1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

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1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
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  1940 November 3, 1942 (1942-11-03) 1944  

All 6 Florida seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election50
Seats won60
Popular vote94,45912,631
Percentage88.18%11.79%

1942 US House of Representatives Election in Florida by district.svg
Results by district
Democrat:     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

The 1942 United States House of Representatives Elections in Florida were held on November 3, 1942 to determine who would represent the state of Florida in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 78th Congress from January 1943 until January 1945. Florida had 6 seats including one at-large district due to redistricting.

Contents

The Democratic party held on to all their seats in Florida. The Republican Party only ran candidates in two districts the 4th and 5th districts.

Statewide

Popular vote [1]
Democratic
88.18%
Republican
11.79%
Other
0.03%
House seats
Democratic
100%

First District

Florida's 1st congressional district, 1942 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic J. Hardin Peterson (Incumbent) 25,037 99.94
Independent Scattering140.06
Total votes25,051 100.00
Democratic hold

Second District

Florida's 2nd congressional district, 1942 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Emory H. Price 15,777 99.97
Independent Scattering50.03
Total votes15,782 100.00
Democratic hold

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Cary 16,506 28.72
Democratic Emory H. Price 15,43526.85
Democratic Zach H. Douglas12,76622.21
Democratic James R. Boyd, Jr.8,92315.52
Democratic Helen Hunt West2,1423.73
Democratic T. W. Parsons, Jr.1,7072.97
Total votes57,479 100.00

Democratic primary runoff

Democratic primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Emory H. Price 24,143 50.60
Democratic Jim Cary23,57549.41
Total votes47,718 100.00

Third District

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 1942 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Sikes (Incumbent) 11,739 100.00
Total votes11,739 100.00
Democratic hold

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Sikes (Incumbent) 37,641 75.28
Democratic J. B. Lahan12,36224.72
Total votes50,003 100.00

Fourth District

Florida's 4th congressional district, 1942 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Pat Cannon (Incumbent) 25,056 81.40
Republican Bert L. Acker5,72518.60
Total votes30,781 100.00
Democratic hold

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Pat Cannon (Incumbent) 37,366 54.14
Democratic B. F. Paty20,05829.06
Democratic Edgar G. Hamilton5,6698.21
Democratic Louis F. Maire4,3696.33
Democratic Lew Sevier1,5542.25
Total votes69,016 100.00

Fifth District

Florida's 5th congressional district, 1942 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joe Hendricks (Incumbent) 16,850 70.93
Republican Emory S. Akerman6,90629.07
Total votes31,962 100.00
Democratic hold

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joe Hendricks (Incumbent) 37,366 66.92
Democratic John R. Parkinson20,05827.35
Democratic Ed Sims2,6395.73
Total votes46,044 100.00

At-Large District

Florida's at-large congressional district, 1942 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert A. Green 91,120 100.00
Total votes91,120 100.00
Democratic hold

Democratic primary

Results by county:
Green
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40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Overstreet
40-50%
50-60%
70-80%
Tervin
40-50% Florida At Large Primary 1942.svg
Results by county:
Green
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Overstreet
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   70–80%
Tervin
  •   40–50%
Democratic primary results [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert A. Green 133,347 51.55
Democratic Earnest Overstreet87,70833.91
Democratic Wallace Tervin19,5997.58
Democratic Barney Cohen18,0146.96
Total votes258,668 100.00

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