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1940 U.S. Senate election results

32 races · 32 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1940 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1940 U.S. Senate results by state
StateWinnerResult
ArizonaErnest W. McFarlandD101,495 votes · +61,838 over Irving A. Jennings
CaliforniaHiram JohnsonD2,238,899 votes · +1,872,855 over Fred Dyster
ConnecticutFrancis T. MahoneyD416,740 votes · +58,427 over Paul L. Cornell
DelawareJames M. TunnellD68,294 votes · +4,495 over John G. Townsend Jr.
FloridaCharles O. AndrewsD323,216 votes
IndianaRaymond E. WillisR888,070 votes · +23,267 over Sherman Minton
MaineRalph O. BrewsterR150,149 votes · +44,409 over Louis J. Brann
MarylandGeorge L. RadcliffeD394,239 votes · +190,327 over Harry W. Nice
MassachusettsDavid I. WalshD1,088,838 votes · +250,716 over Henry Parkman
MichiganArthur H. VandenbergR1,053,104 votes · +113,364 over Frank Fitzgerald
MinnesotaHenrik ShipsteadR641,049 votes · +330,174 over Elmer A. Benson
MississippiTheodore G. BilboD143,333 votes
MissouriHarry S. TrumanD930,775 votes · +44,399 over Manvel H. Davis
MontanaBurton K. WheelerD176,753 votes · +112,812 over E. K. Cheadle
NebraskaHugh A. ButlerR340,250 votes · +92,591 over R. L. Cochran
NevadaKey PittmanD31,351 votes · +10,863 over Samuel Platt
New JerseyWilliam Warren BarbourR1,029,331 votes · +205,438 over James H. Cromwell
New MexicoDennis ChavezD103,194 votes · +21,937 over Albert K. Mitchell
New YorkBruce BartonR2,868,852 votes · +2,863,908 over Stephen W. Paine
North DakotaWilliam LangerR100,647 votes · +8,054 over William Lemke
OhioHarold H. BurtonR1,602,567 votes · +145,208 over John McSweeney
PennsylvaniaJoseph F. GuffeyD2,069,980 votes · +176,876 over Jay Cooke
Rhode IslandPeter G. GerryD173,847 votes · +32,536 over James O. McManus
TennesseeKenneth D. McKellarD295,440 votes · +173,650 over Howard Baker
TexasTom ConnallyD978,095 votes · +918,755 over George I. Shannon
UtahAbe MurdockD155,499 votes · +63,568 over Philo T. Fransworth
VermontWarren R. AustinR93,283 votes · +46,182 over Ona S. Searles
VirginiaHarry F. Byrd Sr.D274,260 votes · +263,101 over Hilliard Berstein
WashingtonMonrad C. WallgrenD404,718 votes · +62,129 over Stephen F. Chadwick
West VirginiaHarley M. KilgoreD492,413 votes · +110,607 over Thomas Sweeney
WisconsinRobert M. Lafollette Jr.P605,609 votes · +51,917 over Fred H. Clausen
WyomingJoseph C. O'MahoneyD65,022 votes · +19,340 over Milward W. Simpson