The 1940 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. In Alabama, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states.
1940 United States presidential election in Alabama
Since the 1890s, Alabama had been effectively a one-party state ruled by the Democratic Party. Disenfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and a large proportion of Poor Whites via poll taxes, literacy tests[1] and informal harassment had essentially eliminated opposition parties outside UnionistWinston County and a few nearby northern hill counties that had been Populist strongholds.[2] The only competitive statewide elections became Democratic Party primaries that were limited by law to white voters. Unlike most other Confederate states, however, soon after black disenfranchisement Alabama's remaining white Republicans made rapid efforts to expel blacks from the state Republican Party.[3] Indeed under Oscar D. Street, who ironically was appointed state party boss as part of the pro-Taft"black and tan" faction in 1912,[4] the state GOP would permanently turn "lily-white", with the last black delegates from the state at any Republican National Convention serving in 1920.[3]
The 1920 election, aided by isolationism in Appalachia[5] and the whitening of the state GOP,[6] saw the Republicans even exceed forty percent in the House of Representatives races for the 4th, 7th and 10th congressional districts.[5] However, funding issues meant the Republicans would not emulate this achievement for several decades subsequently.[7] Nevertheless, a bitter "civil war" over how best to maintain white supremacy after the Democrats nominated urban, anti-Prohibition Catholic Al Smith saw so many Democrats defect to dry, Protestant Republican Herbert Hoover that he came within seven thousand votes of winning the state.[8]
However, the economic catastrophe of the Great Depression meant that this trend towards the GOP would be short-lived.[9] The Depression had extremely severe effects in the South, which had the highest unemployment rate in the nation, and many Southerners blamed this on the North and on Wall Street.[10] Consequently the South gave Democratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt extremely heavy support in 1932 – he became the only presidential candidate to sweep all of Alabama's counties[11] — and in 1936.
For 1940, opposition amongst Alabama's ruling elite to the New Deal meant that planter and business interests led by former Congressman George Huddleston attempted to organise the "independent elector" movements that would proliferate after Harry S. Truman's civil rights proposals.[12] Other "Big Mules" already supported Republican nominees, corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie and Senate Minority LeaderCharles L. McNary.[13] However, the hatred of the Republican label, in spite of five election cycles as a party exclusive of blacks,[14] meant that the state Democratic Party was far too strong to allow such a revolt.[15]
No polls were carried out in the state until a Gallup poll in the middle of September, which had Roosevelt winning 85 percent of the two-party vote to.[16] Another poll from late October said that Willkie could gain around one hundred thousand votes or one-third of the expected statewide total.[17]
Alabama was won in a landslide by Roosevelt – now running with Secretary of AgricultureHenry A. Wallace of Iowa — with 85.22 percent of the popular vote against Willkie's 14.34 percent for a Democratic margin of 70.88 percent. Third-party candidates only managed to pick up 0.44 percent of the vote.[18] Roosevelt was undoubtedly helped, especially in Appalachian regions of the state, by support for aid to Britain in World War II, which he had emphasised in his campaign.[19] In many Appalachian rural counties, Roosevelt indeed improved upon his 1932 and 1936 performances for this reason.[20]
Communist party candidate Earl Browder personally campaigned in the state giving speeches in Bullock County, Choctaw County, Clarke County, Coffee County, Conecuh County, Greene County and Hale County. Browder campaigned as an isolationist candidate advocating the United States not get involved in the war in Europe. Browder referred to the war as an "imperialist" war and he took a decidedly "anti-British tone" while campaigning in the aforementioned Alabama counties. In each of his speeches he condemned Winston Churchill and praised Joseph Stalin.[23][24] However, Browder said he was "irked by how cold" the crowds there were towards him. In the seven counties where Browder campaigned he ultimately received zero votes in the election (however, in the state as a whole he won just over 500 votes in comparison to Roosevelt's 250,726 votes and Willkie's 42,184 votes.)[23]
^Webb, Samuel L. "From Independents to Populists to Progressive Republicans: The Case of Chilton County, Alabama, 1880–1920". The Journal of Southern History. 59 (4): 707–736.
^ abHeersink, Boris; Jenkins, Jeffery A. (2020). Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968. pp. 251–253. ISBN9781107158436.
