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1932 United States presidential election in Illinois
← 1928 November 8, 1932[1] 1936 →
All 29 Illinois votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York California
Running mate John Nance Garner Charles Curtis
Electoral vote 29 0
Popular vote 1,882,304 1,432,756
Percentage 55.23% 42.04%
County Results
President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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The 1932 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Illinois was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 55.23% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R–California), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 42.04% of the popular vote.[3][4]

This is the only occasion since at least the American Civil War that any Democratic presidential candidate has ever carried Ford County or Stark County.[5] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is also the last occasion when Livingston County and Washington County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[6]

Primaries

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The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.[7]

Turnout

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The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 939,189.[7]

The total vote in the general election was 3,407,926.[7] Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 12.[7]

Democratic

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1932 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
← 1928 April 12, 1932 (1932-04-12) 1936 →
 
Candidate J. Hamilton Lewis
Home state Illinois
Popular vote 590,130
Percentage 99.75%

The 1932 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 12, 1932, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1932 presidential election.

The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.[7]

The popular vote was near-unanimously won by the only name on the ballot, U.S. Senator from Illinois J. Hamilton Lewis, who ran as a favorite son.[7][8]

1932 Illinois Democratic presidential primary[7]
Candidate Votes %
James Hamilton Lewis 590,130 99.75
Franklin D. Roosevelt (write-in) 1,084 0.18
Alfred E. Smith (write-in) 266 0.05
John Garner (write-in) 35 0.01
Albert Ritchie (write-in) 15 0.00
Scattering 22 0.00
Total 591,587 100

Republican

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1932 Illinois Republican presidential primary
← 1928 April 12, 1932 (1932-04-12) 1936 →
 
Candidate Joseph I. France
Home state Maryland
Popular vote 345,498
Percentage 99.50%

The 1932 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 12, 1932, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1932 presidential election.

The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.[7]

The popular vote was near-unanimously won by the only name on the ballot, former U.S. Senator from Maryland Joseph I. France.[7]

1932 Illinois Republican presidential primary[7]
Candidate Votes %
Joseph Irwin France 345,498 99.50
Herbert Hoover (incumbent) (write-in) 1,750 0.50
Charles G. Dawes (write-in) 129 0.04
Calvin Coolidge (write-in) 95 0.03
Frank O. Lowden (write-in) 79 0.02
Scattering 51 0.02
Total 347,602 100

Results

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1932 United States presidential election in Illinois[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,882,304 55.23%
Republican Herbert Hoover (inc.) 1,432,756 42.04%
Socialist Norman Thomas 67,258 1.97%
Communist William Z. Foster 15,582 0.46%
Prohibition William Upshaw 6,388 0.19%
Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds 3,638 0.11%
Total votes 3,407,926 100%

