1940 United States Senate election in Missouri

United States Senate election in Missouri, 1940

← 1934

November 5, 1940

1946 →


Nominee	Harry S. Truman	Manvel H. Davis
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	930,775	886,376
Percentage	51.2%	48.7%

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The 1940 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator and future President of the United States Harry S. Truman, who was first elected in 1934, decided to seek re-election to a second term. He narrowly defeated Republican nominee Manvel H. Davis.

1 Democratic primary
- 1.1 Candidates
- 1.2 Results
2 Republican primary
- 2.1 Candidates
- 2.2 Results
3 Campaign
4 Results
5 See also
6 References

Democratic primary

Candidates

Harry S. Truman, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1935
Lloyd C. Stark, Governor of Missouri since 1937
Maurice M. Milligan, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri

Results

Missouri United States Senate Democratic primary, 1940^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (incumbent)	268,354	40.91
	Democratic	Lloyd C. Stark	260,221	39.67
	Democratic	Maurice M. Milligan	127,378	19.42
Total votes			655,953	100

Republican primary

Candidates

Manvel H. Davis, former Missouri State Senator
David M. Proctor, perennial candidate
Harold Milligan

Results

Missouri United States Senate Republican primary, 1940^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manvel H. Davis	117,501	40.83
	Republican	David M. Proctor	82,126	28.54
	Republican	Harold H. Milligan	41,630	14.47
	Republican	William Byers	13,946	4.85
	Republican	Ewing Young Mitchell	12,820	4.46
	Republican	Paul O. Peters	12,298	4.27
	Republican	Herman G. Grosby	7,463	2.59
Total votes			287,784	100

Campaign

Heading into the election of 1940, the Pendergast machine that had propelled Harry S. Truman to victory in the 1934 election had been brought to its knees as Tom Pendergast was ill and imprisoned for widespread voter fraud in the 1936 elections, in which more votes were tallied in Kansas City than its entire population. As such, Truman's connections to Pendergast going back to his 1922 candidacy for judge in Jackson County were a liability in the campaign. Missouri Governor Lloyd C. Stark, who had portrayed himself as an opponent of the machine, challenged Truman for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator.^[2]^[3]

Truman, who had decided to seek a second term in February 1940, overcame his Pendergast connections and defeated Stark for the Democratic nomination. Touting his experience as a World War I veteran and track record as a U.S. Senator, Truman ultimately defeated Republican candidate and former state senator Manvel H. Davis in the November general election.^[3]

Results

Missouri United States Senate election, 1940^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (incumbent)	930,775	51.17
	Republican	Manvel H. Davis	886,376	48.73
	Socialist	W.F. Rinck	1,669	0.09
	Socialist Labor	Theodore Baeff	196	0.01
Total votes			1,819,016	100

References

^ ^a ^b Brown, Dwight H. (1942). Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1941 - 1942. Office of the Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ "Life Before the Presidency". American President: Harry S. Truman. Miller Center, University of Virginia. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "His Own Man". The Kansas City Public Library. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

v t e Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States (1945–1953) 34th Vice President of the United States (1945) U.S. Senator from Missouri (1935–1945)
Presidency	1945 inauguration 1949 inauguration Foreign policy Potsdam Conference Agreement on Europe Declaration to Japan Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Fair Deal Mental Health Act National Institute of Mental Health National School Lunch Act Employment Act of 1946 Council of Economic Advisers Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Loyalty Order National Security Act of 1947 Joint Chiefs of Staff National Security Council Department of the Air Force Central Intelligence Agency Key West Agreement Joint Long Range Proving Grounds Revolt of the Admirals Committee on Civil Rights Integration of the Armed Forces Housing Act of 1949 North Atlantic Treaty NATO Assassination attempt Korean War U.N. Security Council Resolutions 82, 83 Relief of General MacArthur Office of Defense Mobilization Science Advisory Committee 1952 steel strike Puerto Rican constitutional referendum, 1952 National Security Agency State of the Union Address (1946 1950 1952) Judicial appointments Supreme Court Cabinet Truman Balcony "The buck stops here" Executive Orders Presidential Proclamations
Life	Early life and career Presidential Library, Museum, and gravesite Missouri Office and Courtroom Truman Committee Democratic vice presidential nomination of 1944
Books	Bibliography
Homes	Birthplace Harry S. Truman Farm Home Harry S. Truman home and National Historic Site Historic District Blair House Truman Little White House
Elections	United States Senate election in Missouri, 1934 1940 Democratic National Convention 1944 1948 1944 United States presidential election 1948 "Dewey Defeats Truman" campaign song Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1952
Legacy	Truman Day Harry S Truman Building Truman Dam and Reservoir Harry S. Truman Scholarship Truman Sports Complex U.S. Postage stamps
Related	Give 'em Hell, Harry (1975 play and film) Truman (1995 film) Madonna of the Trail statues
Family	Bess Wallace Truman (wife) Margaret Truman (daughter) John Anderson Truman (father) Martha Ellen Young Truman (mother) Clifton Truman Daniel (grandson)
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Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Campaign

Results

See also

References