The 1940 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Missouri was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 52.27 percent of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 47.50 percent of the popular vote.

Despite his victory, Roosevelt carried Missouri by a greatly reduced margin than he had four years prior, defeating Willkie by less than five percentage points, In 1936, Roosevelt had defeated Alf Landon in the state by more than 22 percentage points and with over 60% of the vote.

Results

Results by county 1940 United States presidential election in Missouri by countyScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 260-261County Democratic Republican Socialist Prohibition Margin # % # % # % # % # % # % Adair 4,813 45.55% 5,688 53.83% 28 0.27% 36 0.34% 1 0.01% -875 -8.28% 10,566 Andrew 3,059 41.04% 4,384 58.81% 3 0.04% 8 0.11% 0 0.00% -1,325 -17.78% 7,454 Atchison 3,025 47.58% 3,322 52.25% 4 0.06% 7 0.11% 0 0.00% -297 -4.67% 6,358 Audrain 7,768 69.21% 3,447 30.71% 4 0.04% 5 0.04% 0 0.00% 4,321 38.50% 11,224 Barry 5,207 44.11% 6,573 55.68% 9 0.08% 15 0.13% 0 0.00% -1,366 -11.57% 11,804 Barton 3,539 48.38% 3,737 51.09% 15 0.21% 22 0.30% 2 0.03% -198 -2.71% 7,315 Bates 4,978 46.36% 5,727 53.33% 10 0.09% 23 0.21% 0 0.00% -749 -6.98% 10,738 Benton 1,765 30.99% 3,912 68.69% 9 0.16% 7 0.12% 2 0.04% -2,147 -37.70% 5,695 Bollinger 2,511 42.32% 3,415 57.55% 4 0.07% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% -904 -15.23% 5,934 Boone 11,615 70.21% 4,869 29.43% 31 0.19% 26 0.16% 2 0.01% 6,746 40.78% 16,543 Buchanan 24,482 58.30% 17,484 41.63% 16 0.04% 12 0.03% 1 0.00% 6,998 16.66% 41,995 Butler 6,213 43.52% 8,024 56.21% 15 0.11% 23 0.16% 0 0.00% -1,811 -12.69% 14,275 Caldwell 2,728 40.64% 3,976 59.23% 6 0.09% 3 0.04% 0 0.00% -1,248 -18.59% 6,713 Callaway 7,162 66.58% 3,574 33.22% 9 0.08% 12 0.11% 0 0.00% 3,588 33.36% 10,757 Camden 1,549 36.48% 2,692 63.40% 2 0.05% 2 0.05% 1 0.02% -1,143 -26.92% 4,246 8,642 48.07% 9,297 51.71% 19 0.11% 18 0.10% 2 0.01% -655 -3.64% 17,978 Carroll 4,446 42.52% 6,000 57.38% 2 0.02% 9 0.09% 0 0.00% -1,554 -14.86% 10,457 Carter 1,499 55.58% 1,195 44.31% 1 0.04% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% 304 11.27% 2,697 Cass 5,479 52.29% 4,983 47.55% 12 0.11% 5 0.05% 0 0.00% 496 4.73% 10,479 Cedar 1,973 32.49% 4,068 66.99% 15 0.25% 16 0.26% 1 0.02% -2,095 -34.50% 6,073 Chariton 5,053 53.21% 4,439 46.74% 2 0.02% 2 0.02% 1 0.01% 614 6.47% 9,497 Christian 1,729 27.65% 4,509 72.11% 7 0.11% 7 0.11% 1 0.02% -2,780 -44.46% 6,253 Clark 2,728 46.10% 3,171 53.59% 8 0.14% 10 0.17% 0 0.00% -443 -7.49% 5,917 Clay 9,672 60.98% 6,159 38.83% 11 0.07% 