Results by county

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County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican 		Normal Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast[9]
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 21,098 66.62% 10,134 32.00% 379 1.20% 58 0.18% 10,964 34.62% 31,669
Alexander 5,653 53.67% 4,729 44.90% 129 1.22% 22 0.21% 924 8.77% 10,533
Bond 3,630 52.17% 3,171 45.57% 119 1.71% 38 0.55% 459 6.60% 6,958
Boone 2,239 29.56% 5,244 69.23% 75 0.99% 17 0.22% -3,005 -39.67% 7,575
Brown 2,822 70.67% 1,148 28.75% 11 0.28% 12 0.30% 1,674 41.92% 3,993
Bureau 10,309 53.47% 8,721 45.23% 187 0.97% 63 0.33% 1,588 8.24% 19,280
Calhoun 2,229 63.61% 1,239 35.36% 29 0.83% 7 0.20% 990 28.25% 3,504
Carroll 3,812 44.87% 4,571 53.81% 84 0.99% 28 0.33% -759 -8.93% 8,495
Cass 5,669 66.64% 2,745 32.27% 58 0.68% 35 0.41% 2,924 34.37% 8,507
Champaign 16,474 53.02% 13,995 45.04% 499 1.61% 102 0.33% 2,479 7.98% 31,070
Christian 11,515 63.12% 6,096 33.42% 542 2.97% 89 0.49% 5,419 29.71% 18,242
Clark 5,659 57.27% 4,148 41.98% 21 0.21% 53 0.54% 1,511 15.29% 9,881
Clay 4,565 56.61% 3,373 41.83% 63 0.78% 63 0.78% 1,192 14.78% 8,064
Clinton 7,736 73.92% 2,548 24.35% 169 1.61% 13 0.12% 5,188 49.57% 10,466
Coles 11,081 59.71% 7,313 39.40% 116 0.63% 49 0.26% 3,768 20.30% 18,559
Cook 919,231 55.23% 690,146 41.47% 36,998 2.22% 17,857 1.07% 229,085 13.77% 1,664,232
Crawford 6,081 56.31% 4,550 42.13% 89 0.82% 80 0.74% 1,531 14.18% 10,800
Cumberland 3,128 58.75% 2,166 40.68% 16 0.30% 14 0.26% 962 18.07% 5,324
DeKalb 6,923 41.72% 9,356 56.38% 273 1.65% 42 0.25% -2,433 -14.66% 16,594
DeWitt 5,339 55.19% 4,207 43.49% 97 1.00% 30 0.31% 1,132 11.70% 9,673
Douglas 4,954 60.15% 3,108 37.74% 134 1.63% 40 0.49% 1,846 22.41% 8,236
DuPage 18,547 40.49% 25,758 56.23% 1,364 2.98% 140 0.31% -7,211 -15.74% 45,809
Edgar 7,745 55.98% 5,953 43.03% 107 0.77% 31 0.22% 1,792 12.95% 13,836
Edwards 1,956 46.39% 2,203 52.25% 36 0.85% 21 0.50% -247 -5.86% 4,216
Effingham 6,503 67.96% 2,933 30.65% 105 1.10% 28 0.29% 3,570 37.31% 9,569
Fayette 7,053 57.06% 5,122 41.44% 89 0.72% 96 0.78% 1,931 15.62% 12,360
Ford 4,175 54.82% 3,342 43.88% 90 1.18% 9 0.12% 833 10.94% 7,616
Franklin 14,754 63.35% 7,560 32.46% 655 2.81% 321 1.38% 7,194 30.89% 23,290
Fulton 12,144 58.92% 7,579 36.77% 569 2.76% 319 1.55% 4,565 22.15% 20,611
Gallatin 3,469 72.08% 1,279 26.57% 39 0.81% 26 0.54% 2,190 45.50% 4,813
Greene 6,347 67.99% 2,857 30.61% 94 1.01% 37 0.40% 3,490 37.39% 9,335
Grundy 4,755 51.05% 4,491 48.21% 64 0.69% 5 0.05% 264 2.83% 9,315
Hamilton 4,059 61.34% 2,513 37.98% 17 0.26% 28 0.42% 1,546 23.36% 6,617
Hancock 8,808 64.13% 4,789 34.87% 50 0.36% 87 0.63% 4,019 29.26% 13,734
Hardin 1,610 49.95% 1,559 48.37% 43 1.33% 11 0.34% 51 1.58% 3,223
Henderson 2,372 55.60% 1,815 42.55% 66 1.55% 13 0.30% 557 13.06% 4,266
Henry 10,122 45.60% 11,376 51.25% 637 2.87% 64 0.29% -1,254 -5.65% 22,199
