Electoral history of Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953-1969), 30th Governor of California (1943-1953), Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1948, Attorney General of California (1939-1943) and a candidate for 1936 (favorite-son), 1944, 1948 and 1952 Republican presidential nominations
California Republican presidential primary, 1936:
Earl Warren - 350,917 (57.43%)
Alf Landon - 260,170 (42.58%)
1936 Republican presidential primaries:
William Borah - 1,478,676 (44.45%)
Alf Landon - 729,908 (21.94%)
Frank Knox - 527,054 (15.84%)
Earl Warren - 350,917 (10.55%)
Stephen A. Day - 155,732 (4.68%)
Warren Green - 44,518 (1.34%)
Leo J. Chassee - 18,986 (0.57%)
Herbert Hoover - 7,750 (0.23%)
Democratic primary for Governor of California, 1942:
Culbert Olson (inc.) - 513,244 (51.98%)
Earl Warren - 404,778 (41.00%)
Roy G. Owens - 50,780 (5.14%)
Nathan P. Porter - 11,302 (1.15%
Alonzo J. Riggs - 7,231 (0.73%)
Republican primary for Governor of California, 1942:
Earl Warren - 635,230 (94.23%)
Nathan T. Porter - 15,604 (2.32%)
William E. Riker - 10,004 (1.48%)
Fred Dyster - 9,824 (1.46%)
Culbert Olson (inc.) - 3,504 (0.52%)
California gubernatorial election, 1942:
Earl Warren (R) - 1,275,237 (57.07%)
Culbert Olson (D) (inc.) - 932,995 (41.75%)
Nathan T. Porter (Townsend) - 15,496 (0.69%)
Fred Dyster (Prohibition) - 10,640 (0.48%)
Scattering - 122 (0.01%)
California Republican presidential primary, 1944:
Earl Warren - 594,439 (100.00%)
1944 Republican presidential primaries:
Douglas MacArthur - 662,127 (28.94%)
Earl Warren - 594,439 (25.99%)
John W. Bricker - 366,444 (16.02%)
Thomas E. Dewey - 278,727 (12.18%)
W. Chapman Revercomb - 91,602 (4.00%)
Unpledged - 87,834 (3.84%)
Harold Stassen - 67,508 (2.95%)
Riley A. Bender - 37,575 (1.64%)
Charles A. Christopherson - 33,497 (1.46%)
Wendell Willkie - 27,097 (1.19%)
Joe H. Bottum - 10,535 (0.46%)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) - 10,535 (0.46%)
Edward Martin - 2,406 (0.11%)
Everett Dirksen - 581 (0.03%)
Others - 5,079 (0.22%)
Democratic primary for Governor of California, 1946:
Earl Warren (inc.) - 593,180 (51.93%)
Robert Walker Kenny - 530,968 (46.49%)
A. Beldon Gilbert - 9,865 (0.86%)
William E. Riker - 8,175 (0.72%)
Republican primary for Governor of California, 1946:
Earl Warren (inc.) - 774,302 (91.10%)
Robert Walker Kenny - 70,331 (8.27%)
William E. Riker - 5,359 (0.63%)
California gubernatorial election, 1946:
Earl Warren (R, D) (inc.) - 2,344,542 (91.64%)
Henry R. Schmidt (Prohibition) - 180,579 (7.06%)
Archie Brown (Communist) (write-in) - 22,606 (0.88%)
Scattering - 4,312 (0.17%)
James Roosevelt (D) (write-in) - 3,210 (0.13%)
Robert Walker Kenny (I) (write-in) - 1,636 (0.06%)
Albert Clark (I) (write-in) - 835 (0.03%)
Robert W. Long (I) (write-in) - 679 (0.03%)
Nebraska Republican presidential primary, 1948:
Harold Stassen - 80,979 (43.54%)
Thomas E. Dewey - 64,242 (34.54%)
Robert Taft - 21,608 (11.62%)
Arthur Vandenberg - 9,590 (5.16%)
