Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 2, 1948.[1]
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Primaries were held April 13, 1948.[1][2]
Election information edit
Turnout edit
In the primaries, 1,649,655 ballots were cast (745,645 Democratic and 904,010 Republican).[1][2]
In the general election, 4,075,090 ballots were cast.[1]
Federal elections edit
United States President edit
Illinois voted for the Democratic ticket of Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley.
United States Senate edit
Incumbent Republican Charles W. Brooks lost reelection to Democrat Paul Douglas.
United States House edit
All 26 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1948.
Illinois had redistricted before this election, eliminating its at-large district.
State elections edit
Governor edit
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Incumbent Governor Dwight H. Green, a Republican seeking a third term, lost reelection to Democrat Adlai Stevenson II.
Stevenson's victory was regarded as a surprise upset, and his margin of victory of 572,067 votes was, at the time, record breaking for an Illinois gubernatorial election.[3][4][5]
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adlai E. Stevenson | 2,250,074 | 57.11 | |
Republican | Dwight H. Green (incumbent) | 1,678,007 | 42.59 | |
Prohibition | Willis Ray Wilson | 9,491 | 0.24 | |
Socialist Labor | Louis Fisher | 2,673 | 0.07 | |
Write-in | Others | 12 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 3,940,257 | 100 |
Lieutenant governor edit
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Incumbent lieutenant governor Hugh W. Cross, a Republican, did not seek reelection to a third term. Democrat Sherwood Dixon was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sherwood Dixon | 578,390 | 100 | |
Total votes | 578,390 | 100 |
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Yates Rowe | 684,452 | 100 | |
Write-in | Others | 4 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 684,464 | 100 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sherwood Dixon | 1,998,555 | 52.22 | |
Republican | Richard Yates Rowe | 1,815,907 | 47.45 | |
Prohibition | R. B. Campbell | 9,949 | 0.26 | |
Socialist Labor | O. Alfred Olson | 2,897 | 0.08 | |
Write-in | Others | 3 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 3,827,311 | 100 |
Attorney general edit
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Incumbent attorney general George F. Barrett, a Republican running for a third term, lost to Democrat Ivan A. Elliott
Democratic primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ivan A. Elliott | 283,831 | 51.85 | |
Democratic | Joseph P. Burke | 263,586 | 48.15 | |
Total votes | 547,417 | 100 |
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George F. Barrett (incumbent) | 694,186 | 100 | |
Write-in | Others | 1 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 694,187 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ivan A. Elliott | 2,019,401 | 52.61 | |
Republican | George F. Barrett (incumbent) | 1,806,137 | 47.06 | |
Prohibition | Frederick Juchhoff | 9,613 | 0.25 | |
Socialist Labor | Edward C. Gross | 3,118 | 0.08 | |
Write-in | Others | 4 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 3,838,273 | 100 |
Secretary of State edit
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The Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.
Democratic primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward J. Barrett (incumbent) | 591,821 | 100 | |
Total votes | 591,821 | 100 |
Republican primary edit
Former Illinois Treasurer and incumbent congressman William Stratton won the Republican primary, running unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William G. Stratton | 713,430 | 100 | |
Write-in | Others | 2 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 713,432 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward J. Barrett (incumbent) | 2,120,832 | 54.49 | |
Republican | William G. Stratton | 1,759,083 | 45.19 | |
Prohibition | Maude Swits Stowell | 9,636 | 0.25 | |
Socialist Labor | Gregory P. Lyngas | 2,896 | 0.07 | |
Write-in | Others | 6 | 0.07 | |
Total votes | 3,892,453 | 100 |
Auditor of Public Accounts edit
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Incumbent Auditor of Public Accounts Arthur C. Lueder, a Republican, did not seek reelection to a third term. Democrat Benjamin O. Cooper was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Benjamin O. Cooper | 543,319 | 100 | |
Total votes | 543,319 | 100 |
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sinon A. Murray | 648,460 | 100 | |
Write-in | Others | 2 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 648,462 | 100 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Benjamin O. Cooper | 2,030,222 | 53.15 | |
Republican | Sinon A. Murray | 1,776,396 | 46.51 | |
Prohibition | Irving B. Gilbert | 10,156 | 0.27 | |
Socialist Labor | Nick Mays | 2,960 | 0.08 | |
Write-in | Others | 2 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 3,819,736 | 100 |
Treasurer edit
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Incumbent first-term Treasurer Richard Yates Rowe, a Republican, did not seek reelection, instead opting to run for lieutenant governor. Democrat Ora Smith was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ora Smith | 541,808 | 100 | |
Total votes | 541,808 | 100 |
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Elmer H. Droste | 644,417 | 100 | |
Total votes | 644,417 |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ora Smith | 2,026,268 | 53.20 | |
Republican | Elmer H. Droste | 1,769,775 | 46.46 | |
Prohibition | Rupert J. Jordan | 10,043 | 0.26 | |
Socialist Labor | Rudolph Kosie | 3,024 | 0.08 | |
Write-in | Others | 3 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 3,809,113 | 100 |
State Senate edit
Seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1948. Republicans retained control of the chamber.
