1944 United States Senate elections

United States Senate elections, 1944
	November 7, 1944
	November 7, 1944
32 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate; 49 seats needed for a majority
	Results including special elections; Democratic gain 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 1944 coincided with the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to his fourth term as President. The Democrats' large majority remained the same, but they lost one seat to the Republicans in a special election.

Incumbents defeated

Democrats defeated three Republican incumbents:

Connecticut. John A. Danaher
North Dakota. Gerald P. Nye
Pennsylvania. James J. Davis

Republicans defeated one Democratic incumbent:

Iowa. Guy M. Gillette

Retirements

Republicans took three open seats:

Indiana
Missouri
New Jersey (where a Democrat had been appointed to a Republican vacancy).

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections

At the beginning of 1944.

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		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

Result of the general elections

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D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈ Re-elected	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
Majority →									D₄₉ Re-elected
D₅₈ Gain	D₅₇ Gain	D₅₆ Gain	D₅₅ Hold	D₅₄ Hold	D₅₃ Hold	D₅₂ Hold	D₅₁ Hold	D₅₀ Re-elected	D₄₉ Re-elected
P₁	R₃₇ Gain	R₃₆ Gain	R₃₅ Gain	R₃₄ Hold	R₃₃ Re-elected	R₃₂ Re-elected	R₃₁ Re-elected	R₃₀ Re-elected	R₂₉ Re-elected
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	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 elections

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D₃₉	D₄₀	D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄	D₄₅	D₄₆	D₄₇	D₄₈
Majority →									D₄₉
P₁	D₅₇	D₅₆	D₅₅	D₅₄	D₅₃	D₅₂	D₅₁	D₅₀	D₄₉
R₃₈ Gain	R₃₇ Gain, same as general	R₃₆ Hold	R₃₅ Appointee elected	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
V_#	Vacant

Race summaries

Special elections during the 78th Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1944 or before January 3, 1945; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Indiana Class 3	Samuel D. Jackson	Democratic	1944 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 7, 1944. Republican gain. Winner did not run for the next term, see below.	√ William E. Jenner (Republican) 52.1% Henry F. Schricker (Democratic) [?]
Massachusetts Class 2	Sinclair Weeks	Republican	1944 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 7, 1944. Republican hold.	√ Leverett Saltonstall (Republican) 64.3% John H. Corcoran (Democratic) 34.9%
New Jersey Class 1	Arthur Walsh	Democratic	1943 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 7, 1944. Republican gain.	√ Howard Alexander Smith (Republican) 50.4% Elmer H. Wene (Democratic) 48.8%
Oregon Class 2	Guy Cordon	Republican	1944 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 7, 1944.	√ Guy Cordon (Republican) 57.5% Willis Mahoney (Democratic) 42.5%