^ abPhillips, Kevin P. (1969). The Emerging Republican Majority. p. 255. ISBN0870000586.
^Heersink and Jenkins, Republican Party Politics and the American South, p. 19
^See "G.O.P. Funds Are Reported Short: Forces "Counted On" Disappoint Republican Political Managers". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. August 19, 1922. p. 5.
^Feldman, Glenn (September 13, 2004). "Epilogue. Ugly Roots: Race, Emotion and the Rise of the Modern Republican Party in Alabama and the South". In Feldman, Glenn (ed.). Before Brown: Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South. University of Alabama Press. pp. 270–273. ISBN9780817351342.
^Lewinson, Paul (1965). Race, class and party; a history of Negro suffrage and white politics in the South. pp. 167–168.
^Feldman, Glenn (2015). The Great Melding: War, the Dixiecrat Rebellion, and the Southern Model for America's New Conservatism. University of Alabama Press. p. 60. ISBN9780817318666.
^Heersink; Jenkins. Republican Party Politics and the American South, pp. 48–50
^Feldman. The Irony of the Solid South, pp. 151–152
^"Willkie Campaigns in Roosevelt Territory". The Des Moines Register. September 22, 1940. p. 10.
^Rothermel, J.F. (October 20, 1940). "Everyone Can Find His Choice on Alabama Ballot This Year: Most G.O.P. Electors Are Fromer Democrats While One Republican Is Now a Communist". The Sunday Star. Washington D.C. p. B-4.
^"1940 Presidential General Election Results — Alabama". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
^Phillips. The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 93
^ ab"AL US President Race, November 05, 1940". Our Campaigns.
^Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1943. Wetumpka, Alabama: Wetumpka Printing Co. pp. 671–684.
^Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920–1964; pp. 29–30 ISBN0405077114.
^The Southern Historian. United States: Alabama Media Planning Board and the Beta Omicron Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, 1997.
January 01, 1970
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Main article 1940 United States presidential election The 1940 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 5 1940 as part of the 1940 United States presidential election Alabama voters chose 11 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president In Alabama voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate as in the other states 1940 United States presidential election in Alabama 1936 November 5 1940 1944 Nominee Franklin D Roosevelt Wendell Willkie Party Democratic Republican Home state New York New York Running mate Henry A Wallace Charles L McNary Electoral vote 11 0 Popular vote 250 726 42 184 Percentage 85 22 14 34 County results Roosevelt 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Willkie 50 60 President before election Franklin D Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D Roosevelt Democratic Since the 1890s Alabama had been effectively a one party state ruled by the Democratic Party Disenfranchisement of almost all African Americans and a large proportion of Poor Whites via poll taxes literacy tests 1 and informal harassment had essentially eliminated opposition parties outside Unionist Winston County and a few nearby northern hill counties that had been Populist strongholds 2 The only competitive statewide elections became Democratic Party primaries that were limited by law to white voters Unlike most other Confederate states however soon after black disenfranchisement Alabama s remaining white Republicans made rapid efforts to expel blacks from the state Republican Party 3 Indeed under Oscar D Street who ironically was appointed state party boss as part of the pro Taft black and