1944 United States Senate special election in New Jersey

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1944 United States Senate special election in New Jersey
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  1940 November 7, 1944 1946  
  Howardalexandersmith.jpg ElmerHWene (cropped).jpg
Nominee H. Alexander Smith Elmer H. Wene
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote939,987910,096
Percentage50.44%48.84%

1944 United States Senate special election in New Jersey results map by county.svg
County results
Smith:      50–60%     60–70%
Wene:      50–60%     60–70%

Senator before election

Arthur Walsh
Democratic

Elected Senator

H. Alexander Smith
Republican

The 1944 United States Senate special election in New Jersey was held on November 7, 1944.

Contents

The election was held to fill the unexpired term of W. Warren Barbour, who died in November 1943. H. Alexander Smith was elected to the open seat over Democratic U.S. Representative Elmer H. Wene.

The incumbent Democratic appointee, Arthur Walsh, did not run.

Background

Incumbent Senator W. Warren Barbour was elected in 1940 to a six-year term set to expire in 1947. He died on November 22, 1943, of a cerebral hemorrhage.

On November 26, Governor of New Jersey Charles Edison appointed Arthur Walsh to fill the vacant seat until a successor could be duly elected. [1]

A special election to complete the remainder of Barbour's unexpired term was scheduled for November 7, 1944, concurrent with the general election for presidential electors and U.S. House of Representatives.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declined

Results

1944 Democratic U.S. Senate special primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Elmer H. Wene 151,126 100.0%
Total votes151,126 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1944 Republican Senate special primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican H. Alexander Smith 187,190 82.55%
Republican Andrew O. Wittreich39,57617.45%
Total votes226,766 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

1944 U.S. Senate special election in New Jersey [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Howard Alexander Smith 940,051 50.44%
Democratic Elmer H. Wene 910,09648.84%
Prohibition George W. Ridout9,8730.53%
Socialist Labor John C. Butterworth1,9970.11%
Socialist Morris Riger1,5930.09%
Majority29,9551.60%
Turnout 1,863,610
Republican gain from Democratic

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References

  1. "Edison Appoints Arthur Walsh To Succeed Barbour as Senator" . The New York Times . November 27, 1943. p. 1. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Secretary of the State of New Jersey. "Results of the Primary Election Held May 16th, 1944" (PDF). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  3. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  4. "Our Campaigns - NJ US Senate - Special Election Race - Nov 07, 1944".