Douglas MacArthur - 6,893 (3.71%)
Earl Warren - 1,761 (0.95%)
Joseph William Martin, Jr. - 910 (0.49%)
Others - 24 (0.01%)
New Jersey Republican presidential primary, 1948:
Thomas E. Dewey - 3,714 (41.38%)
Harold Stassen - 3,123 (34.79%)
Douglas MacArthur - 718 (8.00%)
Arthur H. Vandenberg - 516 (5.75%)
Robert A. Taft - 495 (5.52%)
Dwight D. Eisenhower - 288 (3.21%)
Joseph William Martin, Jr. - 64 (0.71%)
Alfred Driscoll - 44 (0.49%)
Earl Warren - 14 (0.16%)
California Republican presidential primary, 1948:
Earl Warren - 769,520 (100.00%)
1948 Republican presidential primaries:
Earl Warren - 771,295 (26.99%)
Harold Stassen - 627,321 (21.96%)
Robert A. Taft - 464,741 (16.27%)
Thomas E. Dewey - 330,799 (11.58%)
Riley A. Bender - 324,029 (11.34%)
Douglas MacArthur - 87,839 (3.07%)
Leverett Saltonstall - 72,191 (2.53%)
Herbert E. Hitchcock - 45,463 (1.59%)
Edward Martin - 45,072 (1.58%)
Unpledged - 28,854 (1.01%)
Arthur H. Vandenberg - 18,924 (0.66%)
1948 Republican National Convention (presidential tally):
1st ballot:
Thomas E. Dewey - 434
Robert A. Taft - 224
Harold Stassen - 157
Arthur H. Vandenberg - 62
Earl Warren - 59
David H. Green - 56
Alfred Driscoll - 35
Others - 65
2nd ballot:
Thomas E. Dewey - 515
Robert A. Taft - 274
Harold Stassen - 149
Arthur H. Vandenberg - 62
Earl Warren - 57
Others - 37
1948 Republican National Convention (vice presidential tally):
Earl Warren - 1,094 (100.00%)
United States presidential election, 1948:
Harry S. Truman (inc.)/Alben W. Barkley (D) - 24,179,347 (49.6%) and 303 electoral votes (28 states carried)
Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren (R) - 21,991,292 (45.1%) and 189 electoral votes (16 states carried)
Strom Thurmond/Fielding L. Wright (Dixiecrat) - 1,175,930 (2.4%) and 39 electoral votes (4 states carried)
Henry A. Wallace/Glen H. Taylor (Progressive) - 1,157,328 (2.4%)
Norman Thomas/Tucker P. Smith (Socialist) - 139,569 (0.3%)
Claude A. Watson/Dale Learn (Prohibition) - 103,708 (0.2%)
Others - 46,361 (0.1%)
Democratic primary for Governor of California, 1950:
James Roosevelt - 969,433 (55.56%)
Earl Warren (inc.) - 719,468 (41.23%)
Welburn Mayock - 27,553 (1.58%)
O. R. Angelillo - 10,534 (0.60%)
Roy E. Land - 10,065 (0.58%)
William E. Riker - 7,904 (0.45%
Republican primary for Governor of California, 1950:
Earl Warren (inc.) - 1,101,411 (88.40%)
James Roosevelt - 120,328 (9.66%)
Roy E. Land - 9,149 (0.73%)
O. R. Angelillo - 7,966 (0.64%)
William E. Riker - 7,053 (0.57%)
California gubernatorial election, 1950:
Earl Warren (R) (inc.) - 2,461,754 (64.85%)
James Roosevelt (D) - 1,333,856 (35.14%)
Scattering - 480 (0.01%)
New Hampshire Republican vice presidential primary, 1952:
Styles Bridges* - 6,535 (30.85%)
Harold Stassen* - 5,876 (27.74%)
Douglas MacArthur* - 4,722 (22.29%)
Earl Warren* - 2,148 (10.14%)
Robert A. Taft* - 1,590 (7.51%)
Sherman Adams* - 310 (1.46%)
(* - write-in)
Minnesota Republican presidential primary, 1952:
Harold Stassen - 129,706 (44.37%)
Dwight D. Eisenhower* - 108,692 (37.18%)