tan faction in 1912 4 the state GOP would permanently turn lily white with the last black delegates from the state at any Republican National Convention serving in 1920 3 The 1920 election aided by isolationism in Appalachia 5 and the whitening of the state GOP 6 saw the Republicans even exceed forty percent in the House of Representatives races for the 4th 7th and 10th congressional districts 5 However funding issues meant the Republicans would not emulate this achievement for several decades subsequently 7 Nevertheless a bitter civil war over how best to maintain white supremacy after the Democrats nominated urban anti Prohibition Catholic Al Smith saw so many Democrats defect to dry Protestant Republican Herbert Hoover that he came within seven thousand votes of winning the state 8 However the economic catastrophe of the Great Depression meant that this trend towards the GOP would be short lived 9 The Depression had extremely severe effects in the South which had the highest unemployment rate in the nation and many Southerners blamed this on the North and on Wall Street 10 Consequently the South gave Democratic nominee Franklin D Roosevelt extremely heavy support in 1932 he became the only presidential candidate to sweep all of Alabama s counties 11 and in 1936 For 1940 opposition amongst Alabama s ruling elite to the New Deal meant that planter and business interests led by former Congressman George Huddleston attempted to organise the independent elector movements that would proliferate after Harry S Truman s civil rights proposals 12 Other Big Mules already supported Republican nominees corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie and Senate Minority Leader Charles L McNary 13 However the hatred of the Republican label in spite of five election cycles as a party exclusive of blacks 14 meant that the state Democratic Party was far too strong to allow such a revolt 15 Contents 1 Polling 2 Results 2 1 Results by county 3 Earl Browder s visit 4 See also 5 ReferencesPolling editNo polls were carried out in the state until a Gallup poll in the middle of September which had Roosevelt winning 85 percent of the two party vote to 16 Another poll from late October said that Willkie could gain around one hundred thousand votes or one third of the expected statewide total 17 Alabama was won in a landslide by Roosevelt now running with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace of Iowa with 85 22 percent of the popular vote against Willkie s 14 34 percent for a Democratic margin of 70 88 percent Third party candidates only managed to pick up 0 44 percent of the vote 18 Roosevelt was undoubtedly helped especially in Appalachian regions of the state by support for aid to Britain in World War II which he had emphasised in his campaign 19 In many Appalachian rural counties Roosevelt indeed improved upon his 1932 and 1936 performances for this reason 20 Results editGeneral election results 21 Party Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Franklin D Roosevelt Charles W Edwards 250 726 Democratic Party Franklin D Roosevelt Ben Bloodworth 250 723 Democratic Party Franklin D Roosevelt Otis R Burton 250 714 Democratic Party Franklin D Roosevelt W F Covington Jr 250 710 Democratic Party Franklin D Roosevelt Tully A Goodwin 250 709 Democratic Party Franklin D Roosevelt Roy Mayhall 250 706 Democratic Party Franklin D Roosevelt Norvelle R Leigh III 250 701 Democratic Party Franklin D Roosevelt Walter C Lusk 250 701 Democratic Party Franklin D Roosevelt W E James 250 692 Democratic Party Franklin D Roosevelt Bart J Cowart 250 687 Democratic Party Franklin D Roosevelt Walter F Miller 250 682 Republican Party Wendell Willkie W B R Pennington 42 184 Republican