1942 United States Senate elections

United States Senate elections, 1942
33 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate; 49 seats needed for a majority
	Results including special elections; Republican gain Democratic hold; Republican hold
Majority Leader before election; Alben Barkley; Democratic	Elected Majority Leader ; Alben Barkley; Democratic

The United States Senate elections of 1942 were held November 3, 1942, midway through Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term as President.

BackgroundEdit

Although this election took place during World War II, the opposition Republican party made major gains, taking eight seats from the Democrats and one from an independent. The Democrats nonetheless retained a significant majority, though the smallest since Roosevelt was first elected in 1932.

The New York Times ascribed the results to "voters' dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war, both at home and abroad" but not evidence of a lack of enthusiasm for the war effort. It found that a candidate's stance as isolationist or interventionist before Pearl Harbor had little impact on his success at the polls.^[2] The paper's editorial board welcomed a return to normal political alignments after the unbalanced majorities of the previous decade.^[3] The election not only changed the numbers of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, but also accomplished an ideological shift, as several longtime enthusiastic supporters of the New Deal were replaced by Republicans of the most conservative sort.^[4]

Gains and lossesEdit

Republicans had a net gain of nine seats.

Nine came from wins over Democrats:

Delaware: First-term Democrat James H. Hughes lost renomination to E. Ennalls Berl, who then lost the general election to Republican Clayton D. Buck.
Iowa: First-term Democrat Clyde L. Herring lost re-election to Republican George A. Wilson.
Michigan: First-term Democrat Prentiss M. Brown narrowly lost re-election to Republican Homer Ferguson.
New Jersey: First-term Democrat William H. Smathers lost re-election to Republican Albert W. Hawkes.
Oklahoma: First-term Democrat Joshua B. Lee lost re-election to Republican Edward H. Moore.
South Dakota: Second-term Democrat William J. Bulow lost renomination to Tom Berry, who then lost the general election to Republican Harlan J. Bushfield.
West Virginia: First-term Democratic appointee Joseph Rosier retired and Republican Edward H. Moore easily beat Democratic former three-term senator Matthew M. Neely.
Wyoming: First-term Democrat Henry H. Schwartz lost re-election to Republican Edward V. Robertson.

Republicans picked up an Independent seat:

Nebraska: Five-term Independent George W. Norris lost re-election to Republican Kenneth S. Wherry, as Democrat Foster May split the vote.

Also, in a special election, Republicans gained a seat from the Democrats, which would later be held by a different Republican from the general election, see above:

West Virginia: First-term Democratic appointee Joseph Rosier lost election to finish the term to Republican Hugh Shott, who did not run for the next term.

Change in Senate compositionEdit

Before the electionsEdit

At the beginning of 1942.

		D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈
D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉
D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
D₃₉	D₄₀	D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃ Ran	D₄₄ Ran	D₄₅ Ran	D₄₆ Ran	D₄₇ Ran	D₄₈ Ran
Majority →									D₄₉ Ran
D₅₈ Ran	D₅₇ Ran	D₅₆ Ran	D₅₅ Ran	D₅₄ Ran	D₅₃ Ran	D₅₂ Ran	D₅₁ Ran	D₅₀ Ran	D₄₉ Ran
D₅₉ Ran	D₆₀ Ran	D₆₁ Ran	D₆₂ Ran	D₆₃ Ran	D₆₄ Retired	D₆₅ Retired	P₁	I₁ Ran	R₂₉ Ran
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁ Ran	R₂₂ Ran	R₂₃ Ran	R₂₄ Ran	R₂₅ Ran	R₂₆ Ran	R₂₇ Ran	R₂₈ Ran
R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

Result of the general electionsEdit

		D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈
D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉
D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
D₃₉	D₄₀	D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃ Re-elected	D₄₄ Re-elected	D₄₅ Re-elected	D₄₆ Re-elected	D₄₇ Re-elected	D₄₈ Re-elected
Majority →									D₄₉ Re-elected
P₁	D₅₇ Hold	D₅₆ Hold	D₅₅ Re-elected	D₅₄ Re-elected	D₅₃ Re-elected	D₅₂ Re-elected	D₅₁ Re-elected	D₅₀ Re-elected	D₄₉ Re-elected
R₃₈ Gain	R₃₇ Gain	R₃₆ Gain	R₃₅ Gain	R₃₄ Gain	R₃₃ Gain	R₃₂ Gain	R₃₁ Gain	R₃₀ Gain	R₂₉ Re-elected
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁ Re-elected	R₂₂ Re-elected	R₂₃ Re-elected	R₂₄ Re-elected	R₂₅ Re-elected	R₂₆ Re-elected	R₂₇ Re-elected	R₂₈ Re-elected
R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

