Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1936

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1936

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Candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry Skillman Breckinridge Home state New York New York Contests won 37 1 Popular vote 4,814,978 136,407 Percentage 92.9% 2.6%
Results map by state.
Previous Democratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The 1936 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1936 U.S. presidential election. Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1936 Democratic National Convention held from June 23 to June 27, 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.