Party Wendell Willkie R M Wilbanks 42 180 Republican Party Wendell Willkie R DuPont Thompson 42 179 Republican Party Wendell Willkie James S Coleman Sr 42 174 Republican Party Wendell Willkie J E Paterson 42 174 Republican Party Wendell Willkie William H Armbrecht 42 172 Republican Party Wendell Willkie C L Burton 42 170 Republican Party Wendell Willkie Morris B Malone 42 168 Republican Party Wendell Willkie David S Anderson 42 167 Republican Party Wendell Willkie T M Jones Sr 42 161 Republican Party Wendell Willkie G C Youngerman 42 084 Prohibition Party Roger Babson W C McMachan 700 Prohibition Party Roger Babson J A Fields 699 Prohibition Party Roger Babson W A Wheeler 699 Prohibition Party Roger Babson Frank Barnard 698 Prohibition Party Roger Babson L E Barton 698 Prohibition Party Roger Babson Charles Lehman 696 Prohibition Party Roger Babson J B Lockhart 696 Prohibition Party Roger Babson John C Orr 696 Prohibition Party Roger Babson Joseph K Suggs 695 Prohibition Party Roger Babson Leander M Coop 693 Prohibition Party Roger Babson George W Crosby 693 Communist Party USA Earl Browder John W Campbell 509 Communist Party USA Earl Browder Bob F Hall 345 Communist Party USA Earl Browder Reany Smith 344 Communist Party USA Earl Browder A M Forsman 343 Communist Party USA Earl Browder Anton Valla Jr 343 Communist Party USA Earl Browder D W Gilbert 342 Communist Party USA Earl Browder Anna Kral 341 Communist Party USA Earl Browder Theron Ward 341 Communist Party USA Earl Browder Joseph Machulka 339 Communist Party USA Earl Browder Frank Maildorf 337 Communist Party USA Earl Browder Joe Stuchly 337 Socialist Party of America Norman Thomas D R Calloway 100 Socialist Party of America Norman Thomas John W Estes Jr 96 Socialist Party of America Norman Thomas Joseph Ciganek 92 Socialist Party of America Norman Thomas W H Chichester 91 Total votes 294 219 Results by county edit 1940 United States presidential election in Alabama by county 22 20 County Franklin D RooseveltDemocratic Wendell Lewis WillkieRepublican Roger Ward BabsonProhibition Earl Russell BrowderCommunist Norman Mattoon ThomasSocialist Margin Total votes cast Autauga 1 630 93 62 99 5 69 10 0 57 2 0 11 0 0 00 1 531 87 94 1 741 Baldwin 2 681 76 58 617 17 62 24 0 72 12 0 36 5 0 15 2 064 61 85 3 501 Barbour 2 328 95 88 90 3 71 7 0 29 3 0 12 0 0 00 2 238 92 17 2 428 Bibb 1 821 90 51 173 8 60 9 0 45 9 0 45 0 0 00 1 647 81 90 2 012 Blount 2 784 75 71 855 23 25 32 0 87 5 0 14 1 0 03 1 929 52 46 3 677 Bullock 1 301 98 64 18 1 36 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 1 283 97 27 1 319 Butler 2 732 97 99 52 1 87 1 0 04 3 0 11 0 0 00 2 680 96 13 2 788 Calhoun 4 408 86 89 645 12 71 16 0 32 2 0 04 0 0 00 3 764 74 21 5 073 Chambers 4 141 97 16 110 2 58 10 0 23 1 0 02 0 0 00 4 031 94 58 4 262 Cherokee 2 617 86 94 381 12 66 10 0 33 1 0 03 1 0 03 2 236 74 29 3 010 Chilton 2 746 57 80 1 995 41 99 5 0 11 5 0 11 0 0 00 751 15 81 4 751 Choctaw 2 023 96 52 73 3 48 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 1 950 93 03 2 096 Clarke 3 753 98 71 48 1 26 1 0 03 0 0 00 0 0 00 3 705 97 45 3 802 Clay 2 153 71 22 854 28 25 6 0 20 10 0 33 0 0 00 1 299 42 97 3 023 Cleburne 1 369 75 72 434 24 00 4 0 19 1 0 05 0 0 00 1 205 57 99 1 808 Coffee 2 226 93 88 145 6 12 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 2 081 87 77 2 371 Colbert 3 998 91 47 365 8 35 4 0 09 1 0 02 3 0 07 3 633 83 12 4 371 Conecuh 2 345 97 71 50 2 08 5 0 21 0 0 00 0 0 00 2 295 95 63 2 400 Coosa 1 347 80 32 317 18 90 11 0 66 2 0 12 0 0 00 1 030 61 42 1 677 Covington 4 635 96 08 186 3 86 2 0 04 1 0 02 0 0 00 4 449 92 23 4 824 Crenshaw 2 680 96 65 84 3 03 7 0 25 2 0 07 0 0 00 2 596 93 62 2 773 Cullman 5 603 64 51 3 057 35 19 11 0 13 11 0 13 4 0 