Races leading to the 79th Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1945; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Alabama	J. Lister Hill	Democratic	1938 (Appointed) 1938 (Special) 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ J. Lister Hill (Democratic) 81.8% John A. Posey (Republican) 17.0%
Arizona	Carl Hayden	Democratic	1926 1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Carl Hayden (Democratic) 69.4% Fred W. Fickett (Republican) 30.6%
Arkansas	Hattie Wyatt Caraway	Democratic	1931 (Appointed) 1932 (Special) 1932 1938	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ J. William Fulbright (Democratic) 85.1% Victor M. Wade (Republican) 14.9%
California	Sheridan Downey	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Sheridan Downey (Democratic) 52.3% Frederick F. Houser (Republican) 47.7%
Colorado	Eugene Millikin	Republican	1941 (Appointed) 1942	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Eugene Millikin (Republican) 56.1% Barney L. Whatley (Democratic) 43.0%
Connecticut	John A. Danaher	Republican	1938	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Brien McMahon (Democratic) 51.7% John A. Danaher (Republican) 47.3%
Florida	Claude Pepper	Democratic	1936 (Special) 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Claude Pepper (Democratic) 71.3% Miles H. Draper (Republican) 28.7%
Georgia	Walter F. George	Democratic	1922 (Special) 1926 1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Walter F. George (Democratic) Unopposed
Idaho	David Worth Clark	Democratic	1938	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Glen H. Taylor (Democratic) 51.1% C. A. Bottolfsen (Republican) 48.9%
Illinois	Scott W. Lucas	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Scott W. Lucas (Democratic) 52.6% Richard J. Lyons (Republican) 47.1%
Indiana	Samuel D. Jackson	Democratic	1944 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican gain. Winner did not run to finish the term, see above.	√ Homer E. Capehart (Republican) 50.2% Henry F. Schricker (Democratic) 48.9%
Iowa	Guy Gillette	Democratic	1936 (Special) 1938	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Bourke B. Hickenlooper (Republican) 51.3% Guy Gillette (Democratic) 48.4%
Kansas	Clyde M. Reed	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Clyde M. Reed (Republican) 57.8% Thurman Hill (Democratic) 40.7%
Kentucky	Alben W. Barkley	Democratic	1926 1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Alben W. Barkley (Democratic) 54.8% James Park (Republican) 44.9%
Louisiana	John H. Overton	Democratic	1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John H. Overton (Democratic) Unopposed
Maryland	Millard Tydings	Democratic	1926 1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Millard Tydings (Democratic) 61.7% Blanchard Randall, Jr. (Republican) 38.3%
Missouri	Bennett Champ Clark	Democratic	1932 1933 (Appointed) 1938	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Forrest C. Donnell (Republican) 50.0% Roy McKittrick (Democratic) 49.9%
Nevada	Pat McCarran	Democratic	1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Pat McCarran (Democratic) 58.4% George W. Malone (Republican) 41.6%
New Hampshire	Charles W. Tobey	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Charles W. Tobey (Republican) 50.9% Joseph J. Betley (Democratic) 49.1%
New York	Robert F. Wagner	Democratic	1926 1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert F. Wagner (Democratic) 53.1% Thomas J. Curran (Republican) 46.7%
North Carolina	Robert Rice Reynolds	Democratic	1932 1932 (Special) 1938	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Clyde R. Hoey (Democratic) 70.3% A. I. Ferree (Republican) 29.8%
North Dakota	Gerald Nye	Republican	1925 (Appointed) 1926 (Special) 1932 1938	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ John Moses (Democratic) 45.2% Gerald Nye (Republican) 33.0% Lynn U. Stambaugh (Independent) 21.2%
Ohio	Robert A. Taft	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert A. Taft (Republican) 50.3% William G. Pickrel (Democratic) 49.7%
Oklahoma	Elmer Thomas	Democratic	1926 1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Elmer Thomas (Democratic) 55.7% William J. Otjen (Republican) 44.0%
Oregon	Rufus C. Holman	Republican	1938	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Wayne Morse (Republican) 60.7% Edgar W. Smith (Democratic) 39.3%
Pennsylvania	James J. Davis	Republican	1930 (Special) 1932 1938	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Francis J. Myers (Democratic) 50.0% James J. Davis (Republican) 49.4%
South Carolina	Ellison D. Smith	Democratic	1909 1914 1920 1926 1932 1938	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Incumbent died November 17, 1944. Different senator appointed just to finish the term.	√ Olin D. Johnston (Democratic) 93.0% James B. Gaston (Republican) 3.7% Osceola E. McKaine (Progressive Democratic) 3.2%
South Dakota	John Chandler Gurney	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Chandler Gurney (Republican) 63.9% George M. Bradshaw (Democratic) 36.1%
Utah	Elbert D. Thomas	Democratic	1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Elbert D. Thomas (Democratic) 59.9% Adam S. Bennion (Republican) 40.1%
Vermont	George Aiken	Republican	1940 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George Aiken (Republican) 65.8% Harry W. Witters (Democratic) 34.2%
Washington	Homer Bone	Democratic	1932 1938	Incumbent retired to become Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Incumbent resigned November 13, 1944 and winner was appointed December 14, 1944 to the finish term.	√ Warren Magnuson (Democratic) 55.1% Harry P. Cain (Republican) 44.4% Ray C. Roberts (Socialist) 0.2% Josephine B. Sulston (Prohibition) 0.2%
Wisconsin	Alexander Wiley	Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Alexander Wiley (Republican) 50.5% Howard J. McMurray (Democratic) 42.8% Harry Sauthoff (Progressive) 5.8%

Alabama

Alabama election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Lister Hill (Incumbent)	202,604	81.78%
	Republican	John A. Posey	41,983	16.95%
	Prohibition	Parrish	3,162	1.28%
Majority			160,621	64.83%
Turnout			247,749
	Democratic hold

Arizona

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1944[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl T. Hayden	90,335	69.37%
	Republican	Fred Wildon Fickett, Jr.	39,891	30.63%
Majority			50,444	38.74%
Turnout			130,226
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

