3	4	5
Vice President Cordell Hull					741
Postmaster General James A. Farley					-
Senator Richard Russell					352
Senator Millard Tydings					-