Result of the special electionsEdit

		D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈
D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉
D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
D₃₉	D₄₀	D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄	D₄₅	D₄₆	D₄₇	D₄₈
Majority →									D₄₉
P₁	D₅₇ Hold	D₅₆	D₅₅	D₅₄	D₅₃	D₅₂	D₅₁	D₅₀	D₄₉
R₃₈ Gain, same as general	R₃₇ Hold	R₃₆ Appointee elected	R₃₅	R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁	R₃₀	R₂₉
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈
R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

Key:

D_#	Democratic
P_#	Progressive
R_#	Republican
I_#	Independent
V_#	Vacant

Race summariesEdit

Special elections during the 77th CongressEdit

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1942 or before January 3, 1943; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
West Virginia Class 2	Joseph Rosier	Democratic	1941 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election to finish term. New senator elected November 3, 1942 and qualified November 17, 1942.^[5] Neither candidate ran in the contemporaneous election for the next term, see below. Republican gain.	√ Hugh Shott (Republican) 52.3% Joseph Rosier (Democratic) 47.7%
Colorado Class 3	Eugene D. Millikin	Republican	1941 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 3, 1942.	√ Eugene D. Millikin (Republican) 56.1% James A. Marsh (Democratic) 42.1%
Nevada Class 1	Berkeley L. Bunker	Democratic	1940 (Appointed)	Appointee lost nomination to finish term. New senator elected November 3, 1942 and qualified December 7, 1942.^[6] Democratic hold.	√ James G. Scrugham (Democratic) 58.7% Cecil W. Creel (Republican) 41.3%
Minnesota Class 2	Joseph H. Ball	Republican	1940 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. Winner did not run for the next term, see below.	√ Arthur E. Nelson (Republican) [Data unknown/missing.]

Races leading to the 78th CongressEdit

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1943; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Alabama	John H. Bankhead II	Democratic	1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John H. Bankhead II (Democratic) Unopposed
Arkansas	George L. Spencer	Democratic	1941 (Appointed)	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ John L. McClellan (Democratic) Unopposed
Colorado	Edwin C. Johnson	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edwin C. Johnson (Democratic) 50.2% Ralph L. Carr (Republican) 49.2%
Delaware	James H. Hughes	Democratic	1936	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Clayton D. Buck (Republican) 54.2% E. Ennalls Berl (Democratic) 44.9%
Georgia	Richard Russell, Jr.	Democratic	1933 (Special) 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Russell, Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed
Idaho	John Thomas	Republican	1939 (Appointed) 1940 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Thomas (Republican) 51.5% Glen H. Taylor (Democratic) 48.5%
Illinois	C. Wayland Brooks	Republican	1940 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ C. Wayland Brooks (Republican) 53.2% Raymond S. McKeough (Democratic) 46.4%
Iowa	Clyde L. Herring	Democratic	1936	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ George A. Wilson (Republican) 58.0% Clyde L. Herring (Democratic) 41.7%
Kansas	Arthur Capper	Republican	1918 1924 1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Arthur Capper (Republican) 57.1% George McGill (Democratic) 40.3%
Kentucky	Happy Chandler	Democratic	1939 (Appointed) 1940 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Happy Chandler (Democratic) 55.3% Richard J. Colbert (Republican) 44.7%
Louisiana	Allen J. Ellender	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Allen J. Ellender (Democratic) Unopposed
Maine	Wallace White	Republican	1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Wallace White (Republican) 66.7% Fulton J. Redman (Democratic) 33.3%
Massachusetts	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.	Republican	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (Republican) 52.4% Joseph E. Casey (Democratic) 46.6%
Michigan	Prentiss M. Brown	Democratic	1936 1936 (Appointed)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Homer Ferguson (Republican) 49.6% Prentiss M. Brown (Democratic) 47.2%
Minnesota	Joseph H. Ball	Republican	1940 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected. Winner did not run to finish the term, see above.	√ Joseph H. Ball (Republican) 47.0% Elmer Austin Benson (Farmer–Labor) 28.2% Martin A. Nelson (Independent) 14.4% Ed Murphy (Democratic) 10.4%
Mississippi	Wall Doxey	Democratic	1941 (Special)	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ James O. Eastland (Democratic) Unopposed
Montana	James E. Murray	Democratic	1934 (Special) 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James E. Murray (Democratic) 49.1% Wellington D. Rankin (Republican) 48.4%
Nebraska	George W. Norris	Independent	1913 1918 1924 1930 1936	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Kenneth S. Wherry (Republican) 49.0% George W. Norris (Independent) 28.6% Foster May (Democratic) 22.0%
New Hampshire	Styles Bridges	Republican	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Styles Bridges (Republican) 54.6% Francis P. Murphy (Democratic) 45.4%
New Jersey	William H. Smathers	Democratic	1936	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Albert W. Hawkes (Republican) 53.1% William H. Smathers (Democratic) 45.8%
New Mexico	Carl A. Hatch	Democratic	1933 (Appointed) 1934 (Special) 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Carl A. Hatch (Democratic) 59.2% J. Benson Newell (Republican) 40.8%
North Carolina	Josiah W. Bailey	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Josiah W. Bailey (Democratic) 65.9% Sam J. Morris (Republican) 34.1%
Oklahoma	Joshua B. Lee	Democratic	1936	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Edward H. Moore (Republican) 54.8% Josh Lee (Democratic) 44.8%
Oregon	Charles L. McNary	Republican	1917 (Appointed) 1918 (Not elected) 1918 (Appointed) 1918 1924 1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Charles L. McNary (Republican) 77.1% Walter W. Whitbeck (Democratic) 22.9%
Rhode Island	Theodore F. Green	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Theodore F. Green (Democratic) 58.0% Ira Lloyd Letts (Republican) 42.0%
South Carolina	Burnet R. Maybank	Democratic	1941 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Burnet R. Maybank (Democratic) Unopposed
South Dakota	William J. Bulow	Democratic	1930 1936	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Harlan J. Bushfield (Republican) Tom Berry (Democratic) 41.3%
Tennessee	Tom Stewart	Democratic	1938 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ A. Tom Stewart (Democratic) 70.5% F. Todd Meacham (Republican) 21.5%
Texas	W. Lee O'Daniel	Democratic	1941 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ W. Lee O'Daniel (Democratic) 94.9%
Virginia	Carter Glass	Democratic	1920 (Appointed) 1920 (Special) 1924 1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Carter Glass (Democratic) 91.1% Lawrence S. Wilkes (Socialist) 6.5%
West Virginia	Joseph Rosier	Democratic	1941 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican gain. Winner did not run to finish the term, see above.	√ Chapman Revercomb (Republican) 55.4% Matthew M. Neely (Democratic) 44.6%
Wyoming	Henry H. Schwartz	Democratic	1936	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Edward V. Robertson (Republican) 54.6% Henry H. Schwartz (Democratic) 45.4%