Robert A. Taft* - 24,093 (8.24%)
Edward C. Slettedahl - 22,712 (7.77%)
Earl Warren* - 5,365 (1.84%)
Douglas MacArthur* - 1,369 (0.47%)
Estes Kefauver* - 386 (0.13%)
(* - write-in)
Nebraska Republican presidential primary, 1952:
Robert A. Taft* - 9,357 (36.20%)
Dwight D. Eisenhower* - 66,078 (30.15%)
Harold Stassen - 53,238 (24.29%)
Mary E. Kenny - 10,411 (4.75%)
Douglas MacArthur* - 7,478 (3.41%)
Earl Warren* - 1,872 (0.85%)
Others - 767 (0.35%)
(* - write-in)
Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, 1952:
Robert A. Taft - 315,541 (40.63%)
Earl Warren - 262,271 (33.77%)
Harold Stassen - 169,679 (21.85%)
Grant A. Ritter - 26,208 (3.38%)
Perry J. Stearns - 2,925 (0.38%)
Illinois Republican presidential primary, 1952:
Robert A. Taft - 935,867 (73.56%)
Harold Stassen* - 155,041 (12.19%)
Dwight D. Eisenhower* - 147,518 (11.59%)
Riley A. Bender - 22,321 (1.75%)
Douglas MacArthur* - 7,504 (0.59%)
Earl Warren* - 2,841 (0.22%)
Others - 1,229 (0.10%)
(* - write-in)
Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary, 1952:
Dwight D. Eisenhower - 863,785 (73.62%)
Robert A. Taft* - 178,629 (15.23%)
Harold Stassen - 120,305 (10.25%)
Douglas MacArthur* - 6,028 (0.51%)
Earl Warren - 3,158 (0.27%)
Harry S. Truman* (inc.) - 267 (0.02%)
Others - 1,121 (0.10%)
(* - write-in)
Massachusetts Republican presidential primary, 1952:
All candidates run as write-in
Dwight D. Eisenhower - 254,898 (68.68%)
Robert A. Taft - 110,188 (29.69%)
Douglas MacArthur - 2,277 (0.61%)
Earl Warren - 1,538 (0.41%)
Harold Stassen - 1,069 (0.29%)
Estes Kefauver - 417 (0.11%)
Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 98 (0.03%)
Leverett Saltonstall - 77 (0.02%)
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 36 (0.01%)
Paul O. Douglas - 33 (0.01%)
Herbert Hoover - 17 (0.01%)
Thomas E. Dewey - 15 (0.00%)
Paul A. Dever - 14 (0.00%)
Paul H. Douglas - 1 (0.00%)
Others - 442 (0.12%)
Oregon Republican presidential primary, 1952:
Dwight D. Eisenhower - 172,486 (64.55%)
Earl Warren - 44,034 (16.48%)
Douglas MacArthur - 18,603 (6.96%)
Robert A. Taft* - 18,009 (6.74%)
Wayne Morse - 7,105 (2.66%)
Harold Stassen - 6,610 (2.47%)
William R. Schneider - 350 (0.13%)
(* - write-in)
California Republican presidential primary, 1952:
Earl Warren - 1,029,495 (66.39%)
Thomas H. Werdel - 521,110 (33.61%)
1952 Republican presidential primaries:
Robert A. Taft - 2,794,736 (35.84%)
Dwight D. Eisenhower - 2,050,708 (26.30%)
Earl Warren - 1,349,036 (17.30%)
Harold Stassen - 881,702 (11.31%)
Thomas H. Werdel - 521,110 (6.68%)
George T. Mickelson - 63,879 (0.82%)
Douglas MacArthur - 44,209 (0.57%)
1952 Republican National Convention (presidential tally):
1st ballot before shifts:
Dwight D. Eisenhower - 595
Robert A. Taft - 500
Earl Warren - 81
Harold Stassen - 20
Douglas MacArthur - 10
1st ballot after shifts:
Dwight D. Eisenhower - 845
Robert A. Taft - 280
Earl Warren - 77
Douglas MacArthur - 4
Chief Justice of the United States (Senate confirmation):
Yea - unamiously (voice vote)
