1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Catawba, Davidson and Henderson. 1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina The 1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose fourteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. North Carolina was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 66.71% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Roosevelts flourished as merchants and landowners. The Delano family progenitor traveled to the New World on the "Mayflower", and the Delanos prospered as merchants and shipbuilders in Massachusetts. Franklin had a half-brother, James "Rosy" Roosevelt, from his father's previous marriage. Roosevelt grew up in a wealthy family. His father, James Roosevelt I, graduated from Harvard Law School in 1851, but chose not to practice law after receiving an inheritance from his grandfather, James Roosevelt. Roosevelt's father was a prominent Bourbon Democrat who once took Franklin to meet President Grover Cleveland in the White House. Sara was the dominant