AlabamaEdit

United States Senate election in Alabama, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Bankhead II (incumbent)	69,212	100.00%
	Democratic hold

ArkansasEdit

United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John L. McClellan (incumbent)	99,124	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Colorado (Special)Edit

United States Senate special election in Colorado, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene Millikin	191,517	56.12%
	Democratic	James A. Marsh	143,817	42.14%
	Independent	Lewis Haley Tiley	4,262	1.25%
	Socialist	Edgar P. Sherman	1,664	0.49%
Majority			48,700	13.98%
Turnout			341,260
	Republican hold

ColoradoEdit

United States Senate election in Colorado, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edwin C. Johnson	174,612	50.23%
	Republican	Ralph L. Carr	170,970	49.19%
	Socialist	Carle Whithead	1,387	0.40%
	Communist	James Allander	627	0.18%
Majority			3,642	1.04%
Turnout			347,596
	Democratic hold

DelawareEdit

United States Senate election in Delaware, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	C. Douglass Buck	46,210	54.17%
	Republican	E. Ennalls Berl	38,322	44.92%
	Prohibition	Thomas J. Sard	776	0.91%
Majority			7,888	9.25%
Turnout			85,308
	Republican gain from Democratic

GeorgiaEdit

United States Senate election in Georgia, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Russell Jr. (incumbent)	59,870	96.94%
	Independent (politician)	LeVert Dwyer Shivers	1,892	3.06%
Majority			57,978	93.88%
Turnout			61,762
	Democratic hold

IdahoEdit

United States Senate election in Idaho, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John W. Thomas (incumbent)	73,353	51.53%
	Democratic	Glen H. Taylor	68,989	48.47%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold

IllinoisEdit

United States Senate election in Illinois, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles W. Brooks (incumbent)	1,582,887	53.24%
	Republican	Raymond S. McKeough	1,380,011	46.41%
	Prohibition	Enoch A. Holtwick	10,331	0.35%
Majority			202,876	6.83%
Turnout			2,973,229
	Republican hold