State House of Representatives edit
Seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1948. Democrats flipped control of the chamber.
Trustees of University of Illinois edit
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An election was held for three of the nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois.[6] All three Democratic nominees won.[6] The election was for six-year terms.
4,078,146 ballots were cast in the election.[6]
All three who were elected had never before held office as Trustees of the University of Illinois.[7] Incumbent Republican Chester R. Davis lost reelection.[7] Fellow Republican incumbents Martin Gerard Luken Sr. and Frank Hotchkiss McKelvey were not nominated for what would have been a second term.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert Z. Hickman | 1,952,705½ | 17.25 | |
Democratic | Frances Best Watkins | 1,933,764½ | 16.95 | |
Democratic | George Wirt Herrick | 1,918,521 | 16.95 | |
Republican | Chester R. Davis (incumbent) | 1,860,339 | 16.43 | |
Republican | Dr. W. L. Crawford | 1,837,011 | 16.23 | |
Republican | Charles L. Engstrom | 1,781,733½ | 15.74 | |
Prohibition | E.N. Himmel | 11,417½ | 0.10 | |
Prohibition | Regina Ethel Ruyle | 10,988 | 0.10 | |
Prohibition | Ross E. Price | 10,890½ | 0.10 | |
Socialist Labor | Loren M. Johnson | 3,332 | 0.03 | |
Socialist Labor | Bernard Campbell | 3,222 | 0.03 | |
Socialist Labor | Henry Cortez | 3,139 | 0.03 | |
Write-in | Others | 2 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 11,321,024½ | 100 |
Judicial elections edit
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Special judicial elections were held to fill vacancies.
Circuit Courts edit
Tenth Judicial Circuit (vacancy caused by resignation of Joseph E. Daily) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Howard White | 52,182 | 52.06 | |
Democratic | Baird V. Helfrich | 48,062 | 47.95 | |
Total votes | 100,244 | 100 |
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (vacancy caused by death of Frank H. Hayes) edit
This election was held on November 2, 1948.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert E. Larkin | 37,341 | 53.76 | |
Republican | S J Holderman | 32,118 | 46.24 | |
Total votes | 69,459 | 100 |
Local elections edit
Local elections were held.
References edit
- ^ a b c d "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the General Election, November 2, 1948 Judicial elections, 1947–1948, • Primary Election General Primary, April 13, 1948" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 11, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Illinois Blue Book 1947-1948. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 747. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ "Stevenson, Adlai E. II". mchistory.org. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ McKeever, Porter (1989). Adlai Stevenson: His Life and Legacy. New York: William Morrow and Company. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-688-06661-1.
- ^ Whitney, Alan (July 15, 2009). "Stevenson of Illinois". The Nation. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Illinois Blue Book 1949-1950. Illinois Secretary of State. pp. 745–46, 785. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Trustees, University of Illinois Board of Trustees" (PDF). University of Illinois. Retrieved April 1, 2020.