1936 United States elections

The 1936 United States elections were held on November 3, 1936, during the Great Depression. Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt trounced Governor Alf Landon of Kansas in a landslide and the Democrats built on their majorities in both chambers of Congress.[3][4][5]

1936 United States elections

← 1934          1935          1936          1937          1938 → Presidential election year
Election day	November 3
Incumbent president	Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Next Congress	75th
Presidential election
Partisan control	Democratic hold
Popular vote margin	Democratic +24.3%
Electoral vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	523
Alf Landon (R)	8
1936 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Landon, blue denotes states won by Roosevelt. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate.
Senate elections
Overall control	Democratic hold
Seats contested	36 of 96 seats (32 Class 2 seats + 6 special elections)[1]
Net seat change	Democratic +6[2]
1936 Senate results   Democratic gain   Democratic hold   Republican gain   Republican hold   Farmer–Labor hold   Independent gain
House elections
Overall control	Democratic hold
Seats contested	All 435 voting members
Net seat change	Democratic +12
1936 House of Representatives results   Democratic gain   Democratic hold   Republican gain   Republican hold   Third party gain   Third party hold
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested	36
Net seat change	Democratic +1
1936 gubernatorial election results   Democratic gain   Democratic hold   Republican gain   Republican hold   Farmer–Labor hold   Progressive hold   Non-Partisan League gain

In the presidential election, incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt won re-election, defeating Republican Governor Alf Landon of Kansas. Roosevelt took every state but Vermont and Maine, winning with the fourth-largest electoral vote margin in American history. Roosevelt took just under 61 percent of the popular vote, a number that only Lyndon Johnson would surpass (although the popular vote was not officially counted prior to the 1824 election). Landon decisively won his party's nomination over Idaho Senator William Borah.

The Democrats gained twelve seats in the House of Representatives, furthering their supermajority over the Republicans. The Democrats also maintained a supermajority in the Senate, gaining seven seats.[4] These elections marked the last time in U.S. history in which any party held three-fourths of all seats in both chambers of Congress.