05 2 546 29 31 8 686 Dale 2 543 87 03 374 12 80 1 0 03 4 0 14 0 0 00 2 169 74 23 2 922 Dallas 3 106 95 10 157 4 81 2 0 06 1 0 03 0 0 00 2 949 90 29 3 266 DeKalb 5 432 65 77 2 810 34 02 13 0 16 2 0 02 2 0 02 2 622 31 75 8 259 Elmore 4 267 96 54 144 3 26 7 0 16 2 0 05 0 0 00 4 123 93 28 4 420 Escambia 2 772 95 03 137 4 70 5 0 17 3 0 10 0 0 00 2 635 90 33 2 917 Etowah 7 012 84 33 1 270 15 27 27 0 32 4 0 05 2 0 02 5 742 69 06 8 315 Fayette 2 091 73 42 737 25 88 10 0 35 10 0 35 0 0 00 1 354 47 54 2 848 Franklin 3 523 63 67 1 989 35 95 8 0 14 12 0 22 1 0 02 1 534 27 72 5 533 Geneva 2 565 87 19 364 12 37 6 0 20 7 0 24 0 0 00 2 201 74 81 2 942 Greene 894 92 07 77 7 93 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 817 84 14 971 Hale 1 691 98 14 32 1 86 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 1 659 96 29 1 723 Henry 1 960 96 50 69 3 40 2 0 10 0 0 00 0 0 00 1 891 93 11 2 031 Houston 3 941 88 78 483 10 88 13 0 29 2 0 05 0 0 00 3 458 77 90 4 439 Jackson 3 818 80 01 945 19 80 7 0 15 2 0 04 0 0 00 2 873 60 21 4 772 Jefferson 37 110 84 34 6 714 15 26 105 0 24 52 0 12 19 0 04 30 395 69 08 44 001 Lamar 2 665 90 28 275 9 32 8 0 27 4 0 14 0 0 00 2 391 80 97 2 952 Lauderdale 5 065 90 35 507 9 04 19 0 34 10 0 18 4 0 07 4 558 81 32 5 606 Lawrence 2 277 82 23 480 17 33 2 0 07 10 0 36 0 0 00 1 797 64 90 2 769 Lee 2 566 95 96 103 3 85 4 0 15 1 0 04 0 0 00 2 463 92 11 2 674 Limestone 2 941 96 58 95 3 12 9 0 30 0 0 00 0 0 00 2 846 93 46 3 045 Lowndes 1 132 98 86 12 1 05 1 0 09 0 0 00 0 0 00 1 120 97 82 1 145 Macon 1 259 96 77 41 3 15 1 0 08 0 0 00 0 0 00 1 218 93 62 1 301 Madison 5 515 90 44 566 9 28 9 0 15 3 0 05 5 0 08 4 959 81 46 6 098 Marengo 2 284 96 94 70 2 97 2 0 08 0 0 00 0 0 00 2 214 93 97 2 356 Marion 2 654 69 64 1 081 28 37 12 0 31 64 1 68 0 0 00 1 573 41 28 3 811 Marshall 4 142 81 55 913 17 98 18 0 35 4 0 08 2 0 04 3 229 63 58 5 079 Mobile 11 480 85 08 1 887 13 99 89 0 66 14 0 10 14 0 10 9 592 71 20 13 493 Monroe 2 953 98 17 40 1 33 12 0 40 3 0 10 0 0 00 2 913 96 84 3 008 Montgomery 11 311 97 74 230 1 99 16 0 14 16 0 14 0 0 00 11 081 95 75 11 573 Morgan 5 345 90 93 500 8 51 22 0 37 8 0 14 1 0 02 4 846 82 46 5 878 Perry 1 509 97 17 39 2 51 5 0 32 0 0 00 0 0 00 1 470 94 66 1 553 Pickens 1 714 92 00 140 7 51 7 0 45 2 0 13 0 0 00 1 277 81 55 1 863 Pike 3 049 95 94 121 3 81 1 0 03 7 0 22 0 0 00 2 928 92 13 3 178 Randolph 2 407 77 92 670 21 69 8 0 26 4 0 13 0 0 00 1 737 56 23 3 089 Russell 2 435 97 95 48 1 93 2 0 08 1 0 04 0 0 00 2 387 96 02 2 486 Shelby 2 777 74 61 938 25 20 5 0 13 2 0 05 0 0 00 1 839 49 41 4 024 St Clair 2 462 61 18 1 540 38 27 9 0 22 6 0 15 7 0 17 922 22 91 3 722 Sumter 1 404 96 76 46 3 17 1 0 07 0 0 00 0 0 00 1 358 93 59 1 451 Talladega 3 965 87 88 534 11 84 9 0 20 4 0 09 0 0 00 3 431 76 04 4 512 Tallapoosa 4 325 96 65 139 3 11 7 0 16 3 0 07 1 0 02 4 186 93 54 4 475 Tuscaloosa 6 284 93 35 426 6 33 14 0 21 5 0 07 3 0 04 5 858 87 02 6 732 Walker 5 940 74 52 2 007 25 18 17 0 21 4 0 05 3 0 04 3 933 49 34 7 971 Washington 1 892 95 65 80 4 04 5 0 25 1 0 05 0 0 00 1 812 91 61 1 978 Wilcox 1 534 98 71 20 1 29 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 1 514 97 43 1 554 Winston 1 394 45 10 1 686 54 55 6 0 19 4 0 13 0 0 00 301 9 78 3 091 Totals 250 726 85 22 42 184 14 34 700 0 24 509 0 17 100 0 03 208 542 70 88 294 219Earl Browder s visit editCommunist party candidate Earl Browder personally campaigned in the state giving speeches in Bullock County Choctaw County Clarke County Coffee County Conecuh County Greene County and Hale County Browder campaigned as an isolationist candidate advocating the United States not get involved in the war in Europe Browder referred to the war as an imperialist war and he took a decidedly anti British tone while campaigning