Arkansas

Arkansas election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. William Fulbright	182,499	85.10%
	Republican	Fred W. Fickett	39,891	30.63%
Majority			150,575	70.20%
Turnout			214,441
	Democratic hold

California

California election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheridan Downey (incumbent)	1,728,155	52.29%
	Republican	Frederick F. Houser	1,576,553	47.00%
	None	Scattering	526	0.02%
Majority			151,602	5.29%
Turnout			3,305,234
	Democratic hold

Colorado

Colorado election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene Millikin (Incumbent)	277,410	56.06%
	Democratic	Barney L. Whatley	214,335	43.31%
	Socialist	Carle Whitehead	3,143	0.64%
Majority			63,075	12.75%
Turnout			494,888
	Republican hold

Connecticut

Connecticut election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brien McMahon	430,716	51.99%
	Republican	John A. Danaher (incumbent)	391,748	47.28%
	Socialist	Spender Anderson	6,033	0.73%
Majority			38,968	4.71%
Turnout			828,497
	Democratic gain from Republican

Florida

Florida election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Claude Pepper (incumbent)	335,685	71.28%
	Republican	Miles H. Draper	135,258	28.72%
Majority			200,427	42.56%
Turnout			470,943
	Democratic hold

Georgia

Georgia election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter F. George (Incumbent)	272,569	100.00%
	None	Scattering	4	0.00%
Majority			272,565	100.00%
Turnout			272,573
	Democratic hold

Idaho

Idaho election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glen H. Taylor	107,096	51.13%
	Republican	C. A. Bottolfsen	102,373	48.87%
Majority			4,723	2.26%
Turnout			209,469
	Democratic hold

Illinois

Illinois election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott W. Lucas (incumbent)	2,059,023	52.61%
	Republican	Richard J. Lyons	1,841,793	47.06%
	Socialist Labor	Frank Schnur	7,312	0.19%
	Prohibition	Enoch A. Holtwick	5,798	0.15%
Majority			217,230	5.55%
Turnout			3,913,926
	Democratic hold

Indiana (Special)

Indiana special election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Jenner	857,250	52.11%
	Democratic	Cornelius O’Brien	775,417	47.14%
	Prohibition	Carl W. Thompson	12,349	0.75%
Majority			81,833	4.97%
Turnout			1,645,016
	Republican hold

Indiana

Indiana election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Homer E. Capehart	829,489	50.23%
	Democratic	Henry F. Schricker	807,766	48.91%
	Prohibition	George W. Holston	12,213	0.74%
	Socialist	Marid B. Tomish	1,917	0.12%
Majority			21,723	1.32%
Turnout			1,651,385
	Republican gain from Democratic

Iowa

Iowa election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bourke B. Hickenlooper	523,963	51.28%
	Democratic	Guy Gillette (incumbent)	494,229	48.37%
	Prohibition	W. S. Bowden	2,751	0.27%
	Socialist Party USA	C. W. Drescher	744	0.07%
Majority			29,734	2.91%
Turnout			1,021,687
	Republican gain from Democratic

Kansas

Kansas election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clyde M. Reed (Incumbent)	387,090	57.84%
	Democratic	Thurman Hill	272,053	40.65%
	Prohibition	L. B. Dubbs	7,674	1.15%
	Socialist Party USA	Arthur Goodwin Billings	2,374	0.35%
Majority			115,037	17.19%
Turnout			669,191
	Republican hold

Kentucky

Kentucky election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alben W. Barkley (Incumbent)	464,053	54.81%
	Republican	James Park	380,425	44.93%
	Prohibition	Robert H. Garrison	1,808	0.21%
	Socialist Labor	Yona M. Marret	340	0.04%
	None	Scattering	1.15%	0.00%
Majority			83,628	9.88%
Turnout			846,627
	Democratic hold

Louisiana

Louisiana election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Overton (incumbent)	287,365	99.99%
	Independent	Maurice E. Clark	26	0.01%
Majority			287,339	99.98%
Turnout			287,391
	Democratic hold

Maryland

Maryland election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings (Incumbent)	344,725	61.73%
	Republican	Blanchard Randall, Jr.	213,705	38.27%
Majority			131,020	23.44%
Turnout			558,430
	Democratic hold

Massachusetts

Incumbent U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. resigned February 3, 1944 to return to active duty in the U.S. Army during World War II. Republican Sinclair Weeks was appointed February 8, 1944 to continue the term until an election was held. A special election was held on November 7, 1944 with Republican Massachusetts Governor Leverett Saltonstall defeating his challengers. He didn't take office until January 4, 1945, when his term as Governor ended.

