1944 Illinois elections
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 7, 1944.[1]
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Primaries were held April 11, 1944.[1]
Election information
editTurnout
editIn the primaries, 1,428,685 ballots were cast (635,487 Democratic and 793,198 Republican).[1]
In the general election, 4,079,024 ballots were cast.[1]
Federal elections
editUnited States President
editIllinois voted for the Democratic ticket of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.
United States Senate
editIncumbent Democrat Scott W. Lucas won reelection to a second term.
United States House
editAll 26 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1944.
Democrats flipped four Republican-held seats, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 15 Republicans and 11 Democrats.
State elections
editGovernor
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Incumbent Governor Dwight H. Green, a Republican, was reelected to a second term.
Democratic primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas J. Courtney | 531,134 | 100 | |
Write-in | Others | 1 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 531,135 | 100 |
Republican primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dwight H. Green (incumbent) | 621,286 | 86.16 | |
Republican | Oscar E. Carlstrom | 99,831 | 13.84 | |
Total votes | 721,117 | 100 |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dwight H. Green (incumbent) | 2,013,270 | 50.75 | |
Democratic | Thomas J. Courtney | 1,940,999 | 48.93 | |
Socialist Labor | Charles Storm | 6,906 | 0.17 | |
Prohibition | Willis Ray Wilson | 5,590 | 0.14 | |
Total votes | 3,966,765 | 100 |
Lieutenant governor
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Incumbent lieutenant governor Hugh W. Cross, a Republican, was reelected to a second term.
Democratic primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward C. "Ted" Hunter | 487,810 | 100 | |
Total votes | 487,810 | 100 |
Republican primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Hugh W. Cross (incumbent) | 613,829 | 100 | |
Write-in | Others | 1 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 613,830 | 100 |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Hugh W. Cross (incumbent) | 1,950,767 | 50.25 | |
Democratic | Edward C. "Ted" Hunter | 1,919,029 | 49.43 | |
Socialist Labor | Gregory P. Lyngas | 6,816 | 0.18 | |
Prohibition | Henry Johnson Long | 5,827 | 0.15 | |
Total votes | 3,882,439 | 100 |
Attorney general
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Incumbent attorney general George F. Barrett, a Republican, won reelection to second term.
Democratic primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sveinbjorn Johnson | 467,934 | 100 | |
Total votes | 467,934 | 100 |
Republican primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George F. Barrett (incumbent) | 554,353 | 86.13 | |
Republican | Lloyd C. Moody | 89,306 | 13.88 | |
Total votes | 643,659 | 100 |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George F. Barrett (incumbent) | 1,959,836 | 50.53 | |
Democratic | Sveinbjorn Johnson | 1,906,110 | 49.15 | |
Socialist Labor | Tony Berchon | 6,658 | 0.17 | |
Prohibition | Frederick Juchhoff | 5,729 | 0.15 | |
Total votes | 3,878,333 | 100 |
Secretary of State
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Incumbent third-term Secretary of State Edward J. Hughes, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Hughes then died before the general election, and in June 1944, Richard Yates Rowe, a Republican, was appointed to fill the rest of his term. In the election, Democrat Edward J. Barrett was elected to permanently succeed them in office.
Democratic primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward J. Barrett | 505,699 | 100 | |
Write-in | Others | 1 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 505,700 | 100 |
Republican primary
editArnold P. Benson, the president pro tempore of the Illinois Senate, won the Republican primary, defeating incumbent Illinois Treasurer and former congressman William Stratton.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Arnold P. Benson | 401,040 | 57.00 | |
Republican | William G. Stratton | 302,539 | 43.00 | |
Total votes | 703,579 | 100 |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward J. Barrett | 2,003,057 | 51.33 | |
Republican | Arnold P. Benson | 1,886,876 | 48.35 | |
Socialist Labor | Louis Fisher | 6,927 | 0.18 | |
Prohibition | Robert W. Melven | 5,740 | 0.15 | |
Write-in | Others | 1 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 3,902,601 | 100 |
Auditor of Public Accounts
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Incumbent Auditor of Public Accounts Arthur C. Lueder, a Republican, was reelected to a second term.
