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  NJ US President - R Primary
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Parents > United States > New Jersey > President
Parent RaceUS President - R Primaries
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type Primary Election
Filing Deadline April 10, 1940 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open May 21, 1940 - 12:00am Central
Polls Close May 21, 1940 - 12:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1941 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1945 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedIndyGeorgia October 28, 2011 10:59pm
Data SourcesOfficial returns in the New Jersey state archives. Other scattering included Gannett - 31, Charles A. Lindbergh - 12, Cordell Hull - 10, LaGuardia - 6.
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/1936
NameFranklin D. Roosevelt Votes1,083,549 (59.56%)
Term01/20/1937 - 01/20/1941 Margin364,128 (+20.02%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/1940
NameFranklin D. Roosevelt Votes1,016,404 (51.48%)
Term01/20/1941 - 01/20/1945 Margin71,528 (+3.62%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceNJ US President 11/05/1940

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Name District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey (W) Wendell L. Willkie (I) (W) President Franklin D. Roosevelt (W) Sen. Robert A. Taft (W) Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (W) Scattering (W) Gov. Arthur H. James
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
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Certified Votes 340,734 (93.85%) 20,143 (5.55%) 1,202 (0.33%) 595 (0.16%) 168 (0.05%) 90 (0.03%) 81 (0.02%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -320,591 (-88.30%) -339,532 (-93.51%) -340,139 (-93.68%) -340,566 (-93.80%) -340,644 (-93.82%) -340,653 (-93.82%)
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Name (W) President Herbert C. Hoover  
PartyRepublican  
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Certified Votes 69 (0.02%)  
Margin-340,665 (-93.83%)  
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