19 0.12% 0 0.00% 3,513 22.15% 15,861 Clinton 3,800 55.50% 3,030 44.25% 5 0.07% 12 0.18% 0 0.00% 770 11.25% 6,847 Cole 8,219 51.72% 7,664 48.23% 2 0.01% 7 0.04% 0 0.00% 555 3.49% 15,892 Cooper 4,606 44.53% 5,720 55.30% 2 0.02% 13 0.13% 2 0.02% -1,114 -10.77% 10,343 Crawford 2,736 42.99% 3,615 56.79% 8 0.13% 5 0.08% 1 0.02% -879 -13.81% 6,365 Dade 1,835 31.85% 3,910 67.87% 5 0.09% 11 0.19% 0 0.00% -2,075 -36.02% 5,761 Dallas 1,566 28.81% 3,859 71.00% 7 0.13% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% -2,293 -42.19% 5,435 Daviess 3,325 43.61% 4,289 56.25% 3 0.04% 6 0.08% 2 0.03% -964 -12.64% 7,625 DeKalb 2,505 44.79% 3,072 54.93% 5 0.09% 10 0.18% 1 0.02% -567 -10.14% 5,593 Dent 3,101 53.78% 2,652 45.99% 9 0.16% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% 449 7.79% 5,766 Douglas 1,350 21.59% 4,870 77.90% 21 0.34% 10 0.16% 1 0.02% -3,520 -56.30% 6,252 Dunklin 11,132 66.74% 5,516 33.07% 14 0.08% 18 0.11% 0 0.00% 5,616 33.67% 16,680 Franklin 7,237 41.22% 10,283 58.58% 23 0.13% 9 0.05% 3 0.02% -3,046 -17.35% 17,555 Gasconade 1,163 17.89% 5,333 82.03% 5 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -4,170 -64.14% 6,501 Gentry 3,689 51.57% 3,446 48.17% 9 0.13% 9 0.13% 1 0.01% 243 3.40% 7,154 Greene 22,130 50.65% 21,456 49.10% 37 0.08% 70 0.16% 2 0.00% 674 1.54% 43,695 Grundy 3,813 45.37% 4,558 54.24% 7 0.08% 26 0.31% 0 0.00% -745 -8.86% 8,404 Harrison 3,325 38.50% 5,304 61.42% 7 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,979 -22.92% 8,636 Henry 6,069 48.85% 6,332 50.97% 11 0.09% 11 0.09% 0 0.00% -263 -2.12% 12,423 Hickory 787 23.91% 2,496 75.84% 3 0.09% 5 0.15% 0 0.00% -1,709 -51.93% 3,291 Holt 2,677 41.68% 3,739 58.22% 2 0.03% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% -1,062 -16.54% 6,422 Howard 4,770 66.97% 2,333 32.75% 12 0.17% 7 0.10% 1 0.01% 2,437 34.21% 7,123 Howell 4,218 40.57% 6,158 59.23% 10 0.10% 11 0.11% 0 0.00% -1,940 -18.66% 10,397 Iron 2,495 54.65% 2,062 45.17% 2 0.04% 5 0.11% 1 0.02% 433 9.49% 4,565 Jackson 137,285 57.39% 101,568 42.46% 184 0.08% 157 0.07% 25 0.01% 35,717 14.93% 239,219 Jasper 18,249 48.83% 18,755 50.19% 50 0.13% 57 0.15% 0 0.00% -506 -1.35% 37,370 Jefferson 9,553 55.82% 7,517 43.92% 28 0.16% 16 0.09% 1 0.01% 2,036 11.90% 17,115 Johnson 5,441 45.62% 6,468 54.23% 8 0.07% 11 0.09% 0 0.00% -1,027 -8.61% 11,928 Knox 2,594 52.06% 2,370 47.56% 19 0.