IowaEdit

United States Senate election in Iowa, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George A. Wilson	410,383	57.97%
	Democratic	Clyde L. Herring (incumbent)	295,194	41.70%
	Prohibition	M. M. Heptonstall	1,461	0.21%
	Progressive New Dealer	Ernest J. Seeman	821	0.12%
	None	Scattering	4	0.00%
Majority			115,189	16.27%
Turnout			707,863
	Republican gain from Democratic

KansasEdit

United States Senate election in Kansas, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur Capper (incumbent)	284,059	57.11%
	Democratic	George McGill	200,437	40.30%
	Prohibition	C. Floyd Hester	12,863	2.59%
Majority			83,622	16.81%
Turnout			497,359
	Republican hold

KentuckyEdit

United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Happy Chandler (incumbent)	216,958	55.34%
	Republican	Richard J. Colbert	175,081	44.66%
Majority			41,877	10.68%
Turnout			392,023
	Democratic hold

LouisianaEdit

United States Senate election in Louisiana, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allen J. Ellender (incumbent)	85,488	100.00%
	Democratic hold

MaineEdit

United States Senate election in Maine, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wallace H. White Jr. (incumbent)	111,520	66.67%
	Democratic	Fulton J. Redman	55,754	33.33%
Majority			65,766	33.34%
Turnout			167,274
	Republican hold

MassachusettsEdit

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.	721,239	52.44	+3.91
	Democratic	Joseph E. Casey	641,042	46.61	+5.62
	Socialist	George Lyman Paine	4,802	0.35	-0.19
	Socialist Labor	Horace I. Hillis	4,781	0.35	+0.35
	Prohibition	George L. Thompson	3,577	0.26	+0.26
Majority			80197	5.83%
Turnout			1,375,441
	Republican hold		Swing

MichiganEdit

United States Senate election in Michigan, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Homer S. Ferguson	589,652	49.55%
	Democratic	Prentiss M. Brown (incumbent)	561,595	47.19%
	Republican	Gerald L. K. Smith (sticker)	32,173	2.70%
	Prohibition	Leroy M. Powell	6,526	0.55%
	None	Scattering	20	0.00%
Majority			28,057	2.36%
Turnout			1,189,966
	Republican gain from Democratic

Minnesota (Special)Edit

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur E. Nelson (incumbent)	372,240	56.12%
	Farmer-Labor	Al Hansen	177,008	26.68%
	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	John E. O’Rourke	114,086	17.20%
Majority			195,232	29.44%
Turnout			663,334
	Republican hold

MinnesotaEdit

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph H. Ball (incumbent)	356,297	46.98%
	Farmer-Labor	Elmer A. Benson	213,965	28.21%
	Independent	Martin A. Nelson	109,226	14.40%
	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	Ed Murphy	78,959	10.41%
Majority			142,232	18.77%
Turnout			758,447
	Republican hold

MississippiEdit

United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Eastland (incumbent)	51,355	100.00%
	Democratic hold

MontanaEdit

United States Senate election in Montana, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	James E. Murray (inc.)	83,673	49.07%	-5.91%
	Republican	Wellington D. Rankin	82,461	48.36%	+21.25%
	Prohibition	Charles R. Miller	2,711	1.59%
	Socialist	E. H. Helterbran	1,669	0.98%
Majority			1,212	0.71%	-27.16%
Turnout			170,514
	Democratic hold		Swing

NebraskaEdit

United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth S. Wherry	186,207	48.97%
	Independent	George W. Norris (incumbent)	108,899	28.64%
	Democratic	Foster May	83,768	22.03%
	Independent	Albert F. Ruthven	1,348	0.35%
Majority			77,308	20.33%
Turnout			380,222
	Republican gain from Independent

Nevada (Special)Edit

United States Senate special election in Nevada, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James G. Scrugham	23,805	58.72%
	Republican	Cecil W. Creel	16,735	41.28%
Majority			7,070	17.44%
Turnout			40,540
	Democratic hold

New HampshireEdit

United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Styles Bridges (incumbent)	88,601	54.61%
	Democratic	Francis P. Murphy	73,656	45.39%
Majority			14,945	9.22%
Turnout			162,257
	Republican hold

New JerseyEdit

United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert W. Hawkes	648,855	53.09%
	Democratic	William H. Smathers (incumbent)	559,851	45.81%
	Socialist	William L. Becker	6,775	0.55%
	Progressive Independent	Lorenzo Harris	3,224	0.26%
	Prohibition	Elmo L. Bateman	1,438	0.12%
	Socialist Labor	John C. Butterworth	1,310	0.11%
	Socialist Workers	George Breitman	679	0.06%
Majority			89,004	7.28%
Turnout			1,222,132
	Republican gain from Democratic