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Leverett Saltonstall	1,228,754	64.29%	+11.85%
	Democratic	John H. Corcoran	667,086	34.90%	-11.71%
	Socialist Labor	Bernard G. Kelly	12,296	0.64%	+0.29%
	Prohibition	E. Tallmadge Root	3,269	0.17%	-0.09%
	None	Scattering	17	0.00%
Majority			561,668	29.38%
Turnout			1,911,422
	Republican hold

Missouri

Missouri election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Forrest C. Donnell	778,778	49.95%
	Democratic	Roy McKittrick	776,790	49.82%
	Socialist Party USA	D. B. Preisler	3,320	0.21%
	Socialist Labor	William Wesley Cox	215	0.01%
Majority			1,988	0.13%
Turnout			1,559,103
	Republican gain from Democratic

Nevada

Nevada election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat McCarran (Incumbent)	30,595	58.38%
	Republican	George W. Malone	21,816	41.62%
Majority			8,779	16.76%
Turnout			52,411
	Democratic hold

New Hampshire

New Hampshire election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles W. Tobey (Incumbent)	110,549	50.93%
	Democratic	Joseph J. Betley	106,508	49.07%
Majority			4,041	1.86%
Turnout			217,057
	Republican hold

New Jersey (Special)

New Jersey special election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard Alexander Smith	940,051	50.44%
	Democratic	Elmer H. Wene	910,096	48.84%
	Prohibition	George W. Ridout	9,873	0.53%
	Socialist Labor	John C. Butterworth	1,997	0.11%
	Socialist	Morris Riger	1,593	0.09%
Majority			29,955	1.60%
Turnout			1,863,610
	Republican gain from Democratic

New York

The Socialist Labor state convention met on April 2 at the Cornish Arms Hotel, the corner of Eighth Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street, in New York City. They nominated Eric Hass for the U.S. Senate.[3] At that time, the party used the name "Industrial Government Party" on the ballot, but was also referred to as the "Industrial Labor Party".

The Liberal Party was organized by a state convention with about 1,100 delegates who met on May 19 and 20 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. They endorsed the incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Robert F. Wagner for re-election.[4] The party filed a petition to nominate candidates which was allowed by Secretary of State Curran on August 25.[5]

The Republican State Committee met on August 8 at Albany, New York. They nominated Secretary of State Thomas J. Curran for the U.S. Senate.[6]

The Democratic State Committee met on August 8 at the National Democratic Club at 233, Madison Avenue in New York City. They re-nominated the incumbent U.S. Senator Robert F. Wagner.[7]

The American Labor state convention met on August 10. They endorsed the Democratic nominee Wagner.[8]

The Democratic/American Labor/Liberal ticket was elected and incumbent Wagner was re-elected.

Democratic	Robert F. Wagner	2,485,735
Republican	Thomas J. Curran	2,899,497
American Labor	Robert F. Wagner	483,785
Liberal	Robert F. Wagner	325,056
Industrial Government	Eric Hass	15,244

North Carolina

North Carolina election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clyde R. Hoey	533,813	70.25%
	Republican	A. I. Ferree	226,037	29.75%
Majority			307,776	40.50%
Turnout			759,850
	Democratic hold

North Dakota

North Dakota election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Moses	95,102	45.20%
	Republican	Gerald Nye (Incumbent)	69,530	33.04%
	Independent	Lynn U. Stumbaugh	44,596	21.19%
	Independent	Bernard J. O’Laughlin	705	0.34%
	Prohibition	L. D. Harris	489	0.23%
Majority			25,572	12.16%
Turnout			210,422
	Democratic gain from Republican

Ohio

Ohio election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert A. Taft (Incumbent)	1,500,609	50.30%
	Democratic	William G. Pickrel	1,482,610	49.70%
Majority			17,999	0.60%
Turnout			2,983,219
	Republican hold

Oklahoma

Oklahoma election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elmer Thomas (Incumbent)	390,851	55.65%
	Republican	William J. Otjen	309,222	44.02%
	Independent	Paul V. Beck	1,128	0.16%
	Independent	T. B. Williams	674	0.10%
	Independent	Paul R. Nagle	519	0.07%
Majority			81,629	11.63%
Turnout			702,394
	Democratic hold

