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US President - R Convention
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Office | President |
Honorific | President - Abbr: President |
Type | Republican Primary Election |
Filing Deadline | June 01, 1940 - 12:00pm Central |
Polls Open | July 24, 1940 - 06:00am Central |
Polls Close | July 28, 1940 - 08:00pm Central |
Term Start | January 20, 1941 - 12:00pm |
Term End | January 20, 1945 - 12:00pm |
Contributor | Thomas Walker |
Last Modified | RBH January 21, 2019 10:52pm |
Data Sources | Convention Decisions and Voting Records - Bain & Parris
Most votes received by candidates for party presidential nomination, up to the point where a nominee was determined. Vote totals are rounded up to the next whole number. |
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Venue
The Republican National Committee met on 2/16/1940 to set the date of the national convention. They had hoped to meet after the Democratic National Convention, so that the delegates would have the option of responding to the Democratic national ticket. However, when the Democratic National Committee met to make the arrangements, it did not set a date. The Republicans chose Philadelphia as their convention city (66 votes) following a tussle with Chicago (30 votes); two votes were cast for Fargo ND. Philadelphia had "sweetened" the pot by offering $200,000 plus free use of its Convention Hall [NYT 2/17/1940].
Presidential Balloting, RNC 1940 |
Contender: Ballot | 1st | 2d | 3d | 4th | 5th | 6th before shifts | 6th after shifts |
Wendell L. Willkie | 105 | 171 | 259 | 306 | 429 | 655 | 998 |
Robert A. Taft | 189 | 203 | 212 | 254 | 377 | 318 | -- |
Thomas E. Dewey | 360 | 338 | 315 | 250 | 57 | 11 | -- |
Arthur H. Vandenberg | 76 | 73 | 72 | 61 | 42 | -- | -- |
Arthur H. James | 74 | 66 | 59 | 56 | 59 | -- | -- |
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Venue
The Republican National Committee met on 2/16/1940 to set the date of the national convention. They had hoped to meet after the Democratic National Convention, so that the delegates would have the option of responding to the Democratic national ticket. However, when the Democratic National Committee met to make the arrangements, it did not set a date. The Republicans chose Philadelphia as their convention city (66 votes) following a tussle with Chicago (30 votes); two votes were cast for Fargo ND. Philadelphia had "sweetened" the pot by offering $200,000 plus free use of its Convention Hall [NYT 2/17/1940].
Presidential Balloting, RNC 1940 |
Contender: Ballot | 1st | 2d | 3d | 4th | 5th | 6th before shifts | 6th after shifts |
Wendell L. Willkie | 105 | 171 | 259 | 306 | 429 | 655 | 998 |
Robert A. Taft | 189 | 203 | 212 | 254 | 377 | 318 | -- |
Thomas E. Dewey | 360 | 338 | 315 | 250 | 57 | 11 | -- |
Arthur H. Vandenberg | 76 | 73 | 72 | 61 | 42 | -- | -- |
Arthur H. James | 74 | 66 | 59 | 56 | 59 | -- | -- |
Joseph Martin | 44 | 26 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Hanford MacNider | 34 | 34 | 28 | 26 | 4 | -- | -- |
Frank E. Gannett | 33 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Herbert C. Hoover | 17 | 21 | 32 | 31 | 20 | 10 | -- |
H. Styles Bridges | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
Scattering/Blank | 40 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
Shift on Fifth Ballot:
Red states voted for Willkie, blue states for Taft, white states for others. Lighter color indicates a shift from the 4th ballot. Note that the collapse of Dewey's candidacy benefitted both Willkie and Taft.
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