Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1944

Republican Presidential Primaries, 1944
1940 ←
 1944
 → 1948
 
Nominee Douglas MacArthur Earl Warren John W. Bricker
Party Republican Republican Republican
Home state Wisconsin California Ohio
States carried 2 1 1
Popular vote 662,127 594,439 366,444
Percentage 28.94% 25.99% 16.02%
 
Nominee Thomas Dewey W. Chapman Revercomb Harold Stassen
Party Republican Republican Republican
Home state New York West Virginia Minnesota
States carried 3 1 1
Popular vote 278,272 91,602 67,508
Percentage 12.18% 4.00% 2.95%
 
Nominee Charles A. Christopherson
Party Republican
Home state South Dakota
States carried 1
Popular vote 33,497
Percentage 1.64%

Contents

Republican candidates

Nominee

Withdrew during convention

Withdrew during primaries

Declined to run

The primaries

Statewide contest by winner

Date Primary Douglas MacArthur Earl Warren John W. Bricker Thomas Dewey W. Chapman Revercomb Harold Stassen Riley A. Bender Charles A. Christopherson Wendell Willkie Joseph H. Bottum Unpledged
March 14 New Hampshire 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100%
April 5 Wisconsin 73% 0% 0% 15% 0% 0% 0% 0% 5% 0% 0%
April 11 Illinois 92% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 6% 0% 0% 0% 0%
April 11 Nebraska 0% 0% 0% 23% 0% 66% 0% 0% 10% 0% 0%
April 23 Pennsylvania 5% 0% 2% 84% 0% 1% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0%
April 25 Massachusetts 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100%
May 2 South Dakota 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 60% 0% 40% 0%
May 1 Maryland 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 21% 0% 79%
May 2 Ohio 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
May 2 West Virginia 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
May 16 California 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
May 16 New Jersey 1% 0% 1% 86% 0% 1% 0% 0% 3% 0% 0%
May 19 Oregon 0% 0% 5% 78% 0% 9% 0% 0% 5% 0% 0%

The convention

Convention vote
Presidential ballot 1 Vice-presidential ballot 1
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey 1,056 Ohio Governor John W. Bricker 1,057
General Douglas MacArthur 1 Abstaining 2