Oregon (Special)

Oregon special election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Guy Cordon	260,631	57.54%
	Democratic	Willis Mahoney	192,305	42.46%
Majority			68,326	15.08%
Turnout			452,936
	Republican hold

Oregon

Oregon election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Morse (Incumbent)	269,095	60.71%
	Democratic	Edgar W. Smith	174,140	39.29%
Majority			94,955	21.42%
Turnout			443,235
	Republican hold

Pennsylvania

General election results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Francis J. Myers	1,864,622	49.99%
	Republican	James J. Davis (incumbent)	1,840,938	49.35%
	Socialist	J. Henry Stump	14,129	0.38%
	Prohibition	Charles Palmer	8,599	0.23%
	Socialist Labor	Frank Knotek	1,989	0.05%
Majority			23,684	0.64%
Turnout			3,730,277
	Democratic gain from Republican

South Carolina

South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1944
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Olin D. Johnston	94,556	92.94%
	Republican	James B. Gaston	3,807	3.74%
	Progressive Democratic	Osceola E. McKaine	3,214	3.16%	+3.16%
	Prohibition	B. L. Hendrix	141	0.14%
	No party	Write-Ins	18	0.00%	0.00%
Majority			90,749	89.20%
Turnout			101,736
	Democratic hold

65+% won by Johnston

South Dakota

South Dakota election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Chandler Gurney	145,248	63.86%
	Democratic	George M. Bradshaw	82,199	36.14%
Majority			63,049	27.72%
Turnout			227,447
	Republican hold

Utah

Utah election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elbert D. Thomas (Incumbent)	148,748	59.91%
	Republican	Adam S. Bennion	99,532	40.09%
Majority			49,216	19.82%
Turnout			248,280
	Democratic hold

Vermont

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1944[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Aiken (inc.)	81,094	65.80%
	Democratic	Harry W. Witters	42,136	34.19%
	None	Scattering	18	0.01%
Majority			38,958	31.61%
Turnout			123,248
	Republican hold

Washington

Washington election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Warren Magnuson (Incumbent)	452,013	55.13%
	Republican	Harry P. Cain	364,356	44.44%
	Socialist	Ray C. Roberts	1,912	0.23%
	Prohibition	Josephine B. Sulston	1,598	0.19%
Majority			87,657	10.69%
Turnout			819,879
	Democratic hold

Wisconsin

Wisconsin election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alexander Wiley (Incumbent)	634,513	50.50%
	Democratic	Howard J. McMurray	537,144	42.75%
	Progressive	Harry Sauthoff	73,089	5.82%
	Socialist	Walter H. Uphoff	9,964	0.79%
	Socialist Labor	Adolf Wiggert	1,664	0.13%
	None	Scattering	106	0.01%
Majority			97,369	7.75%
Turnout			1,256,480
	Republican hold

References

"Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3299
"2 CANDIDATES NAMED BY SOCIALIST LABOR". The New York Times. April 3, 1944.
"NEW PARTY FIXES 400,000-VOTE GOAL FOR ROOSEVELT". The New York Times. May 21, 1944.
"LIBERAL PARTY WINS; Curran Overrules Objections by O'Connor to Petitions". The New York Times. August 26, 1944.
"CURRAN IS NAMED". The New York Times. August 9, 1944.
"DEMOCRATS NAME WAGNER AND DYE". The New York Times. August 9, 1944.
"ROOSEVELT NAMED AT ALP CONVENTION; Wagner, Also Renominated". The New York Times. August 11, 1944.
"General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved June 17, 2015.

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[Clerk-1] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[2] ttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3299

[3] "2 CANDIDATES NAMED BY SOCIALIST LABOR". The New York Times. April 3, 1944.

[4] "NEW PARTY FIXES 400,000-VOTE GOAL FOR ROOSEVELT". The New York Times. May 21, 1944.

[5] "LIBERAL PARTY WINS; Curran Overrules Objections by O'Connor to Petitions". The New York Times. August 26, 1944.

[6] "CURRAN IS NAMED". The New York Times. August 9, 1944.

[7] "DEMOCRATS NAME WAGNER AND DYE". The New York Times. August 9, 1944.

[8] "ROOSEVELT NAMED AT ALP CONVENTION; Wagner, Also Renominated". The New York Times. August 11, 1944.

[VT-9] "General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved June 17, 2015.

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