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 224 4.50% 4,983 Laclede 3,323 40.14% 4,941 59.69% 5 0.06% 9 0.11% 0 0.00% -1,618 -19.55% 8,278 Lafayette 6,913 43.91% 8,802 55.91% 19 0.12% 8 0.05% 2 0.01% -1,889 -12.00% 15,744 Lawrence 5,279 41.76% 7,317 57.88% 5 0.04% 39 0.31% 1 0.01% -2,038 -16.12% 12,641 Lewis 3,484 58.63% 2,428 40.86% 9 0.15% 21 0.35% 0 0.00% 1,056 17.77% 5,942 Lincoln 4,420 59.09% 3,035 40.57% 5 0.07% 18 0.24% 2 0.03% 1,385 18.52% 7,480 Linn 6,246 52.34% 5,664 47.46% 9 0.08% 15 0.13% 0 0.00% 582 4.88% 11,934 Livingston 4,633 46.53% 5,298 53.21% 6 0.06% 19 0.19% 0 0.00% -665 -6.68% 9,956 Macon 6,120 53.13% 5,384 46.74% 10 0.09% 4 0.03% 1 0.01% 736 6.39% 11,519 Madison 2,405 49.03% 2,495 50.87% 1 0.02% 4 0.08% 0 0.00% -90 -1.83% 4,905 Maries 2,078 54.17% 1,749 45.59% 1 0.03% 8 0.21% 0 0.00% 329 8.58% 3,836 Marion 9,723 62.09% 5,892 37.62% 12 0.08% 33 0.21% 0 0.00% 3,831 24.46% 15,660 McDonald 3,312 44.79% 4,063 54.95% 8 0.11% 11 0.15% 0 0.00% -751 -10.16% 7,394 Mercer 1,364 32.78% 2,787 66.98% 4 0.10% 4 0.10% 2 0.05% -1,423 -34.20% 4,161 Miller 3,113 43.80% 3,971 55.87% 9 0.13% 14 0.20% 0 0.00% -858 -12.07% 7,107 Mississippi 4,362 58.46% 3,073 41.18% 4 0.05% 21 0.28% 2 0.03% 1,289 17.27% 7,462 Moniteau 2,922 44.57% 3,627 55.32% 3 0.05% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% -705 -10.75% 6,556 Monroe 6,018 83.23% 1,200 16.60% 5 0.07% 8 0.11% 0 0.00% 4,818 66.63% 7,231 Montgomery 3,205 44.82% 3,930 54.96% 7 0.10% 8 0.11% 1 0.01% -725 -10.14% 7,151 Morgan 2,376 42.76% 3,166 56.98% 6 0.11% 7 0.13% 1 0.02% -790 -14.22% 5,556 9,591 60.20% 6,318 39.65% 6 0.04% 18 0.11% 0 0.00% 3,273 20.54% 15,933 Newton 6,256 43.55% 8,064 56.14% 21 0.15% 21 0.15% 2 0.01% -1,808 -12.59% 14,364 Nodaway 6,696 49.74% 6,759 50.21% 4 0.03% 2 0.01% 0 0.00% -63 -0.47% 13,461 Oregon 3,593 66.12% 1,826 33.60% 2 0.04% 13 0.24% 0 0.00% 1,767 32.52% 5,434 Osage 2,332 38.32% 3,743 61.50% 8 0.13% 3 0.05% 0 0.00% -1,411 -23.18% 6,086 Ozark 965 21.91% 3,421 77.66% 11 0.25% 6 0.14% 2 0.05% -2,456 -55.75% 4,405 Pemiscot 9,391 60.77% 6,011 38.90% 10 0.06% 41 0.27% 0 0.00% 3,380 21.87% 15,453 Perry 2,354 33.54% 4,656 66.33% 7 0.10% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% -2,302 -32.80% 7,019 Pettis 8,570 48.99% 8,905 50.91% 6 0.03% 11 0.06% 0 0.00% -335 -1.92% 17,492 Phelps 4,780 58.91% 3,319 40.90% 8 0.10% 5 0.06% 2 0.02% 1,461 18.01% 8,114 Pike 5,742 60.51% 3,707 39.07% 14 0.15% 25 0.26% 1 0.01% 2,035 21.45% 9,489 Platte 4,635 64.44% 2,545 35.38% 13 0.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,090 29.06% 7,193 Polk 3,380 37.86% 5,534 61.98% 7 0.08% 7 0.08% 0 0.00% -2,154 -24.13% 8,928 Pulaski 2,752 53.68% 2,367 46.17% 5 0.10% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% 385 7.51% 5,127 Putnam 1,708 30.71% 3,828 68.84% 17 0.31% 8 0.14% 0 0.00% -2,120 -38.12% 5,561 Ralls 3,562 71.53% 1,412 28.35% 2 0.04% 4 0.08% 0 0.00% 2,150 43.17% 4,980 Randolph 9,155 73.26% 3,319 26.56% 4 0.03% 