Democratic primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William Vicars | 468,933 | 100 | |
Total votes | 468,933 | 100 |
Republican primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Arthur C. Lueder (incumbent) | 606,531 | 100 | |
Total votes | 606,531 | 100 |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Arthur C. Lueder (incumbent) | 1,951,828 | 50.37 | |
Democratic | William Vicars | 1,910,269 | 49.30 | |
Socialist Labor | O. Alfred Olson | 7,132 | 0.18 | |
Prohibition | Arthur McFall | 5,808 | 0.15 | |
Total votes | 3,875,037 | 100 |
Treasurer
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Incumbent first-term Treasurer William G. Stratton, a Republican, did not seek reelection, instead opting to run for Secretary of State. Republican Conrad F. Becker was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Earl W. Merritt | 471,294 | 100 | |
Total votes | 471,294 | 100 |
Republican primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Conrad F. Becker | 422,336 | 67.29 | |
Republican | Walter W. Waite | 117,506 | 18.72 | |
Republican | Taylor E. Wilhelm | 87,791 | 13.99 | |
Write-in | Others | 1 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 627,633 | 100 |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Conrad F. Becker | 1,933,705 | 50.03 | |
Democratic | Earl W. Merritt | 1,918,595 | 49.64 | |
Socialist Labor | Gus Larson | 7,071 | 0.18 | |
Prohibition | William J. Goodman | 5,838 | 0.15 | |
Total votes | 3,865,209 | 100 |
Clerk of the Supreme Court
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Incumbent Clerk of the Supreme Court Edward F. Cullinane, a Democrat appointed to the office in 1940 after the death in office of Adam F. Bloch, did not seek reelection.[1][2] Republican Earle Benjamin Searcy was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Casimir Griglik | 465,397 | 100 | |
Total votes | 465,397 | 100 |
Republican primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Earle Benjamin Searcy | 585,325 | 100 | |
Total votes | 585,325 | 100 |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Earle Benjamin Searcy | 1,953,537 | 50.72 | |
Democratic | Casimir Griglik | 1,885,321 | 48.95 | |
Socialist Labor | Rudy Kosic | 6,798 | 0.18 | |
Prohibition | Harry A. Varney | 5,774 | 0.15 | |
Total votes | 3,851,430 | 100 |
State Senate
editSeats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1944. Republicans retained control of the chamber.
State House of Representatives
editSeats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1944. Republicans retained control of the chamber.
Trustees of University of Illinois
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An election was held for three of the nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois.[1] The election was for six-year terms. All three Democratic nominees won. However, since all three seats up for election were already held by Democrats, the partisan composition of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees remained unchanged, with a 9–3 Republican majority over Democrats.
Democratic incumbent Karl A. Meyer was reelected to a third term.[3] Democratic incumbent Kenny E. Williamson, who had been appointed to fill a vacancy in 1940 was reelected to his first full term.[3] New Democratic member Walter W. McLaughlin was also elected.[3] First-term Democratic incumbent Frank A. Jensen was not nominated for reelection.[1][3]
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Democratic | Walter W. McLaughlin | 1,944,733½ | 16.91 | |
Democratic | Karl A. Meyer (incumbent) | 1,941,038 | 16.88 | |
Democratic | Kenney E. Williamson (incumbent) | 1,923,750 | 16.73 | |
Republican | Charles L. Engstrom | 1,899,495½ | 16.52 | |
Republican | Charles S. Pillsbury | 1,888,459½ | 16.42 | |
Republican | Charles Wham | 1,862,787½ | 16.20 | |
Socialist Labor | Helen Olson | 7,269½ | 0.06 | |
Socialist Labor | Nada Mijanovich | 7,045 | 0.06 | |
Socialist Labor | Gabriele McKenzie | 6,806 | 0.06 | |
Prohibition | Mildred E. Young | 6,083½ | 0.05 | |
Prohibition | Alonzo L. Parrott | 5,956 | 0.05 | |
Prohibition | Clay Freeman Gaumer | 5,866 | 0.05 | |
Total votes | 11,499,290 | 100 |
Ballot measures
editTwo ballot measures were put before voters in 1944. One was a legislatively referred state statute and one was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
In order to be approved, legislatively referred state statues required the support of a majority of those voting on the statute. In order to be approved, legislatively referred constitutional amendments required approval equal to a majority of voters voting in the entire general election.[5]
Illinois County Officer Term Limit Amendment
editIllinois County Officer Term Limit Amendment, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment which would have amended Section 8 of Article X of the Constitution of the 1870 Constitution of Illinois, failed to meet the threshold for approval.[1][6]
The amendment would have removed a constitutional provision requiring elected county officers to wait for four years after their term expired before they would be eligible to hold that same office again.[6]
Illinois County Officer Term Limit Amendment[1][6] | |||
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Option | Votes | % of all ballots cast | |
Yes | 898,107 | 22.02 | |
No | 653,877 | 16.03 | |
Total votes | 1,551,984 | 38.05 |
Illinois General Banking Law Amendment
editThe Illinois General Banking Law Amendment, a legislatively referred state statute which amended section 10 of the Illinois General Banking Law, was approved by voters.[1][7]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Yes | 973,159 | 69.12 | |
No | 434,767 | 30.88 | |
Total votes | 1,407,926 | 100 |
Local elections
editLocal elections were held.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, November 7, 1944 PRIMARY ELECTION General Primary, April 11, 1944" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved August 2, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Rosters of Government Officials" (PDF). State of Illinois. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Trustees, University of Illinois Board of Trustees" (PDF). University of Illinois. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ^ "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, November 3, 1942 JUDICIAL ELECTIONS, 1941-1942 PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, April 14, 1942" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved August 4, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Illinois Constitution of 1870 ARTICLE XIV Section 2
- ^ a b c "Illinois County Officer Term Limit Amendment (1944)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ a b "Illinois General Banking Law Amendment (1944)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 4, 2020.