1944 United States Senate election in Missouri

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1944 United States Senate election in Missouri
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  1938
1950  
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Nominee Forrest C. Donnell Roy McKittrick
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote778,778776,790
Percentage49.95%49.82%

1944 United States Senate election in Missouri results map by county.svg
County results
Donnell:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
McKittrick:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Bennett Champ Clark
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Forrest C. Donnell
Republican

The 1944 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 7, 1944 in Missouri. Incumbent Democratic Senator Bennett Champ Clark was defeated in the primary by Roy McKittrick, who went on to lose the general election to Republican nominee Forrest C. Donnell. Donnell outperformed presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey, who lost the state with 48.4% of the vote in the presidential election.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary August 1, 1944 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Roy McKittrick 172,566 52.73
Democratic Bennett Champ Clark (incumbent)154,66947.27
Total votes327,235 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary August 1, 1944 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Forrest C. Donnell 147,762 49.58
Republican Howard V. Stephens64,30121.58
Republican Charles Shaw43,61614.64
Republican Charles E. Rendlen20,4126.85
Republican Charles P. Noell14,8474.98
Republican William McKinley Thomas4,2841.44
Republican H. Grosby2,7860.93
Total votes298,008 100

General election

Candidates

Results

1944 United States Senate election in Missouri [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Forrest C. Donnell 778,778 49.95% +10.80
Democratic Roy McKittrick 776,79049.82%-10.87
Socialist D. B. Preisler3,3200.21%+0.07
Socialist Labor William Wesley Cox 2150.01%-0.01
Majority1,9880.13%
Turnout 1,559,103
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1945 - 1946. Missouri Secretary of State's Office. 1946. p. 412. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Careers of Seven Republicans Seeking Nomination for U.S. Senate in Coming Primary". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . St. Louis, Missouri. July 15, 1944. p. 5A. Retrieved December 12, 2022 via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  3. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (March 1, 1945). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 21.