<Table> United States presidential election, 1936 <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 1932 </Td> <Td> November 3, 1936 </Td> <Td> 1940 → </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> 531 electoral votes of the Electoral College 266 electoral votes needed to win </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Turnout </Th> <Td> 61.0% 4.1 pp </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nominee </Th> <Td> Franklin D. Roosevelt </Td> <Td> Alf Landon </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Party </Th> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Home state </Th> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> Kansas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Running mate </Th> <Td> John Nance Garner </Td> <Td> Frank Knox </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Electoral vote </Th> <Td> 523 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> States carried </Th> <Td> 46 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Popular vote </Th> <Td> 27,747,636 </Td> <Td> 16,679,543 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Percentage </Th> <Td> 60.8% </Td> <Td> 36.5% </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Presidential election results map . Blue denotes those won by Roosevelt / Garner, red denotes states won by Landon / Knox . Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> President before election <P> Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic </P> </Td> <Td> Elected President <P> Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 1932 </Td> <Td> November 3, 1936 </Td> <Td> 1940 → </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr>

Who was the president of the united states in 1936