Iroquois 9,434 59.34% 6,303 39.65% 138 0.87% 23 0.14% 3,131 19.69% 15,898
Jackson 9,730 54.93% 7,636 43.10% 269 1.52% 80 0.45% 2,094 11.82% 17,715
Jasper 4,390 65.27% 2,300 34.20% 16 0.24% 20 0.30% 2,090 31.07% 6,726
Jefferson 9,495 63.28% 5,333 35.54% 101 0.67% 76 0.51% 4,162 27.74% 15,005
Jersey 3,807 62.73% 2,157 35.54% 88 1.45% 17 0.28% 1,650 27.19% 6,069
Jo Daviess 5,497 54.01% 4,520 44.41% 133 1.31% 27 0.27% 977 9.60% 10,177
Johnson 2,387 49.11% 2,424 49.87% 37 0.76% 13 0.27% -37 -0.76% 4,861
Kane 24,638 42.00% 32,934 56.15% 962 1.64% 122 0.21% -8,296 -14.14% 58,656
Kankakee 13,555 54.67% 10,873 43.86% 321 1.29% 43 0.17% 2,682 10.82% 24,792
Kendall 2,398 46.04% 2,749 52.77% 56 1.08% 6 0.12% -351 -6.74% 5,209
Knox 12,282 49.29% 12,244 49.14% 327 1.31% 65 0.26% 38 0.15% 24,918
Lake 21,139 44.86% 23,994 50.92% 1,719 3.65% 270 0.57% -2,855 -6.06% 47,122
LaSalle 27,500 57.79% 19,179 40.30% 804 1.69% 104 0.22% 8,321 17.49% 47,587
Lawrence 6,100 58.42% 4,194 40.17% 48 0.46% 99 0.95% 1,906 18.25% 10,441
Lee 7,182 47.37% 7,802 51.46% 153 1.01% 24 0.16% -620 -4.09% 15,161
Livingston 10,024 53.92% 8,403 45.20% 113 0.61% 49 0.26% 1,621 8.72% 18,589
Logan 8,119 57.52% 5,850 41.44% 108 0.77% 39 0.28% 2,269 16.07% 14,116
Macon 21,638 54.99% 16,868 42.87% 635 1.61% 205 0.52% 4,770 12.12% 39,346
Macoupin 14,810 62.65% 7,031 29.74% 1,567 6.63% 232 0.98% 7,779 32.91% 23,640
Madison 35,211 61.52% 19,774 34.55% 1,980 3.46% 273 0.48% 15,437 26.97% 57,238
Marion 10,791 62.09% 6,276 36.11% 217 1.25% 96 0.55% 4,515 25.98% 17,380
Marshall 4,133 56.27% 3,166 43.10% 29 0.39% 17 0.23% 967 13.17% 7,345
Mason 5,681 68.45% 2,551 30.73% 50 0.60% 18 0.22% 3,130 37.71% 8,300
Massac 2,593 46.93% 2,851 51.60% 64 1.16% 17 0.31% -258 -4.67% 5,525
McDonough 7,608 53.94% 6,329 44.87% 115 0.82% 53 0.38% 1,279 9.07% 14,105
McHenry 8,260 44.42% 9,880 53.14% 431 2.32% 23 0.12% -1,620 -8.71% 18,594
McLean 19,535 54.46% 15,450 43.07% 697 1.94% 189 0.53% 4,085 11.39% 35,871
Menard 3,453 59.30% 2,327 39.96% 30 0.52% 13 0.22% 1,126 19.34% 5,823
Mercer 4,309 48.77% 4,436 50.21% 45 0.51% 45 0.51% -127 -1.44% 8,835
Monroe 3,993 63.80% 2,186 34.93% 74 1.18% 6 0.10% 1,807 28.87% 6,259
Montgomery 10,456 61.05% 5,945 34.71% 628 3.67% 97 0.57% 4,511 26.34% 17,126
Morgan 10,170 56.09% 7,787 42.95% 125 0.69% 48 0.26% 2,383 13.14% 18,130
Moultrie 4,219 63.48% 2,353 35.40% 48 0.72% 26 0.39% 1,866 28.08% 6,646
Ogle 5,416 38.93% 8,224 59.11% 205 1.47% 67 0.48% -2,808 -20.18% 13,912
Peoria 37,605 59.02% 25,166 39.50% 776 1.22% 169 0.27% 12,439 19.52% 63,716
Perry 7,400 64.34% 3,778 32.85% 251 2.18% 73 0.63% 3,622 31.49% 11,502
Piatt 4,200 56.43% 3,179 42.71% 45 0.60% 19 0.26% 1,021 13.72% 7,443
Pike 8,013 64.35% 4,181 33.58% 205 1.65% 53 0.43% 3,832 30.77% 12,452
Pope 1,697 45.47% 2,011 53.89% 12 0.32% 12 0.32% -314 -8.41% 3,732
Pulaski 3,446 51.23% 3,225 47.95% 45 0.67% 10 0.15% 221 3.29% 6,726
