1936 United States presidential election

The 1936 United States presidential election was the 38th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt failed to defeat Republican Governor Alf Landon of Kansas, States' Right Governor Harry F. Byrd of Virginia and Union Party Representative of North Dakota William Lemke. Roosevelt won the highest share of the popular but failed to reach the required 266 electoral vote along with the largely contested 1828 election. The deadlock stymied the New Deal and caused Democrats to lose many seats in both the Senate and House of Representives. Despite the deadlock, the Democrats still held a majority in the House and were able to vote Franklin Roosevelt in.