19 0.15% 0 0.00% 5,836 46.70% 12,497 Ray 5,786 62.88% 3,399 36.94% 4 0.04% 11 0.12% 1 0.01% 2,387 25.94% 9,201 Reynolds 2,406 66.83% 1,187 32.97% 1 0.03% 6 0.17% 0 0.00% 1,219 33.86% 3,600 Ripley 2,419 51.20% 2,291 48.49% 14 0.30% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 128 2.71% 4,725 5,334 40.48% 7,792 59.14% 41 0.31% 5 0.04% 4 0.03% -2,458 -18.66% 13,176 2,859 41.83% 3,950 57.80% 7 0.10% 17 0.25% 1 0.01% -1,091 -15.96% 6,834 8,132 48.26% 8,687 51.55% 13 0.08% 19 0.11% 0 0.00% -555 -3.29% 16,851 52,380 43.74% 66,909 55.88% 330 0.28% 110 0.09% 18 0.02% -14,529 -12.13% 119,747 233,338 57.98% 168,165 41.79% 652 0.16% 209 0.05% 87 0.02% 65,173 16.19% 402,451 2,098 43.20% 2,750 56.63% 8 0.16% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -652 -13.43% 4,856 Saline 7,988 52.03% 7,336 47.79% 6 0.04% 22 0.14% 0 0.00% 652 4.25% 15,352 Schuyler 1,998 53.31% 1,732 46.21% 10 0.27% 7 0.19% 1 0.03% 266 7.10% 3,748 Scotland 2,435 50.87% 2,329 48.65% 12 0.25% 10 0.21% 1 0.02% 106 2.21% 4,787 Scott 7,899 64.00% 4,401 35.66% 18 0.15% 22 0.18% 2 0.02% 3,498 28.34% 12,342 Shannon 2,806 63.44% 1,589 35.93% 20 0.45% 8 0.18% 0 0.00% 1,217 27.52% 4,423 Shelby 4,028 64.75% 2,167 34.83% 3 0.05% 23 0.37% 0 0.00% 1,861 29.91% 6,221 Stoddard 6,725 52.47% 6,055 47.24% 19 0.15% 18 0.14% 1 0.01% 670 5.23% 12,818 Stone 1,041 22.40% 3,598 77.43% 6 0.13% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% -2,557 -55.02% 4,647 Sullivan 3,743 47.77% 4,080 52.07% 2 0.03% 11 0.14% 0 0.00% -337 -4.30% 7,836 Taney 1,497 31.96% 3,167 67.61% 8 0.17% 10 0.21% 2 0.04% -1,670 -35.65% 4,684 Texas 4,497 48.67% 4,730 51.20% 8 0.09% 4 0.04% 0 0.00% -233 -2.52% 9,239 Vernon 6,271 53.44% 5,443 46.38% 10 0.09% 10 0.09% 1 0.01% 828 7.06% 11,735 Warren 914 21.04% 3,403 78.34% 19 0.44% 6 0.14% 2 0.05% -2,489 -57.30% 4,344 Washington 2,881 42.96% 3,817 56.92% 4 0.06% 1 0.01% 3 0.04% -936 -13.96% 6,706 Wayne 2,991 52.12% 2,735 47.66% 2 0.03% 10 0.17% 1 0.02% 256 4.46% 5,739 Webster 3,518 42.12% 4,818 57.69% 10 0.12% 6 0.07% 0 0.00% -1,300 -15.57% 8,352 Worth 1,702 48.45% 1,807 51.44% 2 0.06% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% -105 -2.99% 3,513 Wright 2,727 34.77% 5,096 64.98% 11 0.14% 8 0.10% 1 0.01% -2,369 -30.21% 7,843Totals958,47652.26%871,00947.49%2,2260.12%1,8090.10%2090.01%87,4674.77%1,833,988

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Adair Atchison Barton Bates Cape Girardeau Clark Daviess Henry Jasper Johnson Livingston Madison McDonald Nodaway Osage Newton Pettis St. Charles St. Francois Ste. Genevieve St. Louis Washington Texas Worth

See also United States presidential elections in Missouri

References