Putnam 1,554 58.62% 1,050 39.61% 41 1.55% 6 0.23% 504 19.01% 2,651
Randolph 8,634 63.27% 4,747 34.78% 240 1.76% 26 0.19% 3,887 28.48% 13,647
Richland 4,318 60.12% 2,765 38.50% 55 0.77% 44 0.61% 1,553 21.62% 7,182
Rock Island 24,676 53.01% 21,205 45.55% 456 0.98% 212 0.46% 3,471 7.46% 46,549
Saline 9,725 59.04% 6,294 38.21% 348 2.11% 106 0.64% 3,431 20.83% 16,473
Sangamon 32,745 54.00% 26,856 44.29% 742 1.22% 300 0.49% 5,889 9.71% 60,643
Schuyler 3,782 63.78% 2,075 34.99% 33 0.56% 40 0.67% 1,707 28.79% 5,930
Scott 3,012 62.70% 1,740 36.22% 44 0.92% 8 0.17% 1,272 26.48% 4,804
Shelby 8,093 62.40% 4,657 35.91% 126 0.97% 93 0.72% 3,436 26.49% 12,969
St. Clair 47,305 65.18% 22,744 31.34% 2,073 2.86% 449 0.62% 24,561 33.84% 72,571
Stark 2,369 52.26% 2,119 46.75% 34 0.75% 11 0.24% 250 5.52% 4,533
Stephenson 10,728 53.11% 8,963 44.38% 349 1.73% 158 0.78% 1,765 8.74% 20,198
Tazewell 13,591 64.55% 7,260 34.48% 160 0.76% 44 0.21% 6,331 30.07% 21,055
Union 6,157 67.77% 2,859 31.47% 50 0.55% 19 0.21% 3,298 36.30% 9,085
Vermilion 24,032 59.08% 15,643 38.46% 678 1.67% 324 0.80% 8,389 20.62% 40,677
Wabash 4,280 63.93% 2,309 34.49% 66 0.99% 40 0.60% 1,971 29.44% 6,695
Warren 5,610 49.83% 5,498 48.84% 88 0.78% 62 0.55% 112 0.99% 11,258
Washington 4,696 59.25% 3,076 38.81% 117 1.48% 37 0.47% 1,620 20.44% 7,926
Wayne 5,488 56.84% 4,097 42.43% 35 0.36% 36 0.37% 1,391 14.41% 9,656
White 5,909 63.55% 3,320 35.71% 41 0.44% 28 0.30% 2,589 27.84% 9,298
Whiteside 7,010 37.64% 11,388 61.14% 199 1.07% 29 0.16% -4,378 -23.50% 18,626
Will 25,798 49.36% 25,173 48.16% 1,190 2.28% 105 0.20% 625 1.20% 52,266
Williamson 12,961 58.21% 8,714 39.14% 448 2.01% 142 0.64% 4,247 19.07% 22,265
Winnebago 17,707 37.98% 26,632 57.12% 1,794 3.85% 492 1.06% -8,925 -19.14% 46,625
Woodford 5,244 57.05% 3,866 42.06% 71 0.77% 11 0.12% 1,378 14.99% 9,192
Totals 1,882,304 55.23% 1,432,756 42.04% 67,258 1.97% 25,608 0.75% 449,548 13.19% 3,407,926

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1932 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Illinois". Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1932". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  5. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 181-186 ISBN 0786422173
  6. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, November 8, 1932 JUDICIAL ELECTIONS, 1931-1932 PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, April 12, 1932 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE, APRIL 14 1936" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved August 5, 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ Paré, Madeline Ferrin. "History of the nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932" (PDF). University of Arizona. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  9. ^ Our Campaigns; IL US President 1932
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