Wikipedia

1940 United States Senate election in Indiana

For related races, see 1940 United States Senate elections.

The 1940 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Sherman Minton ran for re-election to a second term, but lost narrowly to Republican Raymond E. Willis.

1940 United States Senate election in Indiana
← 1934 November 5, 1940 1946 →
 
Nominee Raymond E. Willis Sherman Minton
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 888,070 864,803
Percentage 50.45% 49.13%
County results
Willis:      50–60%      60–70%
Minton:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Sherman Minton
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Raymond E. Willis
Republican

General election edit

Candidates edit

  • John H. Kingsbury (Socialist)
  • Sherman Minton, incumbent Senator since 1935 (Democratic)
  • Carl W. Thompson (Prohibition)
  • Raymond E. Willis, former State Representative from Angola and nominee for Senate in 1938 (Republican)

Results edit

1940 U.S. Senate election in Indiana[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Raymond E. Willis 888,070 50.45%  2.97
Democratic Sherman Minton (incumbent) 864,803 49.13%  2.33
Prohibition Carl W. Thompson 5,621 0.32%  0.02
Socialist John H. Kingsbury 1,751 0.10%  0.54
Total votes 1,760,245 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1941). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns – IN US Senate Race – Nov 05, 1940". www.ourcampaigns.com.


 

This Indiana elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1940_United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana&oldid=1219987997"