New MexicoEdit

United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl Hatch (incumbent)	63,301	52.41%
	Republican	J. Benson Newell	57,474	47.59%
Majority			5,827	4.82%
Turnout			120,775
	Democratic hold

North CarolinaEdit

United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Josiah Bailey (incumbent)	230,427	65.91%
	Republican	Sam J. Morris	119,165	34.09%
Majority			111,262	31.82%
Turnout			349,592
	Democratic hold

OklahomaEdit

United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward H. Moore	204,163	54.83%
	Democratic	Joshua B. Lee (incumbent)	166,653	44.76%
	Prohibition	Oliver W. Lawton	1,549	0.42%
Majority			37,510	10.07%
Turnout			372,365
	Republican gain from Democratic

OregonEdit

United States Senate election in Oregon, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles L. McNary (incumbent)	214,755	77.06%
	Democratic	Walter W. Whitbeck	63,946	22.94%
Majority			150,809	54.12%
Turnout			278,701
	Republican hold

Rhode IslandEdit

United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Theodore F. Green (incumbent)	138,247	57.97%
	Republican	Ira Lloyd Letts	100,240	42.03%
Majority			38,007	15.94%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

South CarolinaEdit

South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1942
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Burnet R. Maybank (incumbent)	22,556	100.0	0.0
	No party	Write-Ins	2	0.0	0.0
Majority			22,554	100.0	0.0
Turnout			22,558
	Democratic hold

65+% won by Maybank

South DakotaEdit

United States Senate election in South Dakota, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harlan J. Bushfield (incumbent)	106,704	58.74%
	Democratic	Tom Berry	74,945	41.26%
Majority			31,759	17.48%
Turnout			181,649
	Republican gain from Democratic

TennesseeEdit

United States Senate election in Tennessee, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Stewart (incumbent)	109,881	68.88%
	Republican	F. Todd Meacham	34,324	21.52%
	Independent	John Randolph Neal, Jr.	15,317	9.60%
Majority			75,557	47.36%
Turnout			159,522
	Democratic hold

TexasEdit

United States Senate election in Texas, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	W. Lee O'Daniel (incumbent)	260,629	94.90%
	Republican	Dudley Lawson	12,064	4.39%
	People’s Unity	Charles L. Somerville	1,934	0.70%
Majority			248,565	90.51%
Turnout			274,627
	Democratic hold

VirginiaEdit

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carter Glass (inc.)	79,421	91.08%	+0.58%
	Socialist	Lawrence S. Wilkes	5,690	6.53%	+6.53%
	Communist	Alice Burke	2,041	2.34%	-1.00%
	Write-ins		48	<0.01%	-0.07%
Majority			73,731	84.55%	-2.40%
Turnout			87,200
	Democratic hold

West Virginia (Special)Edit

United States Senate special election in West Virginia, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Ike Shott	227,469	52.27%
	Democratic	Joseph Rosier (incumbent)	207,678	47.73%
Majority			19,791	4.54%
Turnout			435,147
	Republican gain from Democratic

West VirginiaEdit

United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chapman Revercomb	256,816	55.36%
	Democratic	Matthew M. Neely	207,045	44.64%
Majority			49,771	10.72%
Turnout			463,861
	Republican gain from Democratic

WyomingEdit

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 1942^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward V. Robertson (incumbent)	41,486	54.59%
	Democratic	Henry H. Schwartz (incumbent)	34,503	45.41%
Majority			6,983	9.18%
Turnout			75,989
	Republican gain from Democratic

ReferencesEdit

^ There was a general election September 14, 1942 in Maine.
^ Lawrence, W.H. (November 5, 1942). "Margin is Narrow" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
^ "The New Congress" (PDF). The New York Times. November 5, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
^ Malsberger, John W. (2000). From Obstruction to Moderation: The Transformation of Senate Conservatism, 1938-1952. Susquehanna University Press. p. 100. ISBN 9781575910260. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
^ "WV US Senate - Special". Our Campaigns. June 19, 2004. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
^ "NV US Senate - Special". Our Campaigns. August 2, 2003. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
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[dates-1] There was a general election September 14, 1942 in Maine.

[2] Lawrence, W.H. (November 5, 1942). "Margin is Narrow" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2017.

[3] "The New Congress" (PDF). The New York Times. November 5, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2017.

[4] Malsberger, John W. (2000). From Obstruction to Moderation: The Transformation of Senate Conservatism, 1938-1952. Susquehanna University Press. p. 100. ISBN 9781575910260. Retrieved February 25, 2017.

[5] "WV US Senate - Special". Our Campaigns. June 19, 2004. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

[6] "NV US Senate - Special". Our Campaigns. August 2, 2003. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

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