in the aforementioned Alabama counties In each of his speeches he condemned Winston Churchill and praised Joseph Stalin 23 24 However Browder said he was irked by how cold the crowds there were towards him In the seven counties where Browder campaigned he ultimately received zero votes in the election however in the state as a whole he won just over 500 votes in comparison to Roosevelt s 250 726 votes and Willkie s 42 184 votes 23 See also editUnited States presidential elections in AlabamaReferences edit Perman Michael 2001 Struggle for Mastery Disfranchisement in the South 1888 1908 Chapel Hill NC University of North Carolina Press p Introduction ISBN 9780807849095 Webb Samuel L From Independents to Populists to Progressive Republicans The Case of Chilton County Alabama 1880 1920 The Journal of Southern History 59 4 707 736 a b Heersink Boris Jenkins Jeffery A 2020 Republican Party Politics and the American South 1865 1968 pp 251 253 ISBN 9781107158436 Casdorph Paul D 1981 Republicans Negroes and Progressives in the South 1912 1916 The University of Alabama Press pp 70 94 95 ISBN 0817300481 a b Phillips Kevin P 1969 The Emerging Republican Majority p 255 ISBN 0870000586 Heersink and Jenkins Republican Party Politics and the American South p 19 See G O P Funds Are Reported Short Forces Counted On Disappoint Republican Political Managers The Birmingham News Birmingham Alabama August 19 1922 p 5 Feldman Glenn September 13 2004 Epilogue Ugly Roots Race Emotion and the Rise of the Modern Republican Party in Alabama and the South In Feldman Glenn ed Before Brown Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South University of Alabama Press pp 270 273 ISBN 9780817351342 Lewinson Paul 1965 Race class and party a history of Negro suffrage and white politics in the South pp 167 168 Ritchie Donald A 2007 Electing FDR the New Deal campaign of 1932 Lawrence Kansas University Press of Kansas p 143 ISBN 070061687X Thomas G Scott 1987 The pursuit of the White House a handbook of presidential election statistics and history pp 390 418 ISBN 0313257957 Feldman Glenn 2013 The Irony of the Solid South Democrats Republicans and Race 1865 1944 University of Alabama Press p 150 ISBN 9780817317935 Feldman Glenn 2015 The Great Melding War the Dixiecrat Rebellion and the Southern Model for America s New Conservatism University of Alabama Press p 60 ISBN 9780817318666 Heersink Jenkins Republican Party Politics and the American South pp 48 50 Feldman The Irony of the Solid South pp 151 152 Willkie Campaigns in Roosevelt Territory The Des Moines Register September 22 1940 p 10 Rothermel J F October 20 1940 Everyone Can Find His Choice on Alabama Ballot This Year Most G O P Electors Are Fromer Democrats While One Republican Is Now a Communist The Sunday Star Washington D C p B 4 1940 Presidential General Election Results Alabama Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas Phillips The Emerging Republican Majority p 93 a b AL US President Race November 05 1940 Our Campaigns Alabama Official and Statistical Register 1943 Wetumpka Alabama Wetumpka Printing Co pp 671 684 Scammon Richard M compiler America at the Polls A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920 1964 pp 29 30 ISBN 0405077114 a b Isserman Maurice 1982 Which Side Were You On The American Communist Party During the Second World War University of Illinois Press p 48 ISBN 9780252063367 The Southern Historian United States Alabama Media Planning Board and the Beta Omicron Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta 1997 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1940 United States presidential election in Alabama amp oldid 1212085190, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
