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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Leon Perskie · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Democrat · 1882–1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt

President of the United States · Governor of New York · member of the State Senate of New York

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on US involvement in World War II. A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt served in the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1913 and as the 44th governor of New York from 1929 to 1932.

On the Ballot

4 presidential runs
1932Won57.4% of the vote · 472 EV · v. Herbert Hoover

Strongest counties, 1932

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Jones, GA100.0%556
Wilkinson, GA100.0%726
Lancaster, SC99.8%3,108
Sharkey, MS99.8%552
Colleton, SC99.7%1,914

Weakest counties, 1932

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Johnson, TN15.0%2,840
Jackson, KY15.5%3,416
Leslie, KY16.8%3,388
Owsley, KY20.8%2,510
Sevier, TN22.4%3,993
1936Won60.8% of the vote · 523 EV · v. Alf Landon

Strongest counties, 1936

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Horry, SC100.0%2,927
Lancaster, SC100.0%2,631
Greensville, VA100.0%884
Edgefield, SC99.9%1,305
Barnwell, SC99.9%2,159

Weakest counties, 1936

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Jackson, KY10.9%3,864
Johnson, TN15.6%3,415
Owsley, KY17.0%2,738
Leslie, KY18.5%3,337
Sevier, TN21.7%5,308
1940Won54.7% of the vote · 449 EV · v. Wendell Willkie

Strongest counties, 1940

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Terrell, GA100.0%1,040
Scott, MS100.0%2,407
Brown, TX99.9%4,536
Marion, SC99.9%734
Tate, MS99.8%1,612

Weakest counties, 1940

Countytwo-party sharevotes
McIntosh, ND8.3%3,812
Jackson, KY11.1%4,200
Gillespie, TX13.2%3,704
Mercer, ND14.5%3,914
Johnson, TN15.8%2,971
1944Won53.4% of the vote · 432 EV · v. Thomas E. Dewey

Strongest counties, 1944

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Calhoun, SC99.8%686
Humphreys, MS99.7%1,144
Leake, MS99.7%2,760
Edgefield, SC99.5%709
Chesterfield, SC99.5%3,262

Weakest counties, 1944

Countytwo-party sharevotes
McIntosh, ND7.8%2,916
Jackson, KY8.4%3,908
Gillespie, TX10.1%3,573
Sevier, TN12.6%5,651
Logan, ND13.4%2,202