1944 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

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1944 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois
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  1942 November 7, 1944 (1944-11-07) 1946  

All 26 Illinois seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats won1511
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 4
Popular vote1,939,5431,933,888
Percentage50.05%49.91%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.0Increase2.svg 4.0

1944 Illinois United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.svg

All 26 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1944.

Contents

Democrats flipped four Republican-held seats, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 15 Republicans and 11 Democrats. The Democratic Party flipped the 3rd, 9th, 22nd, and at-large districts.

Overview

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois [1]
PartyVotesPercentageSeats+/–
Republican 1,939,54350.05%15-4
Democratic 1,933,88849.91%11+4
Independents1,4140.04%0
Totals3,874,845100.00%26

District at-large

Illinois's at-large congressional district, 1944
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Emily Taft Douglas 2,030,753 52.30
Republican Stephen A. Day (incumbent)1,839,51847.38
Socialist Labor Walter Klobuchar6,5880.17
Prohibition Elizabeth S. Carr5,7980.15
Total votes3,882,657 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

District 1

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Dawson (Incumbent) 12,820 53.3
Democratic Joseph Geary11,22446.7
Total votes24,044 100.0

General election results

Illinois's 1st congressional district, 1944
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Dawson (Incumbent) 42,713 61.98
Republican Jimmy Lee Tillman26,20438.02
Total votes68,917 100.0
Democratic hold

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References

  1. "1944 Election Statistics" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  2. "IL state board of elections". elections.il.gov. Retrieved 2024-12-10.